No. 18-966
 
Title: Department of Commerce, et al., Petitioners
v.
New York, et al.
Docketed: January 25, 2019
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
   Case Numbers: (19-212)
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Jan 25 2019 Petition for a writ of certiorari before judgment filed. (Response due February 25, 2019)
Jan 25 2019 Motion to expedite consideration of the petition for a writ of certiorari filed by petitioners.
Jan 29 2019 Response to petitioners' motion to expedite from respondents New York, et al. (Government Plaintiffs-Respondents) filed.
Jan 30 2019 Motion DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/15/2019.
Feb 11 2019 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/15/2019.
Feb 11 2019 Brief of respondents New York et al. (Government Plaintiffs-Respondents) in opposition filed. (Distributed)
Feb 11 2019 Brief amicus curiae of United States House of Representatives filed. (Distributed)
Feb 11 2019 Brief amici curiae of Ronald A. Cass & Christopher C. DeMuth, Sr. filed. (Distributed)
Feb 11 2019 Brief amicus curiae of Public Interest Legal Foundation filed. (Distributed)
Feb 11 2019 Brief of respondents New York Immigration Coalition, et al. in opposition filed. (Distributed)
Feb 11 2019 Brief amici curiae of Judicial Watch and AEF filed. (Distributed)
Feb 12 2019 Brief amicus curiae of Project on Fair Representation filed. (Distributed)
Feb 13 2019 Reply of petitioners Department of Commerce, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Feb 15 2019 Petition for a writ of certiorari before judgment GRANTED. The case will be set for argument in the second week of the April argument session.
Feb 19 2019 Joint letter of the parties proposing briefing schedule filed.
Feb 21 2019 Petitioner's brief on the merits, and any amicus curiae briefs in support of petitioners or in support of neither party, are to be filed on or before Wednesday, March 6, 2019. Respondents' briefs on the merits, and any amicus curiae briefs in support of respondents, are to be filed on or before Monday, April 1, 2019. The reply brief on the merits is to be filed in accordance with Rule 25.3 of the Rules of this Court.
Feb 22 2019 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, April 23, 2019 (10 a.m.).
Feb 25 2019 Letter of petitioners filed.
Feb 27 2019 Blanket Consent filed by respondents New York, et al. (government respondents).
Feb 27 2019 Blanket Consent filed by respondents New York Immigration Coalition, et al.
Mar 04 2019 Motion of United States House of Representatives for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Mar 06 2019 Joint appendix of petitioners filed (Volume 1). (Statement of costs filed)
Mar 06 2019 Brief of petitioners Department of Commerce, et al. filed.
Mar 06 2019 Brief amicus curiae of The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty in support of neither party filed.
Mar 06 2019 Brief amici curiae of Ronald A. Cass & Christopher C. DeMuth, Sr. filed.
Mar 06 2019 Brief amici curiae of Oklahoma, et al. filed.
Mar 06 2019 Brief amicus curiae of Project on Fair Representation filed.
Mar 06 2019 Brief amicus curiae of Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund filed.
Mar 06 2019 Brief amicus curiae of Public Interest Legal Foundation filed.
Mar 06 2019 Brief amici curiae of Republican National Committee and the National Republican Congressional Committee filed.
Mar 06 2019 Brief amici curiae of Citizens United, et al. filed.
Mar 06 2019 Brief amici curiae of Judicial Watch and Allied Educational Foundation filed.
Mar 06 2019 Brief amicus curiae of Immigration Reform Law Institute filed. (Distributed)
Mar 08 2019 Joint motion for enlargement of time for oral argument and for divided argument, and response to motion of United States House of Representatives for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed by respondents New York et al.
Mar 11 2019 Letter of petitioners updating Court on related case filed. (Distributed)
Mar 13 2019 Joint letter of respondents in response to letter of Solicitor General filed. (Distributed)
Mar 15 2019 The parties are directed to brief and argue the following additional question: Whether the Secretary of Commerce’s decision to add a citizenship question to the Decennial Census violated the Enumeration Clause of the U.S. Constitution, art. I, §2, cl. 3. Respondents are allowed an additional 2,000 words in aggregate to address this question in their briefs on the merits. Petitioners are allowed an additional 1,000 words to address this question in their reply brief on the merits.
Mar 20 2019 CIRCULATED
Mar 20 2019 Blanket consent filed by petitioners.
Mar 21 2019 Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 2nd Circuit.
Mar 26 2019 Brief amici curiae of The KIPP Foundation, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Mar 28 2019 Record received from the U.S.D.C. Southern District of New York. The record is Sealed. (One Envelope).
Mar 29 2019 Brief amici curiae of The National School Boards Association, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Apr 01 2019 Joint appendix of respondents filed (Volumes 2, 3 & 4). (Statement of costs filed). (Distributed)
Apr 01 2019 Brief of respondents New York, et al. (Government Plaintiffs-Respondents) filed. (Distributed)
Apr 01 2019 Brief of respondents New York Immigration Coalition, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Apr 01 2019 Brief amici curiae of Businesses and Business Organizations filed. (Distributed)
Apr 01 2019 Brief amicus curiae of Natural Resources Defense Council filed. (Distributed)
Apr 01 2019 Brief amici curiae of Norman Y. Mineta, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Apr 01 2019 Certificate of Service filed with respect to brief of amicus curiae of Arab American Institute.
Apr 01 2019 Brief amicus curiae of State of California filed. (Distributed)
Apr 01 2019 Brief amici curiae of Current Members of Congress and Bipartisan Former Members of Congress filed. (Distributed)
Apr 01 2019 Brief amici curiae of Electronic Privacy Information Center, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Apr 01 2019 Proof of Service filed with respect to brief of amici Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), et al..
Apr 01 2019 Brief amici curiae of Plaintiffs in Kravitz et al. v. United States Department of Commerce et al., No. 18-1041 (D.MD) filed. (Distributed)
