No. 13-1080
Title:
Department of Transportation, et al., Petitioners
v.
Association of American Railroads
Docketed:March 11, 2014
Linked with 13A678
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
  Case Nos.:(12-5204)
  Decision Date:July 2, 2013
  Rehearing Denied:October 11, 2013
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dec 27 2013 Application (13A678) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 9, 2014 to February 7, 2014, submitted to The Chief Justice.
Dec 31 2013 Application (13A678) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until February 7, 2014.
Jan 27 2014 Application (13A678) to extend further the time from February 7, 2014 to March 10, 2014, submitted to The Chief Justice.
Jan 28 2014 Application (13A678) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until March 10, 2014.
Mar 10 2014 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 10, 2014)
Mar 18 2014 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including May 12, 2014.
Apr 10 2014 Brief amicus curiae of Professor Alexander Volokh filed.
May 12 2014 Brief of respondent Association of American Railroads in opposition filed.
May 27 2014 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 12, 2014.
May 28 2014 Reply of petitioner Department of Transportation filed. (Distributed)
Jun 16 2014 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 19, 2014.
Jun 23 2014 Petition GRANTED.
Jul 21 2014 The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including August 14, 2014.
Jul 21 2014 The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including September 22, 2014.
Aug 14 2014 Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed.)
Aug 14 2014 Brief of petitioner Department of Transportation filed.
Aug 21 2014 Brief amici curiae of Environmental Law and Policy Center, et al. filed.
Sep 4 2014 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, December 8, 2014.
Sep 22 2014 Brief of respondent Association of American Railroads filed.
Sep 22 2014 Record requested from U.S.C.A. District of Columbia Circuit.
Sep 26 2014 Record received from U.S.C.A. District of Columbia Circuit, the record is electronic.
Sep 29 2014 Brief amicus curiae of Association of Independent Passenger Rail Operators filed.
Sep 29 2014 Brief amicus curiae of Resolute Forest Products Inc. filed.
Sep 29 2014 Brief amici curiae of Cato Institute, et al. filed.
Sep 29 2014 Brief amici curiae of American Council of Trustees and Alumni, et al. filed.
Sep 29 2014 Brief amicus curiae of Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence filed.
Sep 29 2014 Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed.
Sep 29 2014 Brief amicus curiae of Center for the Rule of Law filed.
Sep 29 2014 Brief amicus curiae of Professor Alexander Volokh filed.
Oct 22 2014 Reply of petitioner Department of Transportation filed.
Oct 27 2014 CIRCULATED.
Dec 8 2014 Argued. For petitioners: Curtis E. Gannon, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Thomas H. Dupree, Jr., Washington, D. C.
Dec 19 2014 Letter from counsel for the petitioners updating authority. (Distributed)
Mar 9 2015 Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Kennedy, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Scalia, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Alito, J., filed a concurring opinion. Thomas, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment.
Apr 10 2015 JUDGMENT ISSUED.



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioners:
Donald B. Verrilli Jr. Solicitor General(202) 514-2217
    Counsel of Record United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20530-0001
SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov
Party name: Department of Transportation
 
Curtis E. Gannon Assistant to the Solicitor General
Department of Justice
Washington, DC  20530
Party name: Department of Transportation, et al.
Attorneys for Respondent:
Thomas H. Dupree Jr. Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP(202) 955-8500
    Counsel of Record1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20036-5306
tdupree@gibsondunn.com
Party name: Association of American Railroads
Other:
C. Frederick Beckner III. Sidley Austin LLP(202) 736-8000
1501 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20005
rbeckner@sidley.com
Party name: Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America
 
Jeffrey S. Bucholtz King & Spalding LLP(202) 737-0500
1700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC  20006
jbucholtz@kslaw.com
Party name: Cato Institute, et al.
 
Anthony T. Caso Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence(714) 628-2666
c/o Dale E. Fowler School of Law at Chapman University
One University Drive
Orange, CA  92886
caso@chapman.edu
Party name: Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence
 
Shannen W. Coffin Steptoe & Johnson LLP(202)-429-6255
1330 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington, DC  20036
scoffin@steptoe.com
Party name: American Council of Trustees and Alumni, et al.
 
Richard B. Katskee Mayer Brown LLP(202) 263-3000
1999 K Street, NW
Washington, DC  20006
rkatskee@mayerbrown.com
Party name: Association of Independent Passenger Rail Operators
 
David B. Rivkin Jr. Baker & Hostetler LLP(202) 861-1731
1050 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC  20036
drivkin@bakerlaw.com
Party name: Resolute Forest Products Inc.
 
Sarah M. Shalf Emory Law School (404) 712-4652
Supreme Court Advocacy Project
1301 Clifton Road
Atlanta, GA  30322
sarah.shalf@emory.edu
Party name: Professor Alexander Volokh
 
Karen E. Torrent The Environmental Law and Policy Center(312) 505-3111
500 New Jersey Avenue, NW
Suite 400
Washington, DC  20001
ktorrent@wlpc.org
Party name: Environmental Law and Policy Center, et al.
 
Adam J. White Boyden Gray & Associates(202) 955-0620
1627 I Street, NW, Suite 950
Washington, DC  20006
adam@boydengrayassociates.com
Party name: Center for the Rule of Law