No. 22-842
 
Title: National Rifle Association of America, Petitioner
v.
Maria T. Vullo
Docketed: March 6, 2023
Linked with: 22M73
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
   Case Numbers: (21-636-cv)
   Decision Date: September 22, 2022
   Rehearing Denied: November 9, 2022
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Feb 07 2023 Motion (22M73) for leave to file a petition for a writ of certiorari with the supplemental appendix under seal filed.
Feb 07 2023 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 5, 2023)
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Feb 15 2023 MOTION (22M73) DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/3/2023.
Mar 06 2023 Motion (22M73) for leave to file a petition for a writ of certiorari with the supplemental appendix under seal Granted.
Mar 21 2023 Brief amici curiae of Financial & Business Law Scholars filed.
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Apr 05 2023 Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression filed.
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Apr 05 2023 Brief amici curiae of Montana, et al. filed.
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Apr 19 2023 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/11/2023.
Apr 24 2023 Response Requested. (Due May 24, 2023)
Apr 26 2023 Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 24, 2023 to June 23, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
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May 01 2023 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including June 23, 2023.
May 23 2023 Brief amicus curiae of Competitive Enterprise Institute filed.
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May 23 2023 Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Goldwater Institute.
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May 24 2023 Brief amici curiae of Texas, et al. filed.
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May 24 2023 Brief amicus curiae of Gun Owners of America, Inc., et al. filed.
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Jun 23 2023 Brief of respondent Maria T. Vullo in opposition filed.
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Jul 07 2023 Reply of petitioner National Rifle Association of America filed.
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Jul 12 2023 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
Oct 02 2023 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/6/2023.
Oct 10 2023 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/13/2023.
Oct 23 2023 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/27/2023.
Oct 30 2023 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/3/2023.
Nov 03 2023 Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Goldwater Institute DENIED.
Nov 03 2023 Petition GRANTED limited to Question 1 presented by the petition.
Dec 07 2023 Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
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Dec 13 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 January 9, 2024. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including February 20, 2024. Petitioner shall file a reply brief on the merits on or before 2 p.m., Friday, March 8, 2024.
Dec 22 2023 Brief amicus curiae of The International Municipal Lawyers Association in support of neither party (also as to 23-411) filed. VIDED.
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Jan 09 2024 Brief of petitioner National Rifle Association of America filed.
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Jan 09 2024 Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
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Jan 10 2024 Brief amicus curiae of Goldwater Institute and Cato Institute filed.
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Jan 10 2024 Brief amici curiae of Financial & Business Law Scholars filed.
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Jan 11 2024 Brief amicus curiae of Claremont Institute's Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence filed.
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Jan 12 2024 Brief amicus curiae of Americans for Prosperity Foundation filed.
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Jan 12 2024 Brief amicus curiae of American Center for Law and Justice filed.
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Jan 12 2024 Brief amicus curiae of Competitive Enterprise Institute filed.
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Jan 15 2024 Brief amici curiae of Advancing American Freedom, et al. filed.
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Jan 15 2024 Brief amici curiae of Senator Ted Budd, et al. filed.
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Jan 15 2024 Brief amicus curiae of Consumers' Research filed.
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Jan 16 2024 Brief amicus curiae of United States in support of neither party filed.
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Jan 16 2024 Brief amicus curiae of New Civil Liberties Alliance filed.
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Jan 16 2024 Brief amicus curiae of Project for Privacy and Surveillance Accountability, Inc. filed.
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Jan 16 2024 Brief amici curiae of First Amendment Scholars filed.
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Jan 16 2024 Brief amici curiae of Indiana and Mississippi filed.
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Jan 16 2024 Brief amicus curiae of Heartbeat International, Inc. filed.
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Jan 16 2024 Brief amicus curiae of James P. Corcoran, former New York Superintendent of Insurance filed.
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Jan 16 2024 Brief amici curiae of Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, et al. filed.
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Jan 16 2024 Brief amici curiae of Second Amendment Foundation, et al. filed.
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Jan 16 2024 Brief amicus curiae of Firearm Policy Coalition, Inc. filed.
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Jan 16 2024 Brief amici curiae of Gun Owners of America, et al. filed.
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Jan 16 2024 Brief amici curiae of National Association for Gun Rights, et al. filed.
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Jan 16 2024 Brief amicus curiae of Buckeye Institute filed.
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Jan 16 2024 Brief amici curiae of Montana, et al. filed.
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Jan 18 2024 Letter updating counsel of record information for respondent Maria T. Vullo filed.
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Jan 29 2024 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, March 18, 2024.
Jan 29 2024 Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Feb 01 2024 Record received electronically from the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and available with the Clerk.
Feb 01 2024 Record received electronically from the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York and available with the Clerk.
Feb 14 2024 CIRCULATED
Feb 20 2024 Brief of respondent Maria T. Vullo filed. (Distributed)
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Feb 21 2024 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
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Feb 22 2024 Brief amici curiae of Former Executive Officers of the New York State Department of Financial Services filed. (Distributed)
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Feb 27 2024 Amicus brief of First Amendment Scholars not accepted for filing. (February 27, 2024 - Corrected brief to be filed)
Feb 27 2024 Brief amici curiae of States of Hawai‘i, Delaware, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington filed. (Distributed)
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Feb 27 2024 Brief amici curiae of First Amendment Scholars filed. (Distributed)
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Feb 27 2024 Brief amici curiae of Financial Regulation and Administrative Law Scholars filed. (Distributed)
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Feb 27 2024 Brief amici curiae of Federal Courts and Civil Procedure Scholars filed. (Distributed)
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Feb 27 2024 Brief amicus curiae of Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence filed. (Distributed)
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Feb 27 2024 Brief amici curiae of Former and Current Prosecutors and Regulators filed. (Distributed)
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Feb 27 2024 Brief amici curiae of Former State Commissioners of Insurance and Banking filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 04 2024 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Mar 08 2024 Reply of petitioner National Rifle Association of America filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 18 2024 Argued. For petitioner: David D. Cole, Washington, D. C. For United States, as amicus curiae: Ephraim McDowell, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Neal K. Katyal, Washington, D. C.
May 30 2024 Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Sotomayor, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court. Gorsuch, J., and Jackson, J., each filed a concurring opinion.
Jul 01 2024 Judgment Issued.
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Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Eugene Volokh
Counsel of Record
UCLA School of Law
385 Charles E. Young Dr. E
Los Angeles, CA 90095

