No. 18-1501
 
Title: Charles C. Liu, et al., Petitioners
v.
Securities and Exchange Commission
Docketed: June 3, 2019
Linked with: 18A958
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
   Case Numbers: (17-55849)
   Decision Date: October 25, 2018
   Rehearing Denied: January 3, 2019
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Mar 22 2019 Application (18A958) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from April 3, 2019 to May 31, 2019, submitted to Justice Kagan.
Main Document Lower Court Orders/Opinions Proof of Service
Mar 22 2019 Application (18A958) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until May 31, 2019.
May 31 2019 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 3, 2019)
Jun 13 2019 Waiver of right of respondent Securities and Exchange Commission to respond filed.
Jun 19 2019 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
Jul 05 2019 Response Requested. (Due August 5, 2019)
Jul 31 2019 Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 5, 2019 to September 4, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
Aug 01 2019 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including September 4, 2019.
Sep 04 2019 Brief of respondent Securities and Exchange Commission in opposition filed.
Sep 18 2019 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/11/2019.
Sep 18 2019 Reply of petitioners Charles C. Liu, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Oct 08 2019 Rescheduled.
Oct 15 2019 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/18/2019.
Oct 28 2019 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/1/2019.
Nov 01 2019 Petition GRANTED.
Nov 19 2019 Blanket Consent filed by Petitioners, Charles C. Liu, et al.
Nov 26 2019 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, March 3, 2020.
Dec 16 2019 Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
Dec 16 2019 Brief of petitioners Charles C. Liu, et al. filed.
Dec 20 2019 Brief amicus curiae of Americans for Prosperity Foundation filed.
Dec 20 2019 Brief amicus curiae of Oak Management Corporation in support of neither party filed.
Dec 20 2019 Brief amicus curiae of Andy Altahawi filed.
Dec 20 2019 Brief amicus curiae of Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association filed.
Dec 20 2019 Brief amicus curiae of New England Legal Foundation filed.
Dec 23 2019 Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed.
Dec 23 2019 Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed.
Dec 23 2019 Brief amici curiae of Law Professors filed.
Dec 23 2019 Brief amici curiae of Parker R. Hallam and Frederick A. Voight filed.
Dec 23 2019 Brief amicus curiae of The New Civil Liberties Alliance filed.
Dec 23 2019 Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed.
Dec 23 2019 Brief amici curiae of Remedies and Restitution Scholars in support of neither party filed.
Jan 09 2020 Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit.
Jan 09 2020 The record of the USCA 9th Circuit is available on PACER. Sealed record material of the USDC Central District of California received electronically.
Jan 15 2020 Brief of respondent Securities and Exchange Commission filed.
Jan 20 2020 Brief amici curiae of Former Federal Trade Commission Officials filed. (Distributed)
Jan 20 2020 Brief amici curiae of Securities Law Professors filed. (Distributed)
Jan 21 2020 CIRCULATED
Jan 21 2020 Brief amici curiae of State of Illinois, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jan 22 2020 Brief amici curiae of Members of Congress filed. (Distributed)
Jan 22 2020 Brief amici curiae of Better Markets, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jan 22 2020 Brief amicus curiae of North American Securities Administrators Association, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
Jan 22 2020 Brief amici curiae of Former Commissioners and Staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission filed. (Distributed)
Feb 14 2020 Reply of petitioners Charles C. Liu, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Mar 03 2020 Argued. For petitioners: Gregory G. Rapawy, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Malcolm L. Stewart, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C.
Jun 22 2020 Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Sotomayor, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Kagan, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion.
Jul 24 2020 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Michael K. Kellogg
Counsel of Record
Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C.
1615 M Street, NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC 20036
MKELLOGG@KELLOGGHANSEN.COM
Ph: 202-326-7902
Party name: Charles C. Liu, et al.


Attorneys for Respondents
Noel John Francisco
Counsel of Record
Jones Day
51 Louisiana Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001
NJFRANCISCO@JONESDAY.COM
Ph: (202) 879-3939
Party name: Securities and Exchange Commission


Other Attorneys
Donald Burke
Counsel of Record
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
1875 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20006-1238
dburke@willkie.com
Ph: 202-303-1037
Party name: Law Professors


Bradley Joseph Bondi
Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
1990 K Street, N.W. Suite 950
Washington, DC 20006
BBONDI@CAHILL.COM
Ph: 202.862.8910
Party name: Cato Institute


Daniel Patrick Chiplock
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP
250 Hudson Street
New York, NY 10013
DCHIPLOCK@lchb.com
Ph: (212) 355-9500
Party name: Former Commissioners and Staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission


Cynthia Fleming Crawford
Americans for Prosperity Foundation
4201 Wilson Blvd.
Suite 1000
Arlington, VA 22203
CCRAWFORD@AFPHQ.ORG
Ph: 5713292227
Party name: Americans for Prosperity Foundation


Michael John Dell
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (US) LLP
1177 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
michael.dell@hsfkramer.com
Ph: 212-715-9129
Party name: Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association


Michael Benjamin Eisenkraft
Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC
88 Pine Street. 14th Floor
New York, NY 10005
meisenkraft@cohenmilstein.com
Ph: 212-838-0177
Party name: North American Securities Administrators Association, Inc.


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: Members of Congress


Robert G. Heim
Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP
1350 Broadway
New York, NY 10018
rheim@tarterkrinsky.com
Ph: (212) 216-1131
Party name: Andy Altahawi


Dennis Michael Kelleher
Better Markets, Inc.
1825 K Street, NW
Suite 1080
Washington, DC 20006
dkelleher@bettermarkets.com
Ph: (202) 618-6464
Party name: Better Markets, Inc.; Center for Responsible Lending; National Consumer Law Center


Michael B. Kimberly
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
Winston & Strawn LLP
1901 L Street NW
Washington, DC 20036
MKIMBERLY@winston.com
Ph: (202) 282-5096
Party name: Oak Management Corporation


Harold Douglas Laycock
University of Texas Law School
727 E. Dean Keeton St.
Austin, TX 78705
dlaycock@law.utexas.edu
Ph: 512-475-9090
Party name: Remedies and Restitution Scholars


Sidney Michael McColloch
S. Michael McColloch, PLLC
6060 N. Central Expressway Suite 500
Dallas, TX 75206
SMM@MCCOLLOCH-LAW.COM
Ph: 2146741868
Party name: Parker R. Hallam and Frederick A. Voight


Donna M. Nagy
Indiana University Maurer School of Law
211 South Indiana Avenue
Bloomington, IN 47405
dnagy@indiana.edu
Ph: 8122194150
Party name: Securities Law Professors


Jane Elinor Notz
Office of the Attorney General, State of Illinois
115 South LaSalle Street
23rd Floor
Chicago, IL 60603
JANE.NOTZ@ILAG.GOV
Ph: 312-814-5376
Party name: State of Illinois


John Pagliaro
The New England Legal Foundation
333 Washington Street
Suite 850
Boston, MA 02108
JPAGLIARO@NEWENGLANDLEGAL.ORG
Ph: 617-695-3660
Party name: New England Legal Foundation


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


Adam G. Unikowsky
Jenner & Block LLP
1099 New York Avenue, NW
Suite 900
Washington, DC 20001
AUNIKOWSKY@JENNER.COM
Ph: 202-639-6000
Party name: Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America


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: The New Civil Liberties Alliance


David C. Vladeck
Georgetown Law
600 New Jersey Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001
vladeckd@georgetown.edu
Ph: 202-662-9540
Party name: Former Federal Trade Commission Officials