No. 25-95
 
Title: Michael Pung, Personal Representative of the Estate of Timothy Scott Pung, Petitioner
v.
Isabella County, Michigan
Docketed: July 24, 2025
Linked with: 24A1102
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
   Case Numbers: (22-1919, 22-1939)
   Decision Date: January 28, 2025
   Rehearing Denied: February 26, 2025
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Proceedings and Orders
May 13 2025 Application (24A1102) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 27, 2025 to July 25, 2025, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.
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May 16 2025 Application (24A1102) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until July 25, 2025.
Jul 22 2025 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 25, 2025)
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Aug 13 2025 Brief of respondent Isabella County, Michigan in opposition filed.
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Aug 27 2025 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
Sep 12 2025 Reply of petitioner Michael Pung filed. (Distributed)
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Oct 03 2025 Petition GRANTED.
Oct 22 2025 Motion for an extension of time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits submitted.
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Oct 23 2025 Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
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Nov 05 2025 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 December 1, 2025. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including January 12, 2026.
Nov 21 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Joseph Donald Bourgeois filed.
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Dec 01 2025 Brief of petitioner Michael Pung filed.
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Dec 01 2025 Joint appendix filed.
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Dec 05 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Professor Beth A. Colgan filed.
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Dec 08 2025 Brief amicus curiae of AARP, et al. filed.
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Dec 08 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States filed.
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Dec 08 2025 Brief amicus curiae of The Mackinac Center Legal Foundation filed.
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Dec 08 2025 Brief amici curiae of The Buckeye Institute, et al. filed.
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Dec 08 2025 Brief amici curiae of Maryland Legal Aid, et al. filed.
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Dec 08 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Institute for Justice filed.
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Dec 08 2025 Brief amicus curiae of National Taxpayers Union Foundation filed.
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Dec 08 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed.
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Dec 08 2025 Brief amici curiae of New Disabled South, et al. filed.
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Dec 08 2025 Brief amicus curiae of United States in support of neither party filed.
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Dec 08 2025 Brief amici curiae of National Association of Realtors®, et al. filed.
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Dec 08 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Legal Services of New Jersey filed.
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Dec 08 2025 Amici brief of Citizen Action Defense Fund, et al. not accepted for filing. (To be corrected - December 11, 2025)
Dec 08 2025 Brief amici curiae of Citizen Action Defense Fund, et al. filed. (Corrected)
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Dec 08 2025 Brief amicus curiae of National Consumer Law Center filed.
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Dec 08 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Pioneer New England Legal Foundation filed.
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Dec 08 2025 Brief amici curiae of Cato Institute, et al. filed.
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Dec 08 2025 Brief amici curiae of Cyrus Sanai, et al. filed.
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Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioner
Philip Lee Ellison
Counsel of Record
Outside Legal Counsel PLC
530 West Saginaw St
PO Box 107
Hemlock, MI 48626

pellison@olcplc.com
Ph: 989-642-0055
Party name: Michael Pung


Attorneys for Respondent
Matthew T. Nelson
Counsel of Record
Warner Norcross + Judd LLP
150 Ottawa Avenue NW
Suite 1500
Grand Rapids, MI 49503

MNELSON@WNJ.COM
Ph: (616) 752-2539
Party name: County of Isabella, Michigan


Douglas James Curlew
Cummings, McClorey, Davis & Acho, P.L.C.
17436 College Parkway
Livonia, MI 48152

DCURLEW@CMDA-LAW.COM
Ph: 734 261-2400
Party name: County of Isabella, Michigan


Other Attorneys
Beth A. Colgan
Counsel of Record
UCLA School of Law
385 Charles E. Young Dr. East
Los Angeles, CA 90095

colgan@law.ucla.edu
Ph: 3108256996
Party name: Beth A. Colgan


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


Frank Joseph Bailey
Counsel of Record
Pioneer Legal, LLC
185 Devonshire Street
Boston, MA 02110

frank.bailey@pioneerlegal.org
Ph: 6178779511
Party name: Pioneer New England Legal Foundation


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

j.carson@buckeyeinstitute.org
Ph: (614) 224-4422
Party name: The Buckeye Institute, National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center, Inc., Competitive Enterprise Institute, Mountain States Legal, Illinois Policy Institute, and Owners’ Counsel of America


