No. 16-307
 
Title: National Labor Relations Board, Petitioner
v.
Murphy Oil USA, Inc., et al.
Docketed: September 9, 2016
Linked with: 16A112
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
   Case Numbers: (14-60800)
   Decision Date: October 26, 2015
   Rehearing Denied: May 13, 2016
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Aug 01 2016 Application (16A112) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from August 11, 2016 to September 9, 2016, submitted to Justice Thomas.
Aug 10 2016 Application (16A112) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until September 9, 2016.
Sep 09 2016 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 11, 2016)
Sep 22 2016 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including November 10, 2016.
Oct 11 2016 Brief amicus curiae of The Chamber of Commerce of the United States filed.
Oct 11 2016 Brief amicus curiae of Public Citizen, Inc. filed.
Nov 10 2016 Brief of respondent Murphy Oil USA, Inc. in opposition filed.
Nov 30 2016 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 6, 2017.
Nov 30 2016 Reply of petitioner National Labor Relations Board filed. (Distributed)
Jan 09 2017 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 13, 2017.
Jan 13 2017 Petition GRANTED The petition for a writ of certiorari in Nos. 16-285 and 16-300 are granted. The cases are consolidated and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument.
Jan 25 2017 The following briefing schedule is adopted: Petitioners in Nos. 16-285 and 16-300 and respondents in No. 16-307 will file opening and reply briefs under the schedule set forth in Rules 25.1 and 25.3. Respondents in Nos. 16-285 and 16-300 and petitioner in No. 16-307 will file response briefs under the schedule set forth in Rule 25.2. VIDED.
Feb 21 2017 The time to file the joint appendix and the opening briefs is extended to and including April 28, 2017. VIDED.
Feb 21 2017 The time to file the response briefs is extended to and including July 27, 2017. VIDED.
Apr 11 2017 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs in support of either party or neither party from counsel for respondents filed.
Apr 13 2017 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs in support of either party or neither party from counsel for respondent in support Sheila M. Hobson.
Apr 28 2017 The time to file the joint appendix and the opening briefs is further extended to and including June 9, 2017. VIDED.
Apr 28 2017 The time to file the response briefs is further extended to and including August 9, 2017. VIDED.
Jun 09 2017 Joint appendix for Murphy Oil USA, Inc., et al. filed. (Statement of costs filed.)
Jun 09 2017 Brief of Petitioner Epic Systems Corporation and Respondent Murphy Oil USA, Inc. filed. VIDED.
Jun 15 2017 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs in support of either party or neither party from counsel for National Labor Relations Board.
Jun 16 2017 Brief amici curiae of National Association of Manufacturers, et al. filed. VIDED.
Jun 16 2017 Brief amicus curiae of United States supporting Petitioners in Nos. 16-285 and 16-300 and supporting Respondents in No. 307 filed. VIDED.
Jun 16 2017 Brief amicus curiae of The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed. VIDED.
Jun 16 2017 Brief amicus curiae of The Business Roundtable supporting Epic Systems Corp., Ernst & Young LLP, and Murphy Oil USA, Inc. filed. VIDED.
Jun 16 2017 Brief amicus curiae of The Employers Group in support of Petitioners in Nos. 16-285 and 16-300 and Respondent Murphy Oil in No.16-307 filed. VIDED.
Jun 16 2017 Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation in support of Petitioners in Nos. 16-285 and 16-300 and Respondent Murphy Oil USA, Inc. in No. 16-307 filed.
Jun 16 2017 Brief amicus curiae of Retail Litigation Center, Inc. in support of Petitioners in Nos. 16-285 and 16-300 and Respondent in No.16-307 filed.
Jun 16 2017 Brief amicus curiae of HR Policy Association filed. VIDED.
Jun 16 2017 Brief amicus curiae of Atlantic Legal Foundation filed. VIDED.
Jun 16 2017 Brief amici curiae of Law Professors filed. VIDED.
Jun 16 2017 Brief amicus curiae of DRI-The Voice of the Defense Bar filed. VIDED.
Jun 16 2017 Brief amicus curiae of International Association of Defense Counsel filed. VIDED.
Jun 16 2017 Brief amici curiae of American Staffing Association, et al. filed. VIDED.
Jun 16 2017 Brief amicus curiae of Bristol Farms filed. VIDED.
Jun 16 2017 Brief amici curiae of Mortgage Bankers Association and State Mortgage Lending Association filed. VIDED.
Jun 16 2017 Brief amicus curiae of New England Legal Foundation filed. VIDED.
Jun 16 2017 Brief amici curiae of Council on Labor Law Equality, et al. filed. VIDED.
Jul 19 2017 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, October 2, 2017. VIDED.
Aug 01 2017 Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 5th Circuit.
Aug 08 2017 Brief of respondent Sheila Hobson in support of NLRB filed.
Aug 09 2017 Brief of National Labor Relations Board filed.
Aug 10 2017 Brief amicus curiae of National Academy of Arbitrators filed. VIDED.
Aug 11 2017 Record received from the U.S.C.A. 5th Circuit is electronic.
Aug 14 2017 CIRCULATED.
Aug 15 2017 Brief amici curiae of Ten International Labor Unions, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
Aug 16 2017 Statement of amici in support of motion of NLRB for divided argument filed. VIDED.
Aug 16 2017 Brief amici curiae of Labor Law Professors filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
Aug 16 2017 Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
Aug 16 2017 Motion for divided argument filed by NLRB. VIDED.
Aug 16 2017 Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. VIDED.
Aug 16 2017 Brief amici curiae of Maryland, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
Aug 16 2017 Brief amici curiae of NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
Aug 16 2017 Brief amici curiae of Main Street Alliance, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
Aug 16 2017 Brief amicus curiae of American Association for Justice filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
Aug 16 2017 Brief amicus curiae of Public Citizen, Inc. filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
Aug 16 2017 Brief amicus curiae of Susan Fowler filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
Aug 16 2017 Brief amicus curiae of New York Taxi Workers Alliance filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
Sep 11 2017 Reply of petitioner Epic Systems Corporation and respondent Murphy Oil USA, Inc. filed. VIDED (Distributed)
Sep 25 2017 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Sep 25 2017 Motion for divided argument filed by NLRB GRANTED.
Oct 02 2017 Argued. For petitioners in Nos. 16-285 & 16-300: Paul D. Clement, Washington, D. C.; and Jeffrey B. Wall, Principal Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For petitioner, acting as respondent, in No. 16-307: Richard F. Griffin, Jr., Washington, D. C. For respondents in Nos. 16-285 & 16-300: Daniel R. Ortiz, Charlottesville, Va. VIDED.
Oct 03 2017 Letter of NLRB regarding oral argument filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
May 21 2018 Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Gorsuch, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Kennedy, Thomas, and Alito, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed a concurring opinion. Ginsburg, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined. VIDED.
Jun 22 2018 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Linda J. Dreeben
Counsel of Record
1717 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC 20570-0000
courtenforcement@nlrb.gov
Ph: 202 273-2977
Party name: NLRB


