| No. 11-1447 | ||||
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| Docketed: | June 1, 2012 | |||
| Linked with 11A909 | ||||
| Lower Ct: | Supreme Court of Florida | |||
| Case Nos.: | (SC09-713) |
| Decision Date: | November 3, 2011 |
| Rehearing Denied: | January 4, 2012 |
| Questions Presented |
| ~~~Date~~~ | ~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| Mar 20 2012 | Application (11A909) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from April 3, 2012 to June 1, 2012, submitted to Justice Thomas. |
| Mar 30 2012 | Application (11A909) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until June 1, 2012. |
| May 30 2012 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 2, 2012) |
| Jun 22 2012 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including August 1, 2012. |
| Aug 1 2012 | Brief of respondent St. Johns River Water Management District in opposition filed. |
| Aug 14 2012 | Reply of petitioner Coy A. Koontz, Jr. filed. (Distributed) |
| Aug 15 2012 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 24, 2012. |
| Oct 1 2012 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 5, 2012. |
| Oct 5 2012 | Petition GRANTED. |
| Oct 31 2012 | SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Tuesday, January 15, 2013. |
| Nov 6 2012 | Conditional consent to the fiing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner. |
| Nov 8 2012 | The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including November 21, 2012. |
| Nov 8 2012 | The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including December 21, 2012. |
| Nov 13 2012 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neitiher party, received from counsel for the respondent. |
| Nov 21 2012 | Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed) |
| Nov 21 2012 | Joint appendix (exhibits volume) filed. |
| Nov 21 2012 | Brief of petitioner Coy A. Koontz, Jr. filed. |
| Nov 27 2012 | Brief amici curiae of Association of Florida Community Developers, et al. filed. |
| Nov 28 2012 | Brief amicus curiae of National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center filed. |
| Nov 28 2012 | Brief amicus curiae of Hillcrest Property, LLP filed. |
| Nov 28 2012 | Brief amicus curiae of American Civil Rigihts Union filed. |
| Nov 28 2012 | Brief amicus curiae of Land Use Institute, Ltd. filed. |
| Nov 28 2012 | Brief amici curiae of National Association of Home Builders, et al. filed. |
| Nov 28 2012 | Brief amici curiae of Atlantic Legal Foundation, et al. filed. |
| Nov 28 2012 | Brief amici curiae of Institute for Justice, et al. filed. |
| Nov 28 2012 | Brief amicus curiae of Owners' Counsel of America filed. |
| Dec 6 2012 | CIRCULATED |
| Dec 21 2012 | Brief of respondent St. Johns River Water Management District filed. (Distributed) |
| Dec 27 2012 | Brief amici curiae of Former Members of the National Research Council Committee on Mitigating Wetland Losses filed. (Distributed) |
| Dec 28 2012 | Brief amici curiae of National Governors Association, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Dec 28 2012 | Brief amicus curiae of the United States filed. (Distributed) |
| Dec 28 2012 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
| Dec 28 2012 | Brief amici curiae of American Planning Association, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Dec 28 2012 | Brief amici curiae of California, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Dec 28 2012 | Record received from the Supreme Court of Florida. (1 box) |
| Jan 4 2013 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. |
| Jan 8 2013 | Reply of petitioner Coy A. Koontz, Jr. filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 15 2013 | Argued. For petitioner: Paul J. Beard, II, Sacramento, Cal. For respondent: Paul R. Q. Wolfson, Washington, D. C.; and Edwin S. Kneedler, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) |
| Jun 25 2013 | Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Alito, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Scalia, Kennedy, and Thomas, JJ., joined. Kagan, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Ginsburg, Breyer, and Sotomayor, JJ., joined. |
| Jul 29 2013 | MANDATE ISSUED. |
| ~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ~~Phone~~~ |
| Attorneys for Petitioner: | ||
| Paul J. Beard II. | Pacific Legal Foundation | (916) 419-7111 |
