| No. 22-429 | |
| Title: | Acheson Hotels, LLC, Petitioner v. Deborah Laufer |
| Docketed: | November 8, 2022 |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (21-1410) |
| Decision Date: | October 5, 2022 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Nov 04 2022 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 8, 2022) |
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| Dec 07 2022 | Waiver of right of respondent Deborah Laufer to respond filed. |
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| Dec 08 2022 | Brief amici curiae of Restaurant Law Center, et al. filed. |
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| Dec 08 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of DRI Center for Law and Public Policy filed. |
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| Dec 08 2022 | Brief amici curiae of Retail Litigation Center, Inc., et al. filed. |
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| Dec 08 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of Center for Constitutional Responsibility filed. |
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| Dec 08 2022 | Brief amici curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. filed. |
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| Dec 14 2022 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/6/2023. |
| Dec 19 2022 | Response Requested. (Due January 18, 2023) |
| Jan 03 2023 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 18, 2023 to February 17, 2023, submitted to The Clerk. |
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| Jan 10 2023 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 17, 2023. |
| Feb 06 2023 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 17, 2023 to March 3, 2023, submitted to The Clerk. |
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| Feb 06 2023 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted in part and the time is further extended to and including February 27, 2023. |
| Feb 24 2023 | Waiver of the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition pursuant to Rule 15.5 filed by petitioner. |
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| Feb 24 2023 | Brief of respondent Deborah Laufer in opposition filed. |
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| Feb 28 2023 | Reply of petitioner Acheson Hotels, LLC filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 01 2023 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/17/2023. |
| Mar 20 2023 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/24/2023. |
| Mar 27 2023 | Petition GRANTED. |
| Apr 14 2023 | Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed. |
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| May 01 2023 | Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including June 5, 2023. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including August 2, 2023. |
| Jun 05 2023 | Brief of petitioner Acheson Hotels, LLC filed. |
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| Jun 05 2023 | Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed) |
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| Jun 12 2023 | Brief amici curiae of Retail Litigation Center, Inc., et al. filed. |
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| Jun 12 2023 | Brief amici curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. filed. |
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| Jun 12 2023 | Brief amici curiae of Atlantic Legal Foundation, et al. filed. |
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| Jun 12 2023 | Brief amici curiae of Restaurant Law Center, et al. filed. |
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| Jun 12 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of Center for Constitutional Responsibility filed. |
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| Jun 12 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of United States in support of neither party filed. |
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| Jun 12 2023 | Brief amici curiae of The Buckeye Institute, et al. filed. |
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| Jun 12 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Homebuilders filed. |
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| Jul 14 2023 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, October 4, 2023. |
| Jul 17 2023 | Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. |
| Jul 20 2023 | Record received from the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. The record is electronic and available on PACER. |
| Jul 20 2023 | Complete record on appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maine electronically received and available with the Clerk. |
| Jul 24 2023 | Suggestion of mootness filed by respondent Deborah Laufer. |
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| Jul 27 2023 | CIRCULATED |
| Jul 28 2023 | Petitioner’s Opposition to Suggestion of Mootness filed. (Distributed) |
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| Aug 02 2023 | Brief of respondent Deborah Laufer filed. (Distributed) |
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| Aug 07 2023 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
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| Aug 09 2023 | Brief amici curiae of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Aug 09 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed. (Distributed) |
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| Aug 09 2023 | Brief amici curiae of Fair Housing Organizations and Testers, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Aug 09 2023 | Brief amici curiae of Disability Antidiscrimination Law Scholars filed. (Distributed) |
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| Aug 09 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of Public Citizen filed. (Distributed) |
