No. 17-130
 
Title: Raymond J. Lucia, et al., Petitioners
v.
Securities and Exchange Commission
Docketed: July 26, 2017
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
   Case Numbers: (15-1345)
   Decision Date: June 26, 2017
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Jul 21 2017 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 25, 2017)
Jul 28 2017 Blanket Consent filed by Petitioners, Raymond J. Lucia, et al. on 07/31/2017
Aug 16 2017 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including September 25, 2017.
Aug 25 2017 Brief amicus curiae of The Chamber of Commerce of the United States filed.
Aug 25 2017 Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation filed.
Aug 25 2017 Brief amicus curiae of Mark Cuban filed.
Aug 25 2017 Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed.
Sep 14 2017 Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including October 25, 2017.
Sep 19 2017 Brief amicus curiae of Anthony Michael Sabino filed.
Oct 17 2017 Letter of October 17, 2017 from counsel for petitioners received.
Oct 18 2017 Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including November 15, 2017.
Nov 14 2017 Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 15, 2017 to November 29, 2017, submitted to The Clerk.
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Nov 14 2017 Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including November 29, 2017.
Nov 29 2017 Brief of respondent Securities and Exchange Commission filed.
Proof of Service Main Document
Dec 13 2017 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/5/2018.
Dec 13 2017 Reply of petitioners Raymond J. Lucia, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Jan 08 2018 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/12/2018.
Jan 12 2018 Petition GRANTED.
Jan 16 2018 Blanket Consent filed by Petitioners, Raymond J. Lucia, et al..
Blanket Consent
Jan 18 2018 Anton Metlitsky, Esquire, of New York, New York, is invited to brief and argue this case, as amicus curiae, in support of the judgment below.
Jan 26 2018 Letter of petitioners Raymond J. Lucia, et al. on behalf of the parties filed.
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Feb 07 2018 The joint appendix, petitioners' brief on the merits, and brief of respondent Securities and Exchange Commission shall be filed on or before February 21, 2018. Any amicus curiae briefs in support of petitioners or in support of neither party shall be filed on or before February 28, 2018.
Feb 07 2018 The brief of Court-Appointed amicus curiae in support of the judgment below shall be filed on or before March 26, 2018. Any other amicus curiae brief supporting affirmance (the judgment below) shall be filed on or before April 2, 2018.
Feb 07 2018 Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Securities and Exchange Commission
Blanket Consent
Feb 08 2018 Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioners Raymond J. Lucia, et al.
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Feb 20 2018 Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioners GRANTED.
Feb 21 2018 Brief of petitioners Raymond J. Lucia, et al. filed.
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Feb 21 2018 Brief of respondent Securities and Exchange Commission in support of petitioners filed.
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Feb 21 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed.
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Feb 22 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Anthony Michael Sabino filed.
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Feb 23 2018 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, April 23, 2018.
Feb 23 2018 Brief amicus curiae of SHOW, Inc. filed.
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Feb 26 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Federal Administrative Law Judges Conference in support of neither party filed.
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Feb 27 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation filed.
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Feb 27 2018 Brief amicus curiae of The Forum of United States Administrative Law Judges in support of neither party filed.
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Feb 28 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed.
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Feb 28 2018 Brief amicus curiae of The Chamber of Commerce of the United States filed.
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Feb 28 2018 Brief amici curiae of Administrative Law Scholars in support of neither party filed.
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Feb 28 2018 Brief amici curiae of States of Utah, et al. filed.
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Feb 28 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Professor Jennifer L. Mascott filed.
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Feb 28 2018 Brief amici curiae of RD Legal Capital, LLC and Roni Dersovitz filed.
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Feb 28 2018 Brief amici curiae of J.S. Oliver Capital Management, L.P. and Ian O. Mausner filed.
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Feb 28 2018 Brief amici curiae of Urska Velikonja and Joseph A. Grundfest in support of neither party filed.
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Feb 28 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Wing F. Chau filed.
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Feb 28 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Equity Dealers of America filed.
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Feb 28 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Scholars of Corpus Linguistics filed.
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Feb 28 2018 Brief amicus curiae of New Civil Liberties Alliance filed.
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Mar 07 2018 CIRCULATED
Mar 26 2018 Brief of Court-appointed amicus curiae in suport of the judgment below filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 30 2018 Record requested from the U.S.C.A. District of Columbia Circuit.
Mar 30 2018 Motion of the Solicitor General for divided argument filed.
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Mar 30 2018 Record requested from the U.S.C.A. District of Columbia Circuit.
Apr 02 2018 Brief amici curiae of Constitutional and Administrative Law Scholars filed. (Distributed)
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Apr 02 2018 Brief amici curiae of David Zaring filed. (Distributed)
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Apr 02 2018 Brief amicus curiae of National Black Lung Association filed. (Distributed)
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Apr 02 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Association of Administrative Law Judges filed. (Distributed)
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Apr 02 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Cornell Securities Law Clinic filed. (Distributed)
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Apr 02 2018 Brief amicus curiae of American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations filed. (Distributed)
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Apr 02 2018 Brief amicus curiae of National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives filed. (Distributed)
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Apr 13 2018 Motion of the Solicitor General for divided argument GRANTED.
Apr 13 2018 Reply of petitioners Raymond J. Lucia, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Apr 16 2018 Reply of respondent Securities and Exchange Commission in support of petitioners filed. (Distributed)
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Apr 16 2018 Record received from the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. The record is electronic.
Apr 23 2018 Argued. For petitioners: Mark Perry, Washington, D. C. For respondent in support of petitioners: Jeffrey B. Wall, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For Court-appointed amicus curiae in support of the judgment below: Anton Metlitsky, New York, N. Y.
Jun 21 2018 Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Kagan, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Kennedy, Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Gorsuch, J., joined. Breyer, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment in part and dissenting in part, in which Ginsburg and Sotomayor, JJ., joined as to Part III. Sotomayor, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Ginsburg, J., joined.
Jul 23 2018 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Mark Andrew Perry
Counsel of Record
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, LLP
1050 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036-5306
mperry@gibsondunn.com
Ph: 202-955-8500
Party name: Raymond J. Lucia, et al.


