No. 19-351
 
Title: Federal Republic of Germany, et al., Petitioners
v.
Alan Philipp, et al.
Docketed: September 18, 2019
Linked with: 19A118
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
   Case Numbers: (17-7064, 17-7117)
   Decision Date: July 10, 2018
   Rehearing Denied: June 18, 2019
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Jul 26 2019 Application (19A118) for a stay pending the filing and disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari, submitted to The Chief Justice.
Main Document
Jul 30 2019 Application (19A118) denied by The Chief Justice. The application is denied without prejudice to petitioners filing a new application after seeking relief in the district court.
Sep 16 2019 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 18, 2019)
Oct 17 2019 Brief of respondents Alan Philipp, et al. in opposition filed.
Dec 27 2019 Reply of petitioners Federal Republic of Germany, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Dec 30 2019 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/17/2020.
Jan 21 2020 The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States.
May 26 2020 Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. VIDED.
Jun 08 2020 Supplemental brief of respondents Alan Philipp, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
Jun 09 2020 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/25/2020.
Jun 29 2020 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 7/1/2020.
Jul 02 2020 Petition GRANTED.
Jul 29 2020 Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
Jul 30 2020 Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including September 4, 2020. The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including October 22, 2020.
Jul 31 2020 Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Alan Philipp, et al.
Jul 31 2020 Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Federal Republic of Germany, et al.
Sep 04 2020 Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
Sep 04 2020 Brief of petitioners Federal Republic of Germany, et al. filed.
Sep 04 2020 Proposal of petitioners to lodge materials under Rule 32.3 filed.
Sep 10 2020 Brief amici curiae of Davis R. Robinson, et al. in support of neither party filed.
Sep 10 2020 Brief amici curiae of Foreign International Law Scholars and Jurists filed.
Sep 11 2020 Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
Sep 11 2020 Brief amici curiae of Professors Samuel Estreicher and Thomas H. Lee in support of neither party filed (also in 18-1447). VIDED.
Sep 11 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Societe Nationale SNCF SA in support of neither party filed (also in 18-1447). VIDED
Sep 11 2020 Brief amici curiae of Holocaust and Nuremberg Historians in support of neither part filed.
Sep 16 2020 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, December 7, 2020.
Oct 08 2020 Record requested from the U.S.C.A. District of Columbia Circuit.
Oct 19 2020 Brief amici curiae of National Jewish Commission on Law and Public Affairs (COLPA), et al. filed.
Oct 19 2020 Record received from the U.S.C.A. D.C. Circuit is electronic and located on PACER.
Oct 22 2020 Brief of respondents Alan Philipp, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Oct 22 2020 Proposal of Respondents to lodge materials under Rule 32.3 filed.
Oct 27 2020 CIRCULATED
Oct 27 2020 Brief amici curiae of Florida Holocaust Museum, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Oct 28 2020 Brief amici curiae of The 1939 Society, et al. filed (also in 18-1447) filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
Oct 28 2020 Brief amicus curiae of The Holocaust Art Restitution Project, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
Oct 29 2020 Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Oct 29 2020 Brief amici curiae of Members of the United States House of Representatives filed (also in 18-1447). VIDED. (Distributed)
Oct 29 2020 Brief amici curiae of Professor William S. Dodge and Professor Maggie Gardner filed (also in 18-1447). VIDED. (Distributed)
Oct 29 2020 Brief amici curiae of The World Jewish Congress, Commission for Art Recovery, and Ambassador Ronald S. Lauder filed (also in 18-1447). VIDED. (Distributed)
Oct 29 2020 Brief amici curiae of American Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists and other advocates for Holocaust restitution filed. (Distributed)
Oct 29 2020 Brief amici curiae of Holocaust Survivors Foundation, USA, Inc., et al. (also in 19-351) filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
Oct 29 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Peter Toren filed. (Distributed)
Oct 29 2020 Proposal of amici curiae the World Jewish Congress, Commission for Art Recovery, and Ambassador Ronald S. Lauder to lodge materials under Rule 32.3 filed.
Nov 09 2020 Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Nov 23 2020 Reply of petitioners Federal Republic of Germany, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Dec 07 2020 Argued. For petitioners: Jonathan M. Freiman, New Haven, Conn.; and Edwin S. Kneedler, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondents: Nicholas M. O'Donnell, Boston, Mass.
Feb 03 2021 Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Roberts, C. J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.
Mar 08 2021 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioner
Jonathan M. Freiman
Counsel of Record
Wiggin & Dana LLP
One Century Tower
P.O. Box 1832
New Haven, CT 06508-1832
jfreiman@wiggin.com
Ph: 203-498-4584
Party name: Federal Republic of Germany, et al.


