| No. 15-214 | |
| Title: | Joseph P. Murr, et al., Petitioners v. Wisconsin, et al. |
| Docketed: | August 18, 2015 |
| Linked with 15A6, 15A1265 | |
| Lower Ct: | Court of Appeals of Wisconsin, District III |
| Case Numbers: | (2013AP2828) |
| Decision Date: | December 23, 2014 |
| Discretionary Court Decision Date: | April 16, 2015 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Jun 26 2015 | Application (15A6) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 15, 2015 to August 14, 2015, submitted to Justice Kagan. |
| Jun 30 2015 | Application (15A6) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until August 14, 2015. |
| Aug 14 2015 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 17, 2015) |
| Sep 04 2015 | Waiver of right of respondent Wisconsin to respond filed. |
| Sep 09 2015 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including October 16, 2015, for all respondents. |
| Sep 17 2015 | Brief amici curiae of California Cattlemen's Association, et al. filed. |
| Oct 16 2015 | Brief of respondent St. Croix County, Wisconsin in opposition filed. |
| Oct 29 2015 | Reply of petitioners Joseph P. Murr, et al. filed. |
| Nov 04 2015 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 24, 2015. |
| Nov 30 2015 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of December 4, 2015. |
| Dec 07 2015 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of December 11, 2015. |
| Dec 28 2015 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 8, 2016. |
| Jan 11 2016 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 15, 2016. |
| Jan 15 2016 | Petition GRANTED. |
| Feb 09 2016 | The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including April 11, 2016. |
| Feb 09 2016 | The time to file respondents' briefs on the merits is extended to and including June 10, 2016. |
| Mar 21 2016 | Consent to the filing of timely amicus curiae briefs in support of either party or of neither party received from counsel for respondent St. Croix County. |
| Mar 22 2016 | Consent to the filing of timely amicus curiae briefs in support of either party or of neither party received from counsel for respondent Wisconsin. |
| Apr 06 2016 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioners. |
| Apr 11 2016 | Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed) |
| Apr 11 2016 | Brief of petitioners Joseph P. Murr, et al. filed. |
| Apr 15 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed. |
| Apr 18 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of Wisconsin Realtors Association filed. |
| Apr 18 2016 | Brief amici curiae of Southeastern Legal Foundation, and the Beacon Center filed. |
| Apr 18 2016 | Brief amici curiae of California Cattlemen's Association, et al. filed. |
| Apr 18 2016 | Brief amici curiae of National Association of Home Builders, et al. filed. |
| Apr 18 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of New England Legal Foundation filed. |
| Apr 18 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of Reason Foundation filed. |
| Apr 18 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence filed. |
| Apr 18 2016 | Brief amici curiae of Cato Institute, and Owners' Counsel of America filed. |
| Apr 18 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of Mountain States Legal Foundation filed. |
| Apr 18 2016 | Brief amici curiae of Nevada, et al. filed. |
| Jun 10 2016 | Brief of respondent Wisconsin filed. |
| Jun 10 2016 | Brief of respondent St. Croix County filed. |
| Jun 14 2016 | Brief amici curiae of Property Law Professors filed. |
| Jun 14 2016 | Application (15A1265) to extend the time to file a reply brief from July 11, 2016 to July 29, 2016, submitted to Justice Kagan. |
| Jun 16 2016 | Brief amici curiae of Carlisle Ford Runge, et al. filed. |
| Jun 16 2016 | Brief amici curiae of American Planning Association, and Wisconsin Chapter of the American Planning Association filed. |
| Jun 16 2016 | Motion for divided argument filed by respondent St. Croix County. |
| Jun 16 2016 | Motion for divided argument filed by respondent Wisconsin. |
| Jun 17 2016 | Brief amici curiae of National Association of Counties, et al. filed. |
| Jun 17 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. |
| Jun 17 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of National Trust for Historic Preservation filed. |
| Jun 17 2016 | Brief amici curiae of California, et al. filed. |
| Jun 17 2016 | Brief amici curiae of Walter F. Mondale, et al. |
| Jun 17 2016 | Brief amici curiae of The Wisconsin Counties Association, et al. filed. |
| Jun 17 2016 | Motion of the Solicitor General for enlargement of time for oral argument, for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae, and for divided argument filed. |
| Jun 20 2016 | Application (15A1265) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file petitioners' reply brief on the merits until July 29, 2016. |
| Jul 27 2016 | Reply of petitioners Joseph P. Murr, et al. filed. |
| Oct 03 2016 | Motion for divided argument filed by respondent St. Croix County GRANTED. |
| Oct 03 2016 | Motion for divided argument filed by respondent Wisconsin GRANTED. |
| Oct 03 2016 | Motion of the Solicitor General for enlargement of time for oral argument, for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. and the time is divided as follows: 35 minutes for petitioners, 15 minutes for respondent Wisconsin, 10 minutes for respondent St. Croix County, and 10 minutes for the Solicitor General. |
| Jan 20 2017 | Motion of Nevada, et al. out of time for leave to participate in oral argument as amici curiae and for divided argument filed. |
| Feb 03 2017 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, March 20, 2017 |
