No. 22-535
 
Title: Department of Education, et al., Petitioners
v.
Myra Brown, et al.
Docketed: December 12, 2022
Linked with: 22A489
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
   Case Numbers: (22-11115)
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Dec 02 2022 Application (22A489) for a stay, submitted to Justice Alito.
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Dec 02 2022 Petition for a writ of certiorari before judgment filed. (Response due January 11, 2023)
Dec 05 2022 Response to application (22A489) requested by Justice Alito, due by noon (EST), Wednesday, December 7, 2022.
Dec 07 2022 Response to application from respondent Myra Brown, et al. filed.
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Dec 08 2022 Reply of applicant United States Department of Education, et al. filed.
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Dec 12 2022 Application (22A489) referred to the Court.
Dec 12 2022 Consideration of the application for stay presented to Justice Alito and by him referred to the Court is deferred pending oral argument. The application for stay is also treated as a petition for a writ of certiorari before judgment (22-535), and the petition is GRANTED. The parties are directed to brief and argue the following questions: (1) Whether respondents have Article III standing; and (2) Whether the Department's plan is statutorily authorized and was adopted in a procedurally proper manner. The Clerk is directed to establish a briefing schedule that will allow the case to be argued in the February 2023 argument session.
Dec 12 2022 Petition GRANTED.
Dec 14 2022 The joint appendix and petitioners’ brief on the merits are to be filed on or before Wednesday, January 4, 2023. Respondents’ briefs on the merits are to be filed on or before Friday, January 27, 2023. The reply brief is to be filed on or before Wednesday, February 15, 2023.
Dec 14 2022 In lieu of petitioners filing separate opening and reply briefs on the merits in No. 22-506 and No. 22-535, they may file a single consolidated opening brief, limited to 17,000 words, and a single consolidated reply brief, limited to 9,000 words. In addition, a single joint appendix containing the relevant record materials in No. 22-506 and No. 22-535 may be filed. VIDED.
Dec 19 2022 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, February 28, 2023.
Dec 20 2022 Record requested from the U.S.C.A. for the Fifth Circuit.
Dec 27 2022 Record received from the U.S.C.A. 5th Circuit. The record is available on PACER.
Dec 28 2022 Record received from the U.S.D.C. Northern District of Texas. The record was transmitted electronically
Jan 04 2023 Consolidated brief of petitioners filed (also in 22-506). VIDED.
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Jan 04 2023 Consolidated joint appendix filed (also in 22-506). VIDED.
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Jan 11 2023 Amicus brief of Borrower Advocacy and Legal Aid Organizations not accepted for filing. (January 11, 2023)
Jan 11 2023 Brief amici curiae of Borrower Advocacy and Legal Aid Organizations (also in 22-506) filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
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Jan 11 2023 Brief amici curiae of Six Veterans' Organizations filed (also in 22-506). VIDED. (Distributed)
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Jan 11 2023 Brief amici curiae of Lawyers’ Committee For Civil Rights Under Law and 21 Other Organizations filed (also in 22-506). VIDED. (Distributed)
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Jan 11 2023 Brief amici curiae of Samuel L. Bray and William Baude filed (also in 22-506). VIDED. (Distributed)
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Jan 11 2023 Brief amici curiae of Legal Scholars (also in 22-506) filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
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Jan 11 2023 Brief amici curiae of Professor Lawrence A. Stein in support of no party (also in 22-506) filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
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Jan 11 2023 Brief amici curiae of Massachusetts, et al. (also in 22-506) filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
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Jan 11 2023 Brief amicus curiae of National Education Association filed. (also in 22-506) VIDED. (Distributed)
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Jan 11 2023 Brief amici curiae of American Federation of Teachers, et al.(also in 22-506) filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
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Jan 11 2023 Brief amicus curiae of Former Representative George Miller (also in 22-506) filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
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Jan 12 2023 Brief amicus curiae of Atlantic Legal Foundation filed (also in 22-506). VIDED. (Distributed)
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Jan 17 2023 CIRCULATED
Jan 27 2023 Brief of respondents Myra Brown, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Feb 01 2023 Brief amici curiae of Americans for Prosperity Foundation and Advancing Freedom (also in 22-506) filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
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Feb 01 2023 Brief amicus curiae of The Foundation for Government Accountability (also in 22-506) filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
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Feb 02 2023 Brief amici curiae of Former Rep. Howard McKeon, et al. (also in 22-506) filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
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Feb 02 2023 Brief amici curiae of Empire Center and The Government Justice Center, Inc. (also in 22-506) filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
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Feb 02 2023 Brief amicus curiae of America First Policy Institute (also in 22-506) filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
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Feb 02 2023 Brief amici curiae of Cato Institute and Manhattan Institute (also in 22-506) filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
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Feb 03 2023 Brief amicus curiae of American Center for Law and Justice (also in 22-506) filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
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Feb 03 2023 Brief amicus curiae of Landmark Legal Foundation filed. (Distributed)
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Feb 03 2023 Brief amici curiae of States of Utah, Ohio, and 15 Other States filed. (Distributed)
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Feb 03 2023 Brief amicus curiae of The Protect Democracy Project (also in 22-506) filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
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Feb 03 2023 Brief amicus curiae of The Buckeye Institute (also in 22-506) filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
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Feb 03 2023 Brief amici curiae of Senator Marsha Blackburn and 42 Other Members of the United States Senate (also in 22-506) filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
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Feb 03 2023 Brief amicus curiae of New Civil Liberties Alliance (also in 22-506) filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
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Feb 03 2023 Brief amici curiae of 128 U.S. Representatives, including 25 Members of the House committee on Education and the Workforce (also in 22-506) filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
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Feb 03 2023 Brief amici curiae of Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute and Committee for Justice (also in 22-506) filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
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Feb 03 2023 Brief amici curiae of Elisabeth Devos, et al. (also in 22-506) filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
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Feb 03 2023 Brief amicus curiae of The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America (also in 22-506) filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
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Feb 03 2023 Brief amicus curiae of Jed Handelsman Shugerman (also in 22-506) filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
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Feb 03 2023 Brief amici curiae of Michael W. McConnell, et al. (also in 22-506) filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
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Feb 15 2023 Consolidated reply brief of petitioners (also in 22-506) filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
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Feb 28 2023 Argued. For petitioners: Elizabeth B. Prelogar, Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondents: J. Michael Connolly, Arlington, Va.
Jun 30 2023 Application No. 22A489 DENIED AS MOOT. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED in No. 22-535. Alito, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.
Jun 30 2023 Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Alito, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court. Application No. 22A489 denied as moot.
Aug 01 2023 Judgment issued.
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Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
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: Department of Education, et al.


