No. 13-935
Title:
Wellness International Network, Limited, et al., Petitioners
v.
Richard Sharif
Docketed:February 5, 2014
Linked with 13A648
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
  Case Nos.:(12-1349)
  Decision Date:August 21, 2013
  Rehearing Denied:October 7, 2013
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dec 20 2013 Application (13A648) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 5, 2014 to February 5, 2014, submitted to Justice Kagan.
Dec 20 2013 Application (13A648) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until February 5, 2014.
Feb 5 2014 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 7, 2014)
Mar 7 2014 Brief of respondent Richard Sharif in opposition filed.
Mar 21 2014 Reply of petitioners Wellness International Network, Limited, et al. filed.
Mar 26 2014 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 18, 2014.
Jun 9 2014 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 12, 2014.
Jun 16 2014 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 19, 2014.
Jun 23 2014 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 26, 2014.
Jun 30 2014 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 30, 2014.
Jul 1 2014 Petition GRANTED limited to Questions 1 and 3 presented by the petition.
Jul 14 2014 The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including September 9, 2014.
Jul 14 2014 The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including November 19, 2014.
Sep 9 2014 Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed.)
Sep 9 2014 Brief of petitioners Wellness International Network, Limited, et al. filed.
Sep 9 2014 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs in support of either party or neither party from counsel for the respondent.
Sep 11 2014 Brief amicus curiae of the United States filed.
Sep 16 2014 Brief amicus curiae of American College of Bankruptcy filed.
Sep 16 2014 Brief amicus curiae of Business Law Section of the Florida Bar in support of neither party filed.
Sep 16 2014 Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees filed.
Sep 16 2014 Brief amicus curiae of G. Eric Brunstad, Jr. filed.
Sep 16 2014 Brief amicus curiae of American Bar Association filed.
Nov 7 2014 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Nov 19 2014 Brief of respondent Richard Sharif filed.
Nov 19 2014 Supplemental appendix of respondent filed.
Nov 21 2014 SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Wednesday, January 14, 2015.
Nov 26 2014 Brief amici curiae of Certain TOUSA Defendants filed.
Dec 2 2014 CIRCULATED.
Dec 2 2014 Record requested from U.S.C.A. 7th Circuit.
Dec 8 2014 Record received from U.S.C.A. is electronic and located on PACER.
Dec 8 2014 Record received from U.S.D.C. Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division is electronic.
Dec 15 2014 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Dec 19 2014 Reply of petitioners Wellness International Network, Limited, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jan 14 2015 Argued. For petitioners: Catherine Steege, Chicago, Ill.; and Curtis E. Gannon, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondent: Jonathan D. Hacker, Washington, D. C.
May 26 2015 Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Sotomayor, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, and Kagan, JJ., joined, and in which Alito, J., joined in part. Alito, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment. Roberts, C. J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Scalia, J., joined, and in which Thomas, J., joined as to Part I. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion.
Jun 29 2015 JUDGMENT ISSUED.



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioners:
Catherine Steege Jenner & Block, LLP(312) 222-9350
    Counsel of Record353 N. Clark Street
Chicago, IL  60654
csteege@jenner.com
Party name: Wellness International Network, Limited, et al.
 
John A. E. Pottow University of Michigan Law School(734) 647-3736
c/o 625 South State Street
Ann Arbor, MI  48109-1215
pottow@umich.edu
Party name: Wellness International Network, Limited, et al.
Attorneys for Respondent:
Jonathan D. Hacker O'Melveny & Myers LLP(202) 383-5300
    Counsel of Record1625 Eye Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20006
jhacker@omm.com
Party name: Richard Sharif
 
William J. Stevens Box 747 (269) 469-1469
Bridgman, MI  49106
Party name: Richard Sharif
Other:
G. Eric Brunstad Jr. Dechert LLP(860) 524-3999
90 State House Square
Hartford, CT  06103
eric.brunstad@dechert.com
Party name: G. Eric Brunstad, Jr.
 
Curtis E. Gannon Assistant to the Solicitor General
Department of Justice
Washington, DC  20530
Party name: United States
 
William C. Heuer Duane Morris LLP(212) 692-1070
1540 Broadway
New York, NY  10036
wheuer@duanemorris.com
Party name: National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees
 
William C. Hubbard American Bar Association(312) 988-5000
321 North Clark Street
Chicago, IL  60654
abapresident@americanbar.org
Party name: American Bar Association
 
Andrew M. Leblanc Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP(212) 530-5000
New York, NY  10005
aleblanc@milbank.com
Party name: TOUSA Defendants
 
Paul Steven Singerman Berger Singerman LLP(305) 559500
1450 Brickell Avenue, Suite 1900
Miami, FL  33131-3453
singerman@bergersingerman.com
Party name: Business Law Section of the Florida Bar in support of neither party
 
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: American College of Bankruptcy
 
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