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| Aug 09 2023 | Brief amici curiae of Massachusetts, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Aug 09 2023 | Amicus brief of Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, et al. not accepted for filing. (Corrected version submitted - August 18, 2023) |
| Aug 09 2023 | Brief amici curiae of Philip L. Schuler, et al. in association with the Amicus Project filed. (Distributed) |
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| Aug 09 2023 | Brief amici curiae of Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Aug 10 2023 | The respondent’s request that the Court dismiss the case as moot at this time is denied. The question of mootness will be subject to further consideration at oral argument in addition to the question presented. |
| Aug 25 2023 | Letter from respondent updating the Clerk on status of her related lower court cases of Deborah Laufer submitted. |
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| Sep 01 2023 | Reply of petitioner Acheson Hotels, LLC filed. (Distributed) |
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| Sep 08 2023 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. |
| Sep 20 2023 | Supplemental Brief of Deborah Laufer submitted. |
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| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioner | ||
| Adam G. Unikowsky Counsel of Record | Jenner & Block LLP 1099 New York Avenue, NW Suite 900 Washington, DC 20001 AUnikowsky@jenner.com | 202-639-6000 |
| Party name: Acheson Hotels, LLC | ||
| Attorneys for Respondent | ||
| Kelsi Brown Corkran Counsel of Record | Institute for Constitutional Advocacy & Protection 600 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 KBC74@GEORGETOWN.EDU | 202-661-6728 |
| Party name: Deborah Laufer | ||
| Other | ||
| Elizabeth B. Prelogar Counsel of Record | 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 | ||
| Jeffrey Barret Augello Counsel of Record | National Association of Homebuilders 1201 15th Street NW Washington, DC 20005 jaugello@nahb.org | (202) 266-8200 |
| Party name: National Association of Homebuilders | ||
| Dylan Bradley Carp Counsel of Record | Jackson Lewis P.C. 50 California Street 9th Floor San Francisco, CA 94111 dylan.carp@jacksonlewis.com | 415-394-9400 |
| Party name: Restaurant Law Center | ||
| Reed Neill Colfax Counsel of Record | Relman Colfax PLLC 1225 19th Street NW, Suite 600 Washington, DC 20036 rcolfax@relmanlaw.com | 2027281888 |
| Party name: Fair Housing Organizations and Testers | ||
| Shay Dvoretzky Counsel of Record | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP 1440 New York Ave., NW Washington, DC 20005 shay.dvoretzky@skadden.com | 202-371-7370 |
| Party name: Retail Litigation Center, Inc., and National Retail Federation | ||
| 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 & DRI Center for Law and Public Policy | ||
| Michael Meredith Epstein Counsel of Record | Southwestern Law School 3050 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90010 amicusproject@swlaw.edu | 213-738-6774 |
| Party name: Philip L. Schuler, Jenny Rodriguez-Fee and Michael M. Epstein, in association with the Amicus Project | ||
| Karla Ann Gilbride Counsel of Record | PO Box 1652 Silver Spring, MD 20915 karla.gilbride@gmail.com | 301-857-1808 |
| Party name: Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, et al. | ||
| Brianne Jenna Gorod Counsel of Record | Constitutional Accountability Center 1200 18th Street, NW Suite 501 Washington, DC 20036 BRIANNE@THEUSCONSTITUTION.ORG | 202 296 6889 |
| Party name: Constitutional Accountability Center | ||
| Hyland Hunt Counsel of Record | Deutsch Hunt, PLLC 300 New Jersey Ave., NW Suite 900 Washington, DC 20001 HHUNT@DEUTSCHHUNT.COM | 2028686915 |
| Party name: Disability Antidiscrimination Law Scholars | ||
| David Clark Kravitz Counsel of Record | Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General One Ashburton Place Boston, MA 02108 david.kravitz@state.ma.us | 6179632427 |
| Party name: Massachusetts, et al. | ||
| Steven Paul Lehotsky Counsel of Record | Lehotsky Keller LLP 200 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington, DC 20001 steve@lehotskykeller.com | 5126938350 |
| Party name: Center for Constitutional Responsibility | ||
| Scott Lawrence Nelson Counsel of Record | Public Citizen Litigation Group 1600 20th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20009 SNELSON@CITIZEN.ORG | 202-588-1000 |
| Party name: Public Citizen | ||
| Larry James Obhof Jr. Counsel of Record | Shumaker, Loop and Kendrick LLP 41 South High Street Suite 2400 Columbus, OH 43215 LOBHOF@SHUMAKER.COM | (614) 463-9441 |
| Party name: The Buckeye Institute, Maine Policy Institute, Job Creators Network Foundation, National Real Estate Investors Association, and Ohio Hotel and Lodging Association | ||
| Mark Andrew Perry Counsel of Record | Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP 2001 M Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20036 mark.perry@weil.com | (202) 682-7000 |
| Party name: Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, American Resort Development Association, National Association of Home Builders of the United States, and International Council of Shopping Centers | ||
| Michael Skocpol Counsel of Record | NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. 700 14th Street NW, Suite 600 Washington, DC 20005 mskocpol@naacpldf.org | (202) 682-1300 |
| Party name: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, et al. | ||
| Sarah Elizabeth Spencer Counsel of Record | Christensen & Jensen 257 East 200 South, Suite 1100 Suite 800 Salt Lake City, UT 84111 sarah.spencer@chrisjen.com | 8013235000 |
| Party name: DRI Center for Law and Public Policy | ||