Attorneys for Respondents
John Michael Connolly
Counsel of Record
Consovoy McCarthy PLLC
1600 Wilson Blvd
Suite 700
Arlington, VA 22209
mike@consovoymccarthy.com
Ph: 703-243-9423
Party name: Myra Brown, et al.


Other Attorneys
Alex Akerman
Counsel of Record
Alston & Bird LLP
333 South Hope Street, 16th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90071
ALEX.AKERMAN@ALSTON.COM
Ph: 213-576-1000
Party name: Elisabeth Devos, Margaret Spellings, Roderick Paige, Lamar Alexander, Dr. William Bennett, And Defense of Freedom Institute For Policy Studies In Support of Respondents


Boris Bershteyn
Counsel of Record
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
One Manhattan West
New York, NY 10001-8602
boris.bershteyn@skadden.com
Ph: 212-735-3000
Party name: Six Veterans' Organizations


Anastasia Paulinna Boden
Counsel of Record
Cato Institute
1000 Massachusetts Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20001
aboden@cato.org
Ph: 202-216-1414
Party name: Cato Institute


Markham Sterling Chenoweth
Counsel of Record
New Civil Liberties Alliance
1225 19th Street NW
Suite 450
Washington, DC 20036
MARK.CHENOWETH@NCLA.ONMICROSOFT.COM
Ph: 2028695209
Party name: New Civil Liberties Alliance


Elizabeth Napier Dewar
Counsel of Record
Office of the Attorney General
One Ashburton Place
Boston, MA 02108
bessie.dewar@mass.gov
Ph: 617-963-2204
Party name: Massachusetts et al.


Jeffrey Benjamin Dubner
Counsel of Record
Democracy Forward Foundation
P.O. Box 34553
Washington, DC 20043
Jdubner@democracyforward.org
Ph: (202) 383-0794
Party name: Legal Scholars


Robert Edward Dunn
Counsel of Record
Eimer Stahl LLP
99 S. Almaden Blvd. Suite 600
San Jose, CA 95113
RDUNN@EIMERSTAHL.COM
Ph: 4088891690
Party name: The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America


Lawrence S. Ebner
Counsel of Record
Atlantic Legal Foundation
1701 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20006
lawrence.ebner@atlanticlegal.org
Ph: 202-729-6337
Party name: Atlantic Legal Foundation


Steven Andrew Engel
Counsel of Record
Dechert LLP
1900 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
STEVEN.ENGEL@DECHERT.COM
Ph: (202) 261-3369
Party name: Senator Marsha Blackburn and 42 Other Members of the United States Senate


Justin Grant Florence
Counsel of Record
Protect Democracy Project
15 Main Street
Suite 312
Watertown, MA 02472
JUSTIN.FLORENCE@PROTECTDEMOCRACY.ORG
Ph: (202) 774-4234
Party name: The Protect Democracy Project


Theodore Harold Frank
Counsel of Record
Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute
1629 K Street NW, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20006
TED.FRANK@HLLI.ORG
Ph: 7032033848
Party name: Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute and Committee for Justice


Brianne Jenna Gorod
Counsel of Record
Constitutional Accountability Center
1200 18th Street, NW
Suite 501
Washington, DC 20036
brianne@theusconstitution.org
Ph: 202 296 6889
Party name: Former Representative George Miller