volokh@law.ucla.edu
Ph: 310-206-3926
Party name: National Rifle Association of America


David D. Cole
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation
915 15th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005

dcole@aclu.org
Ph: 212-549-2611
Party name: National Rifle Association of America


Noah Barnett Peters
Brewer Attorneys & Counselors
750 Lexington Ave., 14th Floor
New York, NY 10222

NBP@BREWERATTORNEYS.COM
Ph: 4344664641
Party name: National Rifle Association of America


Attorneys for Respondents
Neal Kumar Katyal
Counsel of Record
Hogan Lovells US LLP
555 Thirteenth St., N.W.
Washington, DC 20004

NEAL.KATYAL@HOGANLOVELLS.COM
Ph: 202 637 5528
Party name: Maria T. Vullo


Andrew G. Celli Jr.
Emery Celli Brinckerhoff Abady Ward & Maazel LLP
600 Fifth Avenue, 10th Floor
New York, NY 10020

acelli@ecbawm.com
Ph: (212) 763-5000
Party name: Maria T. Vullo


Trevor William Morrison
Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP
350 Fifth Avenue
63rd Floor
New York, NY 10118

tmorrison@kaplanhecker.com
Ph: 212-763-0883
Party name: Maria T. Vullo


Other Attorneys
Daniel Stuart Alter
Counsel of Record
Abrams Fensterman, LLP
81 Main Street, Suite 400
White Plains, NY 10601

dalter@abramslaw.com
Ph: (914) 607-7010
Party name: Former Executive Officers of the New York State Department of Financial Services


James Allen Barta
Counsel of Record
Office of the Indiana Attorney General
302 W. Washington Street
IGC South, Fifth Floor
Indianapolis, IN 46204

james.barta@atg.in.gov
Ph: 317-232-0709
Party name: Indiana and Mississippi


John Franklin Bash
Counsel of Record
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP
1300 I St. NW, Suite 900
Washington, DC 20005

johnbash@quinnemanuel.com
Ph: (202) 538-8000
Party name: Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression


