No. 17-71
 
Title: Weyerhaeuser Company, Petitioner
v.
United States Fish and Wildlife Service, et al.
Docketed: July 13, 2017
Linked with: 16A916, 18A52, 18A58
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
   Case Numbers: (14-31008)
   Decision Date: June 30, 2016
   Rehearing Denied: February 13, 2017
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Mar 21 2017 Application (16A916) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 14, 2017 to June 29, 2017, submitted to Justice Thomas.
Mar 27 2017 Application (16A916) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until June 29, 2017.
Jun 06 2017 Application (16A916) to extend further the time from June 29, 2017 to July 13, 2017, submitted to Justice Thomas.
Jun 09 2017 Application (16A916) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until July 13, 2017.
Jul 11 2017 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 14, 2017)
Jul 18 2017 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support either party or of neither party, received from counsel for petitioner.
Jul 20 2017 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for respondent Markle Interests, LLC.
Jul 26 2017 Waiver of right of respondents Markle Interests, LLC; P & F Lumber Co., 2000, LLC; & PF Monroe Properties, LLC to respond filed.
Aug 04 2017 Blanket Consent filed by respondent- intervenors, Center for Biological Diversity and Gulf Restoration Network on 08/10/2017 VIDED
Aug 09 2017 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including September 13, 2017, for all respondents
Aug 09 2017 Brief amicus curiae of St. Tammany Parish filed. VIDED.
Aug 11 2017 Brief amicus curiae of Mountain States Legal Foundation filed. VIDED.
Aug 14 2017 Brief amici curiae of Washington Legal Foundation, et al. filed. VIDED.
Aug 14 2017 Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed. VIDED.
Aug 14 2017 Brief amicus curiae of Energy and Wildlife Action Coalition filed.
Aug 14 2017 Brief amicus curiae of The Cato Institute filed. VIDED.
Aug 14 2017 Brief amici curiae of The National Association of Home Builders, et al. filed. VIDED.
Aug 14 2017 Brief amicus curiae of San Jaun County, Utah filed. VIDED.
Aug 14 2017 Brief amicus curiae of Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence filed. VIDED.
Aug 14 2017 Brief amicus curiae of Southeastern Legal Foundation filed. VIDED.
Aug 14 2017 Brief amici curiae of The American Farm Bureau Federation, et al. filed.
Aug 14 2017 Brief amici curiae of Alabama and 17 Additional States filed. VIDED.
Sep 07 2017 Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including October 13, 2017.
Oct 06 2017 Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including November 13, 2017, for all respondents.
Nov 13 2017 Brief of respondents Fish and Wildlife Service, et al. in opposition filed. VIDED.
Nov 13 2017 Brief of intervenor-respondents Center for Biological Diversity and Gulf Restoration Network in opposition filed. VIDED
Nov 29 2017 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/5/2018.
Nov 29 2017 Reply of petitioner Weyerhaeuser Co. filed. (Distributed)
Jan 08 2018 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/12/2018.
Jan 16 2018 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/19/2018.
Jan 22 2018 Petition GRANTED.
Jan 29 2018 Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, et al.
Jan 29 2018 Motion for an extension of time filed.
Jan 30 2018 Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Weyerhaeuser Company.
Jan 30 2018 Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Intervenor-respondents Center for Biological Diversity and Gulf Restoration Network
Feb 01 2018 Blanket Consent filed by Respondents, Markle Interests, LLC, et al..
Feb 02 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 April 23, 2018.
Apr 23 2018 Brief of petitioner Weyerhaeuser Company filed.
Apr 23 2018 Joint appendix filed (statement of cost filed).
Apr 23 2018 Brief of respondents Markle Interests, LLC, et al. in support of petitioner filed.
Apr 26 2018 Brief amici curiae of Coalition for a Sustainable Delta, et al. filed.
Apr 27 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence filed.
Apr 27 2018 Brief amicus curiae of St. Tammany Parish Government filed.
Apr 27 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Southeastern Legal Foundation filed.
Apr 27 2018 Brief amici curiae of Wyoming Stock Growers Association, et al. filed.
Apr 30 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Energy and Wildlife Action Coalition filed.
Apr 30 2018 Brief amici curiae of American Exploration & Production Council, et al. filed.
Apr 30 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed.
Apr 30 2018 Brief amici curiae of Washington Legal Foundation, et al. filed.
Apr 30 2018 Brief amici curiae of National Conference of State Legislatures, et al. filed.
Apr 30 2018 Brief amicus curiae of The Cato Institute filed.
Apr 30 2018 Brief amicus curiae of San Jaun County, Utah filed.
