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Docket for 21A85

No. 21A85

Title:	United States, Applicant v. Texas, et al.
Docketed:	October 18, 2021
Linked with:	21-588
Lower Ct:	United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Case Numbers:	(21-50949)

Proceedings and Orders

Oct 18 2021

Application (21A85) to vacate stay, submitted to Justice Alito.
Main Document Proof of Service Other

Oct 18 2021

Response to application (21A85) requested by Justice Alito, due Thursday, October 21, by noon ET.

Oct 18 2021

Motion for leave to file amici brief and motion for leave to file brief in compliance with Rule 33.2 filed by Massachusetts, et al.
Main Document Other Other

Oct 18 2021

Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas Surgical Health Services, et al.
Main Document Proof of Service Other Proof of Service

Oct 19 2021

Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, and Civil Procedure Scholars.
Main Document Proof of Service Other

Oct 19 2021

Motion for leave to file amici brief and motion for leave to file brief in compliance with Rule 33.2 filed by Medical Organizations.
Main Document Other Proof of Service

Oct 19 2021

Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Constitutional Accountability Center.
Main Document Other Proof of Service

Oct 19 2021

Motion for leave to file amici curiae brief filed by Current and Former Prosecutors and Law Enforcement Leaders, et al.
Main Document Proof of Service Other

Oct 19 2021

Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by Legal Scholars Leah Litman, et al.
Main Document Proof of Service Other

Oct 20 2021

Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Texas Medical Association.
Main Document Proof of Service Other

Oct 20 2021

Motion for leave to file amici brief and motion for leave to file brief in compliance with Rule 33.2 filed by Human Coalition, et al.
Main Document Other Proof of Service Other

Oct 21 2021

Response to application from respondent Texas filed.
Main Document Proof of Service

Oct 21 2021

Response to application from Erick Graham, et al. filed.
Main Document

Oct 21 2021

Motion for leave to file amici brief and motion for leave to file brief in compliance with Rule 33.2 filed by Indiana, et al.
Main Document Other Proof of Service

Oct 22 2021

Reply of applicant United States filed.
Reply Proof of Service

Oct 22 2021

Application (21A85) referred to the Court.

Oct 22 2021

Consideration of the application (21A85) to vacate stay presented to Justice Alito and by him referred to the Court is deferred pending oral argument. The application is treated as a petition for a writ of certiorari before judgment (No. 21-588), and the petition is granted limited to the following question: May the United States bring suit in federal court and obtain injunctive or declaratory relief against the State, state court judges, state court clerks, other state officials, or all private parties to prohibit S.B. 8 from being enforced. The briefs of the parties in No. 21-588, limited to 13,000 words, are to be filed electronically on or before 5 p.m., Wednesday, October 27, 2021. Reply briefs, if any, limited to 6,000 words, are to be filed electronically on or before 5 p.m., Friday, October 29, 2021. Any amicus curiae briefs are to be filed electronically on or before 5 p.m., Wednesday, October 27, 2021. Booklet format briefs prepared in compliance with Rule 33.1 shall be submitted as soon as possible thereafter. The parties are not required to file a joint appendix. The case is set for oral argument on Monday, November 1, 2021. Justice Sotomayor, concurring in part and dissenting in part. (Detached opinion)

Oct 27 2021

Main document of The Rogers Group not accepted for filing. (October 29, 2021)

Oct 28 2021

Amicus of The Rogers Group not accepted for filing. (October 29, 2021)

Nov 01 2021

21-588 (21A85) Argued. For petitioner: Elizabeth B. Prelogar, Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For state respondent: Judd E. Stone, II, Solicitor General, Austin, Tex. For private respondents: Jonathan F. Mitchell, Austin, Tex.

Attorneys

Attorneys for Petitioners

Brian H. Fletcher
Counsel of Record

Acting 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

Attorneys for Respondents

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
Ph: 512-936-1700
Party name: State of Texas

Other Attorneys

Amanda Stephanie Hainsworth
Counsel of Record

Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General
1 Ashburton Place
Boston, MA 02108
amanda.hainsworth@mass.gov
Ph: 617-963-2618
Party name: Massachusetts, et al.

Alan Evan Schoenfeld
Counsel of Record

Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale and Dorr, LLP
7 World Trade Center, 250 World Trade Center
New York, NY 10007
alan.schoenfeld@wilmerhale.com
Ph: (212) 230-8800
Party name: Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas Surgical Health Services, Planned Parenthood South Texas Surgical Center, Comprehensive Health of Planned Parenthood Great Plains, Planned Parenthood of Arkansas & Eastern Oklahoma, Planned Parenthood Center for Choice, and Planned Parenthood of The Rocky Mountains

Shannon Rose Selden
Counsel of Record

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
919 3rd Avenue
New York, NY 10022
srselden@debevoise.com
Ph: 212-909-6000
Party name: Leading Medical Organizations

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: Constitutional Accountability Center

Donald P. Wilcox
Counsel of Record

Texas Medical Assoc.
401 West 15th Street
10th Floor
Austin, TX 78701
rocky.wilcox@texmed.org
Ph: 5123701336
Party name: Texas Medical Association

Sonya Diane Winner
Counsel of Record

Covington & Burling
415 Mission Street
Suite 4500
San Francisco, CA 94105-2533
swinner@cov.com
Ph: 4155917072
Party name: Legal Scholars Leah Litman, Erwin Chemerinsky, Michael C. Dorf, Barry Friedman, and Fred O. Smith

Alison Beth Miller
Counsel of Record

Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017
amiller@hsgllp.com
Ph: (646) 837-5151
Party name: Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, and Civil Procedure Scholars

John P. Mastando III
Counsel of Record

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
767 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10153
john.mastando@weil.com
Ph: 212.310.8064
Party name: Current and Former Prosecutors and Law Enforcement Leaders, and Former State Attorneys General, Federal and State Court Judges, U.S. Attorneys, and U.S. Department of Justice Officials

John J. Bursch
Counsel of Record

Alliance Defending Freedom
15100 N. 90th Street
Scottsdale, AZ 85260
jbursch@adflegal.org
Ph: (616) 450-4235
Party name: Human Coalition and National Institute of Family & Life Advocates

Thomas M. Fisher
Counsel of Record

Office of the Indiana Attorney General
IGC South, Fifth Floor, 302 W. Washington St.
Indianapolis, IN 46204
tom.fisher@atg.in.gov
Ph: 317-232-6255
Party name: States of Indiana, Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, and West Virginia

Jonathan F. Mitchell
Counsel of Record

Mitchell Law PLLC
111 Congress Avenue
Suite 400
Austin, TX 78701
jonathan@mitchell.law
Ph: (512) 686-3940
Party name: Erick Graham, Jeff Tuley, and Mistie Sharp

William Rogers Schlecht
Counsel of Record

Rogers Schlecht, PLLC
14701 Front Beach Road
#2530
Panama City Beach, FL 32413
william.schlecht@att.net
Ph: 2102168725
Party name: The Rogers Group