| No. 14-770 | |
| Title: | Bank Markazi, aka The Central Bank of Iran, Petitioner v. Deborah Peterson, et al. |
| Docketed: | December 31, 2014 |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (13-2952) |
| Decision Date: | July 9, 2014 |
| Rehearing Denied: | September 29, 2014 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Dec 29 2014 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 30, 2015) |
| Jan 23 2015 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including March 2, 2015. |
| Mar 02 2015 | Brief of respondents Deborah Peterson, et al. in opposition filed. |
| Mar 17 2015 | Reply of petitioner Bank Markazi, aka The Central Bank of Iran filed. |
| Mar 18 2015 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 3, 2015. |
| Apr 06 2015 | The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States. |
| Aug 19 2015 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. |
| Sep 01 2015 | Supplemental brief of petitioner Bank Markazi, aka The Central Bank of Iran filed. |
| Sep 02 2015 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 28, 2015. |
| Oct 01 2015 | Petition GRANTED. |
| Nov 06 2015 | Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner Bank Markazi, aka The Central Bank of Iran. |
| Nov 16 2015 | Brief of petitioner Bank Markazi, aka The Central Bank of Iran filed. |
| Nov 20 2015 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, In support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner |
| Nov 20 2015 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party received from counsel for the respondents, Deborah Peterson, et al. |
| Nov 23 2015 | Brief amici curiae of Federal Courts Scholars filed. |
| Nov 24 2015 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, January 13, 2016 |
| Nov 30 2015 | Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner GRANTED. |
| Dec 04 2015 | Record requested from U.S.C.A. 2nd Circuit. |
| Dec 11 2015 | Record received from U.S.D.C. Southern District of New York. The record is SEALED, and arrived in 4 Boxes. |
| Dec 15 2015 | CIRCULATED. |
| Dec 16 2015 | Brief of respondents Deborah Peterson, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Dec 17 2015 | Record received from U.S.C.A. 2nd Circuit. The record is electronic, also received is one box of SEALED records. |
| Dec 21 2015 | Brief amici curiae of National Security Law Professors filed. (Distributed) |
| Dec 22 2015 | Brief amicus curiae of The United States Senate filed. (Distributed) |
| Dec 22 2015 | Brief amicus curiae of Agudas Chasidei Chabad filed. (Distributed) |
| Dec 23 2015 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. (Distributed) |
| Dec 23 2015 | Brief amici curiae of Former Senior Officials of the Office of Legal Counsel filed. (Distributed) |
| Dec 23 2015 | Brief amici curiae of The Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group of the U.S. House of Representatives, and 225 Individual Members of the U.S. House of Representatives filed. (Distributed) |
| Dec 23 2015 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
| Dec 23 2015 | Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Defense of Democracies filed. (Distributed) |
| Dec 23 2015 | Brief amici curiae of Constitutional Law and Federal Courts Scholars filed. (Distributed) |
| Dec 23 2015 | Brief amici curiae of Current United States Senators Sheldon Whitehouse, Lindsey O. Graham, Ted Cruz, and Christopher A. Coons filed. (Distributed). |
| Jan 06 2016 | Reply of petitioner Bank Markazi, aka The Central Bank of Iran filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 08 2016 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. |
| Jan 13 2016 | Argued. For petitioner: Jeffrey A. Lamken, Washington, D. C. For respondents: Theodore B. Olson, Washington, D. C.; and Edwin S. Kneedler, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae). |
| Apr 20 2016 | Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Ginsburg, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Kennedy, Breyer, Alito, and Kagan, JJ., joined, and in all but Part II-C of which Thomas, J., joined. Roberts, C. J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Sotomayor, J., joined. |
| May 23 2016 | JUDGMENT ISSUED |
| Aug 21 2018 | Record from the U.D.C.A. 2nd Circuit has been returned. |
| Aug 21 2018 | Record from the U.S.D.C. Southern District of New York has been returned. |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioner | ||
| Jeffrey A. Lamken Counsel of Record | MoloLamken LLP The Watergate, Suite 660 600 New Hampshire Ave., NW Washington, DC 20037 jlamken@mololamken.com | (202) 556-2000 |
| Party name: Bank Markazi, aka The Central Bank of Iran | ||
| Attorneys for Respondents | ||
| Theodore B. Olson Counsel of Record | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP 1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20036-5306 tolson@gibsondunn.com | (202) 955-8500 |
| Party name: Deborah Peterson, et al. | ||
| Liviu Vogel | 292 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10017 lvogel@salonmarrow.com | 212-661-7100 |
| Party name: Deborah Peterson, et al. | ||
| Other | ||
| Patricia Mack Bryan | Office of Senate Legal Counsel 642 Hart Senate Office Bldg. Washington, DC 20510 pat_bryan@legal.senate.gov | (202) 224-4435 |
| Party name: The United States Senate | ||
| Kelly Patrick Dunbar | Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr 1875 Pennsylvania Ave, NW Washington, DC 20006 kelly.dunbar@wilmerhale.com | (202) 663-6000 |
| Party name: Former Senior Officials of the Office of Legal Counsel | ||
| John Michael Eubanks | Motley Rice LLC 28 Bridgeside Boulevard Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 jeubanks@motleyrice.com | (843)-216-9000 |
| Party name: Current United States Senators Sheldon Whitehouse, Lindsey O. Graham, Ted Cruz, and Christopher A. Coons | ||
| Jimmy Gurule | 2119 Eck Hall of Law Notre Dame, IN 46556 Jimmy.Gurule.1@nd.edu | 574 631-5917 |
| Party name: National Security Law Professors | ||
| Edwin S. Kneedler | Deputy Solicitor General United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20530-0001 SupremeCtBriefs@usdoj.gov | (202) 514-2217 |
| Party name: United States | ||
| Nathan Lewin | Lewin & Lewin, LLP 888 17th Street, NW 4th Floor Washington, DC 20006 nat@lewinlewin.com | (202) 828-1000 |
| Party name: Agudas Chasidei Chabad | ||
| Erin E. Murphy | Kirkland & Ellis LLP 655 Fifteenth Street NW Washington, DC 20005 erin.murphy@kirkland.com | (202) 879-5000 |
| Party name: Foundation for Defense of Democracies | ||
| Isaac Benjamin Rosenberg | Office of General Counsel U.S. House of Representatives 219 Cannon House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 isaacrosenberg@mail.house.gov | (202) 225-9700 |
| Party name: The Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group of the U.S.House of Representatives, and 225 Individual Members of the U.S.House of Representatives | ||
| Donald B. Verrilli Jr. | Solicitor General United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20530-0001 SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov | (202) 514-2217 |
| Party name: United States | ||
| Ernest A. Young | 3208 Fox Terrace Drive Apex, NC 27502 young@law.duke.edu | (919) 360-7718 |
| Party name: Federal Courts Scholars | ||
| Erik R Zimmerman | Robinson,Bradshaw Suite 300 1450 Raleigh Road Chapel Hill, NC 27517 ezimmerman@rbh.com | (919) 328-8826 |
| Party name: Constitutional Law and Federal Courts Scholars | ||