Attorneys for Respondents
Noel John Francisco
Counsel of Record
Solicitor General
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001
SUPREMECTBRIEFS!USDOJ.GOV
Ph: 202-514-2217
Party name: Securities and Exchange Commission


Other Attorneys
Cory L. Andrews
Counsel of Record
Washington Legal Foundation
2009 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
candrews@wlf.org
Ph: 2025880302
Party name: Washington Legal Foundation


Gerald Marvin Bober
Counsel of Record
3909 Long Trail Way
Reisterstown, MD 21136
judginator@gmail.com
Ph: 4108336303
Party name: The Forum of United States Administrative Law Judges


Rowland David Broiles
Counsel of Record
David Broiles
2400 Indian Cove
Fort Worth, TX 76108
davidbroiles@gmail.com
Ph: 817-246-7801
Party name: Show, Inc.


William Spencer Consovoy
Counsel of Record
3033 Wilson Boulevard
Suite 700
Arlington, VA 22201
will@consovoymccarthy.com
Ph: 5712169450
Party name: Professor Jennifer L. Mascott


Ruthanne Mary Deutsch
Counsel of Record
Deutsch Hunt, PLLC
300 New Jersey Ave., NW, Suite 900
Washington, DC 20001
rdeutsch@deutschhunt.com
Ph: 2028686915
Party name: Association of Administrative Law Judges


Oliver J. Dunford
Counsel of Record
Pacific Legal Foundation
930 G Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
odunford@pacificlegal.org
Ph: 916-419-7111
Party name: Pacific Legal Foundation


Ilana Hope Eisenstein
Counsel of Record
DLA Piper LLP (US)
One Liberty Place
1650 Market Street, Suite 4900
Philadelphia, PA 19109
ilana.eisenstein@dlapiper.com
Ph: 215-656-3300
Party name: Equity Dealers of America


Albert Quoc Giang
Counsel of Record
Boies Schiller Flexner LL P
725 S. Figueroa Street
31st Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90017
agiang@bsfllp.com
Ph: 2136299040
Party name: RD Legal Capital, LLC and Roni Dersovitz


Brianne Jenna Gorod
Counsel of Record
Constitutional Accountability Center
1200 18th Street, NW
Suite 501
Washington, DC 20036
brianne@theusconstitution.org
Ph: 202 296 6889
Party name: Constitutional and Administrative Law Scholars


Tyler Green
Counsel of Record
Utah Solicitor General
350 N. State Street, Suite 230
Salt Lake City, UT 84114-2320
tylergreen@agutah.gov
Ph: (801) 538-9600
Party name: States of Utah, et al.