| Counsel of Record | 930 G Street | |
| Sacramento, CA 95814 | ||
| pjb@pacificlegal.org | ||
| Party name: Coy A. Koontz, Jr. | ||
| Attorneys for Respondent: | ||
| Paul R.Q. Wolfson | Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP | (202) 663-6390 |
| Counsel of Record | 1875 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. | |
| Washington, DC 20006 | ||
| paul.wolfson@wilmerhale.com | ||
| Party name: St. Johns River Water Management District | ||
| William H. Congdon Jr. | St. Johns River Water Management District | (386) 329-4314 |
| 4049 Reid Street | ||
| Palatka, FL 32177 | ||
| wcongdon@sjrwmd.com | ||
| Party name: St. Johns River Water Management District | ||
| Timothy D. Osterhaus | Deputy Solicitor General | (850) 414-3300 |
| Office of the Attorney General | ||
| PL-01 The Capitol | ||
| Tallahassee, FL 32399-1050 | ||
| timothy.osterhaus@myfloridalegal.com | ||
| Party name: St. Johns River Water Management District | ||
| Other: | ||
| Michael M. Berger | Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP | (310) 312-4000 |
| 11355 West Olympic Boulevard | ||
| Los Angeles, CA 90064-1614 | ||
| mmberger@manatt.com | ||
| Party name: National Association of Home Builders, et al. | ||
| Dana Berliner | Institute for Justice | (703) 682-9320 |
| 901 N. Glebe Road | ||
| Suite 900 | ||
| Arlington, VA 22203 | ||
| dberliner@ij.org | ||
| Party name: Institute for Justice, et al. | ||
| John D. Echeverria | Vermont Law School | (802) 831-1386 |
| 164 Chelsea Street, P.O. Box 96 | ||
| South Royalton, VT 05068 | ||
| JEcheverria@vermontlaw.edu | ||
| Party name: National Governors Association, et al. | ||
| Peter J. Ferrara | 2011 Freedom Lane | (703) 582-8466 |
| Falls Church, VA 22043 | ||
| peterferrara@msn.com | ||
| Party name: American Civil Rigihts Union | ||
| Janice L. Goldman-Carter | National Wildlife Federation | |
| 901 E Street, NW | ||
| Washington, DC 20036-0000 | ||
| Party name: Former Members of the National Research Council Committee on Mitigating Wetland Losses | ||
| Karen R. Harned | NFIB Small Business Legal Center | (202) 314-2048 |
| 1201 F Street, N.W. Suite 200 | ||
| Washington, DC 20004 | ||
| Karen.Harned@NFIB.org | ||
| Party name: National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center | ||
| Gary K. Hunter | 119 South Monroe Street Suite 300 | (850)-222-7500 |
| Tallahassee, FL 32301 | ||
| garyh@hgslaw.com | ||
| Party name: Association of Florida Community Developers, et al. | ||
| Martin S. Kaufman | Atlantic Legal Foundation | (914) 834-3322 |
| 2039 Palmer Avenue | ||
| Larchmont, NY 10538 | ||
| mskaufman@atlanticlegal.org | ||
| Party name: Atlantic Legal Foundation, et al. | ||
| Edwin S. Kneedler | Deputy Solicitor General | (202) 514-2217 |
| United States Department of Justice | ||
| 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. | ||
| Washington, DC 20530-0001 | ||
| Party name: Coy A. Koontz, Jr. v. St. Johns River Water Management District | ||
| Daniel L. Schmutter | Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP | (732) 549-5600 |
| Woodbridge, NJ 07095 | ||
| dschmutter@greenbaumlaw.com | ||
| Party name: Land Use Institute, Ltd. | ||
| Daniel Lawrence Siegel | Supervising Deputy Attorney General | (916) 323-9259 |
| Office of Attorney General | ||
| 1300 I Street | ||
| Sacramento, CA 95814 | ||
| Dan.Siegel@doj.ca.gov | ||
| Party name: California, et al. | ||
| David Smolker | Bricklemyer Smolker & Bolves, P.A. | (813) 223-3888 |
| 500 East Kennedy Blvd., Suite 200 | ||
| Tampa, FL 33602 | ||
| davids@bsbfirm.com | ||
| Party name: Hillcrest Property, LLP | ||
| Robert H. Thomas | Damon Key Leong Kupchak Hastert | (808) 531-8031 |
| 1003 Bishop Street | ||
| 1600 Pauahi Tower | ||
| Honolulu, HI 96813 | ||
| rht@hawaiilawyer.com | ||
| Party name: Owners' Counsel of America | ||
| Donald B. Verrilli Jr. | Solicitor General | (202) 514-2217 |
| United States Department of Justice | ||
| 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. | ||
| Washington, DC 20530-0001 | ||
| SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov | ||
| Party name: the United States | ||
| Elizabeth B. Wydra | Constitutional Accountability Center | (202) 296-6889 |
| 1200 18th St., N.W., Suite 501 | ||
| Washington, DC 20036 | ||
| elizabeth@theusconstitution.org | ||
| Party name: American Planning Association, et al. | ||