No. 17-340
 
Title: New Prime Inc., Petitioner
v.
Dominic Oliveira
Docketed: September 6, 2017
Linked with: 18A99
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
   Case Numbers: (15-2364)
   Decision Date: May 12, 2017
   Rehearing Denied: June 27, 2017
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Sep 06 2017 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 6, 2017)
Sep 21 2017 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including November 6, 2017.
Oct 06 2017 Brief amicus curiae of American Trucking Associations, Inc. filed.
Oct 06 2017 Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed.
Oct 27 2017 Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including November 20, 2017.
Nov 20 2017 Brief of respondent Dominic Oliveira in opposition filed.
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Dec 01 2017 Reply of petitioner New Prime Inc. filed.
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Dec 06 2017 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/5/2018.
Jan 04 2018 Rescheduled.
Jan 08 2018 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/12/2018.
Jan 16 2018 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/19/2018.
Feb 05 2018 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2018.
Feb 20 2018 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/23/2018.
Feb 26 2018 Petition GRANTED.
Mar 06 2018 Motion for an extension of time filed.
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Mar 09 2018 Motion to extend the time to file (the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits) granted and the time is extended to and including May 14, 2018. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including July 11, 2018.
May 14 2018 Brief of petitioner New Prime Inc. filed.
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May 14 2018 Joint appendix filed. (Statement of cost filed).
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May 21 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed.
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May 21 2018 Brief amicus curiae of American Trucking Associations, Inc. filed.
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May 21 2018 Brief amici curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. filed.
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May 21 2018 Brief amicus curiae of New England Legal Foundation filed.
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May 21 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Customized Logistics and Delivery Association filed.
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Jun 08 2018 Motion for a further extension of time filed.
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Jun 20 2018 Motion for a further extension of time to file respondent's brief on the merits granted, and the time is extended to and including July 18, 2018.
Jul 09 2018 SET FOR ARGUMENT On Wednesday, October 3, 2018
Jul 18 2018 Brief of respondent Dominic Oliveira filed.
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Jul 20 2018 Motion of New Prime, Inc. for an extension of time not accepted for filing. (July 24, 2018)
Jul 24 2018 Brief amicus curiae of American Association for Justice filed.
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Jul 24 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Public Citizen, Inc. filed.
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Jul 25 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Employment Law Scholars filed.
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Jul 25 2018 Application (18A99) to extend the time to file a reply brief on the merits from August 17, 2018 to August 24, 2018, submitted to Justice Breyer.
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Jul 25 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse filed.
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Jul 25 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed.
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Jul 25 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, Inc. filed.
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Jul 25 2018 Brief amici curiae of Steve Viscelli, et al. filed.
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Jul 25 2018 Brief amici curiae of Historians filed.
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Jul 25 2018 Brief amici curiae of International Brotherhood of Teamsters, et al. filed.
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Jul 25 2018 Brief amici curiae of Massachusetts, et al. filed.
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Jul 25 2018 Brief amici curiae of Statutory Construction Scholars filed.
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Jul 30 2018 Application (18A99) granted by Justice Breyer extending the time to file petitioner's reply brief on the merits to and including August 24, 2018.
Aug 03 2018 CIRCULATED
Aug 07 2018 Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 1st Circuit.
Aug 08 2018 Record for the U.S.C.A. 1st Circuit is electronic and located on PACER.
Aug 14 2018 Record received from U.S.C.A. 1st Circuit. 1 envelope.
Aug 22 2018 Reply of petitioner New Prime, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
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Oct 03 2018 Argued. For petitioner: Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr., Los Angeles, Cal. For respondent: Jennifer D. Bennett, Oakland, Cal.
Jan 15 2019 Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Gorsuch, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which all other Members joined, except Kavanaugh, J., who took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. Ginsburg, J., filed a concurring opinion.
Feb 19 2019 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Aug 05 2019 The record from the U.S.C.A. 1st Circuit has been returned.
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Theodore J. Boutrous
Counsel of Record
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
333 South Grand Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90071
tboutrous@gibsondunn.com
Ph: 213-229-7000
Party name: New Prime Inc.


