No. 18-938
 
Title: Ritzen Group, Inc., Petitioner
v.
Jackson Masonry, LLC
Docketed: January 18, 2019
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
   Case Numbers: (18-5157, 18-5161)
   Decision Date: October 16, 2018
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Jan 14 2019 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 19, 2019)
Mar 06 2019 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/22/2019.
Mar 13 2019 Response Requested. (Due April 12, 2019)
Apr 12 2019 Brief of respondent Jackson Masonry, LLC in opposition filed.
Apr 17 2019 Reply of petitioner Ritzen Group, Inc. filed.
Apr 18 2019 Rule 29.6 Corporate Disclosure Statement filed.
Apr 23 2019 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/9/2019.
May 13 2019 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/16/2019.
May 20 2019 Petition GRANTED.
Jun 09 2019 Motion of petitioner for an extension of time filed.
Jun 26 2019 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 August 5, 2019.
Jul 08 2019 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, November 13, 2019.
Aug 05 2019 Brief of petitioner Ritzen Group, Inc. filed. (Corrected brief submitted).
Aug 05 2019 Brief of petitioner Ritzen Group, Inc. filed. (October 4, 2019). (Distributed)
Aug 05 2019 Joint appendix filed.
Aug 23 2019 Motion for an extension of time to file respondents' brief on the merits filed.
Aug 29 2019 Motion to extend the time to file respondent's brief on the merits granted and the time is extended to and including October 4, 2019.
Sep 03 2019 CIRCULATED
Sep 16 2019 Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 6th Circuit.
Sep 18 2019 Record received from the U.S.C.A. 6th Circuit is electronic.
Oct 04 2019 Brief of respondent Jackson Masonry, LLC filed. (Distributed)
Oct 11 2019 Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. (Distributed)
Oct 11 2019 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Oct 11 2019 Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys filed. (Distributed)
Oct 21 2019 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Oct 21 2019 Proposal of respondent to lodge copies of documents in related cases cited in respondent's brief on the merits filed.
Nov 04 2019 Reply of petitioner Ritzen Group, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
Nov 13 2019 Argued. For petitioner: James K. Lehman, Columbia, S. C. For respondent: Griffin S. Dunham, Nashville, Tenn.; and Vivek Suri, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.)
Jan 14 2020 Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Ginsburg, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.
Feb 18 2020 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Shane Gibson Ramsey
Counsel of Record
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
150 4th Avenue North, Suite 1100
Nashville, TN 37219

shane.ramsey@nelsonmullins.com
Ph: 6156645355
Party name: Ritzen Group, Inc.


James Lehman
Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough LLPMeridian
1320 Main Street
Columbia, SC 29201

jim.lehman@nelsonmullins.com
Ph: (803)-255-9050
Party name: Ritzen Group, Inc.


William C. Wood Jr.
Nelson Mullins, et al.
150 Fourth Avenue, North, Suite 1100
Nashville, TN 37219

bill.wood@nelsonmullins.com
Ph: (615) 664-5300
Party name: RITZEN GROUP, INC.


Attorneys for Respondents
Griffin S. Dunham
Dunham Hildebrand, PLLC
1704 Charlotte Avenue, Suite 105
Nashville, TN 37203

ned@dhnashville.com
Ph: 615-933-5851
Party name: Jackson Masonry, LLC


John Issac Harris III
Schulman, LeRoy & Bennett PC
3310 West End Avenue, Ste 460
Nashville, TN 37203

JHARRIS@SLBLAWFIRM.COM
Ph: 6152446670
Party name: Jackson Masonry, LLC


Other Attorneys
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day
51 Louisiana Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001

NJFRANCISCO@JONESDAY.COM
Ph: (202) 879-3939
Party name: United States


Craig Goldblatt
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
1875 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20006

craig.goldblatt@wilmerhale.com
Ph: 202-663-6000
Party name: National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys