| ~~~Date~~~ | ~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| Jun 3 2011 |
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 6, 2011) |
| Jun 30 2011 |
Order extending time to file response to petition to and including August 5, 2011. |
| Aug 5 2011 |
Brief of respondent Kan Pacific Saipan, Ltd. in opposition filed. |
| Aug 15 2011 |
Reply of petitioner Kouichi Taniguchi filed. |
| Aug 17 2011 |
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 26, 2011. |
| Sep 27 2011 |
Petition GRANTED. |
| Oct 19 2011 |
The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including November 28, 2011. |
| Oct 19 2011 |
The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including January 11, 2012. |
| Nov 16 2011 |
Consent to the fiing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner. |
| Nov 23 2011 |
Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs in support of either party or neither party received from counsel for the respondent. |
| Nov 28 2011 |
Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed) |
| Nov 28 2011 |
Brief of petitioner Kouichi Taniguchi filed. |
| Dec 5 2011 |
Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Judiciary Interpreters and Translators filed. |
| Dec 5 2011 |
Brief amici curiae of Interpreting and Translation Professors filed. |
| Dec 19 2011 |
SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Tuesday, February 21, 2012. |
| Dec 23 2011 |
Record received from U.S.C.A. for 9th Circuit. (1 envelope) |
| Dec 23 2011 |
Record for U.S.D.C. for Mariana Islands (MNII) is electronic. |
| Jan 3 2012 |
CIRCULATED. |
| Jan 11 2012 |
Brief of respondent Kan Pacific Saipan, Ltd. filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 18 2012 |
Brief amici curiae of Chicago Area Translators and Interpreters Association, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Feb 2 2012 |
Record from Northern Mariana Islands (NMI) is electronic. |
| Feb 3 2012 |
Reply of petitioner Kouichi Taniguchi filed. (Distributed) |
| Feb 21 2012 |
Argued. For petitioner: Michael S. Fried, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Dan Himmelfarb, Washington, D. C. |
| May 21 2012 |
Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Alito, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Ginsburg, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Breyer and Sotomayor, JJ., joined. |
| Jun 22 2012 |
JUDGMENT ISSUED. |