Attorneys for Respondents
Sullivan & Worcester LLP
Counsel of Record
Sullivan & Worcester LLP
One Post Office Square
Boston, MA 02109
nodonnell@sullivanlaw.com
Ph: 617-338-2814
Party name: Alan Philipp, et al.


Other Attorneys
Lawrence Saul Robbins
Counsel of Record
Friedman Kaplan Seiler Adelman & Robbins LLP
7 Times Square 28th Floor
New York, NY 10036-6516
LROBBINS@FKLAW.COM
Ph: 212-833-1118
Party name: Peter Toren


John Bellinger III
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP
601 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001
john.bellinger@arnoldporter.com
Ph: 202-942-6599
Party name: Societe Nationale SNCF SA


Donald S Burris
Burris & Schoenberg, LLP
12121 Wilshire Blvd.
Suite 800
Los Angeles, CA 90025
don@bslaw.net
Ph: 310-442-5559
Party name: Florida Holocaust Museum, et al.


Pierre Ciric
The Ciric Law Firm, PLLC
335 East 14th Street
Suite # 1171
New York, NY 10009
pciric@ciriclawfirm.com
Ph: (212) 260-6090
Party name: The Holocaust Art Restitution Project, Inc.


Samuel J. Dubbin
Dubbin & Kravetz, LLP
1200 Anastasia Ave., #300
Coral Gables, FL 33134
sdubbin@dubbinkravetz.com
Ph: (305) 815-8060
Party name: Holocaust Survivors Foundation, USA, Inc., Renee Firestone, David Mermelstein, David Schaecter, Klaire Firestone, Thomas Weiss, M.D., And Naomi Vilko, M.D.


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


Lisa Marie Geary
RMP LLP
5519 Hackett Road Suite 300
Springdale, AR 72762
lgeary@rmp.law
Ph: (479) 443-2705
Party name: Foreign International Law Scholars and Jurists


James Harold Hulme
ArentFox Schiff LLP
1717 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036-5344
JAMES.HULME@ARENTFOX.COM
Ph: 2028576144
Party name: Davis R. Robinson, Abraham D. Sofaer, David P. Stewart and Edwin Williamson


Thomas Russell Kline
Cultural Heritage Partners, PLLC
2101 L Street, NW Suite 800
Washington, DC 20037
tom@culturalheritagepartners.com
Ph: (202) 567-7594
Party name: The World Jewish Congress, Commission for Art Recovery, and Ambassador Ronald S. Lauder


Geoffrey Morris Klineberg
Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C.
1615 M Street, NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC 20036
gklineberg@kellogghansen.com
Ph: 2023267928
Party name: Professor William S. Dodge and Professor Maggie Gardner


Nathan Lewin
Lewin & Lewin, LLP
888 17th St. NW, 4th Floor
Washington, DC 20006
nat@lewinlewin.com
Ph: 2028281000
Party name: National Jewish Commission on Law and Public Affairs (COLPA), et al.


Owen C. Pell
White & Case LLP
1221 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020-1095
opell@whitecase.com
Ph: 212-819-8891
Party name: Holocaust and Nuremberg Historians


Amelia Lynn Borrego Sargent
Willenken LLP
707 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 3850
Los Angeles, CA 90017
asargent@willenken.com
Ph: 2139559240
Party name: Professors Samuel Estreicher And Thomas H. Lee


Akiva Shapiro
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
200 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10166
ASHAPIRO@GIBSONDUNN.COM
Ph: (212) 351-4000
Party name: Members of the United States House of Representatives


Benjamin Gross Shatz
Manatt, Phelps, & Phillips, LLP
2049 Century Park East
Suite 1700
Los Angles, CA 90067-3119
bshatz@manatt.com
Ph: 3103124000
Party name: The 1939 Society, Michael Bazyler, Bet Tzedek, Center for the Study of Law & Genocide at LMU Loyola Law School, and The Holocaust Education Center in the Desert, Inc. d/b/a Tolerance Education Center


Arthur Richter Traldi
Andreozzi & Foote
4503 N. Front Street
Harrisburg, PA 18042
traldilaw2018@gmail.com
Ph: 6104287179
Party name: American Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists and other advocates for Holocaust restitution