Docket for 12-1200
| No. 12-1200 | |
| Title: |
| Executive Benefits Insurance Agency, Petitioner |
| v. |
| Peter H. Arkison, Chapter 7 Trustee of the Estate of Bellingham Insurance Agency, Inc. |
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| Docketed: | April 3, 2013 |
| Linked with 12A831 |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit |
| ~~~Date~~~ | ~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| Feb 22 2013 |
Application (12A831) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from March 4, 2013 to April 3, 2013, submitted to Justice Kennedy. |
| Mar 1 2013 |
Application (12A831) granted by Justice Kennedy extending the time to file until April 3, 2013. |
| Apr 3 2013 |
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 3, 2013) |
| May 3 2013 |
Order extending time to file response to petition to and including May 20, 2013. |
| May 20 2013 |
Brief of respondents Peter H. Arkison, Chapter 7 Trustee of the Estate of Bellingham Insurance Agency, Inc. in opposition filed. |
| Jun 3 2013 |
Reply of petitioner Executive Benefits Insurance Agency filed. |
| Jun 4 2013 |
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 20, 2013. |
| Jun 24 2013 |
Petition GRANTED. |
| Jul 10 2013 |
The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including September 9, 2013. |
| Jul 22 2013 |
The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including November 8, 2013. |
| Aug 27 2013 |
Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondent. |
| Aug 27 2013 |
Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or neither party, received from counsel for petitioner. |
| Sep 9 2013 |
Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs received.) |
| Sep 9 2013 |
Brief of petitioner Executive Benefits Insurance Agency filed. |
| Sep 16 2013 |
Brief amici curiae of Robert R. McCormick Foundation, et al. filed. |
| Sep 16 2013 |
Brief amicus curiae of NVIDIA Corporation in support of neither party filed. |
| Sep 16 2013 |
Brief amici curiae of Certain Tousa Defendants filed. |
| Sep 16 2013 |
Brief amicus curiae of Business Law Section of the Florida Bar in support of neither party filed. |
| Sep 16 2013 |
Brief amicus curiae of Kerr-McGee Corporation filed. |
| Nov 4 2013 |
SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Tuesday, Jaunuary 14, 2014. |
| Nov 5 2013 |
CIRCULATED |
| Nov 8 2013 |
Brief of respondent Peter H. Arkison, Chapter 7 Trustee of the Estate of Bellingham Insurance Agency, Inc. filed. (Distributed) |
| Nov 12 2013 |
Brief amici curiae of Professors Richard Aaron, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Nov 14 2013 |
Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Chapter Thirteen Trustees filed. (Distributed) |
| Nov 15 2013 |
Brief amicus curiae of Irving H. Picard, as Trustee of the Substantively Consolidated Estate of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC and Bernard L. Madoff filed. (Distributed) |
| Nov 15 2013 |
Brief amicus curiae of TOUSA Liquidation Trustee filed. |
| Nov 15 2013 |
Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees filed. (Distributed) |
| Nov 15 2013 |
Brief amicus curiae of Professors S. Todd Brown, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Nov 15 2013 |
Brief amicus curiae of Commercial Law League of America filed. (Distributed) |
| Nov 15 2013 |
Brief amici curiae of States of New Hampshire, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Nov 15 2013 |
Brief amicus curiae of American College of Bankruptcy filed. (Distributed) |
| Nov 15 2013 |
Brief amicus curiae of the United States filed. (Distributed) |
| Nov 15 2013 |
Brief amicus curiae of American Bar Association filed. (Distributed) |
| Nov 15 2013 |
Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
| Nov 19 2013 |
Record from the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit is electronic and located on PACER. Record from the U.S.D.C. for Western District of Washington is also electronic and located on PACER. |
| Dec 9 2013 |
Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. |
| Dec 9 2013 |
Reply of petitioner Executive Benefits Insurance Agency filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 14 2014 |
Argued. For petitioner: Douglas Hallward-Driemeier, Washington, D. C. For respondent: John Pottow, Ann Arbor, Mich.; and Curtis E. Gannon, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) |
| Jun 9 2014 |
Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Thomas, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court. |
| Jul 11 2014 |
JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
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| ~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
~~Phone~~~ |
| Attorneys for Petitioner: | | |
| Douglas Hallward-Driemeier |
Ropes & Gray LLP | (202) 508-4600 |
| Counsel of Record | One Metro Center | |