Lisa S. Blatt
Counsel of Record
Williams & Connolly LLP
680 Maine Avenue SW
Washington, DC 20024

LBLATT@WC.COM
Ph: 202-434-5050
Party name: First Amendment Scholars


John J. Bursch
Counsel of Record
Alliance Defending Freedom
440 First Street, NW
Suite 600
Washington, DC 20001

jbursch@adflegal.org
Ph: (616) 450-4235
Party name: Heartbeat International, Inc.


Jay Randall Carson
Counsel of Record
The Buckeye Institute
88 East Broad Street
Suite 1300
Columbus, OH 43215

j.carson@buckeyeinstitute.org
Ph: 6142244422
Party name: Buckeye Institute


Anthony Thomas Caso
Counsel of Record
Constitutional Counsel Group
1628 N Main St. #289
Salinas, CA 93906

ATCASO@CCG1776.COM
Ph: 916-601-1916
Party name: Claremont Institute's Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence


Robert Lawrence Corn-Revere
Counsel of Record
Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
700 Pennsylvania Ave. SE
Suite 340
Washington, DC 20003

bob.corn-revere@thefire.org
Ph: 215-717-3473
Party name: Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, National Coalition Against Censorship, The Rutherford Institute and First Amendment Lawyers Association


Cynthia Fleming Crawford
Counsel of Record
Americans for Prosperity Foundation
4201 Wilson Blvd.
Suite 1000
Arlington, VA 22203

CCRAWFORD@AFPHQ.ORG
Ph: 5713292227
Party name: Americans for Prosperity Foundation


Kaliko'onalani Diara Fernandes
Counsel of Record
Department of the Attorney General
State of Hawaii
425 Queen Street
Honolulu, HI 96813

kaliko.d.fernandes@hawaii.gov
Ph: (808) 586-1360
Party name: States of Hawai‘i, Delaware, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington


Matteo Godi
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
2001 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20006

mgodi@paulweiss.com
Ph: 2022237300
Party name: First Amendment Scholars


Joseph Gary Samuel Greenlee
Counsel of Record
Greenlee Law, PLLC
PO Box 4061
McCall, ID 83638

joseph@greenlee.law
Ph: (208) 271-2494
Party name: Second Amendment Foundation, John Locke Foundation, and Independence Institute


Timothy Channing Hester
Counsel of Record
Covington & Burling LLP
One CityCenter
850 Tenth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001-4956

thester@cov.com
Ph: (202) 662-6000
Party name: Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence


Joshua Aaron House
Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
700 Pennsylvania Avenue SE, Suite 340
Washington, DC 20003

Joshua.House@thefire.org
Ph: (215) 717-3473
Party name: Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, National Coalition Against Censorship, The Rutherford Institute and First Amendment Lawyers Association


James Ruffin Lawrence III
Counsel of Record
Envisage Law
2601 Oberlin Road Suite 100
Raleigh, NC 27608

jlawrence@envisage.law
Ph: 919.755.1317
Party name: Senator Ted Budd and 17 Additional Members of the United States Senate and Representative Richard Hudson and 62 Additional Members of the United States House of Representatives


R. Trent McCotter
Counsel of Record
Boyden Gray & Associates PLLC
801 17th Street, N.W.
Suite 350
Washington, DC 20006

MCCOTTER@BOYDENGRAYASSOCIATES.COM
Ph: 202-706-5488
Party name: Financial & Business Law Scholars


Christopher E. Mills
Counsel of Record
Spero Law LLC
557 East Bay Street #22251
Charleston, SC 29413

cmills@spero.law
Ph: 8436060640
Party name: Consumers' Research


Jeremiah Lee Morgan
William J. Olson, P.C.
370 Maple Avenue West
Suite 4
Vienna, VA 22180-5615

jmorgan@lawandfreedom.com
Ph: 7033565070
Party name: Gun Owners of America, Inc., et al.