John H. Ferguson
Associate General Counsel
National Labor Relations Board
1015 Half Street SE
Washington, DC 20570-0001
john.ferguson@nlrb.gov
Ph: (202) 273-3700
Party name: National Labor Relations Board


Edwin S. Kneedler
Deputy Solicitor General
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20530-0001
SupremeCtBriefs@usdoj.gov
Ph: (202) 514-2217
Party name: National Labor Relations Board


Attorneys for Respondents
Harold Craig Becker
Counsel of Record

815 Black Lives Matter Plaza, NW
Washington, DC 20006
CBECKER@AFLCIO.ORG
Ph: 202-637-5310
Party name: Sheila Hobson in support


Neal Kumar Katyal
Counsel of Record
Milbank LLP
1850 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
nkatyal@milbank.com
Ph: 202-835-7505
Party name: Epic Systems Corporation and respondent Murphy Oil USA, Inc., et al.


Jeffrey A. Schwartz

Jackson Lewis P.C.
1155 Peachtree St. NE, Suite 1000
Atlanta, GA 30309-3600
jschwartz@jacksonlewis.com
Ph: (404) 525-8200
Party name: Murphy Oil USA, Inc.


Other Attorneys
David M. Axelrad
Counsel of Record
Horvitz and Levy LLP
3601 West Olive Avenue
8th Floor
Burbank, CA 91505-4681
daxelrad@horvitzlevy.com
Ph: 818-995-0800
Party name: DRI-The Voice of the Defense Bar


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


David C. Frederick
Counsel of Record
Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C.
1615 M Street, N.W., Suite 400
Washington, DC 20036-3209
DFREDERICK@KELLOGGHANSEN.COM
Ph: 202-326-7900
Party name: Labor Law Professors


Christopher Charles Murray
Counsel of Record
Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
111 Monument Circle, Suite 4600
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Christopher.murray@odnss.com
Ph: 317-916-2522
Party name: Council on Labor Law Equality, et al.


