| No. 20-222 | |
| Title: | Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., et al., Petitioners v. Arkansas Teacher Retirement System, et al. |
| Docketed: | August 25, 2020 |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (18-3667) |
| Decision Date: | April 7, 2020 |
| Rehearing Denied: | June 15, 2020 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Aug 21 2020 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 24, 2020) |
| PetitionAppendixCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Aug 25 2020 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., et al. |
| Blanket Consent | |
| Sep 08 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 24, 2020 to October 23, 2020, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Main Document | |
| Sep 08 2020 | Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Arkansas Teacher Retirement System, et al. |
| Blanket Consent | |
| Sep 09 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 23, 2020. |
| Sep 24 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed. |
| Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count | |
| Sep 24 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Retail Litigation Center, Inc. filed. |
| Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count | |
| Sep 24 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Former SEC Officials and Law Professors filed. |
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| Sep 24 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of The Society for Corporate Governance filed. |
| Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count | |
| Sep 24 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Securities and Financial Markets Association, et al. filed. |
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| Sep 24 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Financial Economists filed. |
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| Oct 21 2020 | Brief of respondents Arkansas Teacher Retirement System, et al. in opposition filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Oct 21 2020 | Motion of petitioner to delay distribution of the petition for a writ of certiorari under Rule 15.5 from November 4, 2020 to November 17, 2020, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Main Document | |
| Oct 26 2020 | Motion to delay distribution of the petition for a writ certiorari until November 17, 2020 granted. |
| Nov 17 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/4/2020. |
| Nov 17 2020 | Reply of petitioners Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count | |
| Dec 07 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/11/2020. |
| Dec 11 2020 | Petition GRANTED. |
| Jan 14 2021 | Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Arkansas Teacher Retirement System, et al. |
| Blanket Consent | |
| Jan 14 2021 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., et al. |
| Blanket Consent | |
| Jan 25 2021 | Brief of petitioners Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., et al. filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Jan 25 2021 | Joint appendix (2 volumes & 1 supplemental) filed. (Statement of costs filed) |
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| Feb 01 2021 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, March 29, 2021. |
| Feb 01 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of United States support of neither party filed. |
| Main DocumentProof of Service | |
| Feb 01 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Retail Litigation Center, Inc. filed. |
| Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count | |
| Feb 01 2021 | Brief amici curiae of American International Group, Inc. et al. filed. |
| Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count | |
| Feb 01 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Financial Economists filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Feb 01 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed. |
| Proof of ServiceMain DocumentCertificate of Word Count | |
| Feb 01 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Securities and Financial Markets Association, et al. filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Feb 01 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Former SEC Officials and Law Professors filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Feb 01 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of The Society for Corporate Governance filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Feb 04 2021 | Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 2nd Circuit. |
| Feb 11 2021 | Record from the U.S.C.A. 2nd Circuit, along with SEALED material been electronically filed. |
| Feb 11 2021 | Record from the U.S.D.C. Southern District of New York is electronic and located on Pacer, with the exception of 1 Box of Sealed records. |
| Feb 22 2021 | CIRCULATED. |
| Feb 24 2021 | Brief of respondents Arkansas Teacher Retirement System, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Feb 26 2021 | Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
| Proof of ServiceMain Document | |
| Mar 03 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Better Markets, Inc. filed. (Distributed) |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Mar 03 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Former SEC Officials filed. (Distributed) |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Mar 03 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of The North American Securities Administrators Association, Inc. filed. (Distributed) |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Mar 03 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Financial Economists filed. (Distributed) |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Mar 03 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Evidence Law Professors filed. (Distributed) |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Mar 03 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Institutional Investors filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 03 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Professors of Securities Law and Complex Litigation filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 03 2021 | Brief amici curiae of State of New Mexico et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 03 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Public Citizen and Public Citizen Foundation filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 03 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Shareholder and Consumer Attorneys filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 08 2021 | Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. |
