No. 21-1164
Title:Larry Steven Wilkins, et al., Petitioners
v.
United States
Docketed:February 23, 2022
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
   Case Numbers:(20-35745)
   Decision Date:September 15, 2021
   Rehearing Denied:November 23, 2021
  Discretionary Court Decision Date:
Questions Presented

DateProceedings and Orders
Feb 18 2022Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 25, 2022)
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Mar 17 2022Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 25, 2022 to April 25, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
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Mar 21 2022Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 25, 2022.
Apr 25 2022Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
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May 05 2022Reply of petitioners Larry Steven Wilkins, et al. filed.
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May 10 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/26/2022.
May 31 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/2/2022.
Jun 06 2022Petition GRANTED.
Jun 23 2022Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
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Jun 30 2022Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file petitioners' brief on the merits and the joint appendix is extended to and including August 4, 2022. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including September 20, 2022.
Jul 06 2022Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Larry Steven Wilkins, et al.
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Aug 04 2022Brief of petitioners Larry Steven Wilkins, et al. filed.
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Aug 04 2022Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
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Aug 11 2022Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center, et al.
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Aug 11 2022Brief amici curiae of Local Government Organizations filed.
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Sep 20 2022Brief of respondent United States filed.
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Oct 03 2022Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center, et al. GRANTED.
Oct 18 2022SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, November 30, 2022.
Oct 20 2022Reply of petitioners Larry Steven Wilkins, et al. filed.
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Oct 25 2022CIRCULATED.
Oct 28 2022Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit.
Nov 01 2022Record received from the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit. One sealed document transmitted electronically. The remaining record is available on PACER.
Nov 30 2022Argued. For petitioners: Jeffrey W. McCoy, Sacramento, Cal. For respondent: Benjamin W. Snyder, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C.
Mar 28 2023Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Sotomayor, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Barrett, and Jackson, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Roberts, C. J., and Alito, J., joined.
May 01 2023Judgment issued.
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NAMEADDRESSPHONE
Attorneys for Petitioners
Jeffrey Wilson McCoy
    Counsel of Record
Pacific Legal Foundation
555 Capitol Mall, Suite 1290
Sacramento, CA 95814

jmccoy@pacificlegal.org
916-419-7111
Party name: Larry Steven Wilkins, et al.
Attorneys for Respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
    Counsel of Record
Solicitor General
United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001

202-514-2217
Party name: United States
Other
Blaine Ian Green
    Counsel of Record
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Four Embarcadero Center, 22nd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111

blaine.green@pillsburylaw.com
415-983-1476
Party name: Local Government Organizations
Elizabeth Gaudio Milito
    Counsel of Record
NFIB Small Business Legal Center
555 12th Street, NW
Ste. 1001
Washington, DC 20004

elizabeth.milito@nfib.org
(202) 406-4443
Party name: National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center, Cato Institute, Goldwater Institute, and Texas Public Policy Foundation