Apr 30 2018 Brief amici curiae of The National Association of Home Builders, et al. filed.
Apr 30 2018 Brief amici curiae of Building Industry Legal Defense Foundation, et al. filed.
Apr 30 2018 Brief amici curiae of Brief of Alabama and 19 Additional States filed.
Apr 30 2018 Brief amici curiae of National Federation of Independent Business, et al. filed.
Apr 30 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Cause of Action Institute filed.
Apr 30 2018 Brief amici curiae of The American Farm Bureau Federation, et al. filed.
May 02 2018 Motion for an extension of time to file respondents' briefs on the merits filed.
May 04 2018 Motion to extend the time to file respondents' briefs on the merits granted and the time is extended to and including June 29, 2018.
Jun 29 2018 Brief of Intervenor-respondents Center for Biological Diversity and Gulf Restoration Network filed.
Jun 29 2018 Brief of respondents United States Fish and Wildlife Service, et al. filed.
Jul 03 2018 Brief amici curiae of Landowners filed.
Jul 03 2018 Brief amici curiae of The Evangelical Environmental Network, et al. filed.
Jul 03 2018 Brief amici curiae of Environmental Law Professors filed.
Jul 05 2018 Brief amici curiae of Scientists filed.
Jul 05 2018 Brief amici curiae of Economists and Law Professors filed.
Jul 06 2018 Brief amici curiae of Small Business Owners filed.
Jul 06 2018 Brief amici curiae of Defenders of Wildlife, et al. filed.
Jul 06 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Institute for Policy Integrity at New York University School of Law filed.
Jul 06 2018 Brief amici curiae of Former Department of the Interior Officials filed.
Jul 06 2018 Brief amici curiae of Gopher Frog Experts filed.
Jul 06 2018 Motion of respondents Markle Interests, LLC, et al. in support of petitioner for divided argument filed.
Jul 09 2018 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, October 1, 2018.
Jul 09 2018 Opposition of petitioner Weyerhaeuser Company to motion for divided argument of respondents Markle Interests, LLC, et al. in support of petitioner filed.
Jul 10 2018 Motion of Weyerhaeuser Company for an extension of time not accepted for filing. (July 13, 2018 - Resubmitted as an application.)
Jul 11 2018 Application (18A52) of petitioner to extend the time to file a reply brief on the merits from July 30, 2018 to August 13, 2018, submitted to Justice Alito.
Jul 13 2018 Application (18A52) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file petitioner's reply brief on the merits until August 13, 2018.
Jul 16 2018 Motion of Markle Interests, LLC, et al. for an extension of time not accepted for filing. (July 16, 2018 - Resubmitted as an application)
Jul 16 2018 Application (18A58) of respondents Markle Interests, LLC, et al. to extend the time to file a reply brief on the merits from July 30, 2018 to August 13, 2018, submitted to Justice Alito.
Jul 17 2018 Application (18A58) granted by Justice Alito extending the time for respondents Markle Interests, LLC, et al. to a file reply brief on the merits until August 13, 2018.
Aug 03 2018 CIRCULATED
Aug 07 2018 Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 5th Circuit.
Aug 08 2018 Letter from the Solicitor General dated August 8, 2018 filed. (Circulated)
Aug 08 2018 Record for the U.S.C.A. 5th Circuit is electronic and located on PACER.
Aug 13 2018 Reply of petitioner Weyerhaeuser Company filed. (Distributed)
Aug 13 2018 Reply of respondent Markle Interests, LLC, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Aug 24 2018 Motion for divided argument filed by respondents Markle Interests, LLC, et al. DENIED.
Sep 07 2018 Record received from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the record is electric.
Sep 14 2018 Record received from the U.S.D.C. Eastern Dist. of Louisiana. The record contained 1 box of 6 volumes of records and one volume of transcripts. Also received is on CD of manual attachment to document #60, the contents of the CD is electronic.
Oct 01 2018 Argued. For petitioner: Timothy S. Bishop, Chicago, Ill. For respondents: Edwin S. Kneedler, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C.
Oct 25 2018 Notice of Change of Address of Markle Interests, LLC, et al. not accepted for filing. (Document not of the type that is to be filed electronically -- October 31, 2018)
Nov 27 2018 Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Roberts, C. 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.
Jan 02 2019 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Aug 05 2019 The record from the U.S.C.A. 5th Circuit has been returned.
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioner
Timothy S. Bishop
Counsel of Record
Mayer Brown, LLP
71 South Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
tbishop@mayerbrown.com
Ph: 312-782-0600
Party name: Weyerhaeuser Company


Attorneys for Respondents
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 Fish and Wildlife Service, et al.


