No. 16-1454
 
Title: Ohio, et al., Petitioners
v.
American Express Company, et al.
Docketed: June 6, 2017
Linked with: 16A923
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
   Case Numbers: (15-1672)
   Decision Date: September 26, 2016
   Rehearing Denied: January 5, 2017
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Mar 22 2017 Application (16A923) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from April 5, 2017 to May 5, 2017, submitted to Justice Ginsburg.
Mar 24 2017 Application (16A923) granted by Justice Ginsburg extending the time to file until May 5, 2017.
Apr 20 2017 Application (16A923) to extend further the time from May 5, 2017 to June 2, 2017, submitted to Justice Ginsburg.
Apr 24 2017 Application (16A923) granted by Justice Ginsburg extending the time to file until June 2, 2017.
Jun 02 2017 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 6, 2017)
Jun 13 2017 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for State petitioners Ohio, Connecticut, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Montana, Rhode Island, Utah and Vermont.
Jun 16 2017 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondent Texas.
Jun 19 2017 Waiver of right of respondent State of Tennessee to respond filed.
Jun 22 2017 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for respondent United States.
Jun 22 2017 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for respondents American Express Company, et al.
Jun 22 2017 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or neither party, received from counsel for respondent State of Arizona.
Jun 23 2017 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for respondent State of Nebraska.
Jun 26 2017 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for respondent State of Missouri.
Jun 28 2017 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including August 7, 2017, for all respondents.
Jul 06 2017 Order further extending time to file the response of American Express Company, et al. to petition to and including August 21, 2017.
Jul 06 2017 Brief amici curiae of Ahold U.S.A., Inc., et al. filed.
Jul 06 2017 Brief amici curiae of John M. Connor, et al. filed.
Jul 06 2017 Brief amicus curiae of Discover Financial Services filed.
Jul 06 2017 Brief amicus curiae of Retail Litigation Center, Inc. filed.
Jul 06 2017 Brief amici curiae of Former Federal Antitrust Officials filed.
Jul 06 2017 Brief amicus curiae of Southwest Airlines Co. filed.
Jul 06 2017 Brief amicus curiae of United States Public Interest Research Group Education Fund, Inc. filed.
Jul 06 2017 Brief amici curiae of 25 Professors of Antitrust law filed.
Aug 07 2017 Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
Aug 21 2017 Brief of respondent American Express Company in opposition filed.
Sep 05 2017 Reply of petitioner Ohio, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Sep 06 2017 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/25/2017.
Oct 02 2017 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/6/2017.
Oct 10 2017 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/13/2017.
Oct 16 2017 Petition GRANTED.
Oct 24 2017 Blanket Consent filed by petitioners Ohio, et al.
Nov 01 2017 The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including December 7, 2017.
Nov 01 2017 The time to file respondents' briefs on the merits is extended to and including January 16, 2018.
Nov 13 2017 Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, United States
Nov 21 2017 Blanket Consent filed by Respondents, American Express Co., et al.
Nov 21 2017 Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, State of Missouri
Dec 07 2017 Brief of respondent United States in support of petitioners filed.
Dec 07 2017 Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed.)
Dec 07 2017 Brief of petitioners Ohio, et al. filed.
Dec 12 2017 Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, State of Tennessee
Dec 13 2017 Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, State of Nebraska
Dec 14 2017 Brief amici curiae of 20 Merchants as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioners filed.
Dec 14 2017 Brief amicus curiae of The Australian Retailers Association filed.
