No. 18-481
 
Title: Food Marketing Institute, Petitioner
v.
Argus Leader Media, dba Argus Leader
Docketed: October 15, 2018
Linked with: 18A146
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
   Case Numbers: (17-1346)
   Decision Date: May 8, 2018
   Rehearing Denied: July 13, 2018
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Aug 07 2018 Application (18A146) to recall and stay mandate pending the filing and disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari, submitted to Justice Gorsuch.
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Aug 09 2018 UPON CONSIDERATION of the application of counsel for the applicant, IT IS ORDERED that the mandate of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, case No. 17-1346, is hereby recalled and stayed pending further order of the undersigned or of the Court. It is further ordered that a response to the application be filed on or before Thursday, August 16, 2018, by 4 p.m. The reply, if any, is to be filed by 4 p.m., Tuesday, August 21, 2018.
Aug 16 2018 Response to application from respondent Argus Leader Media, D/B/A Argus Leader filed.
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Aug 21 2018 Reply of applicant Food Marketing Institute filed.
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Aug 29 2018 Application (18A146) referred to the Court.
Aug 29 2018 Application (18A146) granted by the Court. The application to recall and stay the mandate, presented to Justice Gorsuch and by him referred to the Court, is granted, and the mandate of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in case No. 17-1346 is recalled and stayed pending the timely filing and disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari. Should the petition for a writ of certiorari be denied, this stay shall terminate automatically. In the event the petition for a writ of certiorari is granted, the stay shall terminate upon the sending down of the judgment of this Court. Justice Ginsburg, Justice Sotomayor, and Justice Kagan would deny the application.
Oct 11 2018 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 14, 2018)
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Oct 25 2018 Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 14, 2018 to December 14, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
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Oct 29 2018 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 14, 2018.
Nov 14 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Retail Litigation Center, Inc. filed.
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Nov 14 2018 Brief amici curiae of Alliance of Marine Mammal Parks & Aquariums, et al. filed.
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Nov 14 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed.
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Nov 14 2018 Brief amici curiae of National Association of Convenience Stores, et al. filed.
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Nov 20 2018 Consent to change of Respondent's counsel of record of Argus Leader Media, d/b/a Argus Leader not accepted for filing. (November 27, 2018 -- Document not of the type that is to be filed electronically)
Dec 14 2018 Brief of respondent Argus Leader Media, d/b/a Argus Leader in opposition filed.
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Dec 24 2018 Reply of petitioner Food Marketing Institute filed.
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Dec 26 2018 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/11/2019.
Jan 11 2019 Petition GRANTED.
Jan 30 2019 Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Argus Leader Media, d/b/a Argus Leader.
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Jan 31 2019 Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Food Marketing Institute.
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Feb 11 2019 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, April 22, 2019
Feb 15 2019 Brief of petitioner Food Marketing Institute filed.
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Feb 15 2019 Joint appendix filed (2 vols).
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Feb 21 2019 Brief amici curiae of National Association of Convenience Stores, et al. filed.
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Feb 22 2019 Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
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Feb 22 2019 Brief amicus curiae of Retail Litigation Center, Inc. filed.
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Feb 22 2019 Brief amici curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. filed.
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Feb 22 2019 Brief amici curiae of Alliance of Marine Mammal Parks & Aquariums, et al. filed.
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Mar 18 2019 Brief of respondent Argus Leader Media, d/b/a Argus Leader filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 20 2019 CIRCULATED
Mar 21 2019 Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 8th Circuit.
Mar 22 2019 Brief amici curiae of Cause of Action Institute, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 25 2019 Brief amicus curiae of New Hampshire Right to Life filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 25 2019 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
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Mar 25 2019 Brief amici curiae of Electronic Privacy Information Center, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 25 2019 Brief amici curiae of Public Citizen, Center for Science in the Public Interest, Collaboration for Research Integrity filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 25 2019 Brief amici curiae of Freedom of Information Act and First Amendment Scholars filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 25 2019 Brief amici curiae of Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press & 36 Media Organizations filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 25 2019 Brief amici curiae of Detention Watch Network, Human Rights Defense Center and Prison Policy Initiative filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 25 2019 Affidavit of Service of BioScience Advisors, Inc. not accepted for filing. (Corrected version submitted).
Mar 25 2019 Corrected Affidavit of Service filed with respect to amicus curiae brief of BioScience Advisors, Inc. (March29, 2019).
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Mar 25 2019 Brief amicus curiae of BioScience Advisors, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 25 2019 Brief amici curiae of AI Now Institute at New York University, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 25 2019 Brief amicus curiae of American Small Business League filed. (To be Reprinted) (Distributed)
Mar 25 2019 Brief amicus curiae of American Small Business League filed. (April 16, 2019) (Distributed)
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Mar 27 2019 Record received from the U.S.D.C. Dist. of South Dakota Southern Division. (1 Box).
Apr 01 2019 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Apr 05 2019 Reply of petitioner Food Marketing Institute filed. (Distributed)
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Apr 22 2019 Argued. For petitioner: Evan A. Young, Austin, Tex.; and Anthony A. Yang, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae). For respondent: Robert M. Loeb, Washington, D. C.
Jun 24 2019 Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Gorsuch, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Thomas, Alito, Kagan, and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined. Breyer, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part, in which Ginsburg and Sotomayor, JJ., joined.
Jul 26 2019 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Gavin Robert Villareal
Counsel of Record
Baker Botts L.L.P.
98 San Jacinto Boulevard
Suite 1500
Austin, TX 78701

gavin.villareal@bakerbotts.com
Ph: 512-322-2652
Party name: Food Marketing Institute


