| No. 21-454 | |
| Title: | Michael Sackett, et ux., Petitioners v. Environmental Protection Agency, et al. |
| Docketed: | September 24, 2021 |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (19-35469) |
| Decision Date: | August 16, 2021 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Sep 22 2021 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 25, 2021) |
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| Sep 28 2021 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Michael Sackett, et al. |
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| Oct 15 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 25, 2021 to November 24, 2021, submitted to The Clerk. |
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| Oct 18 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 24, 2021. |
| Oct 20 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Southeastern Legal Foundation filed. |
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| Oct 25 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed. |
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| Oct 25 2021 | Brief amici curiae of State of West Virginia, et al. filed. |
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| Oct 25 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of New England Legal Foundation filed. |
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| Oct 25 2021 | Brief amici curiae of the Cato Institute, et al. filed. |
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| Oct 25 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Home Builders filed. |
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| Nov 24 2021 | Brief of respondents U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, et al. in opposition filed. |
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| Nov 29 2021 | Waiver of the 14-day waiting period under Rule 15.5 filed. |
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| Nov 30 2021 | Reply of petitioners Michael Sackett, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Dec 01 2021 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/7/2022. |
| Jan 10 2022 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/14/2022. |
| Jan 18 2022 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/21/2022. |
| Jan 24 2022 | Petition GRANTED limited to the following question: Whether the Ninth Circuit set forth the proper test for determining whether wetlands are "waters of the United States" under the Clean Water Act, 33 U. S. C. ยง1362(7). |
| Jan 28 2022 | Joint motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed. |
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| Feb 04 2022 | Joint 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 April 11, 2022. The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including June 10, 2022. |
| Feb 10 2022 | Blanket Consent filed by Respondents, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, et al. |
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| Apr 11 2022 | Brief of petitioners Michael Sackett, et al. filed. |
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| Apr 11 2022 | Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed) |
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| Apr 13 2022 | Brief amici curiae of National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association, et al. filed. |
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| Apr 13 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of Southeastern Legal Foundation filed. |
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| Apr 14 2022 | Brief amici curiae of Congressional Western Caucus Members filed. |
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| Apr 14 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of Liberty Justice Center filed. |
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| Apr 14 2022 | Brief amici curiae of Atlantic Legal Foundation, et al. filed. |
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| Apr 14 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of Americans for Prosperity Foundation filed. |
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| Apr 15 2022 | Brief amici curiae of Forestry Organizations filed. |
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| Apr 15 2022 | Brief amici curiae of Fourteen National Agricultural Organizations filed. |
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| Apr 18 2022 | Brief amici curiae of Associated Industries of Florida and Florida H2O Coalition filed. |
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| Apr 18 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Home Builders filed. |
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| Apr 18 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States filed. |
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| Apr 18 2022 | Brief amici curiae of Wyoming Stock Growers Association, et al. filed. |
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| Apr 18 2022 | Brief amici curiae of Savannah Economic Development Authority, et al. filed. |
