No. 19-1039
 
Title: PennEast Pipeline Company, LLC, Petitioner
v.
New Jersey, et al.
Docketed: February 20, 2020
Linked with: 19A836
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
   Case Numbers: (19-1191, 19-1232)
   Decision Date: September 10, 2019
   Rehearing Denied: November 5, 2019
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Jan 24 2020 Application (19A836) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 3, 2020 to March 4, 2020, submitted to Justice Alito.
Main Document Lower Court Orders/Opinions Proof of Service
Jan 27 2020 Application (19A836) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until March 4, 2020.
Feb 18 2020 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 23, 2020)
Petition Appendix Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Mar 09 2020 Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, PennEast Pipeline Company, LLC.
Blanket Consent
Mar 20 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Marcellus Shale Coalition and Pennsylvania Independent Oil & Gas Association filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Mar 20 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Industrial Energy Consumers of America filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Mar 23 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC filed.
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Mar 23 2020 Brief amici curiae of Pennslvania Manufacturers' Association, et al. filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Mar 23 2020 Brief amici curiae of United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada, AFL-CIO, et al. filed.
Main Document Other Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Mar 23 2020 Waiver of New Jersey Conservation Foundation of right to respond not accepted for filing. (March 24, 2020)
Mar 23 2020 Waiver of right of respondent New Jersey Conservation Foundation to respond filed.
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Mar 23 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Consumer Energy Alliance filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Mar 23 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Energy Equipment and Infrastructure Alliance filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Mar 23 2020 Brief amici curiae of Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, American Gas Association, American Petroleum Institute filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Mar 23 2020 Brief amici curiae of The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America and the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry filed.
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Mar 23 2020 Waiver of right of respondents State of New Jersey; NJ Department of Envrionmental Protection, et al. to respond filed.
Main Document
Apr 01 2020 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/17/2020.
Apr 13 2020 Response Requested. (Due May 13, 2020)
Apr 30 2020 Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 13, 2020 to June 12, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
Main Document
Apr 30 2020 Response to motion from petitioner PennEast Pipeline Company, LLC filed.
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May 01 2020 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted in part; the time is extended to and including June 2, 2020, for all respondents.
Jun 02 2020 Brief of respondents State of New Jersey; NJ Department of Envrionmental Protection, et al. in opposition filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Jun 02 2020 Waiver of right of respondent New Jersey Conservation Foundation to respond filed.
Main Document Proof of Service
Jun 03 2020 Letter waiving the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition for a writ of certiorari pursuant to Rule 15.5 filed.
Main Document
Jun 09 2020 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/25/2020.
Jun 09 2020 Reply of petitioners PennEast Pipeline Company, LLC filed. (Distributed)
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Jun 29 2020 The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States.
Dec 09 2020 Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
Proof of Service Main Document
Dec 23 2020 Supplemental brief of respondents State of New Jersey; NJ Department of Envrionmental Protection, et al. filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Jan 07 2021 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/22/2021.
Feb 03 2021 Petition GRANTED. In addition to the question presented by the petition, the parties are directed to brief and argue the following question: Did the Court of Appeals properly exercise jurisdiction over this case? The case will be set for argument in the April 2021 argument session.
Feb 05 2021 Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, PennEast Pipeline Company, LLC
Blanket Consent
Feb 08 2021 Joint motion to set the briefing schedule filed by the parties.
Main Document
Feb 10 2021 Joint motion to set the briefing schedule GRANTED. Petitioner's brief on the merits will be filed on or before March 1, 2021. Respondents briefs on the merits will be filed on or before March 31, 2021. The reply brief will be filed in compliance with Rule 25.3.
Feb 22 2021 Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, New Jersey Conservation Foundation
Blanket Consent
Mar 01 2021 Brief of petitioner PennEast Pipeline Company, LLC filed.
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Mar 01 2021 Joint appendix (two volumes) filed. (Statement of cost filed).
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Mar 04 2021 Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, State of New Jersey; NJ Department of Envrionmental Protection, et al.
Blanket Consent
Mar 08 2021 Brief amici curiae of The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America and the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Mar 08 2021 Brief amicus curiae of Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Mar 08 2021 Brief amici curiae of United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada, AFL-CIO, et al. filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Mar 08 2021 Brief amicus curiae of Energy Equipment and Infrastructure Alliance filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Mar 08 2021 Brief amici curiae of Pennslvania Manufacturers' Association and the New Jersey Business & Industry Association filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Mar 08 2021 Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
Proof of Service Main Document
Mar 08 2021 Brief amici curiae of Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, American Gas Association, American Petroleum Institute filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Mar 08 2021 Brief amici curiae of Marcellus Shale Coalition and Pennsylvania Independent Oil & Gas Association filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Mar 12 2021 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, April 28, 2021.
Mar 15 2021 Record requested.
Mar 30 2021 CIRCULATED
Mar 31 2021 Brief of respondent New Jersey Conservation Foundation filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Mar 31 2021 Brief of respondents New Jersey, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 31 2021 Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Proof of Service Main Document
Apr 07 2021 Brief amici curiae of State of Oregon, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Apr 07 2021 Brief amicus curiae of Institute for Justice filed. (Distributed)
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Apr 07 2021 Brief amici curiae of The Council of State Governments, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Apr 16 2021 Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Apr 16 2021 Reply of petitioner PennEast Pipeline Company, LLC filed. (Distributed)
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Apr 28 2021 Argued. For petitioner: Paul D. Clement, Washington, D. C.; and Edwin S. Kneedler, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondents: Jeremy M. Feigenbaum, Counsel to the Attorney General, Trenton, N. J.
Jun 29 2021 Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Roberts, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined. Gorsuch, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Thomas, J., joined. Barrett, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Thomas, Kagan, and Gorsuch, JJ., joined.
Aug 02 2021 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Paul D. Clement
Counsel of Record
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
1301 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20004