David G. Hinojosa
Counsel of Record
Lawyers’ Committee For Civil Rights Under Law
1500 K Street, NW, Suite 900
Washington, DC 20005
dhinojosa@lawyerscommittee.org
Ph: (202) 662-8600
Party name: Lawyers’ Committee For Civil Rights Under Law and 21 Other Organizations


Melissa Ann Holyoak
Counsel of Record
Utah Attorney General's Office
350 N. State Street, Suite 230
P.O. Box 142320
Salt Lake City, UT 84114
MELISSAHOLYOAK@AGUTAH.GOV
Ph: (801) 538-9600
Party name: States of Utah, Ohio, and 15 Other States


Yelena Konanova
Counsel of Record
Selendy Gay Elsberg PLLC
1290 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10104
lkonanova@selendygay.com
Ph: (212) 390-9010
Party name: American Federation of Teachers; American Association of University Professors; and American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees


Caleb Joseph Kruckenberg
Counsel of Record
Pacific Legal Foundation
3100 Clarendon Blvd, Suite 610
Arlington, VA 22201
CKRUCKENBERG@PACIFICLEGAL.ORG
Ph: 202-888-6881
Party name: Pacific Legal Foundation, Rep. Howard McKeon, Rep. John Kline, Rep. John Boehner


William Ranney Levi
Counsel of Record
Sidley Austin LLP
1501 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
WILLIAM.LEVI@SIDLEY.COM
Ph: 202-736-8756
Party name: Michael W. McConnell, William P. Barr, John Cogan, Mitch Daniels, Christopher Demuth, C. Boyden Gray, James C. Miller III, John Michael “Mick” Mulvaney, Michael B. Mukasey, John B. Taylor, and Peter J. Wallison


R. Trent McCotter
Counsel of Record
Separation of Powers Clinic, Gray Center
Antonin Scalia Law School
3301 Fairfax Dr.
Arlington, VA 22201
rmccotte@gmu.edu
Ph: 202-706-5488
Party name: 128 U.S. Representatives, including 25 Members of the House committee on Education and the Workforce


Alice Margaret O'Brien
Counsel of Record
National Education Association
1201 16th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
aobrien@nea.org
Ph: 202 822 7035
Party name: National Education Association


Michael James O'Neill
Counsel of Record
Landmark Legal Foundation
19415 Deerfield Ave. Suite 312
Leesburg, VA 20176
MIKE@LANDMARKLEGAL.ORG
Ph: 703-554-6105
Party name: Landmark Legal Foundation


Brian Himanshu Pandya
Counsel of Record
Duane Morris LLP
901 New York Ave NW
Suite 700-East
Washington, DC 20001
BHPandya@duanemorris.com
Ph: (202) 776-7807
Party name: Prof. Jed Handelsman Shugerman


Michael David Pepson
Counsel of Record
Americans for Prosperity Foundation
1310 N. Courthouse Rd., Ste. 700
Arlington, VA 22201
mpepson@afphq.org
Ph: 5713294529
Party name: Americans for Prosperity Foundation and Advancing American Freedom


Joshua David Rovenger
Counsel of Record
Legal Aid Society of Cleveland
1223 W. 6th Street
Cleveland, OH 44113
jrovenger@lasclev.org
Ph: 12162977973
Party name: Borrower Advocacy and Legal Aid Organizations


Jay Alan Sekulow
Counsel of Record
American Center for Law and Justice
American Center for Law and Justice
201 Maryland Avenue, N.E.
Washington, DC 20002
sekulow@aclj.org
Ph: 2025468890
Party name: American Center for Law and Justice


Melissa Arbus Sherry
Counsel of Record
Latham & Watkins LLP
555 Eleventh Street, NW
Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20004
melissa.sherry@lw.com
Ph: 202-637-2200
Party name: Samuel L. Bray and William Baude


Lawrence A. Stein
Counsel of Record
Northern Illinois University
Swen Parson Hall
Dekalb, IL 60115
l-stein@niu.edu
Ph: 3129295741
Party name: Professor Lawrence A. Stein


Craig William Trainor
Counsel of Record
America First Policy Institute
1001 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 530
Washington, DC 20004
CTRAINOR@AMERICAFIRSTPOLICY.COM
Ph: 2026848361
Party name: America First Policy Institute


David Christian Tryon
Counsel of Record
The Buckeye Institute
88 East Broad Street
Suite 1300
Columbus, OH 43215
d.tryon@buckeyeinstitute.org
Ph: 6142444422
Party name: The Buckeye Institute


Misha Tseytlin
Counsel of Record
Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP
227 West Monroe
Suite 3900
Chicago, IL 60606
MISHA.TSEYTLIN@TROUTMAN.COM
Ph: 608-999-1240
Party name: Empire Center for Public Policy, Inc. and Government Justice Center, Inc.


Stewart Lee Whitson
Counsel of Record
Foundation for Government Accountability
15275 Collier Blvd
Naples, FL 34119
stewart@thefga.org
Ph: 239-244-8808
Party name: The Foundation for Government Accountability