Apr 01 2019 Brief amici curiae of American Statistical Association, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Apr 01 2019 Brief amicus curiae of The Nielsen Company (US), LLC filed. (Distributed)
Apr 01 2019 Brief amicus curiae of United States House of Representatives filed. (Distributed)
Apr 01 2019 Brief amici curiae of The Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Apr 01 2019 Brief amicus curiae of Arab American Institute filed. (Distributed)
Apr 01 2019 Brief amicus curiae of The Council of the Great City Schools filed. (Distributed)
Apr 01 2019 Brief amici curiae of Harris County, Texas, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Apr 01 2019 Brief amici curiae of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Apr 01 2019 Brief amicus curiae of NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
Apr 01 2019 Brief amici curiae of Lawyers for Civil Rights, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Apr 01 2019 Brief amici curiae of 190 Bipartisan Elected Officials, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Apr 01 2019 Brief amici curiae of Former Census Bureau Directors filed. (Distributed)
Apr 01 2019 Brief amici curiae of Foundations and Philanthropy-Serving Organizations filed. (Distributed)
Apr 01 2019 Brief amici curiae of Former Federal District Judges filed. (Distributed)
Apr 01 2019 Brief amici curiae of National Asian Pacific Bar Association, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Apr 01 2019 Brief amici curiae of International Municipal Lawyers Association (IMLA) and the International City/County Management Association (ICMA) filed. (Distributed)
Apr 01 2019 Brief amici curiae of County of Santa Clara, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Apr 01 2019 Brief amici curiae of Central Valley Immigrant Integration Collaborative, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Apr 01 2019 Brief amici curiae of Legal Services NYC, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Apr 01 2019 Brief amici curiae of John R. Dunne, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Apr 01 2019 Brief amici curiae of Common Cause, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Apr 01 2019 Brief amici curiae of Historians and Social Scientists Margo Anderson, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Apr 01 2019 Brief amici curiae of City of San Jose and the Black Alliance for Just Immigration filed. (Distributed)
Apr 01 2019 Brief amici curiae of Nicholas Bagley, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Apr 01 2019 Brief amici curiae of National Council of Nonprofits, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Apr 01 2019 Brief amicus curiae of California Legislature filed. (Distributed)
Apr 01 2019 Brief amici curiae of LatinoJustice PRLDEF, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Apr 12 2019 Motion of United States House of Representatives for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Apr 12 2019 Joint motion for enlargement of time for oral argument and for divided argument filed by respondents GRANTED in part and the time is divided as follows: 40 minutes for petitioners, 20 minutes for respondents New York, et al., 10 minutes for respondents New York Immigration Coalition, et al., and 10 minutes for amicus curiae United States House of Representatives.
Apr 16 2019 Reply of petitioners Department of Commerce, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Apr 23 2019 Argued. For petitioners: Noel J. Francisco, Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondents New York, et al.: Barbara D. Underwood, Solicitor General, New York, N. Y. For respondents New York Immigration Coalition, et al.: Dale E. Ho, New York, N. Y. For United States House of Representatives, as amicus curiae: Douglas N. Letter, General Counsel, U. S. House of Representatives, Washington, D. C.
May 30 2019 Letter of respondents New York Immigration Coalition, et al. notifying Court of new proceedings in the district court (proposed redacted motion attached) filed. (Distributed)
Jun 03 2019 Letter of petitioners updating Court on district court proceedings (Government's response to motion attached) filed. (Distributed)
Jun 05 2019 Letter of respondents New York Immigration Coalition, et al. notifying Court of reply filed in district court of (copy of reply attached) filed. (Distributed)
Jun 12 2019 Motion for limited remand filed by respondents New York Immigration Coalition, et al. (Distributed)
Jun 20 2019 Petitioners' opposition to motion for limited remand filed. (Distributed)
Jun 24 2019 Letter of respondents New York Immigration Coalition, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jun 25 2019 Letter of petitioners Department of Commerce, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jun 25 2019 Letter in Response to Letter of Department of Commerce, et al. of La Union Del Pueblo Entero not accepted for filing. (June 26, 2019)
Jun 25 2019 Letter of petitioners notifying Court of 4th Cir. ruling in related case filed. (Distributed)
Jun 25 2019 Letter of respondents New York Immigration Coalition, et al. filed.
Jun 26 2019 Motion DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/27/2019.
Jun 26 2019 Joint letter in opposition to petitioners' letter of June 25, 2019, filed by respondents. (Distributed)
Jun 27 2019 Adjudged to be AFFIRMED IN PART, REVERSED IN PART, and case REMANDED. Roberts, C. J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court with respect to Parts I and II, and the opinion of the Court with respect to Parts III, IV–B, and IV–C, in which Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined; with respect to Part IV–A, in which Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan, and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined; and with respect to Part V, in which Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part, in which Gorsuch and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined. Breyer, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part, in which Ginsburg, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Alito, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.
Jul 29 2020 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Noel John Francisco
Counsel of Record
Jones Day
51 Louisiana Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001
NJFRANCISCO@JONESDAY.COM
Ph: (202) 879-3939
Party name: Department of Commerce, et al.


