No. 22O156
Title:New York, Plaintiff
v.
New Jersey
Docketed:March 14, 2022
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DateProceedings and Orders
Mar 14 2022Motion for leave to file a bill of complaint filed.
Motion for Leave to File a Bill of ComplaintCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
Mar 14 2022Motions for preliminary relief and for expedited consideration of the motion for preliminary relief filed by plaintiff New York.
Main DocumentProof of ServiceOther
Mar 21 2022Opposition to motion for preliminary relief filed by defendant New Jersey.
Main DocumentOtherProof of Service
Mar 23 2022Reply filed by plaintiff New York.
Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
Mar 24 2022The motion for preliminary relief is granted. New Jersey is hereby enjoined from enforcing Chapter 324 or taking action to withdraw unilaterally from the Compact or terminate the Commission pending disposition of the motion for leave to file a bill of complaint and, if granted, disposition of the case.
May 13 2022Brief in response filed by defendant New Jersey.
Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count
May 13 2022Joint motion for leave to file cross-motions for judgment on the pleadings filed.
Main DocumentProof of Service
May 23 2022Reply filed by plaintiff New York.
Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
May 31 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/16/2022.
Jun 21 2022Motion for leave to file a bill of complaint GRANTED. Joint motion for leave to file cross-motions for judgment on the pleadings GRANTED. New Jersey is allowed until August 22, 2022 to file an answer and motion for judgment on the pleadings; New York’s opposition and cross-motion for judgment on the pleadings is due on or before October 21, 2022; New Jersey’s response to New York’s cross-motion and reply in support of its motion is due on or before November 7, 2022; and New York’s reply in support of its cross-motion is due on or before November 22, 2022.
Aug 22 2022Answer of defendant New Jersey filed.
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Aug 22 2022Brief in support of defendant New Jersey’s motion for judgment on the pleadings not accepted for filing. (Corrected version submitted) (August 25, 2022)
Aug 22 2022Motion for judgment on the pleadings of defendant New Jersey not accepted for filing. (Corrected version submitted) (August 25, 2022)
Aug 22 2022Motion for judgment on the pleadings of defendant New Jersey filed.
Main DocumentProof of ServiceOther
Aug 29 2022Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
Certificate of Word CountMain Document
Aug 29 2022Brief amicus curiae of Texas, et al. filed.
Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
Aug 29 2022Brief amicus curiae of Metropolitan Marine Maintenance Contractors' Association filed.
Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
Aug 29 2022Brief amicus curiae of law professors Janice Griffith, David Horton and Christopher Serkin filed.
Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
Aug 29 2022Brief amicus curiae of port businesses and other entities filed.
Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
Oct 21 2022Motion for judgment on the pleadings and opposition to defendant New Jersey's motion for judgment on the pleadings filed by plaintiff New York.
Main DocumentOtherProof of Service
Oct 28 2022Brief amicus curiae of Oregon filed.
Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count
Oct 28 2022Brief amicus curiae of compact entities filed.
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Oct 28 2022Brief amicus curiae of professors Jeffrey B. Litwak, et al. filed.
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Oct 28 2022Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor.
Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
Oct 28 2022Motion for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae, for divided argument, and for enlargement of time for oral argument filed by the Solicitor General.
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Nov 07 2022Opposition to New York's motion for judgment on the pleadings and reply in support of motion for judgment on the pleadings filed by defendant New Jersey.
Main DocumentProof of ServiceOther
Nov 22 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/9/2022..
Nov 22 2022Reply in support of motion for judgment on the pleadings filed by plaintiff New York. (Distributed)
Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
Dec 12 2022The cross-motions for judgment on the pleadings are set for oral argument in due course.
Dec 12 2022Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor GRANTED.
Dec 19 2022SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, February 27, 2023.
Jan 17 2023CIRCULATED
Jan 26 2023Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae, for divided argument, and for enlargement of time for oral argument GRANTED.
Feb 16 2023RESCHEDULED ARGUMENT SET for Wednesday, March 1, 2023.
Mar 01 2023Argued. For plaintiff: Judith N. Vale, Deputy Solicitor General, New York, N. Y. For defendant: Jeremy M. Feigenbaum, Solicitor General, Trenton, N. J.; and Austin Raynor, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.)
Apr 18 2023New Jersey's motion for judgment on the pleadings GRANTED; New York's cross-motion for judgment on the pleadings DENIED. Kavanaugh, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.

NAMEADDRESSPHONE
Attorneys for Plaintiff
Barbara Dale Underwood
    Counsel of Record		Solicitor General
Office of the Attorney General
28 Liberty Street
New York, NY 10005-1400

Barbara.underwood@ag.ny.gov		212-416-8016
Party name: New York
Judith Naomi ValeOffice of the New York Attorney General
28 Liberty Street, 23rd Floor
New York, NY 10005

judith.vale@ag.ny.gov		(212) 416-6274
Party name: New York
Attorneys for Respondent
Jeremy Michael Feigenbaum
    Counsel of Record		Office of the New Jersey Attorney General
25 Market Street
P.O. Box 080
Trenton, NJ 08625

jeremy.feigenbaum@njoag.gov		6094140197
Party name: New Jersey
Other
Jaynee LaVecchia
    Counsel of Record		McCarter & English, LLP
Four Gateway Center
100 Mulberry Street
Newark, NJ 07102

Jlavecchia@mccarter.com		(973) 848-8300
Party name: Law Professors
Ari Matthew Boxer
    Counsel of Record		Lowenstein Sandler LLP
One Lowenstein Drive
Roseland, NJ 07068

mboxer@lowenstein.com		973-597-2500
Party name: Port Businesses and Other Entities
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
    Counsel of Record		Solicitor General
United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001

202-514-2217
Party name: United States
Judd Edward Stone II
    Counsel of Record		Texas Attorney General's Office
P.O. Box 12548 (MC 059)
Austin, TX 78711-2548

judd.stone@oag.texas.gov		512-936-1700
Party name: The States of Texas, Alaska, Louisiana, Montana, Nevada, South Carolina, Utah, and Virginia
Stephen Blake Kinnaird
    Counsel of Record		Paul Hastings LLP
2050 M Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036

stephenkinnaird@paulhastings.com		202-551-1842
Party name: Metropolitan Marine Maintenance Contractors' Association
Matthew Steven Tripolitsiotis
    Counsel of Record		Boies Schiller Flexner LLP
333 Main Street
Armonk, NY 10504

mtripolitsiotis@bsfllp.com		(914)749-8364
Party name: Compact Entities
Seth P. Waxman
    Counsel of Record		Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
2100 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20037

SETH.WAXMAN@WILMERHALE.COM		202-663-6800
Party name: Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor
Benjamin Noah Gutman
    Counsel of Record		Oregon Department of Justice
1162 Court Street NE
Salem, OR 97301

benjamin.gutman@doj.state.or.us		503-378-4402
Party name: State of Oregon
Scott Andrew Eisman
    Counsel of Record		Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP
601 Lexington Avenue
31st Floor
New York, NY 10022

scott.eisman@freshfields.com		212-277-4000
Party name: Professors Jeffrey B. Litwak et al.