No. 24-20
Vide 24-151
 
Title: Miriam Fuld, et al., Petitioners
v.
Palestine Liberation Organization, et al.
Docketed: July 9, 2024
Linked with: 24A795
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
   Case Numbers: (22-76, 22-496)
   Decision Date: September 8, 2023
Rule 12.4
   Rehearing Denied: May 10, 2024
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Jul 03 2024 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 8, 2024)
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Jul 17 2024 Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 8, 2024 to September 9, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
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Jul 18 2024 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including September 9, 2024.
Aug 08 2024 Brief amici curiae of Senator Charles Grassley, et al. filed.
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Aug 08 2024 Brief amici curiae of Abraham D. Sofaer and Louis J. Freeh filed.
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Aug 08 2024 Brief amicus curiae of U.S. House of Representatives filed.
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Aug 08 2024 Brief amicus curiae of Secretary Mike Pompeo filed.
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Aug 27 2024 Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 9, 2024 to October 18, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
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Aug 28 2024 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 18, 2024.
Oct 18 2024 Brief of respondents Palestine Liberation Organization, et al. in opposition filed. VIDED.
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Nov 05 2024 Reply of petitioners Miriam Fuld, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Nov 06 2024 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/22/2024.
Dec 02 2024 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/6/2024.
Dec 06 2024 Petition GRANTED. The petition for a writ of certiorari in No. 24-151 is granted. The cases are consolidated, and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument. VIDED.
Dec 06 2024 Because the Court has consolidated these cases for briefing and oral argument, future filings and activity in the cases will now be reflected on the docket of No. 24-20. Subsequent filings in these cases must therefore be submitted through the electronic filing system in No. 24-20. Each document submitted in connection with one or more of these cases must include on its cover the case number and caption for each case in which the filing is intended to be submitted. Where a filing is submitted in fewer than all of the cases, the docket entry will reflect the case number(s) in which the filing is submitted; a document filed in all of the consolidated cases will be noted as “VIDED."
Dec 30 2024 Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed. VIDED.
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Jan 09 2025 Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' briefs on the merits is extended to and including January 28, 2025. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including February 28, 2025. VIDED.
Jan 28 2025 Brief of petitioners Miriam Fuld, et al. filed. VIDED.
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Jan 28 2025 Brief for United States not accepted for filing. (Jan. 30, 2025--to be corrected.)
Jan 28 2025 Brief of petitioner the United States filed. VIDED. (Jan. 30, 2025--corrected paper briefs received, Feb. 3, 2025--corrected electronic brief posted.)
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Jan 28 2025 Joint appendix (3 volumes) filed. VIDED. (Statement of costs filed)
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Jan 29 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Alan Mygatt-Tauber in support of neither party filed. VIDED.
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Feb 04 2025 Brief amici curiae of Abraham D. Sofaer, et al. filed. VIDED.
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Feb 04 2025 Brief amici curiae of Scholars of Civil Procedure and Conflict of Laws filed. VIDED.
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Feb 04 2025 Brief amicus curiae of America First Legal Foundation filed. VIDED.
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Feb 04 2025 Brief amicus curiae of U.S. House of Representatives filed. VIDED.
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Feb 04 2025 Brief amicus curiae of American Center for Law and Justice filed. VIDED.
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Feb 04 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Stephen E. Sachs filed. VIDED.
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Feb 04 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Michael Pompeo filed. VIDED.
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Feb 04 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed. VIDED.
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Feb 04 2025 Brief amici curiae of Agudath Israel of America, et al. filed. VIDED.
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Feb 04 2025 Brief amici curiae of Members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives filed. VIDED.
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Feb 04 2025 Amicus brief of American Association for Justice not accepted for filing. (To be corrected February 6, 2025)
Feb 04 2025 Brief amicus curiae of American Association for Justice filed. (Corrected)
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Feb 10 2025 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, April 1, 2025. VIDED.
Feb 11 2025 Application (24A795) for leave to file a consolidated response brief on the merits in excess of the word limit, submitted to Justice Sotomayor. VIDED.
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Feb 12 2025 Response in opposition to application from petitioners Miriam Fuld, et al. filed. VIDED.
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Feb 13 2025 Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Feb 13 2025 Record received electronically from the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and available with the Clerk.
Feb 19 2025 CIRCULATED
Feb 21 2025 Application (24A795) granted in part by Justice Sotomayor. Application for leave to file a consolidated response brief on the merits in excess of the word limit is granted provided that the brief does not exceed 20,000 words.
Feb 28 2025 Brief of respondents Palestine Liberation Organization, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
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Mar 06 2025 Motion for divided argument filed by petitioners Miriam Fuld, et al. VIDED.
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Mar 21 2025 Motion for divided argument filed by petitioners GRANTED. VIDED.
Mar 21 2025 Reply of petitioner United States filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
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Mar 21 2025 Reply of petitioners Miriam Fuld, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
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Apr 01 2025 Argued. For petitioners in 24-20: Kent A. Yalowitz, New York, N. Y. For petitioner in 24-151: Edwin S. Kneedler, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondents: Mitchell R. Berger, Washington, D. C. VIDED.
Jun 20 2025 Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Roberts, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan, Kavanaugh, Barrett, and Jackson, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, which Gorsuch, J., joined as to Part II. VIDED.
Jul 22 2025 Judgment Issued.
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Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
D. John Sauer
Counsel of Record
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


