No. 14-723
Title:
Robert Montanile, Petitioner
v.
Board of Trustees of the National Elevator Industry Health Benefit Plan
Docketed:December 19, 2014
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
  Case Nos.:(14-11678)
  Decision Date:November 25, 2014
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dec 16 2014 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 20, 2015)
Dec 29 2014 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including February 19, 2015.
Feb 19 2015 Brief of respondent Board of Trustees of the National Elevator Industry Health Benefit Plan in filed.
Feb 25 2015 Letter from counsel for petitioner received waiving the 14-day waiting period for the filing of a reply brief pursuant to Rule 15.5.
Feb 25 2015 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 20, 2015.
Mar 23 2015 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 27, 2015.
Mar 30 2015 Petition GRANTED.
Apr 20 2015 The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including July 6, 2015.
Apr 20 2015 The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including September 25, 2015.
Jun 3 2015 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party received from counsel for the respondent.
Jun 3 2015 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs in support of either party or of neither party received from counsel for the petitioner.
Jul 6 2015 Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed.)
Jul 6 2015 Brief of petitioner Robert Montanile filed.
Jul 13 2015 Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
Jul 13 2015 Brief amicus curiae of United Policyholders filed.
Jul 13 2015 Brief amicus curiae of AARP filed.
Jul 13 2015 Brief amicus curiae of The American Association for Justice filed.
Sep 9 2015 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, November 9, 2015
Sep 10 2015 Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 11th Circuit.
Sep 25 2015 Brief of respondent Board of Trustees of the National Elevator Industry Health Benefit Plan filed.
Sep 29 2015 CIRCULATED
Oct 2 2015 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Oct 2 2015 Brief amici curiae of National Association of Subrogation Professionals, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Oct 2 2015 Brief amici curiae of IBEW-NECA Southwestern Health & Benefit Fund, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Oct 2 2015 Brief amicus curiae of National Coordinating Committee for Multiemployer Plans filed. (Distributed)
Oct 26 2015 Reply of petitioner Robert Montanile filed. (Distributed)
Oct 30 2015 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Nov 9 2015 Argued. For petitioner: Peter K. Stris, Los Angeles, Cal.; and Ginger D. Anders, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondent: Neal K. Katyal, Washington, D. C.
Jan 20 2016 Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Thomas, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Scalia, Kennedy, Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined, and in which Alito, J., joined except for Part III-C. Ginsburg, J., filed a dissenting opinion.
Feb 23 2016 Judgment Issued



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
Rachana A. Pathak 3333 Harbor Blvd.(213) 995-6800
    Counsel of RecordCosta Mesa, CA  92626
radha.pathak@strismaher.com
Party name: Robert Montanile
 
Peter K. Stris Stris & Maher LLP(213) 995-6800
725 S. Figueroa St., Ste. 1830
Los Angeles, CA  90017
peter.stris@strismaher.com
Party name: Robert Montanile
Attorneys for Respondent:
Neal Kumar Katyal Hogan Lovells US LLP(202) 637-5600
    Counsel of Record555 Thirteenth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20004
neal.katyal@hoganlovells.com
Party name: Board of Trustees of the National Elevator Industry Health Benefit Plan
 
John David Kolb Gibson & Sharps PSC(502) 214-6125
9420 Bunsen Parkway
Suite 250
Louisville, KY  40220
jdk@gibsonsharps.com
Party name: Board of Trustees of the National Elevator Industry Health Benefit Plan
Other:
Ginger D. Anders Assistant to the Solicitor General
Solicitor General's Office
Department of Justice
Washington,, DC  20530
Party name: United States
 
William S. Consovoy Consovoy McCarthy Park PLLC(703) 243-9423
3033 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 700
Arlington, VA  22201
will@consovoymccarthy.com
Party name: National Association of Subrogation Professionals, et al.
 
Mark D. DeBofsky DeBofsky & Associates PC(312) 561-4040
200 W. Madison Street
Suite 2670
Suite 2440
Chicago, IL  60606
mdebofsky@debovksy.com
Party name: United Policyholders
 
John M. McIntire O'Donoghue & O'Donoghue LLP(202) 362-0041
4748 Wisconsin Avenue, NW
Washington, DC  20016
jmcintire@odonoghuelaw.com
Party name: National Coordinating Committee for Multiemployer Plans
 
Mary Ellen Signorille AARP Foundation Litigation(202) 434-2072
601 E Street, NW
Washington, DC  20049
msignorille@aarp.org
Party name: AARP
 
Aaron M. Streett Baker Botts L.L.P.(713) 229-1234
910 Louisiana Street
Houston, TX  77002-4995
aaron.streett@bakerbotts.com
Party name: IBEW-NECA Southwestern Health & Benefit Fund, 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: United States
 
Jeffrey R. White Center for Constitutional Litigation PC(202) 944-2803
777 6th Street, N.W., Suite 250
Washington, DC  20001
jeffrey.white@cclfirm.com
Party name: American Association for Justice