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| Apr 18 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of Claremont Institute's Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence filed. |
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| Apr 18 2022 | Amicus brief of Farm Bureaus of Arkansas, et al. not accepted for filing. (Corrected version to be submitted) (April 20, 2022) |
| Apr 18 2022 | Brief amici curiae of The National Association of Counties, et al. filed. |
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| Apr 18 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of Duarte Nursery, Inc. filed. |
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| Apr 18 2022 | Brief amici curiae of American Exploration and Mining Association, et al. filed. |
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| Apr 18 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of Western Urban Water Coalition in support of neither party filed. |
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| Apr 18 2022 | Brief amici curiae of Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, et al. filed. |
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| Apr 18 2022 | Brief amici curiae of American Petroleum Institute, et al. filed. |
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| Apr 18 2022 | Brief amici curiae of State of West Virginia and 25 Other States filed. |
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| Apr 18 2022 | Brief amici curiae of Cato Institute, et al. filed. |
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| Apr 18 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of Property and Environment Research Center filed. |
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| Apr 18 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of Association of American Railroads filed. |
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| Apr 18 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of Freeport-McMoRan Inc. filed. |
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| Apr 18 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of State of Alaska filed. |
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| Apr 18 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of National Cattlemen's Beef Association filed. |
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| Apr 21 2022 | Brief amici curiae of Farm Bureaus of Arkansas, et al. filed. |
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| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioners | ||
| Damien Michael Schiff Counsel of Record | Pacific Legal Foundation 555 Capitol Mall, Suite 1290 Sacramento, CA 95814 dschiff@pacificlegal.org | (916) 419-7111 |
| Party name: Michael Sackett, et al. | ||
| Attorneys for Respondents | ||
| Brian Halligan Fletcher Counsel of Record | Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington, DC 20530 Cheri.Williams2@usdoj.gov | 202-514-2201 |
| Party name: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, et al. | ||
| Other | ||
| Timothy S. Bishop Counsel of Record | Mayer Brown, LLP 71 South Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60606 tbishop@mayerbrown.com | 3127017829 |
| Party name: Fourteen National Agricultural Organizations | ||
| Karen Budd-Falen Counsel of Record | Budd-Falen Law Offices, LLC 300 East 18th Street, Post Office Box 346 Cheyenne, WY 82003-0346 karen@buddfalen.com | (307) 632-5105 |
| Party name: Wyoming Stock Growers Association, Wyoming Association of Conservation Districts, and Progressive Pathways | ||
| Anthony Thomas Caso Counsel of Record | Constitutional Counsel Group 174 W. Lincoln Ave., #620 Anaheim, CA 92805 atcaso@ccg1776.com | 916-601-1916 |
| Party name: Claremont Institute's Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence | ||
| David Yolun Chung Counsel of Record | Crowell & Moring, LLP 1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004-2595 dchung@crowell.com | 202-624-2587 |
| Party name: Forestry Organizations | ||
| Terry Paul Cole Counsel of Record | Gunster Law Firm 215 S. Monroe Street, Suite 601 Tallahassee, FL 32301 gmunson@gunster.com | (850) 521-1980 |
| Party name: Associated Industries of Florida and Florida H2O Coalition | ||
| Lawrence S. Ebner Counsel of Record | Atlantic Legal Foundation 1701 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Suite 200 Washington, DC 20006 lawrence.ebner@atlanticlegal.org | 202-729-6337 |
| Party name: Atlantic Legal Foundation, Conservatives for Property Rights, Committee for Justice | ||
| Tyler Green Counsel of Record | Consovoy McCarthy PLLC 1600 Wilson Boulevard Suite 700 Arlington, VA 22209 tyler@consovoymccarthy.com | (703) 243-9423 |
| Party name: Congressional Western Caucus Members | ||
| Thomas Michael Johnson Jr. Counsel of Record | Wiley Rein LLP 2050 M Street NW Washington, DC 20036 tmjohnson@wiley.law | (202) 719-7000 |
| Party name: Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, Rep. Sam Graves, and a Coalition of 199 Members of Congress | ||