William Alan Jacobson
Counsel of Record
Cornell Securities Law Clinic Cornell Law School
138 Hughes Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853
waj24@cornell.edu
Ph: 607-255-6293
Party name: Cornell Securities Law Clinic


Alex Lipman
Counsel of Record
Brown Rudnick, LLP
Seven Times Square
Seven Times Square
New York, NY 10036
alipman@brownrudnick.com
Ph: 212-209-4800
Party name: Mark Cuban


Alex Lipman
Counsel of Record
Brown Rudnick, LLP
Seven Times Square
New York, NY 10036
alipman@brownrudnick.com
Ph: 212-209-4800
Party name: Wing F. Chau


Katharine Minkel Mapes
Counsel of Record
Spiegel & McDiarmid LLP
1875 Eye Street, NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20006
Katharine.mapes@spiegelmcd.com
Ph: 202-879-4000
Party name: David Zaring


Anton Metlitsky
Counsel of Record
Times Square Tower
7 Times Square
New York, NY 10036
ametlitsky@omm.com
Ph: 212-326-2000
Party name: Court-appointed amicus curiae in suport of the judgment below


Jonathan F. Mitchell
Counsel of Record
559 Nathan Abbott Way
Stanford, CA 94305
jfmitche@stanford.edu
Ph: (650) 723-1397
Party name: New Civil Liberties Alliance


Andrew Joseph Morris
Counsel of Record
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
1152 15th St. NW
Washington, DC 20005
amorris@orrick.com
Ph: 202-339-8400
Party name: J.S. Oliver Capital Management, L.P. and Ian O. Mausner


Richard James Pierce Jr.
Counsel of Record
George Washington University School of Law
2000 H Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20052
rpierce@law.gwu.edu
Ph: 7033041623
Party name: Administrative Law Scholars


Andrew John Pincus
Counsel of Record
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


Anthony Michael Sabino
Counsel of Record
Sabino & Sabino, P.C.
92 Willis Avenue, 2nd Floor
Mineola, NY 11501
anthony.sabino@sabinolaw.com
Ph: 516-294-3199
Party name: Anthony Michael Sabino


Stephen Arthur Sanders
Counsel of Record
Appalachian Citizens Law Ctr.
317 Main St.
Whitesburg, KY 41858
steve@appalachianlawcenter.org
Ph: 6066333929
Party name: National Black Lung Association


Gene Clayton Schaerr
Counsel of Record
Schaerr | Duncan
1717 K Street NW, Suite 900
Washington, DC 20006
gschaerr@schaerr-duncan.com
Ph: 202-787-1060
Party name: Scholars of Corpus Linguistics


Eric Schnaufer
Counsel of Record
Eric Schnaufer, Attorney at Law, P.C.
1555 Sherman Ave.
#303
Evanston, IL 60201
eric@schnaufer.com
Ph: 8477331232
Party name: National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives


Ilya Shapiro
Counsel of Record
Cato Institute
1000 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20001
ishapiro@cato.org
Ph: 2028420200
Party name: Cato Institute


John Michael Vittone
Counsel of Record
8101 Connecticut Avenue
Apt. C-303
Chevy Chase, MD 20815
vittone.john@gmail.com
Ph: 3015850592
Party name: Federal Administrative Law Judges Conference


Brian Wolfman
Counsel of Record
Georgetown Law Appellate Courts Immersion Clinic
600 New Jersey Avenue, NW
Room 312
Washington, DC 20001
wolfmanb@georgetown.edu
Ph: 202-661-6582
Party name: Urksa Velikonja and Joseph A. Grundfest