Dec 14 2017 Brief amici curiae of Ahold U.S.A., Inc.; Albertsons LLC; The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, Inc.; H.E. Butt Grocery Co.; Meijer, Inc.; Publix Super Markets, Inc.; Raley's; Rite Aid Corporation; Safeway, Inc.; Supervalu, Inc.; and Walgreen Co. filed.
Dec 14 2017 Brief amici curiae of International Air Transport Association and Airlines for America filed.
Dec 14 2017 Brief amicus curiae of Discover Financial Services filed.
Dec 14 2017 Brief amici curiae of United States Public Interest Research Group Education Fund, Inc.; Center for Responsible Lending; Consumer Federation of America; Consumers Union; National Association of Consumer Advocates; National Consumer Law Center; Public Citizen, Inc. filed.
Dec 14 2017 Brief amicus curiae of Verizon Communications Inc. in support of neither party filed.
Dec 14 2017 Brief amici curiae of New York, Alaska, California, Delaware, Hawai‘i, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Washington, Wisconsin, and the District of Columbia filed.
Dec 14 2017 Brief amicus curiae of American Antitrust Institute filed.
Dec 14 2017 Brief amici curiae of John M. Connor, et al. filed.
Dec 14 2017 Brief amici curiae of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., The Home Depot, Inc., Target Corporation, Sears Holding Management Corporation, Jo-Ann Stores, LLC, and Merchant Trade Associations filed.
Dec 14 2017 Brief amicus curiae of Open Markets Institute filed.
Dec 14 2017 Brief amicus curiae of The Merchant Advisory Group filed.
Dec 14 2017 Brief amici curiae of American Medical Association and Ohio State Medical Association filed.
Dec 14 2017 Brief amici curiae of 28 Professors of Antitrust Law filed.
Dec 14 2017 Amicus brief of 27 Professors of Antitrust Law not accepted for filing. (December 15, 2017)
Dec 20 2017 SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Monday, February 26, 2018.
Jan 05 2018 CIRCULATED
Jan 10 2018 Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 2nd Circuit.
Jan 16 2018 Record received from the U.S.C.A. 2nd Circuit is electronic.
Jan 16 2018 Brief of respondents American Express Co., et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jan 17 2018 Motion for divided argument filed by the Solicitor General.
Jan 18 2018 Record received from the U.S.C.A. 2nd Circuit 1 box, this record is Sealed.
Jan 23 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Computer & Communications Industry Association filed. (Distributed)
Jan 23 2018 Brief amicus curiae of The Australian Taxpayers' Alliance filed. (Distributed)
Jan 23 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America filed. (Distributed)
Jan 23 2018 Brief amici curiae of Prof. David S. Evans and Prof. Richard Schmalensee filed. (Distributed)
Jan 23 2018 Brief amicus curiae of The Clearing House Association L.L.C. filed. (Distributed)
Jan 23 2018 Brief amici curiae of Antitrust Law & Economics Scholars filed. (Distributed)
Jan 23 2018 Brief amici curiae of J. Gregory Sidak and Robert D. Willig filed. (Distributed)
Feb 12 2018 Reply of petitioners Ohio, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Feb 14 2018 Record received from the U.S. Dist. Court Eastern Dist. of New York. The record has some Sealed Documents and is electronic.
Feb 15 2018 Reply of respondent United States filed. (Distributed)
Feb 16 2018 Motion for divided argument filed by the Solicitor General GRANTED.
Feb 26 2018 Argued. For petitioners and state respondents in support: Eric E. Murphy, State Solicitor, Columbus, Ohio. For respondent United States in support of petitioners: Malcolm L. Stewart, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondents: Evan R. Chesler, New York, N. Y.
Jun 25 2018 Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Thomas, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Kennedy, Alito, and Gorsuch, JJ., joined. Breyer, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Ginsburg, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined.
Jul 27 2018 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Aug 21 2018 Record from the U.S.C.A. 2nd Circuit has been returned.
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioner
Eric E. Murphy
Counsel of Record
Ohio State Solicitor
30 East Broad Street
17th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
eric.murphy@ohioattorneygeneral.gov
Ph: 614-466-8980
Party name: Ohio, et al.