Donahue & Goldberg, LLP
Counsel of Record
Donahue & Goldberg, LLP
240 Kent Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11249
david@donahuegoldberg.com
Ph: 2123348813
Party name: Intervenor-respondents Center for Biological Diversity and Gulf Restoration Network


Pacific Legal Foundation
Counsel of Record
Pacific Legal Foundation
4440 PGA Blvd.
Suite 307
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410
mmiller@pacificlegal.org
Ph: 5616915000
Party name: Markle Interests, LLC, et al.


Center for Biological Diversity
Center for Biological Diversity
1212 Broadway, Suite 800
Oakland, CA 94612
jbuse@biologicaldiversity.org
Ph: 510-844-7125
Party name: Intervenor-respondents Center for Biological Diversity and Gulf Restoration Network


Other Attorneys
Hope Madeline Babcock
Georgetown University Law Ctr.
600 New Jersey Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001
babcock@law.georgetown.edu
Ph: 2026629535
Party name: Environmental Law Professors


Stuart Banner
UCLA School of Law Supreme Court Clinic
405 Hilgard Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90095
BANNER@LAW.UCLA.EDU
Ph: 3102068506
Party name: Landowners


Paul J. Beard II
Pierson Ferdinand
453 S. Spring St.
Suite 400-1458
Los Angeles, CA 90013
paul.beard@pierferd.com
Ph: 818-216-3988
Party name: Building Industry Legal Defense Foundation, et al.


Svend Arnold Brandt-Erichsen
Nossaman, LLP
601 Union Street, Suite 5305
Seattle, WA 98101
sbrandterichsen@nossaman.com
Ph: (206) 395-7632
Party name: Energy and Wildlife Action Coalition


Andrew L. Brasher
Office of the Alabama Attorney General
501 Washington Avenue
Montgomery, AL 36130
abrasher@ago.state.al.us
Ph: 334 353 2609
Party name: Alabama and 17 Additional States


Karen Budd-Falen
Budd-Falen Law Offices, LLC
300 East 18th Street, Post Office Box 346
Cheyenne, WY 82003-0346
karen@buddfalen.com
Ph: 3076325105
Party name: Wyoming Stock Growers Association et al.


Joseph Carl Cecere
Cecere, PC
6035 McCommas Blvd.
Dallas, TX 75206
ccecere@cecerepc.com
Ph: 469-600-9455
Party name: Small Business Owners


Louis A. Chaiten
Jones Day
901 Lakeside Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44114
lachaiten@jonesday.com
Ph: 216-586-7244
Party name: Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence


John C. Eastman
Constitutional Counsel Group
444 W Ocean Blvd, Ste 1403
Long Beach, CA 90802
jeastman@ccg1776.com
Ph: 909-257-3869
Party name: Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence


Theodore Hadzi-Antich
Texas Public Policy Foundation
901 Congress Avenue
Austin, TX 78701
tha@texaspolicy.com
Ph: 512-472-2700
Party name: National Federation of Independent Business, et al


Sean Bernard Hecht
UCLA School of Law 405 Hilgard Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90095
hecht@law.ucla.edu
Ph: 3107945272
Party name: Scientists


Kimberly Stewart Hermann
Southeastern Legal Foundation
560 W. Crossville Rd. Suite 104
Roswell, GA 30075-7509
khermann@southeasternlegal.org
Ph: 770-977-2131
Party name: Southeastern Legal Foundation


Lisa W Jordan
Tulane Environmental Law Clinic
6329 Freret Street, Suite 130
New Orleans, LA 70118
lwjordan@tulane.edu
Ph: 504-314-2481
Party name: Gopher Frog Experts


Tyson Clinton Kade
Van Ness Feldman, LLP
1050 Thomas Jefferson Street, NW, Seventh Floor
Washington, DC 20007
tck@vnf.com
Ph: 2022981948
Party name: The American Farm Bureau Federation, et al.


