No. 15-290
Title:
United States Army Corps of Engineers, Petitioner
v.
Hawkes Co., Inc., et al.
Docketed:September 9, 2015
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
  Case Nos.:(13-3067)
  Decision Date:April 10, 2015
  Rehearing Denied:July 7, 2015
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sep 8 2015 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 9, 2015)
Sep 14 2015 Waiver of right of respondents Hawkes Co., Inc., et al. to respond filed.
Sep 23 2015 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 9, 2015.
Sep 28 2015 Response Requested . (Due October 28, 2015)
Oct 6 2015 Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by The National Association of Home Builders.
Oct 8 2015 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for respondent Hawkes Co., Inc..
Oct 27 2015 Response to petition from respondents Hawkes Co., Inc., et al. filed.
Nov 10 2015 Reply of petitioner United States Army Corps of Engineers filed.
Nov 17 2015 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of December 4, 2015.
Dec 7 2015 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of December 11, 2015.
Dec 11 2015 Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by The National Association of Home Builders GRANTED.
Dec 11 2015 Petition GRANTED.
Jan 19 2016 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs in support of either party or of neither party received from counsel for the respondents.
Jan 22 2016 Joint appendix filed. (Statement of cost filed.)
Jan 22 2016 Brief of petitioner United States Army Corps of Engineers filed.
Jan 29 2016 SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Wednesday, March 30, 2016
Feb 3 2016 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs in support of either party or of neither party received from counsel for the petitioner.
Feb 8 2016 Record requested from U.S.C.A. 8th Circuit.
Feb 8 2016 The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including February 24, 2016.
Feb 10 2016 CIRCULATED.
Feb 17 2016 Record received from the U.S.C.A. 8th Circuit. (1 Box)
Feb 24 2016 Brief of respondents Hawkes Co., Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)
Mar 1 2016 Brief amicus curiae of Cause of Action Institute filed. (Distributed)
Mar 1 2016 Brief amici curiae of American Farm Bureau Federation, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Mar 1 2016 Brief amicus curiae of Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence filed. (Distributed)
Mar 1 2016 Brief amicus curiae of The Cato Institute filed. (Distributed)
Mar 2 2016 Brief amici curiae of Foundation for Environmental and Economic Progress, and Utility Water Act Group filed. (Distributed)
Mar 2 2016 Brief amici curiae of the Council of State Governments, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Mar 2 2016 Brief amicus curiae of National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center filed. (Distributed)
Mar 2 2016 Brief amicus curiae of Southeastern Legal Foundation filed. (Distributed)
Mar 2 2016 Brief amici curiae of Ernest M. Park and Lauren Kent Park filed. (Distributed)
Mar 2 2016 Brief amicus curiae of Mountain States Legal Foundation filed. (Distributed)
Mar 2 2016 Brief amici curiae of West Virginia, Ohio, and 21 Other States filed. (Distributed)
Mar 2 2016 Brief amicus curiae of The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed.
Mar 2 2016 Brief amici curiae of California Farm Bureau Federation, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Mar 2 2016 Brief amici curiae of Ohio Chamber of Commerce, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Mar 2 2016 Brief amici curiae of States of North Dakota, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Mar 2 2016 Brief amici curiae of The National Association of Home Builders, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Mar 23 2016 Reply of petitioner United States Army Corps of Engineers filed. (Distributed)
Mar 30 2016 Argued. For petitioner: Malcolm L. Stewart, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondents: M. Reed Hopper, Sacramento, Cal.
May 31 2016 Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Roberts, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Kennedy, Thomas, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Kennedy, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Thomas and Alito, JJ., joined. Kagan, J., filed a concurring opinion. Ginsburg, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment.
Jul 5 2016 JUDGMENT ISSUED
Aug 18 2016 Record from U.S.C.A. 8th Circuit has been returned.



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
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: United States Army Corps of Engineers
 
Malcolm L. Stewart Deputy Solicitor General(202) 514-2201
Department of Justice
Washington, DC  20530
malcolm.l.stewart@usdoj.gov
Party name: United States Army Corps of Engineers
Attorneys for Respondents:
M. Reed Hopper Pacific Legal Foundation(916) 419-7111
    Counsel of Record930 G Street
Sacramento, CA  95814
mrh@pacificlegal.org
Party name: Hawkes Co., Inc., et al.
Other:
Virginia S. Albrecht Hunton & Williams LLP(202) 955-1500
2200 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC  20037
valbrecht@hunton.com
Party name: Foundation for Environmental and Economic Progress, and Utility Water Act Group
 
Timothy S. Bishop Mayer Brown LLP(312) 782-0600
71 South Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL  60606
tbishop@mayerbrown.com
Party name: American Farm Bureau Federation, et al.
 
James Van Carson Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP(216) 479-8559
4900 Key Tower
127 Public Square
Cleveland, OH  44114
van.carson@squirepb.com
Party name: Ohio Chamber of Commerce, 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
 
Kimberly S. Hermann Southeastern Legal Foundation770-977-2131
2255 Sewell Mill Road, Suite 320
Marietta, GA  30062
khermann@southeasternlegal.org
Party name: Southeastern Legal Foundation
 
Joseph W. Jacquot Foley & Lardner LLP(904) 359-8769
One Independence Drive
Suite 1300
Jacksonville, FL  32202
jjacquot@foley.com
Party name: the Council of State Governments, et al.
 
Martin S. Kaufman Atlantic Legal Foundation(914) 834-3322
2039 Palmer Avenue #104
Larchmont, NY  10538
mskaufman@atlanticlegal.org
Party name: Ernest M. Park and Lauren Kent Park
 
Alfred J. Lechner Jr. Cause of Action Institute(202) 499-4232
1875 Eye Street, NW
Suite 800
Washington, DC  20006
jlechner@causeofaction.org
Party name: Cause of Action Institute
 
Steven J. Lechner Mountain States Legal Foundation(303) 292-2021
2596 South Lewis Way
Lakewood, CO  80227
lechner@mountainstateslegal.com
Party name: Mountain States Legal Foundation
 
Elbert Lin Solicitor General(304) 558-2021
Office of Attorney General
State Capitol
Building 1, Room E-26
Charleston, WV  25305
Elbert.Lin@wvago.gov
Party name: West Virginia, Ohio, and 21 Other States.
 
Michael H. Park Consovoy McCarthy Park PLLC(212) 247-8006
Three Columbus Circle, 15th Floor
New York, NY  10019
park@consovoymccarthy.com
Party name: Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America
 
Peter Stanley Prows Briscoe Ivester & Bazel LLP415-402-2700
155 Sansome Street
Seventh Floor
San Francisco, CA  94104
pprows@briscoelaw.net
Party name: California Farm Bureau Federation, et al.
 
Paul M. Seby Special Assistant Attorney General(303) 248-3772
Greenberg Traurig LLP
1200 17th Street #2400
Denver, CO  80202
sebyp@gtlaw.com
Party name: States of North Dakota, et al.
 
Ilya Shapiro Cato Institute(202) 842-0200
1000 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC  20001
ishapiro@cato.org
Party name: The Cato Institute
 
Luke Anthony Wake NFIB Small Business Legal Center(916) 448-9901
921 11th Street, Suite 100
Washington, DC  20004
luke.wake@nfib.org
Party name: National Federation of Independence Business Small Business Legal Center
 
Thomas J. Ward National Association of Home Builders(202) 266-8230
1201 15th Street, NW
Washington, DC  20005
tward@nahb.org
Party name: The National Association of Home Builders, et al.