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Docket for 12-562
No. 12-562
Title:
United States, Petitioner
v.
Gary Woods
Docketed:November 6, 2012
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
  Case Nos.:(11-50487)
  Decision Date:June 6, 2012
  Rehearing Denied:August 8, 2012
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Nov 6 2012 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 6, 2012)
Dec 19 2012 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 11, 2013.
Jan 4 2013 Response Requested . (Due February 4, 2013)
Feb 4 2013 Brief of respondents Gary Woods, as Tax Matters Partner of Tesoro Drive Partners, et al. in opposition filed.
Feb 20 2013 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 15, 2013.
Feb 20 2013 Reply of petitioner United States filed. (Distributed)
Mar 18 2013 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 22, 2013.
Mar 25 2013 Petition GRANTED. In addition to the question presented by the petition, the parties are directed to brief and argue the following question: Whether the district court had jurisdiction in this case under 26 U. S. C. �6226 to consider the substantial valuation misstatement penalty.
Apr 4 2013 The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including May 30, 2013.
Apr 4 2013 The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including July 22, 2013.
May 30 2013 Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed.)
May 30 2013 Brief of petitioner United States filed.
Jun 5 2013 Brief amicus curiae of Professor Amandeep S. Grewal in support of neither party filed.
Jul 19 2013 Brief of respondents Gary Woods, as Tax Matters Partner of Tesoro Drive Partners, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jul 22 2013 CIRCULATED.
Jul 23 2013 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, October 9, 2013.
Jul 25 2013 Brief amicus curiae of Professor David J. Shakow filed. (Distributed)
Jul 26 2013 Brief amici curiae of Gordon W. Bush, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jul 26 2013 Brief amici curiae of New Millennium Trading, LLC, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jul 26 2013 Brief amici curiae of Scott and Audrey Blum filed. (Distributed)
Jul 26 2013 Brief amicus curiae of Partners in Jade Trading, LLC, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
Aug 2 2013 Record received from U.S.C.A. for 5th Circuit is electronic and located on PACER.
Aug 2 2013 Record received from U.S.D.C. for Western District of Texas is electronic.
Aug 19 2013 Reply of petitioner United States filed. (Distributed)
Oct 8 2013 Letter and attachments dated October 7, 2013 received from counsel for respondents. (Distributed)
Oct 9 2013 Argued. For petitioner: Malcolm L. Stewart, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondents: Gregory G. Garre, Washington, D. C.
Oct 28 2013 Exhibits received from the U.S.D.C. for the Western District of Texas San Antonio Division. (Three boxes)
Dec 3 2013 Judgment REVERSED Scalia, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.
Jan 6 2014 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Jan 15 2014 Record from U.S.D.C. Western District of Texas (San Antonio) has been returned.



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
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
Attorneys for Respondent:
Gregory G. Garre Latham & Watkins, LLP(202) 637-2207
    Counsel of Record555 11th Street, N.W.
Suite 1000
Washington, DC  20004
gregory.garre@lw.com
Party name: Gary Woods
 
Joel N. Crouch Meadows Collier Reed Cousins Crouch & Ungerman LLP(214)-744-3700
901 Main Street, Suite 3700
Dallas, TX  75202
jcrouch@meadowscollier.com
Party name: Gary Woods
Other:
David D. Aughtry Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Aughtry(404) 659-1410
191 Peachtree Street, N.E., 34th Floor
Atlanta, GA  30303
david.aughtry@chamberlainlaw.com
Party name: Partners in Jade Trading, LLC, et al.
 
Thomas A. Cullinan Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP(404) 853-8000
999 Peachtree Street, NE
Atlanta, GA  30309
tom.cullinan@sutherland.com
Party name: New Millennium Trading, LLC, et al.
 
Amandeep S. Grewal Associate Professor of Law(319)-849-8757
University of Iowa College of Law
478 Boyd Law Building
130 Byington Road
Iowa City, IA  52242
agrewal@ iowa.uiowa.edu
Party name: Professor Amandeep S. Grewal in support of neither party
 
Thomas E. Redding Redding & Associates PC(713) 965-9244
2916 West T.C. Jester
Suite 102
Houston, TX  77018
Party name: Gordon W. Bush, et al.
 
Christopher M. Reimer 270 West Pearl, Suite 103 (307)-734-1908
P.O. Box 3070
Jackson, WY  83001
creimer@lrw-law.com
Party name: Scott and Audrey Blum
 
David J Shakow Professor of Law Emeritus(215) 898-7483
University of Pennsylvania Law School
3501 Sansom Street
Philadelphia, PA  19104
dshakow@law.upenn.edu
Party name: Professor David J. Shakow

 

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