Attorneys for Respondents
Antitrust Unit Chief
Counsel of Record
Antitrust Unit Chief
Office of the Arizona Attorney General
1275 West Washington Street
Phoenix, AZ 85007-2926
Nancy.Bonnell@azag.gov
Ph: (602) 542-7728
Party name: State of Arizona


Cravth, Swaine & Moore, LLP
Counsel of Record
Cravth, Swaine & Moore, LLP
825 Eighth Avenue
New York, NY 10019
echesler@cravath.com
Ph: (212) 474-1000
Party name: American Express Co., et al.


Jones Day
Counsel of Record
Jones Day
51 Louisiana Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001
NJFRANCISCO@JONESDAY.COM
Ph: (202) 879-3939
Party name: United States


Lehotsky Keller Cohn LLP
Counsel of Record
Lehotsky Keller Cohn LLP
200 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Suite 700
Washington, DC 20001
scott@lkcfirm.com
Ph: 5126938350
Party name: State of Texas


Counsel of Record

Office of the Nebraska Attorney General
2115 State Capitol
Lincoln, NE 68509
dave.lopez@nebraska.gov
Ph: 402-471-2682
Party name: State of Nebraska


Assistant Attorney General
Counsel of Record
Assistant Attorney General
Missouri Attorney General's Office
P.O. Box 861
St. Louis, MO 63188
Joseph.Schlotzhauer@ago.mo.gov
Ph: 314 340-7945
Party name: State of Missouri


Associate Solicitor General
Counsel of Record
Associate Solicitor General
500 Charlotte Avenue
Nashville, TN 37243
joe.whalen@ag.tn.gov
Ph: (615) 741-3499
Party name: State of Tennessee


Assistant Attorney General
Assistant Attorney General
P.O. Box 12548
Austin, TX 78711-2548
david.ashton@texasattorneygeneral.gov
Ph: 512-463-2100
Party name: State of Texas


Attorney General
Attorney General
Office of Attorney General
2115 State Capitol Building
Lincoln, NE 68509
collinkessner@nebraska.gov
Ph: 402-471-3297
Party name: State of Nebraska


Other Attorneys
Donald I Baker
Counsel of Record
Baker & Miller PLLC
2401 Pennsylvania Ave, NW Suite 300
Washington, DC 20037
dbaker@bakerandmiller.com
Ph: 202-663-7820
Party name: International Air Transport Association and Airlines for America


Anthony Joseph Bolognese
Counsel of Record
Bolognese & Associates, LLC
1500 JFK Blvd., Suite 320
Philadelphia, PA 19102
abolognese@bolognese-law.com
Ph: 215-814-6750
Party name: JOHN M. CONNOR, MARTIN GAYNOR, DANIEL MCFADDEN, ROGER NOLL, JEFFREY M. PERLOFF, JOSEPH A. STIGLITZ, LAWRENCE J. WHITE, AND RALPH A. WINTER


Richard M. Brunell
Counsel of Record
American Antitrust Institute
1025 Connecticut Ave.
Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20036
rbrunell@antitrustinstitute.org
Ph: 202-600-9640
Party name: American Antitrust Institute


Matthew L. Cantor
Counsel of Record
Constantine Cannon LLP
335 Madison Ave.
New York, NY 10017
mcantor@constantinecannon.com
Ph: 2123502738
Party name: American Medical Association and Ohio State Medical Association


Eric F. Citron
Counsel of Record
Goldstein & Russell, P.C.
7475 Wisconsin Ave., Suite 850
Bethesda, MD 20814
ec@goldsteinrussell.com
Ph: (301) 362-0636
Party name: 27 Professors of Antitrust Law


Deepak Gupta
Counsel of Record
Gupta Wessler LLP
2001 K Street NW
Suite 850 North
Washington, DC 20006
DEEPAK@GUPTAWESSLER.COM
Ph: (202) 888-1741
Party name: Open Markets Institute


Jonathan M. Jacobson
Counsel of Record
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC
1301 Avenue of the Americas 40th Floor
New York, NY 10019-6022
jjacobson@wsgr.com
Ph: 212-999-5800
Party name: Antitrust Law & Economic Scholars


Robert N Kaplan
Counsel of Record
Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer LLP
850 Third Ave.,14th Floor
New York, NY 10022
rkaplan@kaplanfox.com
Ph: 212-687-1980
Party name: The Australian Retailers Association


Neal Kumar Katyal
Counsel of Record
Milbank LLP
1850 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
nkatyal@milbank.com
Ph: 202-835-7505
Party name: Computer & Communications Industry Association


Elai E Katz
Counsel of Record
Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
80 Pine Street
New York, NY 10005
ekatz@cahill.com
Ph: 212-701-3039
Party name: Prof. David S. Evans and Prof. Richard Schmalensee


Robert Mark Langer
Counsel of Record
WIggin and Dana LLP
20 Church Street
Hartford, CT 06103
rlanger@wiggin.com
Ph: 860-297-3724
Party name: J. Gregory Sidak and Robert D. Willig


Kenneth Eng-Kong Lee
Counsel of Record
Levine Lee LLP
650 5th Avenue, 13th Floor
New York, NY 10019
klee@levinelee.com
Ph: 212-223-4400
Party name: The Australian Taxpayers' Alliance


Thomas Ryan McCarthy
Counsel of Record
Consovoy McCarthy PLLC
1600 Wilson Boulevard
Suite 700
Arlington, VA 22209
TOM@CONSOVOYMCCARTHY.COM
Ph: 7032439423
Party name: VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC.