Kent A. Yalowitz
Counsel of Record
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, LLP
250 West 55th Street
New York, NY 10019

KENT.YALOWITZ@APKS.COM
Ph: 212-836-8000
Party name: Miriam Fuld, et al.


Attorneys for Respondents
Gassan Adnan Baloul
Counsel of Record
Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
2500 M Street, NW
Washington, DC 20037

gassan.baloul@squirepb.com
Ph: 202 457 6000
Party name: Palestine Liberation Organization, et al.


Mitchell Rand Berger
Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
2550 M Street NW
Washington, DC 20037

mitchell.berger@squirepb.com
Ph: 202 457 5601
Party name: Palestine Liberation Organization, et al.


Other Attorneys
Kevin Daniel Benish
Counsel of Record
Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP
425 Lexington Ave., 14th Floor
New York, NY 10017

KBENISH@HSGLLP.COM
Ph: 646-837-8349
Party name: Scholars of Civil Procedure and Conflict of Laws


Matthew B. Berry
Counsel of Record
Office of General Counsel
5140 O'Neill House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515

matthew.berry@mail.house.gov
Ph: 2022259700
Party name: U.S. House of Representatives


Joseph Carl Cecere
Counsel of Record
Cecere, PC
6035 McCommas Blvd.
Dallas, TX 75206

ccecere@cecerepc.com
Ph: 469-600-9455
Party name: Members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives


Ashley Conrad Keller
Counsel of Record
Keller Postman LLC
150 N. Riverside Plaza, Suite 4100
Chicago, IL 60606

ack@kellerpostman.com
Ph: (312) 741-5222
Party name: Secretary Mike Pompeo


R. Trent McCotter
Counsel of Record
Boyden Gray PLLC
800 Connecticut Ave. NW
Suite 900
Washington, DC 20006

tmccotter@boydengray.com
Ph: 202-706-5488
Party name: America First Legal Foundation


Douglass A. Mitchell
Counsel of Record
Jenner & Block LLP
1099 New York Ave., NW
Suite 900
Washington, DC 20001

dmitchell@jenner.com
Ph: 202-639-6865
Party name: Michael Pompeo


Alan B. Morrison
George Washington Law School
2000 H Street NW
Washington, DC 20052

ABMORRISON@LAW.GWU.EDU
Ph: 2029947120
Party name: Abraham D. Sofaer and Louis J. Freeh


Alan Michael Mygatt-Tauber
Counsel of Record
Attorney at Law
10089 Ashley Circle NW
Silverdale, WA 98383

ALAN@AMTAPPEALS.COM
Ph: 202-236-9734
Party name: Alan Mygatt-Tauber


Robert S. Peck
Counsel of Record
Center for Constitutional Litigation, PC
1901 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Suite 1101
Washington, DC 20009

ROBERT.PECK@CCLFIRM.COM
Ph: 2029442874
Party name: American Association for Justice


Mark Ian Pinkert
Counsel of Record
Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky & Josefiak PLLC
119 S. Monroe Street, Suite 500
Tallahassee, FL 32301

mpinkert@holtzmanvogel.com
Ph: 203-415-6665
Party name: Agudath Israel of America; American Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists; American Jewish Committee; Anti-Defamation League; Christians United for Israel; Coalition for Jewish Values; Endowment for Middle East Truth; International Legal Forum; Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law; National Jewish Advocacy Center, Inc.; One Israel Fund, Ltd.; Orthodox Jewish Chamber of Commerce; Rieders Foundation; StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department; StopAntisemitism; Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America; Zionist Organization of America


Peter Bowman Rutledge
Counsel of Record
Morris Manning & Martin LLP
1600 Atlanta Financial Center
3343 Peachtree Road N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30326-1044

brutledge@mmmlaw.com
Ph: 706 206 7183
Party name: Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America


Stephen Edward Sachs
Counsel of Record
Harvard Law School
Lewis 311
1557 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02138

ssachs@law.harvard.edu
Ph: 617-495-5009
Party name: Stephen E. Sachs


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


Tejinder Singh
Counsel of Record
Sparacino PLLC
1920 L Street, NW
Suite 835
Washington, DC 20036

TEJINDER@SPARACINOPLLC.COM
Ph: (202) 629-3530
Party name: Abraham D. Sofaer and Louis J. Freeh