| No. 12-1200 | ||||
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| Docketed: | April 3, 2013 | |||
| Linked with 12A831 | ||||
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | |||
| Case Nos.: | (11-35162) |
| Decision Date: | December 4, 2012 |
| Questions Presented |
| ~~~Date~~~ | ~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| Feb 22 2013 | Application (12A831) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from March 4, 2013 to April 3, 2013, submitted to Justice Kennedy. |
| Mar 1 2013 | Application (12A831) granted by Justice Kennedy extending the time to file until April 3, 2013. |
| Apr 3 2013 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 3, 2013) |
| May 3 2013 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including May 20, 2013. |
| May 20 2013 | Brief of respondents Peter H. Arkison, Chapter 7 Trustee of the Estate of Bellingham Insurance Agency, Inc. in opposition filed. |
| Jun 3 2013 | Reply of petitioner Executive Benefits Insurance Agency filed. |
| Jun 4 2013 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 20, 2013. |
| Jun 24 2013 | Petition GRANTED. |
| Jul 10 2013 | The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including September 9, 2013. |
| Jul 22 2013 | The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including November 8, 2013. |
| Aug 27 2013 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondent. |
| Aug 27 2013 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or neither party, received from counsel for petitioner. |
| Sep 9 2013 | Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs received.) |
| Sep 9 2013 | Brief of petitioner Executive Benefits Insurance Agency filed. |
| Sep 16 2013 | Brief amici curiae of Robert R. McCormick Foundation, et al. filed. |
| Sep 16 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of NVIDIA Corporation in support of neither party filed. |
| Sep 16 2013 | Brief amici curiae of Certain Tousa Defendants filed. |
| Sep 16 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of Business Law Section of the Florida Bar in support of neither party filed. |
| Sep 16 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of Kerr-McGee Corporation filed. |
| Nov 4 2013 | SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Tuesday, Jaunuary 14, 2014. |
| Nov 5 2013 | CIRCULATED |
| Nov 8 2013 | Brief of respondent Peter H. Arkison, Chapter 7 Trustee of the Estate of Bellingham Insurance Agency, Inc. filed. (Distributed) |
| Nov 12 2013 | Brief amici curiae of Professors Richard Aaron, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Nov 14 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Chapter Thirteen Trustees filed. (Distributed) |
| Nov 15 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of Irving H. Picard, as Trustee of the Substantively Consolidated Estate of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC and Bernard L. Madoff filed. (Distributed) |
| Nov 15 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of TOUSA Liquidation Trustee filed. |
| Nov 15 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees filed. (Distributed) |
| Nov 15 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of Professors S. Todd Brown, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Nov 15 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of Commercial Law League of America filed. (Distributed) |
| Nov 15 2013 | Brief amici curiae of States of New Hampshire, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Nov 15 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of American College of Bankruptcy filed. (Distributed) |
| Nov 15 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of the United States filed. (Distributed) |
| Nov 15 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of American Bar Association filed. (Distributed) |
| Nov 15 2013 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
| Nov 19 2013 | Record from the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit is electronic and located on PACER. Record from the U.S.D.C. for Western District of Washington is also electronic and located on PACER. |
| Dec 9 2013 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. |
| Dec 9 2013 | Reply of petitioner Executive Benefits Insurance Agency filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 14 2014 | Argued. For petitioner: Douglas Hallward-Driemeier, Washington, D. C. For respondent: John Pottow, Ann Arbor, Mich.; and Curtis E. Gannon, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) |
| Jun 9 2014 | Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Thomas, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court. |
