| 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 | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Sep 20 2021 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 22, 2021) |
| PetitionAppendixCertificate of Word CountProof 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. |
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| 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. |
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| Feb 28 2022 | Brief amici curiae of Acadiana Management Group, LLC, et al. filed. |
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| Mar 03 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of MF Global Holdings Ltd., as Plan Administrator filed. |
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| Mar 03 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of USA Sales, Inc. filed. |
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| Mar 03 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed. |
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| Mar 03 2022 | Brief amici curiae of John Q. Hammons Hotels & Resorts, et al. filed. |
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| 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) |
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| Apr 08 2022 | Reply of petitioner Alfred H. Siegel, Trustee of the Circuit City Stores, Inc. Liquidating Trust filed. (Distributed) |
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| 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 |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioner | ||
| Daniel L. Geyser Counsel of Record | Haynes and Boone, LLP 2323 Victory Avenue, Ste. 700 Dallas, TX 75219 daniel.geyser@haynesboone.com | 303-382-6219 |
| Party name: Alfred H. Siegel, Trustee of the Circuit City Stores, Inc. Liquidating Trust | ||
| Attorneys for Respondent | ||
| Elizabeth B. Prelogar | Solicitor General United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530-0001 SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov | 202-514-2217 |
| Party name: John P. Fitzgerald, III, Acting United States Trustee for Region 4 | ||
| Other | ||
| Christopher John DiPompeo Counsel of Record | Jones Day 51 Louisiana Ave., N.W. Washington, DC 20001 cdipompeo@jonesday.com | (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 | 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 | (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 | 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 | (816) 691-3278 |
| Party name: John Q. Hammons Hotels & Resorts et al. | ||