Beth Christine Neitzel
Counsel of Record
Foley Hoag LLP
1717 K Street N.W.
Washington, DC 20006

bneitzel@foleyhoag.com
Ph: (202) 223-1200
Party name: Former State Commissioners of Insurance and Banking


William Jeffrey Olson
Counsel of Record
William J. Olson, P.C.
370 Maple Ave. W., Suite 4
Vienna, VA 22180

WJO@MINDSPRING.COM
Ph: 7033565070
Party name: Gun Owners of America, et al.


Lanora Christine Pettit
Office of the Texas Attorney General
P.O. Box 12548 (MC 059)
Austin, TX 78711-2548

lanora.pettit@oag.texas.gov
Ph: 512-936-1700
Party name: The States of Texas and Indiana


Geoffrey Mitchell Pipoly
Counsel of Record
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP
161 N. Clark Street, Suite 4300
Chicago, IL 60601

GEOFF.PIPOLY@BCLPLAW.COM
Ph: 312-602-5078
Party name: Former and Current Prosecutors and Regulators


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: United States


Charles Edward Talmadge Roberts
Counsel of Record
Jones Day
51 Louisiana Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC 20001

cetroberts@jonesday.com
Ph: 202-879-3795
Party name: James P. Corcoran, former New York Superintendent of Insurance


Timothy Mason Sandefur
Counsel of Record
Goldwater Institute
500 E. Coronado Road
Phoenix, AZ 85004

TSANDEFUR@GOLDWATERINSTITUTE.ORG
Ph: 6024625000
Party name: Goldwater Institute


Gene Clayton Schaerr
Counsel of Record
Schaerr | Jaffe
1717 K Street NW, Suite 900
Washington, DC 20006

GSCHAERR@SCHAERR-JAFFE.COM
Ph: 202-787-1060
Party name: Project for Privacy and Surveillance Accountability, Inc.


Jay Alan Sekulow
Counsel of Record
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


Thomas Gregory Sprankling
Counsel of Record
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
2600 El Camino Real, Suite 400
Palo Alto, CA 94306

Thomas.Sprankling@wilmerhale.com
Ph: 650-858-6062
Party name: Federal Courts and Civil Procedure Scholars


David H. Thompson
Counsel of Record
Cooper & Kirk, PLLC
1523 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036

DTHOMPSON@COOPERKIRK.COM
Ph: 202-220-9600
Party name: Firearm Policy Coalition, Inc.


Peter Martin Torstensen Jr.
Counsel of Record
Montana Attorney General's Office
215 North Sanders Street
Helena, MT 59601

PETER.TORSTENSEN@MT.GOV
Ph: 406-444-2026
Party name: Montana


Cyrus R. Vance Jr.
Counsel of Record
Baker McKenzie LLP
452 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10018

Cyrus.Vance@bakermckenzie.com
Ph: 19175391835
Party name: Financial Regulation and Administrative Law Scholars


Meaghan Elizabeth McLaine VerGow
Counsel of Record
O'Melveny & Myers LLP
1625 Eye Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006

mvergow@omm.com
Ph: (202)-383-5300
Party name: The International Municipal Lawyers Association


David Alan Warrington
Counsel of Record
Dhillon Law Group, Inc.
2121 Eisenhower Avenue
Suite 402
Alexandria, VA 22314

dwarrington@dhillonlaw.com
Ph: 7035741206
Party name: National Association for Gun Rights and National Foundation for Gun Rights


Charles Devin Watkins
Counsel of Record
Competitive Enterprise Institute
1310 L Street NW, 7th Floor
Washington, DC 20005

devin.watkins@cei.org
Ph: (202) 331-1010
Party name: Competitive Enterprise Institute


John Marc Wheat
Counsel of Record
Advancing American Freedom, Inc.
801 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Suite 930
Washington, DC 20004-2729

MWHEAT@ADVANCINGAMERICANFREEDOM.COM
Ph: (202) 780-4848
Party name: Advancing American Freedom, Inc.


Jenin Younes
Counsel of Record
New Civil Liberties Alliance
1225 19th Street, Suite 450 NW
Washington, DC 20036

jenin.younes@ncla.legal
Ph: 202-869-5210
Party name: New Civil Liberties Alliance