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No. 25-966
 
Title: Department of Labor, et al., Petitioners
v.
Sun Valley Orchards, LLC
Docketed: February 17, 2026
Linked with: 25A741
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
   Case Numbers: (23-2608)
   Decision Date: July 29, 2025
   Rehearing Denied: October 15, 2025
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Dec 23 2025 Application (25A741) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 13, 2026 to February 12, 2026, submitted to Justice Alito.
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Dec 23 2025 Application (25A741) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until February 12, 2026.
Feb 12 2026 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 19, 2026)
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Mar 16 2026 Brief of respondent Sun Valley Orchards, LLC in opposition filed.
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Mar 31 2026 Reply of petitioners Department of Labor, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Apr 01 2026 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/17/2026.
Apr 20 2026 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/24/2026.
Apr 27 2026 Petition GRANTED limited to the following questions: 1) Whether Article III of the Constitution precludes the Department of Labor from adjudicating proceedings to collect monetary remedies from employers who have allegedly violated the terms and conditions of employment of H-2A workers and domestic workers in corresponding employment. 2) Whether 8 U. S. C. §1188(g)(2) authorizes the Department of Labor to adjudicate proceedings to collect monetary remedies from employers who have allegedly violated the terms and conditions of employment of H-2A workers and domestic workers in corresponding employment.
May 11 2026 Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
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May 11 2026 Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner Department of Labor and Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Secretary of Labor.
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May 15 2026 Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including June 18, 2026. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including July 27, 2026.
May 26 2026 Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioners GRANTED.
Jun 18 2026 Brief of petitioners Department of Labor, et al. filed.
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Jun 24 2026 Brief amicus curiae of Adminstrative and Constitutional Law Professors filed.
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Jun 25 2026 Brief amici curiae of Public Citizen, et al. filed.
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Jun 25 2026 Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed.
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Jun 25 2026 Brief amicus curiae of Federation for American Immigration Reform filed.
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Jun 25 2026 Brief amicus curiae of American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations filed.
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Jun 25 2026 Brief amici curiae of National Lawyers Guild, et al. filed.
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Jul 13 2026 Brief amicus curiae of Professor Ilan Wurman filed.
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Jul 27 2026 Brief of respondent Sun Valley Orchards filed.
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Jul 31 2026 Brief amici curiae of Southeastern Legal Foundation, et al. filed.
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Aug 03 2026 Brief amicus curiae of National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center, Inc. filed.
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Aug 03 2026 Brief amicus curiae of Altria Group, Inc. filed.
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Aug 03 2026 Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed.
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Aug 03 2026 Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation filed.
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Aug 03 2026 Brief amicus curiae of Atlantic Legal Foundation filed.
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Aug 03 2026 Brief amicus curiae of Former Department of Labor Officials filed.
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Aug 03 2026 Brief amici curiae of Former U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese III, et al. filed.
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Aug 03 2026 Brief amici curiae of New Civil Liberties Alliance, et al. filed.
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Aug 03 2026 Brief amicus curiae of The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed.
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Aug 03 2026 Brief amicus curiae of Texas Public Policy Foundation filed.
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Aug 03 2026 Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed.
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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: Department of Labor and Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Secretary of Labor


Attorneys for Respondent
Robert Everett Johnson
Counsel of Record
Institute for Justice
16781 Chagrin Blvd. #256
Shaker Heights, OH 44120

rjohnson@ij.org
Ph: (703) 682-9320
Party name: Sun Valley Orchards


Jared Alan McClain
Institute for Justice
901 N. Glebe Road
Suite 900
Arlington, VA 22203

jmcclain@ij.org
Ph: 8563050034
Party name: Sun Valley Orchards


Other Attorneys
Thomas Arthur Berry
Counsel of Record
Cato Institute
1000 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20001

tberry@cato.org
Ph: 443-254-6330
Party name: Cato Institute


Hampton Hunter Bruton
Counsel of Record
Smith Anderson
150 Fayetteville Street
Suite 2800
Raleigh, NC 27601

hbruton@smithlaw.com
Ph: 919-821-6701
Party name: Former Department of Labor Officials