| 700 12th Street, NW, Suite 900 | |
| Washington, DC 20005 | |
| Douglas.Hallward-Driemeier@ropesgray.com |
| Party name: Executive Benefits Insurance Agency |
| Attorneys for Respondent: | | |
| John A. E. Pottow |
University of Michigan Law School | (734) 647-3736 |
| Counsel of Record | c/o 625 South State Street | |
| Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1215 | |
| pottow@umich.edu |
| Party name: Peter H. Arkison, Chapter 7 Trustee of the Estate of Bellingham Insurance Agency, Inc. |
| | | |
| Peter H. Arkison |
103 East Holly Street | (360) 671-0300 |
| Suite 502 | |
| Bellingham, WA 98225-0000 | |
| peter@arkison.com |
| Party name: Peter H. Arkison, Chapter 7 Trustee of the Estate of Bellingham Insurance Agency, Inc. |
| Other: | | |
| Pierre H. Bergeron |
Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L. L. P. | (513) 361-1200 |
| 221 East Fourth Street | |
| Suite 2900 | |
| Cincinnati, OH 45202 | |
| pierre.bergeron@squiresanders.com |
| Party name: American College of Bankruptcy |
| | | |
| Mark S. Davies |
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP | (202) 339-8631 |
| 1152 15th Street NW | |
| Washington, DE 20036 | |
| mark.davies@orrick.com |
| Party name: NVIDIA Corporation |
| | | |
| Charles Fried |
1563 Massachusetts Avenue | (617) 495-4636 |
| Cambridge, MA 02138 | |
| fried@law.harvard.edu |
| Party name: Robert R. McCormick Foundation, et al. |
| | | |
| Curtis Gannon |
Assistant to the Solicitor General | |
|
Department of Justice | |
| Washington, DC 20530 | |
| Party name: United States |
| | | |
| Jonathan D. Hacker |
O'Melveny & Myers LLP | (202) 383-5300 |
| 1625 Eye Street, N.W. | |
| Washington, DC 20006 | |
| jhacker@omm.com |
| Party name: Certain Tousa Defendants |
| | | |
| Henry E. Hildebrand III. |
Standing Chapter 13 Trustee | (615) 244-1101 |
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P.O. Box 190664 | |
| Nashville, TN 37219-0422 | |
| hank13@ch13nsh.com |
| Party name: National Association of Chapter Thirteen Trustees |
| | | |
| Jeffrey T. Kuntz |
401 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 1000 | (954)-761-8111 |
| Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 | |
| jkuntz@gray-robinson.com |
| Party name: Commercial Law League of America |
| | | |
| Richard Lieb |
Research Professor of Law | (212) 479-6020 |
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St. John's University School of Law | |
| 8000 Utopia Parkway | |
| Jamaica, NY 11439 | |
| llm@stjohns.edu |
| Party name: Professors Richard Aaron, et al. |
| | | |
| Anne M. Rice |
Assistant Attorney General | (603) 271-3650 |
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NH Department of Justice | |
| 33 Capitol Street | |
| Concord, NH 03301 | |
| Party name: States of New Hampshire, et al. |
| | | |
| Lynne F. Riley |
Casner & Edwards, LLP | (617) 426-5900 |
| 303 Congress St. | |
| Boston, MA 02210 | |
| riley@casneredwards.com |
| Party name: National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees |
| | | |
| David B. Rivkin Jr. |
Baker & Hostetler LLP | (202) 861-1731 |
| 1050 Connecticut Avenue, NW | |
| Washington, DC 20036 | |
| drivkin@bakerlaw.com |
| Party name: Irving H. Picard, as Trustee of the Substantively Consolidated Estate of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC and Bernard L. Madoff |
| | | |
| Lawrence S. Robbins |
Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck, Untereiner & Sauber LLP | (202) 775-4500 |
| 1801 K Street, N.W., Suite 411 | |
| Washington, DC 20006 | |
| lrobbins@robbinsrussell.com |
| Party name: TOUSA Liquidation Trustee |
| | | |
| David B. Salmons |
Bingham McCutchen LLP | (202) 373-6000 |
| 2020 K Street, N.W. | |
| Washington, DC 20006 | |
| david.salmons@bingham.com |
| Party name: Kerr-McGee Corporation |
| | | |
| James R. Silkenat |
President | (312) 988-5000 |
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American Bar Association | |
| 321 North Clark Street | |
| Chicago, IL 60654 | |
| abapresident@americanbar.org |
| Party name: American Bar Association |
| | | |
| Paul Steven Singerman |
Berger Singerman LLP | (305) 714-4343 |
| 1450 Brickell Avenue, Suite 1900 | |
| Miami, FL 33131 | |
| singerman@bergersingerman.com |
| Party name: Business Law Section of the Florida Bar |
| | | |
| Danielle Spinelli |
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP | (202) 663-6000 |
| 1875 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW | |
| Washington, DC 20006 | |
| danielle.spinelli@wilmerhale.com |
| Party name: Professors S. Todd Brown, et al. |
| | | |
| Donald B. Verrilli Jr. |
Solicitor General | (202) 514-2217 |
|
United States Department of Justice | |
| 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. | |
| Washington, DC 20530-0001 | |
| SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov |
| Party name: the United States |