Elizabeth Petrela Papez
Counsel of Record
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
1050 Connecticut Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
epapez@gibsondunn.com
Ph: 202-955-8608
Party name: Discover Financial Services


Sharon Kunjumon Robertson
Counsel of Record
Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC
88 Pine Street, 14th Floor
New York, NY 10005
srobertson@cohenmilstein.com
Ph: 2128387797
Party name: United States Public Interest Research Group Education Fund, Inc.; Center for Responsible Lending; Consumer Federation of America; Consumers Union; National Association of Consumer Advocates; National Consumer Law Center; Public Citizen, Inc.


George D. Ruttinger
Counsel of Record
Crowell & Moring LLP
1001 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC 20004
gruttinger@crowell.com
Ph: 202-624-2670
Party name: 20 Merchants as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioners


Paul Ethan Slater
Counsel of Record
Sperling & Slater, P.C.
Suite 3200
55 West Monroe Street
Chicago, IL 60603-0000
pes@sperling-law.com
Ph: 312-641-3200
Party name: Ahold U.S.A., Inc.; Albertsons LLC; The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, Inc.; H.E. Butt Grocery Co.; Meijer, Inc.; Publix Super Markets, Inc.; Raley's; Rite Aid Corporation; Safeway, Inc.; Supervalu, Inc.; and Walgreen Co.


Mark Thomas Stancil
Counsel of Record
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
1875 K Street
Washington, DC 20006
mstancil@willkie.com
Ph: 202-303-1000
Party name: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., The Home Depot, Inc., Target Corporation, Sears Holding Management Corporation, Jo-Ann Stores, LLC, and Merchant Trade Associations


Aaron Michael Streett
Counsel of Record
Baker Botts, L.L.P.
910 Louisiana Street
Houston, TX 77002
AARON.STREETT@BAKERBOTTS.COM
Ph: 7132291234
Party name: Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America


Richard S. Taffet
Counsel of Record
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
101 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10022
richard.taffet@morganlewis.com
Ph: (212) 309-6000
Party name: The Clearing House Association L.L.C.


Barbara Dale Underwood
Counsel of Record
Solicitor General
Office of the Attorney General
28 Liberty Street
New York, NY 10005-1400
BARBARA.UNDERWOOD@AG.NY.GOV
Ph: 212-416-8016
Party name: New York, Alaska, California, Delaware, Hawai‘i, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Washington, Wisconsin, and the District of Columbia


James A. Wilson
Counsel of Record
Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease LLP
52 East Gay Street
P. O. Box l008
Columbus, OH 43216
jawilson@vorys.com
Ph: 614-464-5606
Party name: The Merchant Advisory Group


Richard Alan Arnold
Kenny Nachwalter, P.A.
1441 Brickell Avenue, Suite 1100
Miami, FL 33131
rarnold@knpa.com
Ph: (305) 373-1000
Party name: Ahold U.S.A., Inc., et al.


Anthony J. Bolognese
Bolognese & Associates, LLC
1500 JFK Boulevard, Suite 320
Philadelphia, PA 19102
abolognese@bolognese-law.com
Ph: (215) 814-6750
Party name: John M. Connor, et al.


Eric F. Citron
Goldstein & Russell, P.C.
7475 Wisconsin Ave., Suite 850
Bethesda, MD 20814
ec@goldsteinrussell.com
Ph: (202) 362-0636
Party name: 25 Professors of Antitrust law


Debra L. Greenberger
Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady, LLP
600 Fifth Avenue, 10th Floor
New York, NY 10020
dgreenberger@ecbalaw.com
Ph: (212)-763-5000
Party name: Retail Litigation Center, Inc.


Deepak Gupta
Gupta Wessler PLLC
1900 L Street, NW.
Suite 312
Washington, DC 20036
deepak@guptawessler.com
Ph: (202) 888-1741
Party name: Former Federal Antitrust Officials


Andrew C. Nichols
Charis Lex P.C.
11921 Freedom Dr., Ste. 550
Reston, VA 20190
anichols@charislex.com
Ph: (571) 549-2645
Party name: Discover Financial Services


Elizabeth Petrela Papez
Winston & Strawn, LLP
1700 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20006
epapez@winston.com
Ph: (202) 282-5000
Party name: Discover Financial Services


Russell S. Post
Beck, Redden, L.L.P.
1221 McKinney St., Ste. 4500
Houston, TX 77010
rpost@beckredden.com
Ph: (713) 951-3700
Party name: Southwest Airlines Co.


Sharon K. Robertson
Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC
88 Pine Street, 14th Floor
New York, NY 10005
srobertson@cohenmilstein.com
Ph: 212 838 7797
Party name: United States Public Interest Research Group Education Fund, Inc.