Darin Matthew Dalmat
Counsel of Record
AFL-CIO
815 Sixteenth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006

ddalmat@aflcio.org
Ph: 202-637-5021
Party name: American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations


Jerome Paul DeSanto Jr.
Counsel of Record
Washington Legal Foundation
2009 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20036

jdesanto@wlf.org
Ph: 202-588-0302
Party name: Washington Legal Foundation


James Vincent Francis Dickey
Counsel of Record
Southeastern Legal Foundation
560 W Crossville Rd Ste 104
Roswell, GA 30075

jdickey@southeasternlegal.org
Ph: 770-977-2131
Party name: Southeastern Legal Foundation, National Council of Agricultural Employers, and National and State Agricultural Associations


Lawrence S. Ebner
Counsel of Record
Atlantic Legal Foundation
1701 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20006

lawrence.ebner@atlanticlegal.org
Ph: 202-729-6337
Party name: Atlantic Legal Foundation


Steven Andrew Engel
Counsel of Record
Dechert LLP
1900 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006

STEVEN.ENGEL@DECHERT.COM
Ph: 202-261-3369
Party name: The Chamber of Commerce of The United States of America


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


Christopher J. Hajec
Counsel of Record
Federation for American Immigration Reform
25 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Suite 330
Washington, DC 20001

chajec@fairus.org
Ph: 202-328-7004
Party name: Federation for American Immigration Reform


Eric William Heigis
Counsel of Record
Texas Public Policy Foundation
901 Congress Avenue
Austin, TX 78701

eheigis@texaspolicy.com
Ph: (512) 472-2700
Party name: Texas Public Policy Foundation


Margaret Ann Little
Counsel of Record
New Civil Liberties Alliance
4250 N Fairfax Dr.
Suite 300
Arlington, VA 22203

peggy.little@ncla.legal
Ph: 2028695212
Party name: New Civil Liberties Alliance, Americans for Prosperity Foundation, The Buckeye Institute


Jeanne Ellen Mirer
Counsel of Record
Julien Mirer & Associates PLLC
300 Cadman Plaza West
12th Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11201

jmirer@julienmirer.com
Ph: 212.231.2235
Party name: National Lawyers Guild, National Employment Lawyers Association, National Legal Aid & Defender Association, California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation, Northwest Workers' Justice Project, and Justice in Motion


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

ABMORRISON@LAW.GWU.EDU
Ph: 2029947120
Party name: Adminstrative & Constitutional Law Professors


Paul Joseph Ray
Counsel of Record
Covington & Burling LLP
850 10th Street NW
Washington, DC 20001

pjray@cov.com
Ph: 9102809652
Party name: National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center, Inc.


Joshua Martin Robbins
Counsel of Record
Pacific Legal Foundation
3100 Clarendon Blvd. Suite 1000
Arlington, VA 22201

jrobbins@pacificlegal.org
Ph: 202-945-9524
Party name: Pacific Legal Foundation


Nicolas Anthony Sansone
Counsel of Record
Public Citizen Litigation Group
1600 20th Street NW
Washington, DC 20009

nsansone@citizen.org
Ph: 202-588-1000
Party name: Public Citizen, Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, Comite de Apoyo a los Trabajadores Agricolas, Farmworker Justice


Amit R. Vora
Counsel of Record
Kasowitz LLP
1633 Broadway
New York, NY 10019

avora@kasowitz.com
Ph: 2125061834
Party name: Former U.S. Attorneys General Edwin Meese III and Michael B. Mukasey and Professors Steven G. Calabresi and Gary S. Lawson


Joshua Morgan Wesneski
Counsel of Record
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
2001 M Street NW
Washington, DC 20036

joshua.wesneski@weil.com
Ph: (202) 682-7000
Party name: Altria Group, Inc.


Ilan Wurman
Counsel of Record
University of Minnesota Law School
229 S 19th Ave.
Minneapolis, MN 55455

iwurman@umn.edu
Ph: 6503845294
Party name: Professor Ilan Wurman


 

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