Steven James Lechner
Steven J. Lechner
9830 Xavier Court
Westminster, CO 80031
steven.j.lechner@gmail.com
Ph: (720) 936-8363
Party name: Mountain States Legal Foundation


Steven Troy Marshall
Office of the Attorney General
501 Washington Avenue
Montgomery, AL 36104
smarshall@ago.state.al.us
Ph: 3342427300
Party name: Alabama and 19 Additional States


Daniel J. O'Hanlon
Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann & Girard
400 Capitol Mall
27th Floor
Sacramento, CA 95814
dohanlon@kmtg.com
Ph: 916 321-4500
Party name: Coalition for a Sustainable Delta, et al.


John Joseph Park Jr.
Law Offices of Jack Park
P.O. Box 3073
Gainesville, GA 30503
jackparklaw@gmail.com
Ph: 678-608-1920
Party name: Southeastern Legal Foundation


William Perry Pendley
Mountain States Legal Foundation
2596 S. Lewis Way
Lakewook, CO 80227
wppendley@mountainstateslegal.com
Ph: 303-292-2021
Party name: Mountain States Legal Foundation


Ann Elizabeth Prezyna
Lane Powell PC
1420 Fifth Avenue
Suite 4200
Seattle, WA 98101-2375
prezynaa@lanepowell.com
Ph: 2062237000
Party name: Former Department of the Interior Officials


Richard L. Revesz
New York University
School of Law 40 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10012-0000
richard.revesz@nyu.edu
Ph: 212-998-6185
Party name: Institute for Policy Integrity at New York University School of Law


Jason Craig Rylander
Center for Biological Diversity
1411 K Street NW, Suite 1300
Washington, DC 20005
jrylander@biologicaldiversity.org
Ph: 2027442244
Party name: Defenders of Wildlife, et al.


Richard A. Samp
New Civil Liberties Alliance
1225 19th Street NW, Suite 450
Washington, DC 20036
rasamp@verizon.net
Ph: 202-869-5210
Party name: Washington Legal Foundation, et al.


Ilya Shapiro
Manhattan Institute
52 Vanderbilt Ave.
New York, NY 10017
ishapiro@manhattan-institute.org
Ph: 212599-7000
Party name: The Cato Institute


Bernard Seymour Smith
21454 Koop Dr., Suite 2 G
Mandeville, LA 70471
bssmith@stpgov.org
Ph: 985-898-3427
Party name: St. Tammany Parish


Aaron Michael Streett
Baker Botts, L.L.P.
910 Louisiana Street
Houston, TX 77002
AARON.STREETT@BAKERBOTTS.COM
Ph: 7132291234
Party name: Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America


Andrew Jacob Turner
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
2200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20037
aturner@huntonak.com
Ph: 202-955-1658
Party name: American Exploration & Production Council, et al.


John Julian Vecchione
The New Civil Liberties Alliance
4250 N. Fairfax Drive
Suite 300
Arlington, VA 20036-2411
john.vecchione@ncla.legal
Ph: 2029186902
Party name: Cause of Action Institute


Thomas Jon Ward
National Association of Home Builders
1201 15th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
tward@nahb.org
Ph: 202 266-8200
Party name: The National Association of Home Builders, et al.


Ian S. Weinstein
Lincoln Square Legal Services, Inc.
150 West 62nd Street
New York, NY 10023
iweinstein@lsls.fordham.edu
Ph: 2126366934
Party name: The Evangelical Environmental Network, et al.


Bryan Kipp Weir
Consovoy McCarthy PLLC
1600 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 700
Arlington, VA 22209
bryan@consovoymccarthy.com
Ph: 7032439423
Party name: National Conference of State Legislatures, et al.


Shawn Terry Welch
Holland & Hart, LLP
222 South Main Street, Suite 2200
Salt Lake City, UT 84101
stwelch@hollandhart.com
Ph: 8017995800
Party name: San Jaun County, Utah


Amy Joelle Wildermuth
3900 Forbes Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15620
amy.wildermuth@pitt.edu
Ph: 8019134608
Party name: Economists and Law Professors