No. 21-441
 
Title: Alfred H. Siegel, Trustee of the Circuit City Stores, Inc. Liquidating Trust, Petitioner
v.
John P. Fitzgerald, III, Acting United States Trustee for Region 4
Docketed: September 22, 2021
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
   Case Numbers: (19-2240, 19-2255)
   Decision Date: April 29, 2021
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Sep 20 2021 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 22, 2021)
Petition Appendix Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Oct 12 2021 Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 22, 2021 to November 22, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
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Oct 13 2021 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 22, 2021.
Nov 04 2021 Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 22, 2021 to December 8, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
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Nov 05 2021 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including December 8, 2021.
Dec 08 2021 Brief of respondent John P. Fitzgerald, III, Acting United States Trustee for Region 4 in opposition filed.
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Dec 09 2021 Waiver of the 14-day waiting period under 15.5 filed.
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Dec 15 2021 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/7/2022.
Jan 10 2022 Petition GRANTED.
Jan 31 2022 Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner Alfred H. Siegel, Trustee of the Circuit City Stores, Inc. Liquidating Trust.
Main Document Proof of Service
Feb 22 2022 Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner GRANTED.
Feb 24 2022 Brief of petitioner Alfred H. Siegel, Trustee of the Circuit City Stores, Inc. Liquidating Trust filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Feb 28 2022 Brief amici curiae of Acadiana Management Group, LLC, et al. filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Mar 03 2022 Brief amicus curiae of MF Global Holdings Ltd., as Plan Administrator filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Mar 03 2022 Brief amicus curiae of USA Sales, Inc. filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Mar 03 2022 Brief amicus curiae of The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Mar 03 2022 Brief amici curiae of John Q. Hammons Hotels & Resorts, et al. filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Mar 15 2022 ARGUMENT SET FOR Monday, April 18, 2022.
Mar 16 2022 Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 4th Circuit.
Mar 17 2022 The record from the U.S.C.A. 4th Circuit is electronic and located on PACER.
Mar 21 2022 The record from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court Eastern District of Virginia is electronic and located on Pacer.
Mar 23 2022 CIRCULATED
Mar 28 2022 Brief of respondent John P. Fitzgerald, III, Acting United States Trustee for Region 4 filed. (Distributed)
Certificate of Word Count Main Document
Apr 08 2022 Reply of petitioner Alfred H. Siegel, Trustee of the Circuit City Stores, Inc. Liquidating Trust filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Apr 18 2022 Argued. For petitioner: Daniel L. Geyser, Dallas, Tex. For respondent: Curtis E. Gannon, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C.
Jun 06 2022 Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Sotomayor, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.
Jul 08 2022 JUDGMENT ISSUED
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Daniel L. Geyser
Counsel of Record
Haynes and Boone, LLP
2323 Victory Avenue, Ste. 700
Dallas, TX 75219

daniel.geyser@haynesboone.com
Ph: 303-382-6219
Party name: Alfred H. Siegel, Trustee of the Circuit City Stores, Inc. Liquidating Trust


Attorneys for Respondents
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Solicitor General
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001

SUPREMECTBRIEFS@USDOJ.GOV
Ph: 202-514-2217
Party name: John P. Fitzgerald, III, Acting United States Trustee for Region 4


Other Attorneys
Christopher John DiPompeo
Counsel of Record
Jones Day
51 Louisiana Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC 20001

cdipompeo@jonesday.com
Ph: (202) 879-3939
Party name: MF Global Holdings Ltd., as Plan Administrator


Bradley Loy Drell
Counsel of Record
Gold, Weems, Bruser, Sues & Rundell, APLC
2001 Macarthur Dr
Alexandria, LA 71301

bdrell@goldweems.com
Ph: 3184456471
Party name: ACADIANA MANAGEMENT GROUP, LLC, et al.


Steven Paul Lehotsky
Counsel of Record
Lehotsky Keller LLP
200 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20001

steve@lehotskykeller.com
Ph: (512) 693-8350
Party name: The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America


A. Lavar Taylor
Counsel of Record
Law Offices of A. Lavar Taylor
3 Hutton Centre Drive
Suite 500
Santa Ana, CA 92707

ltaylor@taylorlaw.com
Ph: 714-546-0445
Party name: USA Sale, Inc.


Nicholas Jay Zluticky
Counsel of Record
Stinson LLP
1201 Walnut Street, Suite 2900
Kansas City, MO 64106-2150

nicholas.zluticky@stinson.com
Ph: (816) 691-3278
Party name: John Q. Hammons Hotels & Resorts et al.