Evan Andrew Young
Baker Botts, L.L.P.
1500 San Jacinto Center
98 San Jacinto Boulevard
Austin, TX 78701-4078

evan.young@bakerbotts.com
Ph: 5123222506
Party name: Food Marketing Institute


Attorneys for Respondents
Robert Mark Loeb
Counsel of Record
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
1152 15th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005

rloeb@orrick.com
Ph: 202-339-8475
Party name: Argus Leader Media, d/b/a Argus Leader


Jon Elmer Arneson
Jon E. Arneson
123 S. Main Avenue
Sioux Falls, SD 57104

jea44@aol.com
Ph: 605-335-0083
Party name: Argus Leader Media, d/b/a Argus Leader


Other Attorneys
Shannen Wayne Coffin
Counsel of Record
Steptoe & Johnson LLP
1330 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20036

scoffin@steptoe.com
Ph: 202-429-3000
Party name: National Association of Convenience Stores, et al.


John Patrick Elwood
Counsel of Record
Vinson & Elkins, LLP
2200 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Suite 500 - West
Washington, DC 20037

jelwood@velaw.com
Ph: 202-639-6500
Party name: Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al.


Ira T. Kasdan
Counsel of Record
Kelley Drye& Warren LLP
3050 K Street, NW
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20007

ikasdan@kelleydrye.com
Ph: 202-342-8400
Party name: Alliance of Marine Mammal Parks & Aquariums, et al.


Adam G. Unikowsky
Counsel of Record
Jenner & Block LLP
1099 New York Avenue, NW
Suite 900
Washington, DC 20001

AUnikowsky@jenner.com
Ph: 202-639-6000
Party name: Retail Litigation Center, Inc.


Bruce David Brown
Counsel of Record
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
1156 15th St. NW Suite 1020
Washington, DC 20005

bbrown@rcfp.org
Ph: 202.795.9300
Party name: Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press & 36 Media Organizations


Robert Stokes Clark
Counsel of Record
Parr Brown Gee & Loveless
101 South 200 East
Suite 700
Salt Lake City, UT 84111-0000

rclark@parrbrown.com
Ph: 801-532-7840
Party name: BioScience Advisors, Inc.


Michael C. Dorf
Counsel of Record
Cornell University Law School
304 Myron Taylor Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853

michaeldorf@cornell.edu
Ph: 607-255-3890
Party name: Freedom of Information Act and First Amendment Scholars


Lucinda Margaret Finley
Counsel of Record
University at Buffalo Law School
513 O'Brian Hall
Buffalo, NY 14260

finleylu@buffalo.edu
Ph: 7168034202
Party name: AI Now Institute at New York University, et al.


Noel John Francisco
Solicitor General
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001

SUPREMECTBRIEFS!USDOJ.GOV
Ph: 202-514-2217
Party name: United States


Ryan Patrick Mulvey
Counsel of Record
Cause of Action Institute
1875 Eye Street N.W., Suite 800
Washington, DC 20006

ryan.mulvey@causeofaction.org
Ph: (202) 499-4232
Party name: Cause of Action Institute, et al.


Karl Olson
Counsel of Record
Cannata, O'Toole, Fickes & Olson LLP
100 Pine Street
Suite 350
San Francisco, CA 94111

kolson@cofolaw.com
Ph: 415-409-8900
Party name: American Small Business League


Marc Rotenberg
Counsel of Record
Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)
1718 Connecticut Ave., NW
Suite 200
Washington, DC 20009

rotenberg@epic.org
Ph: 202-483-1140
Party name: Electronic Privacy Information Center


Ghita R. Schwarz
Counsel of Record
Center for Constitutional Rights
666 Broadway, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10012

gschwarz@ccrjustice.org
Ph: 212-614-6464
Party name: Detention Watch Network, Human Rights Defense and Prison Policy Initiative


Michael J. Tierney
Counsel of Record
Wadleigh, Starr & Peters, PLLC
95 Market Street
Manchester, NH 03101

mtierney@wadleighlaw.com
Ph: 603-669-4140
Party name: New Hampshire Right to Life


Allison M. Zieve
Counsel of Record
Public Citizen Litigation Group
1600 20th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009

azieve@citizen.org
Ph: 202-588-1000
Party name: Public Citizen, et al.