No. 19-1189
 
Title: BP p.l.c., et al., Petitioners
v.
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
Docketed: March 31, 2020
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
   Case Numbers: (19-1644)
   Decision Date: March 6, 2020
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Mar 31 2020 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 30, 2020)
Apr 13 2020 Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, BP p.l.c., et al.
Apr 17 2020 Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 30, 2020 to June 29, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
Apr 21 2020 Response to motion from petitioner BP p.l.c., et al. filed.
Apr 23 2020 Reply in support of motion from respondent filed.
Apr 24 2020 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including June 29, 2020.
Apr 30 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed.
Apr 30 2020 Brief amici curiae of States of Indiana, et al. filed.
Apr 30 2020 Brief amici curiae of The National Association of Manufacturers filed.
Apr 30 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Energy Policy Advocates filed.
May 13 2020 Letter of May 13, 2020 from the Solicitor General of Louisiana respecting the brief amici curiae of States of Indiana, et al. received.
Jun 29 2020 Brief of respondent Mayor and City Council of Baltimore in opposition filed.
Jul 15 2020 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
Jul 15 2020 Reply of petitioners BP p.l.c., et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jul 23 2020 Supplemental brief of respondent Mayor and City Council of Baltimore filed. (Distributed)
Oct 02 2020 Petition GRANTED. Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
Oct 07 2020 Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, BP p.l.c., et al.
Oct 22 2020 Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
Nov 16 2020 Joint appendix filed. (Statement of cost filed)
Nov 16 2020 Brief of petitioners BP p.l.c., et al. filed.
Nov 18 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Atlantic Legal Foundation filed.
Nov 20 2020 Brief amicus curiae of DRI - Voice of the Defense Bar filed.
Nov 23 2020 Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
Nov 23 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed.
Nov 23 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed.
Nov 23 2020 Brief amici curiae of States of Indiana, et al. filed.
Nov 23 2020 Brief amici curiae of Richard B. Myers and Michael G. Mullen filed.
Nov 23 2020 Brief amicus curiae of American Petroleum Institute filed.
Nov 23 2020 Brief amici curiae of The National Association of Manufacturers, et al. filed.
Nov 23 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Energy Policy Advocates filed.
Nov 25 2020 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, January 19, 2021.
Dec 03 2020 Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 4th Circuit.
Dec 08 2020 CIRCULATED
Dec 11 2020 Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Dec 16 2020 Brief of respondent Mayor and City Council of Baltimore filed. (Distributed)
Dec 22 2020 Brief amici curiae of State and Local Government Groups filed. (Distributed)
Dec 23 2020 Brief amici curiae of Chesapeake Bay Foundation and Natural Resources Defense Council filed. (Distributed)
Dec 23 2020 Brief amici curiae of Senators Whitehouse, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Dec 23 2020 Brief amici curiae of Erwin Chemerinsky, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Dec 23 2020 Brief amici curiae of States of New York, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Dec 23 2020 Brief amici curiae of Boulder County, San Miguel County, and the City of Boulder, Colorado filed. (Corrected Copy) (Distributed)
Dec 30 2020 The record from the U.S.C.A. 4th Circuit is electronic and located on Pacer.
Jan 08 2021 Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of this motion.
Jan 08 2021 Reply of petitioners BP p.l.c., et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jan 19 2021 Argued. For petitioners: Kannon K. Shanmugam, Washington, D. C.; and Brinton Lucas, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondents: Victor M. Sher, San Francisco, Cal.
May 17 2021 Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Gorsuch, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Thomas, Breyer, Kagan, Kavanaugh, and Barrett, JJ., joined. Sotomayor, J., filed a dissenting opinion. Alito, J., took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
Jun 18 2021 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioner
Kannon K. Shanmugam
Counsel of Record
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
2001 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20006
KSHANMUGAM@PAULWEISS.COM
Ph: (202) 223-7300
Party name: BP p.l.c., et al.


Attorneys for Respondents
Victor M. Sher
Counsel of Record
Sher Edling LLP
100 Montgomery St.
Suite 1410
San Francisco, CA 94104
VIC@SHEREDLING.COM
Ph: 628-231-2500
Party name: Mayor and City Council of Baltimore


Other Attorneys
Tristan L. Duncan
Shook, Hardy & Bacon
2555 Grand Boulevard
Kansas City, MO 64108
TLDUNCAN@SHB.COM
Ph: 816-474-6550
Party name: Richard B. Myers and Michael G. Mullen


Lawrence S. Ebner
Atlantic Legal Foundation
1701 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20006
lawrence.ebner@atlanticlegal.org
Ph: 202-729-6337
Party name: Atlantic Legal Foundation


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


Thomas M. Fisher
EdChoice, Inc.
111 Monument Circle
Suite 2650
Indianapolis, IN 46204
tfisher@edchoice.org
Ph: 317-681-0745
Party name: States of Indiana, Alaska, Arkansas, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, South Carolina, Texas, and Utah


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


Philip S. Goldberg
Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
1800 K Street, NW
Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20006
pgoldberg@shb.com
Ph: 202-783-8400
Party name: The National Association of Manufacturers, et al.


Matthew Daniel Hardin
Hardin Law Office
1725 I Street NW Suite 300
Washington, DC 20006
MATTHEWDHARDIN@GMAIL.COM
Ph: 202-802-1948
Party name: Energy Policy Advocates


William McGinley Jay
Goodwin Procter, LLP
1900 N Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
WJAY@GOODWINLAW.COM
Ph: 2023464190
Party name: American Petroleum Institute


John Mercer Masslon II
Washington Legal Foundation
2009 Massachusetts Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20036
JMASSLON@WLF.ORG
Ph: (202) 588-0302
Party name: Washington Legal Foundation


Matthew T. Nelson
Warner Norcross + Judd LLP
150 Ottawa Avenue NW, Suite 1500
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
MNELSON@WNJ.COM
Ph: (616) 752-2000
Party name: DRI - Voice of the Defense Bar


Robert S. Peck
Center for Constitutional Litigation, PC
1901 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Suite 1101
Washington, DC 20009
ROBERT.PECK@CCLFIRM.COM
Ph: 2029442874
Party name: State and Local Government Groups


William A. Rossbach
Rossbach Law, PC
P. O. Box 8988
Missoula, MT 59802
bill@rossbachlaw.com
Ph: 406-543-5156
Party name: Erwin Chemerinsky, Andrew D. Bradt, Helen Hershkoff, Lonny Hoffman, E. Farish Percy, Michael E. Solimine, Adam N. Steinman, Joan Steinman, Stephen I. Vladeck, Rhonda Wasserman and Anne Bloom


Marco Benjamin Simons
EarthRights International
1612 K Street N.W. #800
Washington, DC 20006
marco@earthrights.org
Ph: 202-466-5188
Party name: Boulder County, San Miguel County, and the City of Boulder, Colorado


Gerson H. Smoger
4228 Hallmark Drive
Dallas, TX 75229
smogerlaw@gmail.com
Ph: 5105314529
Party name: Senators Whitehouse, Cardin, Blumenthal, Warren, Markey, and Van Hollen


Zachary D. Tripp
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
2001 M Street NW
Washington, DC 20036
ZACK.TRIPP@WEIL.COM
Ph: 202-682-7220
Party name: Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America


Barbara Dale Underwood
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: States of New York, Rhode Island et al.