| Jul 11 2014 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| ~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ~~Phone~~~ |
| Attorneys for Petitioner: | ||
| Douglas Hallward-Driemeier | Ropes & Gray LLP | (202) 508-4600 |
| Counsel of Record | One Metro Center | |
| 700 12th Street, NW, Suite 900 | ||
| Washington, DC 20005 | ||
| Douglas.Hallward-Driemeier@ropesgray.com | ||
| Party name: Executive Benefits Insurance Agency | ||
| Attorneys for Respondent: | ||
| John A. E. Pottow | University of Michigan Law School | (734) 647-3736 |
| Counsel of Record | c/o 625 South State Street | |
| Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1215 | ||
| pottow@umich.edu | ||
| Party name: Peter H. Arkison, Chapter 7 Trustee of the Estate of Bellingham Insurance Agency, Inc. | ||
| Peter H. Arkison | 103 East Holly Street | (360) 671-0300 |
| Suite 502 | ||
| Bellingham, WA 98225-0000 | ||
| peter@arkison.com | ||
| Party name: Peter H. Arkison, Chapter 7 Trustee of the Estate of Bellingham Insurance Agency, Inc. | ||
| Other: | ||
| Pierre H. Bergeron | Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L. L. P. | (513) 361-1200 |
| 221 East Fourth Street | ||
| Suite 2900 | ||
| Cincinnati, OH 45202 | ||
| pierre.bergeron@squiresanders.com | ||
| Party name: American College of Bankruptcy | ||
| Mark S. Davies | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP | (202) 339-8631 |
| 1152 15th Street NW | ||
| Washington, DE 20036 | ||
| mark.davies@orrick.com | ||
| Party name: NVIDIA Corporation | ||
| Charles Fried | 1563 Massachusetts Avenue | (617) 495-4636 |
| Cambridge, MA 02138 | ||
| fried@law.harvard.edu | ||
| Party name: Robert R. McCormick Foundation, et al. | ||
| Curtis Gannon | Assistant to the Solicitor General | |
| Department of Justice | ||
| Washington, DC 20530 | ||
| Party name: United States | ||
| Jonathan D. Hacker | O'Melveny & Myers LLP | (202) 383-5300 |
| 1625 Eye Street, N.W. | ||
| Washington, DC 20006 | ||
| jhacker@omm.com | ||
| Party name: Certain Tousa Defendants | ||
| Henry E. Hildebrand III. | Standing Chapter 13 Trustee | (615) 244-1101 |
| P.O. Box 190664 | ||
| Nashville, TN 37219-0422 | ||
| hank13@ch13nsh.com | ||
| Party name: National Association of Chapter Thirteen Trustees | ||
| Jeffrey T. Kuntz | 401 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 1000 | (954)-761-8111 |
| Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 | ||
| jkuntz@gray-robinson.com | ||
| Party name: Commercial Law League of America | ||
| Richard Lieb | Research Professor of Law | (212) 479-6020 |
| St. John's University School of Law | ||
| 8000 Utopia Parkway | ||
| Jamaica, NY 11439 | ||
| llm@stjohns.edu | ||
| Party name: Professors Richard Aaron, et al. | ||
| Anne M. Rice | Assistant Attorney General | (603) 271-3650 |
| NH Department of Justice | ||
| 33 Capitol Street | ||
| Concord, NH 03301 | ||
| Party name: States of New Hampshire, et al. | ||
| Lynne F. Riley | Casner & Edwards, LLP | (617) 426-5900 |
| 303 Congress St. | ||
| Boston, MA 02210 | ||
| riley@casneredwards.com | ||
| Party name: National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees | ||
| David B. Rivkin Jr. | Baker & Hostetler LLP | (202) 861-1731 |
| 1050 Connecticut Avenue, NW | ||
| Washington, DC 20036 | ||
| drivkin@bakerlaw.com | ||
| Party name: Irving H. Picard, as Trustee of the Substantively Consolidated Estate of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC and Bernard L. Madoff | ||
| Lawrence S. Robbins | Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck, Untereiner & Sauber LLP | (202) 775-4500 |
| 1801 K Street, N.W., Suite 411 | ||
| Washington, DC 20006 | ||
| lrobbins@robbinsrussell.com | ||
| Party name: TOUSA Liquidation Trustee | ||
| David B. Salmons | Bingham McCutchen LLP | (202) 373-6000 |
| 2020 K Street, N.W. | ||
| Washington, DC 20006 | ||
| david.salmons@bingham.com | ||
| Party name: Kerr-McGee Corporation | ||
| James R. Silkenat | President | (312) 988-5000 |
| American Bar Association | ||
| 321 North Clark Street | ||
| Chicago, IL 60654 | ||
| abapresident@americanbar.org | ||
| Party name: American Bar Association | ||
| Paul Steven Singerman | Berger Singerman LLP | (305) 714-4343 |
| 1450 Brickell Avenue, Suite 1900 | ||
| Miami, FL 33131 | ||
| singerman@bergersingerman.com | ||
| Party name: Business Law Section of the Florida Bar | ||
| Danielle Spinelli | Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP | (202) 663-6000 |
| 1875 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW | ||
| Washington, DC 20006 | ||
| danielle.spinelli@wilmerhale.com | ||
| Party name: Professors S. Todd Brown, et al. | ||
| 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 | ||