| Timothy Vartkes Kassouni Counsel of Record | Kassouni Law 455 Capitol Mall Suite 604 Sacramento, CA 95814 timothy@kassounilaw.com | 916-930-0030 |
| Party name: Duarte Nursery, Inc. | ||
| Michael B. Kimberly Counsel of Record | McDermott Will & Emery LLP 500 North Capitol Street NW The McDermott Building Washington, DC 20001 mkimberly@mwe.com | (202) 756-8901 |
| Party name: Farm Bureaus of Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia | ||
| Lawrence R. Liebesman Counsel of Record | Smouse & Mason, LLC 223 Duke of Gloucester Street Annapolis, MD 21401 lrl@smouseandmason.com | 4102696620 |
| Party name: National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association and The American Road and Transportation Builders Association | ||
| Elbert Lin Counsel of Record | Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP 951 E. Byrd Street Riverfront Plaza, East Tower Richmond, VA 23219-4074 elin@HuntonAK.com | 804-788-7202 |
| Party name: Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America | ||
| 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: Freeport-McMoRan Inc. | ||
| Jonathan Gerard Andre Monette Counsel of Record | Best Best & Krieger, LLP 1800 K Street, NW Suite 725 Washington, DC 20006 andre.monette@bbklaw.com | (202) 785-0600 |
| Party name: The National Association of Counties, National League of Cities, United States Conference of Mayors, International City/County Management Association, International Municipal Lawyers Association, et al. | ||
| John Pagliaro Counsel of Record | The New England Legal Foundation 150 Lincoln Street Boston, MA 02111 johnpagliaro@nelfonline.org | 617-695-3660 |
| Party name: New England Legal Foundation | ||
| Michael David Pepson Counsel of Record | Americans for Prosperity Foundation 1310 N. Courthouse Rd., Ste. 700 Arlington, VA 22201 mpepson@afphq.org | 5713294529 |
| Party name: Americans for Prosperity Foundation | ||
| Jay Remington Schweikert Counsel of Record | The Cato Institute 1000 Massachusetts Ave. NW Washington, DC 20001 jschweikert@cato.org | 2022161461 |
| Party name: Cato Institute | ||
| Lindsay Sara See Counsel of Record | Office of the West Virginia Attorney General 1900 Kanawha Blvd E, Bldg 1 Rm 26E Charleston, WV 25305 lindsay.s.see@wvago.gov | 3045582021 |
| Party name: State of West Virginia and 25 Other States | ||
| Ilya Shapiro Counsel of Record | Cato Institute 1000 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington, DC 20001 ishapiro@cato.org | 2028420200 |
| Party name: The Cato Institute | ||
| Jennifer Anne Simon Counsel of Record | Kazmarek Mowrey Cloud Laseter LLP 1230 Peachtree Street N.E., Suite 900 Atlanta, GA 30309 jsimon@kmcllaw.com | 4048120126 |
| Party name: Southeastern Legal Foundation | ||
| Catherine Emily Stetson Counsel of Record | Hogan Lovells US LLP 555 13th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20004-1109 cate.stetson@hoganlovells.com | 2026375491 |
| Party name: American Petroleum Institute, Association of Oil Pipe Lines, and American Gas Association | ||
| Daniel Robert Suhr Counsel of Record | Liberty Justice Center 440 N. Wells St. Suite 200 Chicago, IL 60654 dsuhr@libertyjusticecenter.org | 312-637-2280 |
| Party name: Liberty Justice Center | ||
| Christopher D. Thomas Counsel of Record | Perkins Coie, LLP 2901 North Central Avenue, Suite 2000 Phoenix, AZ 85012 cthomas@perkinscoie.com | 6023518045 |
| Party name: American Exploration and Mining Association et al. | ||
| Misha Tseytlin Counsel of Record | Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP 227 W. Monroe, Suite 3900 Chicago, IL 60606 misha.tseytlin@troutman.com | (608) 999-1240 |
| Party name: Savannah Economic Development Authority, Greenland Developers, LLC, and Resource & Land Consultants LLC | ||
| Fred R. Wagner Counsel of Record | Venable LLP 600 Mass. Ave., NW Washington, DC, DC 20001 frwagner@venable.com | 2023444032 |
| Party name: Association of American Railroads | ||
| Thomas Jon Ward Counsel of Record | National Association of Home Builders 1201 15th Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 tward@nahb.org | 202 266-8230 |
| Party name: National Association of Home Builders | ||
| Meredith R. Weinberg Counsel of Record | Perkins Coie LLP 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900 Seattle, WA 98101 mweinberg@perkinscoie.com | 2063593229 |
| Party name: Western Urban Water Coalition | ||
| David Andrew Wilkinson Counsel of Record | State of Alaska, Department of Law 1031 West 4th Avenue, Suite 200 Anchorage, AK 99501-1994 david.wilkinson@alaska.gov | 907-269-5100 |
| Party name: State of Alaska | ||
| Jonathan Calvin Wood Counsel of Record | Property and Environment Research Center 2048 Analysis Dr Ste A Bozeman, MT 59718 jonathan@perc.org | 9722179306 |
| Party name: Property and Environment Research Center | ||
| Scott Jonathan Yager Counsel of Record | National Cattlemen's Beef Association 1275 Pennsylvania Ave NW Suite 801 Washington, DC 20004 scott.yager@gmail.com | 2023470228 |
| Party name: National Cattlemen's Beef Association | ||