Attorneys for Respondents
Dale E. Ho
Counsel of Record
American Civil Liberties Union
125 Broad Street
Director, Voting Rights Project
New York, NY 10004
dale.ho@aclu.org
Ph: 212-549-2693
Party name: New York Immigration Coalition, et al.


Barbara Dale Underwood
Counsel of Record
Solicitor General
Office of the Attorney General
28 Liberty Street
New York, NY 10005-1400
BARBARA.UNDERWOOD@AG.NY.GOV
Ph: 212-416-8016
Party name: New York et al. (Government Plaintiffs-Respondents)


Other Attorneys
Deborah N. Archer
NYU School of Law
245 Sullivan Street Room 610
New York, NY 10012
deborah.archer@nyu.edu
Ph: 2129986882
Party name: The KIPP Foundation; Advocates for Children of New York; New Jersey Institute for Social Justice; UnidosUS


Robert Alan Atkins
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
1285 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019
ratkins@paulweiss.com
Ph: 212-373-3000
Party name: 190 Bipartisan Elected Officials, et al.


Samuel Robert Bagenstos
625 S. State St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
sbagen@gmail.com
Ph: 857-231-1663
Party name: John R. Dunne et al.


Eric S. Baxter
The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty
1919 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20006
ebaxter@becketlaw.org
Ph: 202-955-0095
Party name: The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty


Jason Carey Beekman
ESQelate LLC
14610 Rolling Green Way
North Potomac, MD 20878
Jason.Beekman@ESQelate.com
Ph: 301-529-8151
Party name: Arab American Institute


Ishan Kharshedji Bhabha
Jenner and Block LLP
1099 New York Ave NW, Suite 900
Washington, DC 20001
IBhabha@jenner.com
Ph: 202-637-6327
Party name: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC


John W. Borkowski
Husch Blackwell
120 South Riverside Plaza, Suite 2200
Chicago, IL 60606
john.borkowski@huschblackwell.com
Ph: 312-526-1538
Party name: The Council of The Great City Schools


Richard P. Bress
Latham & Watkins LLP
555 11th Street, NW Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20004
rick.bress@lw.com
Ph: 202-637-2137
Party name: The National School Boards Association et al.