Michael Rubin
Counsel of Record
Altshuler Berzon LLP
177 Post Street, Suite 300
San Francisco, CA 94108
mrubin@altshulerberzon.com
Ph: 415-421-7151
Party name: Ten International Labor Unions, et al.


David M. Axelrad
Horvitz & Levy LLP
3601 W. Olive Ave., 8th floor
Burbank, CA 91505-468
daxelrad@horvitzlevy.com
Ph: (818) 995-0800
Party name: DRI-The Voice of the Defense Bar


Edward Fouad Berbarie
Littler Mendelson, P.C.
2001 Ross Avenue, Suite 1500, Lock Box 116
Dallas, TX 75201-2931
eberbarie@littler.com
Ph: (214)-880-8100
Party name: National Association of Manufacturers, et al.


Matthew William Finkin
University of Illinois College of Law 504 East Pennsylvania Avenue
Champaign, IL 61820
mfinkin@illinois.edu
Ph: 2173333884
Party name: National Academy of Arbitrators


Stephen Andrew Fogdall
Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP
1600 Market Street Suite 3600
Philadelphia, PA 19103
sfogdall@schnader.com
Ph: (215)-751-2581
Party name: Mortgage Bankers Association and State Mortgage Lending Association


Brianne Jenna Gorod
Constitutional Accountability Center
1730 Rhode Island Ave. NW
Suite 1200
Washington, DC 20036
BRIANNE@THEUSCONSTITUTION.ORG
Ph: 202 296 6889
Party name: Constitutional Accountablility Center


Beth Heifetz
Jones Day
51 Louisiana Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20001
bheifetz@jonesday.com
Ph: (202) 879-3939
Party name: The Employers Group in support of Petitioners in Nos. 16-285 and 16-300 and Respondent Murphy Oil in No.16-307


William M. Jay
Goodwin Procter LLP
901 New York Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20001
wjay@goodwinlaw.com
Ph: (202) 346-4000
Party name: The Business Roundtable supporting Epic Systems Corp., Ernst & Young LLP, and Murphy Oil USA, Inc.


Steven B. Katz
Costangy Brook Smith & Prophete LLP
2029 Century Park East Suite 1100
Los Angeles, CA 90067
skatz@constangy.com
Ph: (310) 909-7775
Party name: Bristol Farms


Martin S. Kaufman
Atlantic Legal Foundation
500 Mamaroneck Avenue, Suite 320
Harrison, NY 10528
mskaufman@atlanticlegal.org
Ph: (914) 834-3322
Party name: Atlantic Legal Foundation


John B. Lewis
Baker & Hostetler LLP
Key Tower, Suite 2000
127 Public Square
Cleveland, OH 44114
jlewis@bakerlaw.com
Ph: (216) 621-0200
Party name: American Staffing Association, et al.


Thomas R. McCarthy
Consovoy McCarthy Park PLLC
Antonin Scalia Law School Supreme Court
3033 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 700
Arlington, VA 22201
tom@consovoymccarthy.com
Ph: 703-243-9423
Party name: Law Professors


Scott L. Nelson
Public Citizen Litigation Group
1600 20th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20009
snelson@citizen.org
Ph: (202) 588-1000
Party name: Public Citizen, Inc.


Andrew J. Pincus
Mayer Brown LLP
1999 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
apincus@mayerbrown.com
Ph: (202) 263-3000
Party name: The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America


Benjamin G. Robbins
New England Legal Foundation
150 Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111-2504
benrobbins@nelfonline.org
Ph: (617) 695-3660
Party name: New England Legal Foundation


Richard A. Samp
Washington Legal Foundation
2009 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
rsamp@wlf.org
Ph: (202) 588-0302
Party name: Washington Legal Foundation in support of Petitioners in Nos. 16-285 and 16-300 and Respondent Murphy Oil USA, Inc. in No. 307


Samuel Scott Shaulson
Morgan Lewis Bockius LLP
101 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10178
sshaulson@morganlewis.com
Ph: 212.309.6718
Party name: HR Policy Association


Mary-Christine Sungaila
Haynes and Boone, LLP
600 Anton Blvd., Suite 700
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
mc.sungaila@haynesboone.com
Ph: (949) 202-3062
Party name: International Association of Defense Counsel


Adam G. Unikowsky
Jenner & Block, LLP
1099 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 900
Washington, DC 20001-4412
aunikowsky@jenner.com
Ph: (202) 639-6000
Party name: Retail Litigation Center, Inc. in support of Petitioners in Nos. 16-285 and 16-300 and Respondent in No.16-307