No. 18-1171
Title:Comcast Corporation, Petitioner
v.
National Association of African American-Owned Media, et al.
Docketed:March 11, 2019
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
   Case Numbers:(16-56479)
   Decision Date:November 19, 2018
   Rehearing Denied:February 4, 2019
  Discretionary Court Decision Date:
Questions Presented

DateProceedings and Orders
Mar 08 2019Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 10, 2019)
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Apr 10 2019Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed. VIDED.
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Apr 10 2019Brief of respondents National Association of African American-Owned Media, et al. in opposition filed.
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Apr 29 2019Reply of petitioner Comcast Corporation filed.
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Apr 30 2019DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/16/2019.
May 15 2019Rescheduled.
May 20 2019DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/23/2019.
May 28 2019DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/30/2019.
Jun 03 2019DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/6/2019.
Jun 10 2019Petition GRANTED limited to Question 1 presented by the petition.
Jun 18 2019Joint motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
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Jun 26 2019Joint motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including August 8, 2019. The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including September 23, 2019.
Jul 08 2019SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, November 13, 2019.
Aug 05 2019Blanket Consent filed by Respondents, National Association of African American-Owned Media, et al.
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Aug 06 2019Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Comcast Corporation.
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Aug 08 2019Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
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Aug 08 2019Brief of petitioner Comcast Corporation filed.
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Aug 15 2019Brief amicus curiae of Center for Workplace Compliance filed.
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Aug 15 2019Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed.
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Aug 15 2019Brief amici curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. filed.
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Aug 15 2019Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
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Sep 03 2019CIRCULATED
Sep 16 2019Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit.
Sep 17 2019Record received from the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit is electronic and located on PACER.
Sep 17 2019Record received from the U.S.D.C. Central District of California is electronic and located on PACER.
Sep 17 2019Brief amicus curiae of Issues4Life Foundation filed. (Distributed)
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Sep 23 2019Brief of respondents National Association of African American-Owned Media, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Sep 26 2019Brief amici curiae of Law & History Professors filed. (Distributed)
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Sep 27 2019Brief amici curiae of Torts Scholars filed. (Distributed)
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Sep 27 2019Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
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Sep 30 2019Brief amici curiae of NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Sep 30 2019Brief amici curiae of Members of Congress filed. (Distributed)
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Sep 30 2019Brief amici curiae of Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Sep 30 2019Brief amicus curiae of Professor W. Burlette Carter filed. (Distributed).
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Sep 30 2019Brief amici curiae of Employment Law Professors filed. (Distributed)
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Oct 15 2019Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Oct 23 2019Reply of petitioner Comcast Corporation filed. (Distributed)
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Nov 13 2019Argued. For petitioner: Miguel Estrada, Washington, D. C.; and Morgan L. Ratner, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondents: Erwin Chemerinsky, Berkeley, Cal.
Mar 23 2020Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Gorsuch, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Thomas, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan, and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined, and in which Ginsburg, J., joined except for the footnote. Ginsburg, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment.
Apr 24 2020JUDGMENT ISSUED.

NAMEADDRESSPHONE
Attorneys for Petitioner
Miguel A. Estrada
    Counsel of Record
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
1050 Connecticut Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC 20036

mestrada@gibsondunn.com
202-955-8257
Party name: Comcast Corporation
Attorneys for Respondents
Erwin Chemerinsky
    Counsel of Record
University of California, Berkeley School of Law
215 Boalt Hall
Berkeley, CA 94720

echemerinsky@law.berkeley.edu
510-642-6483
Party name: National Association of African American-Owned Media, et al.
Other
Willieta Burlette Carter
    Counsel of Record
c/o George Washington Univ. Law School (Prof. Emerita)
George Washington University
2000 H. St. N.W.
Washington, DC 20052

bcarter@law.gwu.edu
2029945155
Party name: Professor W. Burlette Carter
Eugene Roy Fidell
    Counsel of Record
Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell LLP
1129 20th Street, N.W., Suite 400
Washington, DC 20036

efidell@feldesmantucker.com
2022568675
Party name: Law & History Professors
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001

SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov
202-514-2217
Party name: United States
Gregory George Garre
    Counsel of Record
Latham & Watkins LLP
555 11th Street, NW
Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20004

gregory.garre@lw.com
202-637-2207
Party name: Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America
Brianne Jenna Gorod
    Counsel of Record
Constitutional Accountability Center
1200 18th Street, NW
Suite 501
Washington, DC 20036

brianne@theusconstitution.org
202 296 6889
Party name: Members of Congress
Paul Lindsey Hoffman
    Counsel of Record
UCI Law Civil Rights Litigation Clinic
401 E. Peltason
Suite 1000
Irvine, CA 92697

hoffpaul@aol.com
3107177373
Party name: Torts Scholars
Kristen Adrina Johnson
    Counsel of Record
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.
40 Rector St., 5th Floor
New York, NY 10006

kjohnson@naacpldf.org
212-965-2200
Party name: NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.
Dariely Rodriguez
    Counsel of Record
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
1500 K Street NW
Washington, DC 20005

drodriguez@lawyerscommittee.org
2026628600
Party name: Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
Richard A. Samp
    Counsel of Record
Washington Legal Foundation
2009 Massachusetts Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC 20036-0000

rsamp@wlf.org
202-588-0302
Party name: Washington Legal Foundation
Catherine Wynne Short
    Counsel of Record
Life Legal Defense Foundation
P.O. Box 2105
Napa, CA 92544

LLDFOjai@cs.com
707-224-6675
Party name: Issues4Life Foundation
Sandra F. Sperino
    Counsel of Record
University of Cincinnati College of Law
2540 Clifton Ave.
Cincinnati, OH 45221

sandra.sperino@uc.edu
513-556-0193
Party name: Employment Law Professors
Rae Thiesfield Vann
    Counsel of Record
NT Lakis, LLP
1501 M Street, NW
Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20005

rvann@ntlakis.com
2026295600
Party name: Center for Workplace Compliance