paul.clement@kirkland.com
Ph: 2023895000
Party name: PennEast Pipeline Company, LLC


Attorneys for Respondents
Jeremy Michael Feigenbaum
Counsel of Record
Office of the New Jersey Attorney General
25 Market Street
P.O. Box 112
Trenton, NJ 08611

jeremy.feigenbaum@njoag.gov
Ph: 609-984-3900
Party name: New Jersey, et al.


Matthew Littleton
Counsel of Record
Donahue, Goldberg, Weaver & Littleton
1008 Pennsylvania Ave SE
Washington, DC 20003

matt@donahuegoldberg.com
Ph: 2026836895
Party name: New Jersey Conservation Foundation


Jennifer Lynn Danis
Morningside Heights Legal Services
435 W. 116th Street
New York, NY 10027

jld2228@columbia.edu
Ph: 12013063382
Party name: New Jersey Conservation Foundation


Edward Lloyd
Morningside Heights Legal Services, Inc.
Columbia Law School
435 West 116th Street
New York, NY 10027

elloyd@law.columbia.edu
Ph: 9734953774
Party name: New Jersey Conservation Foundation


Other Attorneys
Charles Owen Beckley II
Counsel of Record
Beckley & Madden, LLC
212 North Third Street, Suite 301
Harrisburg, PA 17101

cbeckley@pa.net
Ph: (717) 233-7691
Party name: Pennslvania Manufacturers' Association and the New Jersey Business & Industry Association


Ellen O. Boardman
Counsel of Record
O'Donoghue & O'Donoghue LLP
5301 Wisconsin Ave, NW
Suite 800
Washington, DC 20015

eboardman@odonoghuelaw.com
Ph: 2023620041
Party name: United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada, AFL-CIO, et al.


Terry Robert Bossert
Counsel of Record
Marcellus Shale Coalition
300 N. 2nd St.
Suite 1102
Harrisburg, PA 17101

tbossert@marcelluscoalition.org
Ph: 717-603-0714
Party name: Marcellus Shale Coalition and Pennsylvania Independent Oil & Gas Association


Brian H. Fletcher
Acting 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


Benjamin Noah Gutman
Counsel of Record
Oregon Department of Justice
1162 Court Street NE
Salem, OR 97301

benjamin.gutman@doj.state.or.us
Ph: 503-378-4402
Party name: State of Oregon, et al.


Lela M. Hollabaugh
Counsel of Record
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
1600 Division Street
Nashville, TN 37203

lhollabaugh@bradley.com
Ph: 615-252-2348
Party name: Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, American Gas Association, American Petroleum Institute


Deanne Elizabeth Maynard
Counsel of Record
Morrison & Foerster LLP
2100 L Street, NW
Washington, DC 20037

dmaynard@mofo.com
Ph: 202-887-8740
Party name: The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America and the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry


Michael Hugh McGinley
Counsel of Record
Dechert LLP
1900 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006

michael.mcginley@dechert.com
Ph: 202-261-3378
Party name: Energy Equipment and Infrastructure Alliance


Robert James McNamara
Counsel of Record
Institute for Justice
901 N Glebe Road
Suite 900
Arlington, VA 22203

rmcnamara@ij.org
Ph: 703-682-9320
Party name: Institute for Justice


Hala A. Sandridge
Counsel of Record
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
401 East Jackson Street
Suite 2400
Tampa, FL 33602

hala.sandridge@bipc.com
Ph: 8132221127
Party name: Consumer Energy Alliance


Catherine Emily Stetson
Counsel of Record
Hogan Lovells US LLP
555 13th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20004-1109

cate.stetson@hoganlovells.com
Ph: 2026375491
Party name: Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC


Vivek Vijay Tata
Counsel of Record
Selendy & Gay PLLC
1290 Sixth Avenue
New York, NY 10104

vtata@selendygay.com
Ph: 2123909058
Party name: The Council of State Governments, The National League of Cities, The U.S. Conference of Mayors, The International City/County Management Association, and The International Municipal Lawyers Association


Kenneth Von Schaumburg
Counsel of Record
Clark Hill PLC
1001 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Suite 1300 South
Washington, DC 20004

kvonschaumburg@clarkhill.com
Ph: (202)403-9604
Party name: Industrial Energy Consumers of America