Ronald Andrew Cass
Cass & Associates, PC
10560 Fox Forest Drive
Great Falls, VA 22066
roncass@cassassociates.net
Ph: 7034387590
Party name: Ronald A. Cass & Christopher C. DeMuth, Sr.


William Spencer Consovoy
Consovoy McCarthy PLLC
1600 Wilson Boulevard Suite 700
Arlington, VA 22209
will@consovoymccarthy.com
Ph: (703) 243-9423
Party name: Project on Fair Representation


Charles Timothy Delaney
National Council of Nonprofits
1001 G Street NW Suite 700E
Washington, DC 20001
TDELANEY@COUNCILOFNONPROFITS.ORG
Ph: 2029620322
Party name: National Council of Nonprofits, et al.


Stuart Frank Delery
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
1050 Connecticut Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20036
SDelery@gibsondunn.com
Ph: (202) 887-3650
Party name: Businesses and Business Organizations


Gregory L. Diskant
Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler, LLP
1133 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
gldiskant@pbwt.com
Ph: (212) 336-2000
Party name: Common Cause, Trevor Potter, Rep. Jody L. McNally, Justice Robert Orr (Ret.), Gil Ontai, and Peter Yao


P. Benjamin DeWitt Duke
Covington & Burling
620 8th Avenue
New York, NY 10018
pbduke@cov.com
Ph: 212 8411072
Party name: Plaintiffs in Kravitz et al. v. United States Department of Commerce et al.


Nicholas David Espiritu
NATIONAL IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER
3450 Wilshire Blvd., #108-62
Los Angeles, CA 90010
espiritu@nilc.org
Ph: 213--639-3900
Party name: Central Valley Immigrant Integration Collaborative, et al.


Ian Michael Fein
Natural Resources Defense Council
111 Sutter Street, 21st Floor
San Francisco, CA 94104
ifein@nrdc.org
Ph: (415) 875-6147
Party name: Natural Resources Defense Council


Ira M. Feinberg
Office of the New York Attorney General
28 Liberty Street
New York, NY 10005
ira.feinberg@ag.ny.gov
Ph: (212) 416-6037
Party name: American Statistical Association, et al.


Edward A. Friedman
Friedman Kaplan Seiler & Adelman LLP
7 Times Square
New York, NY 10036-6516
efriedman@fklaw.com
Ph: 212-833-1100
Party name: Foundations and Philanthropy-Serving Organizations


Albert Quoc Giang
King & Spalding LLP
633 West Fifth Street Suite 1600
Los Angeles, CA 90071
AGIANG@KSLAW.COM
Ph: 231-443-4355
Party name: National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, et al.


Danielle Luce Goldstein
Office of the Los Angeles City Attorney
200 N. Spring St., 14th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90012
danielle.goldstein@lacity.org
Ph: 2139781868
Party name: County of Santa Clara


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: Current Members of Congress and Bipartisan Former Members of Congress


Christopher J. Hajec
Immigration Reform Law Institute
25 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Suite 335
Washington, DC 20001
CHAJEC@IRLI.ORG
Ph: 202-232-5590
Party name: Immigration Reform Law Institute


Susan Hays
Law Office of Susan Hays, P.C.
P.O. Box 41647
Austin, TX 78704
hayslaw@me.com
Ph: 214-557-4819
Party name: Harris County, Texas, Fort Bend County Judge KP George, in his individual capacity, and the City of Marfa, Texas


Derek T. Ho
Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C.
1615 M Street, NW
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20036
dho@kellogghansen.com
Ph: 202-326-7931
Party name: Former Federal District Judges


Yalonda Taliss Howze
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C
One Financial Center
Boston, MA 02111
ythowze@mintz.com
Ph: 6173481813
Party name: Lawyers for Civil Rights et al.


Robin B. Johansen
Olson Remcho, LLP
1901 Harrison Street, Suite 1550
San Francisco, CA 94612
courtfilings@olsonremcho.com
Ph: 510-346-6200
Party name: California Legislature


Lawrence J. Joseph
Law Office of Lawrence J. Joseph
1250 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Suite 700 PMB 5155
Washington, DC 20036
LJOSEPH@LARRYJOSEPH.COM
Ph: 2028992987
Party name: Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund


Eamon Paul Joyce
787 7th Avenue
New York, NY 10019
ejoyce@sidley.com
Ph: 212 839 5300
Party name: The Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York, et al.