Attorneys for Respondents
Jennifer D. Bennett
Counsel of Record
Public Justice
475 14th Street, Suite 610
Oakland, CA 94612
jbennett@publicjustice.net
Ph: (510) 622-8150
Party name: Dominic Oliveira


Other Attorneys
Richard Pianka
Counsel of Record
ATA Litigation Center
950 North Glebe Road, Suite 210
Arlington, VA 22203
rpianka@trucking.org
Ph: (703)-838-1889
Party name: American Trucking Associations, Inc.


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: Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America


Paul Damien Cullen Jr.
Counsel of Record
The Cullen Law Firm, PLLC
1101 30th Street NW
Suite 300
Washington, DC 20007
pxc@cullenlaw.com
Ph: 2029448600
Party name: Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, Inc.


D. Michael Dale
Counsel of Record
Northwest Workers' Justice Project
812 S.W. Washington
Suite 225
Portland, OR 97205-0000
michael@nwjp.org
Ph: 5035258454
Party name: STEVE VISCELLI, DOMINGO AVALOS, GABRIEL PROCEL, BRION GRAY, JAMES ZUBER, HECTOR ZELAYA, DESIREE ANN WOOD, THE WAGE JUSTICE CENTER AND REAL WOMEN IN TRUCKING, INC.


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 Accountability Center


Andrew Michael Grossman
Counsel of Record
Baker & Hostetler LLP
1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20036
agrossman@bakerlaw.com
Ph: 2028611697
Party name: Cato Institute


Robert G. Hulteng
Counsel of Record
Littler, Mendelson, P.C.
333 Bush Street
34th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94104
rhulteng@littler.com
Ph: 415-433-1940
Party name: Customized Logistics and Delivery Association


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


Sachin Sharadkumar Pandya
Counsel of Record
University of Connecticut School of Law
65 Elizabeth Street
Hartford, CT 06105
sachin.pandya@uconn.edu
Ph: 8605705169
Party name: Historians


Anna Purna Prakash
Counsel of Record
Nichols Kaster, PLLP
4600 IDS Center, 80 South 8th Street
Minneapolis, MN 55402
aprakash@nka.com
Ph: 6122563200
Party name: Employment Law Scholars


Benjamin G. Robbins
Counsel of Record
New England Legal Foundation
150 Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111-2504
benrobbins@nelfonline.org
Ph: 8577727620
Party name: New England Legal Foundation


Peter Romer-Friedman
Counsel of Record
Outten & Golden LLP
601 Massachusetts Avenue NW, 2nd Floor West Suite
Washington, DC 20001
prf@outtengolden.com
Ph: 202-847-4402
Party name: Statutory Construction Scholars as Amicus Curiae


Catherine Kiley Ruckelshaus
Counsel of Record
Nat'l Employment Law Project
75 Maiden Lane, Suite 601
New York, NY 10038
cruckelshaus@nelp.org
Ph: 6466938221
Party name: Teamsters Int'l Union, National Employment Law Project, Economic Policy Institute, National Employment Lawyers Assn


Gerson H. Smoger
Counsel of Record
Smoger and Associates
13250 Branch View Ln.
Dallas, TX 75234
gerson@texasinjurylaw.com
Ph: 9722435297
Party name: American Association for Justice


Sheldon Whitehouse
Counsel of Record
Hart Senate Office Bldg., Rm. 530
Washington, DC 20510
counsel@whitehouse.senate.gov
Ph: (202) 224-2921
Party name: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse


Karla Enid Zarbo
Counsel of Record
Assistant Attorney General of Massachusetts
1 Ashburton Place, 18th Floor
Boston, MA 02108
Karla.Zarbo@MassMail.State.MA.US
Ph: 617-727-2200
Party name: Massachusetts, et al.