| Mar 19 2021 | Reply of petitioners Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 29 2021 | Argued. For petitioners: Kannon K. Shanmugam, Washington, D. C. For United States, as amicus curiae: Sopan Joshi, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondents: Thomas C. Goldstein, Bethesda, Md. |
| Jun 21 2021 | Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Barrett, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Breyer, Kagan, and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined in full; in which Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch, JJ., joined as to Parts I and II–A; and in which Sotomayor, J., joined as to Parts I, II–A–1, and II–B. Sotomayor, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part. Gorsuch, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part, in which Thomas and Alito, JJ., joined. |
| Jul 23 2021 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioners | ||
| Kannon K. Shanmugam Counsel of Record | Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP 2001 K Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20006 kshanmugam@paulweiss.com | (202) 223-7300 |
| Party name: Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., et al. | ||
| Attorneys for Respondents | ||
| Thomas C. Goldstein Counsel of Record | Goldstein & Russell, P.C. 7475 Wisconsin Ave. Suite 850 Bethesda, MD 20814 tgoldstein@goldsteinrussell.com | 2023620636 |
| Party name: Arkansas Teacher Retirement System, et al. | ||
| Other | ||
| Rachel Sarah Bloomekatz Counsel of Record | Bloomekatz Law LLC 1148 Neil Avenue Columbus, OH 43201 rachel@bloomekatzlaw.com | 614-259-7611 |
| Party name: Evidence Law Professors | ||
| Joseph Carl Cecere Counsel of Record | Cecere, PC 6035 McCommas Blvd. Dallas, TX 75206 ccecere@cecerepc.com | 469-600-9455 |
| Party name: Institutional Investors | ||
| Todd G. Cosenza Counsel of Record | Willkie, Farr & Gallagher, LLP 787 Seventh Avenue New York, NY 10019 tcosenza@willkie.com | 212-728-8677 |
| Party name: Former SEC Officials and Law Professors | ||
| Daniel L. Geyser Counsel of Record | Alexander Dubose & Jefferson LLP Walnut Glen Tower 8144 Walnut Hill Lane, Ste. 1000 Dallas, TX 75231 dgeyser@adjtlaw.com | 214-396-0441 |
| Party name: Financial Economists (Bottomside) | ||
| Deepak Gupta Counsel of Record | Gupta Wessler PLLC 1900 L Street, NW Suite 312 Washington, DC 20036 deepak@guptawessler.com | (202) 888-1741 |
| Party name: Professors of Securities Law and Complex Litigation | ||
| Susan E. Hurd Counsel of Record | Alston & Bird LLP 1201 West Peachtree Street Atlanta, GA 30309 susan.hurd@alston.com | 404-881-7572 |
| Party name: Retail Litigation Center, Inc. | ||
| Michael Courtney Keats Counsel of Record | Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP One New York Plaza New York, NY 10004 michael.keats@friedfrank.com | (212) 859-8914 |
| Party name: Financial Economists | ||
| Wendy Liu Counsel of Record | Public Citizen Litigation Group 1600 20th Street NW Washington, DC 20009 wliu@citizen.org | 202-588-1000 |
| Party name: Public Citizen and Public Citizen Foundation | ||
| Jeremy Charles Marwell Counsel of Record | Vinson & Elkins LLP 2200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 500W Washington, DC 20037 jmarwell@velaw.com | 202-639-6507 |
| Party name: The Society for Corporate Governance | ||
| Laura Helen Posner Counsel of Record | Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC 88 Pine Street, 14th Floor New York, NY 10005 lposner@cohenmilstein.com | 212-220-2925 |
| Party name: The North American Securities Administrators Association, Inc. | ||
| Elizabeth B. Prelogar | Acting Solicitor General United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530-0001 SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov | 202-514-2217 |
| Party name: United States | ||
| Lyle Roberts Counsel of Record | Shearman & Sterling LLP 401 9th Street, NW Suite 800 Washington, DC 20004 lyle.roberts@shearman.com | 202 508-8108 |
| Party name: Washington Legal Foundation | ||
| John Paul Schnapper-Casteras Counsel of Record | Schnapper-Casteras PLLC 1717 K Street NW Suite 900 Washington, DC 20006 jpsc@schnappercasteras.com | (202) 630-3644 |
| Party name: Better Markets, Inc. | ||
| Carolyn E. Shapiro Counsel of Record | Schnapper-Casteras PLLC 1717 K Street NW Suite 900 Washington, DC 20006 cshapiro@schnappercasteras.com | (202) 630-3644 |
| Party name: Former SEC Officials | ||
| Gregory Silbert Counsel of Record | Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP 767 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10153 gregory.silbert@weil.com | (212) 310 8846 |
| Party name: American International Group, Inc. And Chubb Group Holdings Inc. | ||
| Nicholas Mark Sydow Counsel of Record | Office of the New Mexico Attorney General 201 Third St., Suite 300 Albuquerque, NM 87102 nsydow@nmag.gov | 505-717-3571 |
| Party name: State of New Mexico, et al. | ||
| Ernest A. Young Counsel of Record | 3208 Fox Terrace Drive Apex, NC 27502 young@law.duke.edu | (919) 360-7718 |
| Party name: National Association of Shareholder and Consumer Attorneys | ||
| Jonathan K. Youngwood Counsel of Record | Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, LLP 425 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10017 JYoungwood@STBLAW.com | 2124553539 |
| Party name: Securities and Financial Markets Association, et al. | ||