John J. Korzen
Wake Forest University School of Law
PO Box 7206
Winston-Salem, NC 27109
korzenjj@wfu.edu
Ph: 3367585832
Party name: International Municipal Lawyers Association (IMLA) and the International City/County Management Association (ICMA)


Douglas Neal Letter
Office of General Counsel
U.S. House of Representatives 5140 O'Neill House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
douglas.letter@mail.house.gov
Ph: 202-225-9700
Party name: United States House of Representatives


John F. Libby
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
11355 West Olympic Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90064
jlibby@manatt.com
Ph: 310-312-4000
Party name: City of San Jose; Black Alliance for Just Immigration


Mithun Mansinghani
Lehotsky Keller Cohn LLP
629 W. Main Street
Oklahoma City, OK 73102
mithun@lkcfirm.com
Ph: 5126938350
Party name: State of Oklahoma


Joshua Adam Matz
Hecker Fink LLP
1050 K Street NW
Suite 1040
Washington, DC 20001
jmatz@heckerfink.com
Ph: (212) 763-0883
Party name: Nicholas Bagley, Michael Dorf, Aziz Huq, Leah Litman, Gillian Metzger, Jon D. Michaels, Laurence H. Tribe, and Stephen I. Vladeck


Michael James Mongan
State of CA, Department of Justice
455 Golden Gate Ave., Suite 11000
San Francisco, CA 94102
michael.mongan@doj.ca.gov
Ph: (415) 510-3920
Party name: State of California


William Jeffrey Olson
William J. Olson, P.C.
370 Maple Ave. W., Suite 4
Vienna, VA 22180
WJO@MINDSPRING.COM
Ph: 7033565070
Party name: Citizens United, et al.


Ernesto Rafael Palomo
Locke Lord LLP
111 South Wacker Drive
Suite 4100
Chicago, IL 60606
epalomo@lockelord.com
Ph: 3124430477
Party name: LatinoJustice PRLDEF and Fifteen Other Organizations


Kaylan Lytle Phillips
Public Interest Legal Foundation
32 E. Washington, Suite 1675
Indianapolis,, IN 46204
kphillips@publicinterestlegal.org
Ph: 3172035599
Party name: Public Interest Legal Foundation


Andrew John Pincus
Mayer Brown LLP
1999 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
APINCUS@MAYERBROWN.COM
Ph: 202-263-3000
Party name: Former Census Bureau Directors


Robert D. Popper
Judicial Watch, Inc.
425 Third Street, SW
Washington, DC 20024
rpopper@judicialwatch.org
Ph: 202-646-5172
Party name: Judicial Watch and AEF


Marc Rotenberg
Electronic Privacy Information Center
1519 New Hampshire Ave NW
Washington, DC 20036
rotenberg@epic.org
Ph: 2024831140
Party name: Electronic Privacy Information Center, et al.


Alan Evan Schoenfeld
Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale and Dorr, LLP
7 World Trade Center
250 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10007
alan.schoenfeld@wilmerhale.com
Ph: (212) 230-8800
Party name: Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, et. al.


Gideon Alexander Schor
Center for Innovation, UC Law San Francisco
200 McAllister Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
GSCHOR@GMAIL.COM
Ph: 9177550094
Party name: Legal Services NYC, et al.


Pratik Arvind Shah
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP
2001 K Street N.W.
Washington, DC 20006
PSHAH@AKINGUMP.COM
Ph: 202-887-4000
Party name: Norman Y. Mineta, The Sakamoto Sisters, The Council on American-Islamic Relations (National and New York, Inc.), and The Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality


Brian Adair Sutherland
Reed Smith, LLP
101 2nd Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
bsutherland@reedsmith.com
Ph: 415 543 8700
Party name: Historians and Social Scientists Margo Anderson et al.


Jason Brett Torchinsky
Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky Josefiak PLLC
2300 N Street, NW
Ste. 643
Washington, DC 20037
JTORCHINSKY@HOLTZMANVOGEL.COM
Ph: 2027378808
Party name: Republican National Committee and National Republican Congressional Committee


David Jacob Zimmer
Zimmer, Citron & Clarke LLP
130 Bishop Allen Dr.
Cambridge, MA 02139
david@zimmercitronclarke.com
Ph: 6176769421
Party name: NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.