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Docket for 09-525
No. 09-525
Title:
Janus Capital Group, Inc., et al., Petitioners
v.
First Derivative Traders
Docketed:November 2, 2009
Linked with 09A95
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
  Case Nos.:(07-1607)
  Decision Date:May 7, 2009
  Rehearing Denied:June 2, 2009
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jul 23 2009 Application (09A95) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from August 31, 2009 to September 30, 2009, submitted to The Chief Justice.
Jul 24 2009 Application (09A95) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until September 30, 2009.
Sep 4 2009 Application (09A95) to extend further the time from September 30, 2009 to October 30, 2009, submitted to The Chief Justice.
Sep 8 2009 Application (09A95) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until October 30, 2009.
Oct 30 2009 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 2, 2009)
Dec 2 2009 Brief of respondent First Derivative Traders in opposition filed.
Dec 16 2009 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 8, 2010.
Dec 17 2009 Reply of petitioners Janus Capital Group, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jan 11 2010 The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States.
May 19 2010 Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
Jun 1 2010 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 17, 2010.
Jun 1 2010 Supplemental brief of petitioners Janus Capital Group, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jun 21 2010 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 24, 2010.
Jun 28 2010 Petition GRANTED.
Jul 14 2010 The time within which to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including September 3, 2010.
Jul 14 2010 The time within which to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including October 26, 2010.
Jul 14 2010 Counsel for petitioners agrees to file any reply brief on the merits on or before November 19, 2010.
Jul 16 2010 Consent to the filing of amicus briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioners.
Aug 31 2010 Consent to the filing of amicus briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondent.
Sep 3 2010 Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
Sep 3 2010 Brief of petitioners Janus Capital Group, Inc., et al. filed.
Sep 7 2010 SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Tuesday, December 7, 2010.
Sep 10 2010 Brief amicus curiae of Center for Audit Quality in support of neither party filed.
Sep 10 2010 Brief amicus curiae of Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association filed.
Sep 10 2010 Brief amici curiae of G. Eric Brunstad, Jr., Robert W. Helm, and Jane A. Kanter filed.
Sep 10 2010 Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed.
Sep 10 2010 Brief amicus curiae of Attorneys' Liability Assurance Society, Inc., A Risk Retention Group filed.
Sep 27 2010 Record received from Court of Appeals for 4th Circuit. (1 envelope) (There are sealed documents in this record.)
Oct 8 2010 CIRCULATED
Oct 26 2010 Brief of respondent First Derivative Traders filed. (Distributed)
Nov 2 2010 Brief amici curiae of AARP and North American Securities Administrators Association, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
Nov 2 2010 Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. (Distributed)
Nov 2 2010 Brief amici curiae of Law Professors William A. Birdthistle, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Nov 2 2010 Brief amici curiae of John P. Freeman and James D. Cox filed. (Distributed)
Nov 2 2010 Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Nov 2 2010 Brief amicus curiae of Council of Institutional Investors filed. (Distributed)
Nov 2 2010 Brief amicus curiae of Employees' Retirement System of the Government of the Virgin Islands filed. (Distributed)
Nov 2 2010 Brief amici curiae of New York State Common Retirement Fund, et al. filed. (Distributed).
Nov 15 2010 Record for the U.S.D.C. for District of Maryland is electronic.
Nov 19 2010 Reply of petitioners Janus Capital Group, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)
Nov 23 2010 Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Dec 7 2010 Argued. For petitioners: Mark A. Perry, Washington, D. C. For respondent: David C. Frederick, Washington, D. C.; and Curtis E. Gannon, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.)
Jun 13 2011 Judgment REVERSED. Thomas, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Scalia, Kennedy, and Alito, JJ., joined. Breyer, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Ginsburg, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined.
Jul 15 2011 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Jul 27 2011 Record returned to U.S.C.A. for 4th Circuit.



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioners:
Mark A. Perry Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP(202) 955-8500
    Counsel of Record1050 Connecticut Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC  20036
mperry@gibsondunn.com
Party name: Janus Capital Group, Inc., et al.
Attorneys for Respondent:
David C. Frederick Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, P.L.L.C.(202) 326-7900
    Counsel of Record1615 M Street, N.W., Suite 400
Washington, DC  20036
dfrederick@khhte.com
Party name: First Derivative Traders
 
Ira M. Press Kirby McInerney LLP(212)-371-6600
825 Third Ave., 16th Floor
New York, NY  10022
ipress@kmllp.com
Party name: First Derivative Traders
Other:
Richard Douglas. Bernstein Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP(202) 303-1000
1875 K Street, NW
Washington, DC  20006
rbernstein@willkie.com
Party name: Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America
 
William A. Birdthistle Chicago-Kent College of Law(312)-906-5367
565 W. Adams Street
Chicago, IL  60661
wbirdthistle@kentlaw.edu
Party name: Law Professors William A. Birdthistle, et al.
 
Michael J. Brickman Richardson, Patrick, Westbrook & Brickman, LLC(843) 727-6603
174 East Bay Street
Charleston, SC  29401
mbrickman@rpwb.com
Party name: John P. Freeman and James D. Cox
 
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., Robert W. Helm, and Jane A. Kanter
 
Jonathan F. Cohn Sidley Austin LLP(202) 736-8000
1501 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20005
jcohn@sidley.com
Party name: Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association
 
Gregory S. Coleman Yetter Coleman LLP(512) 533-0150
221 West Sixth Street, Suite 750
Austin, TX  78701
gcoleman@yettercoleman.com
Party name: Council of Institutional Investors
 
Jay W. Eisenhofer Grant & Eisenhofer PA(646) 722-8500
123 Justison Street
Wilmington, DE  10017
jeisenhofer@gelaw.com
Party name: New York State Common Retirement Fund, et al.
 
Curtis Gannon Assistant to the Solicitor General
Department of Justice
Washington, DC  20530
Party name: Janus Capital Group, Inc., et al. v. First Derivative Traders
 
Eric Alan Isaacson Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP(619) 231-1058
655 West Broadway, Suite 1900
San Diego, CA  92101
EricI@rgrdlaw.com
Party name: Employees' Retirement System of the Government of the Virgin Islands
 
Neal Kumar Katyal Acting Solicitor General(202) 514-2217
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20530-0001
SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ
Party name: United States
 
Kannon K. Shanmugam Williams & Connolly LLP(202) 434-5000
725 Twelfth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20005
kshanmugam@wc.com
Party name: Attorneys' Liability Assurance Society, Inc., A Risk Retention Group
 
Jay E. Sushelsky AARP Foundation Litigation(202) 434-2060
601 E Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20049
jsushelsky@aarp.org
Party name: AARP and North American Securities Administrators Association, Inc.
 
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
 
Michael Li-Ming Wong 3 Embarcadero Center415-315-63000
San Francisco, CA  94111
Michael.Wong@Ropesgray.com
Party name: Center for Audit Quality in support of neither party

 

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