Frances L. Diaz
Counsel of Record
Law Offices of Frances L. Diaz
8306 Wilshire Blvd.
#263
Beverly Hills, CA 90211

francesdiaz@frontier.com
Ph: 3109275086
Party name: Cyrus Sanai and Peyman Roshan


John Patrick Elwood
Counsel of Record
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP
601 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20001

JOHN.ELWOOD@ARNOLDPORTER.COM
Ph: (202) 942-5992
Party name: Chamber of Commerce of the United States


Maryann Patrice Flanigan Sutherland
Counsel of Record
Legal Services of New Jersey
100 Metroplex Drive, Suite 101
Edison, NJ 08818

mflanigan@lsnj.org
Ph: 7325729100
Party name: Legal Services of New Jersey


Aram Avedis Gavoor
Counsel of Record
The George Washington University
Administrative Law Issues and Appeals Clinic
2000 G Street NW
Washington, DC 20052

agavoor@law.gwu.edu
Ph: (202) 994-2505
Party name: Joseph Donald Bourgeois


Samuel Bracken Gedge
Counsel of Record
Institute for Justice
901 N. Glebe Road, Suite 900
Arlington, VA 22203

SGEDGE@IJ.ORG
Ph: (703) 682-9320
Party name: Institute for Justice


Brianne Jenna Gorod
Counsel of Record
Constitutional Accountability Center
1730 Rhode Island Ave. NW
Suite 1200
Washington, DC 20036

BRIANNE@THEUSCONSTITUTION.ORG
Ph: 202 296 6889
Party name: Constitutional Accountability Center


Paul Robert Koster
Counsel of Record
Emory Law School Supreme Court Advocacy Program
1301 Clifton Road
Atlanta, GA 30322

PAUL.KOSTER@EMORY.EDU
Ph: 4047273957
Party name: New Disabled South and Emory Law School Disabled Law Students Association


Gerald Brinton Lucas
Counsel of Record
Jones Day
51 Louisiana Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20001

blucas@jonesday.com
Ph: 202-879-3939
Party name: National Association of Realtors®, Michigan realtors®, Wisconsin Realtors® Association, and American Property Owners Alliance


Tyler Leandro Martinez
Counsel of Record
National Taxpayers Union Foundation
122 C Street, NW
Suite 700
Washington, DC 20001

TMARTINEZ@NTU.ORG
Ph: 703-683-5700
Party name: National Taxpayers Union Foundation


Ali Naini
Counsel of Record
AARP Foundation
601 E St NW
Washington, DC 20049

anaini@aarp.org
Ph: 202-734-2528
Party name: AARP and AARP Foundation


Lee H. Ogburn
Counsel of Record
Maryland Legal Aid
500 E. Lexington Street
Baltimore, MD 21202

logburn@mdlab.org
Ph: (410) 951-7777
Party name: Maryland Legal Aid and Mountain State Justice, Inc.


John Rao
Counsel of Record
National Consumer Law Center, Inc.
7 Winthrop Square
4th Floor
Boston, MA 02110

jrao@nclc.org
Ph: 6175428010
Party name: National Consumer Law Center


Ilya Somin
Counsel of Record
Professor of Law, George Mason University
3301 Fairfax Dr.
Arlington, VA 22201

isomin@gmu.edu
Ph: 7039938069
Party name: Cato Institute, et al.


Sam Spiegelman
Counsel of Record
Citizen Action Defense Fund
111 21st Avenue SW, Ste. 13
Olympia, WA 98112

sam.spiegelman1@gmail.com
Ph: 2013149505
Party name: Citizen Action Defense Fund, Manhattan Institute, Reason Foundation, and Oregon Property Owners Association


Daniel Robert Suhr
Hughes & Suhr LLC
1341 W. Fullerton Ave.
Suite 171
Chicago, IL 60614

dsuhr@americanrights.org
Ph: 414-588-1658
Party name: Cato Institute, et al.


Derk Arend Wilcox
Counsel of Record
Mackinac Center Legal Foundation
140 W. Main Street
Midland, MI 48640

wilcox@mackinac.org
Ph: (989) 631-0900
Party name: The Mackinac Center Legal Foundation