| Feb 03 2017 | Record requested from the Court of Appeals of Wisconsin, District III. |
| Feb 09 2017 | CIRCULATED. |
| Feb 21 2017 | Motion of Nevada, et al. for leave to participate in oral argument as amici curiae and for divided argument DENIED. |
| Feb 22 2017 | Record received from the St. Croix County Circuit Court, Wisconsin (1 box). |
| Mar 20 2017 | Argued. For petitioners: John M. Groen, Sacramento, Cal. For respondent Wisconsin: Misha Tseytlin, Solicitor General, Madison, Wisconsin. For respondent St. Croix County: Richard J. Lazarus, Cambridge, Mass. For United States, as amicus curiae, in support of respondents: Elizabeth B. Prelogar, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. |
| Apr 14 2017 | Record received from the Court of Appeals of Wisconsin, District III. The record is electronic. |
| Jun 23 2017 | Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Kennedy, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Roberts, C. J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Thomas and Alito, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion. Gorsuch, J., took no part in the consideration or decision of this case. |
| Jul 25 2017 | MANDATE ISSUED. |
| Jul 25 2017 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| Aug 28 2017 | Record from St. Croix County has been returned. |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioners | ||
| John Maurice Groen | Pacific Legal Foundation 930 G Street Sacramento, CA 95814 jmg@pacificlegal.org | (916) 419-7111 |
| Party name: Joseph P. Murr, et al. | ||
| Attorneys for Respondents | ||
| Richard Lazarus Counsel of Record | 1545 Massachusetts Ave. Areeda Hall 329 Cambridge, MA 02138 lazarus@law.harvard.edu | (617) 495-8015 |
| Party name: St. Croix County | ||
| Misha Tseytlin Counsel of Record | Solicitor General of Wisconsin 17 West Main Street PO Box 7857 Madison, WI 53703 tseytlinm@doj.state.wi.us | (608) 267-9323 |
| Party name: Wisconsin | ||
| Remzy D. Bitar | Arenz, Molter, Macy, Riffle & Larson, S.C. 720 N. East Avenue P.O. Box 1348 Waukesha, WA 53186 rbitar@ammr.net | (262) 548-1340 |
| Party name: St. Croix County, Wisconsin | ||
| Other | ||
| Hope M. Babcock | Institute for Public Representation Georgetown University Law Center 600 New Jersey Avenue, NW Suite 312 Washington, DC 20001 babcock@law.georgetown.edu | (202) 662-9535 |
| Party name: Walter F. Mondale, et al. | ||
| Stuart Banner | UCLA School of Law Supreme Court Clinic 405 Hilgard Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90095 banner@law.ucla.edu | (310) 206-8506 |
| Party name: National Association of Counties, et al. | ||
| David T. Dana II. | Northwestern Pritzker School of Law 375 East Chicago Ave. Chicago, IL 60611 d-dana@law.northwestern.edu | (312) 503-0240 |
| Party name: Property Law Professors | ||
| Steven J. Eagle | 3301 Fairfax Drive Arlington, VA 22182 seagle@gmu.edu | (703) 993-8054 |
| Party name: Reason Foundation | ||
| John C. Eastman | Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence c/o Chapman University School of Law One University Drive Orange, CA 92866 jeastman@chapman.edu | (714) 628-2666 |
| Party name: Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence | ||
| John D. Echeverria | Vermont Law School 164 Chelsea Street, P.O. Box 96 South Royalton, VT 05068 JEcheverria@vermontlaw.edu | (802) 831-1386 |
| Party name: Carlisle Ford Runge, et al. | ||
| Kevin Murray Fong | Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP Four Embarcadero Center, 22nd Floor San Francisco, CA 94111 kevin.fong@pillsburylaw.com | (415) 983-1000 |
| Party name: California Cattlemen's Association, et al. | ||
| Joshua A. Klein | Deputy Solicitor General CA Department of Justice 455 Golden Gate Ave., Suite 11000 San Francisco, CA 94102-7004 joshua.klein@doj.ca.gov | 415-703-2543 |
| Party name: California, et al. | ||
| Thomas David Larson | 4801 Forest Run Road Suite 201 Madison, WI 53704 tlarson@wra.org | 6082412047 |
| Party name: Wisconsin Realtors Association | ||
| Steven J. Lechner | Mountain States Legal Foundation 2596 South Lewis Way Lakewood, CO 80227 lechner@mountainstateslegal.com | (303) 292-2021 |
| Party name: Mountain States Legal Foundation | ||
| Jeffrey A. Mandell | Stafford Rosenbaum LLP 222 West Washington Ave. Suite 900 Madison, WI 53703 jmandell@staffordlaw | (202)-879-7628 |
| Party name: The Wisconsin Counties Association, et al. | ||
| Ryan C. Morris | Sidley Austin, LLP 1501 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 rmorris@sidley.com | (202) 736-8000 |
| Party name: National Trust for Historic Preservation | ||
| John Pagliaro | New England Legal Foundation 150 Lincoln Street Boston, MA 02111 johnpagliaro@nelfonline.org | (617)-695-3660 |
| Party name: New England Legal DFoundation | ||
| John J. Park Jr. | Strickland Brockington Lewis LLP 1170 Peachtree Street NE Suite 2200 Atlanta, GA 30309 jjp@sbllaw.net | (678) 347-2208 |
| Party name: Southeastern Legal Foundation, and the Beacon Center | ||
| Michael H. Park | Consovoy McCarthy Park PLLC Three Columbus Circle, 15th Floor New York, NY 10019 park@consovoymccarthy.com | (212) 247-8006 |
| Party name: Cato Institute, and Owners' Counsel of America | ||
| Elizabeth Barchas Prelogar | Assistant to the Solicitor General Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20530 | (202) 514-2201 |
| Party name: United States | ||
| Felix Shafir | Horvitz & Levy LLP Business Arts Plaza 3601 West Olive Ave.- 8th Floor 8th FL Burbank, CA 91505-4681 fshafir@horvitzlevy.com | (818) 995-0800 |
| Party name: Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America | ||
| Jerry Stouck | Greenberg Traurig, LLP 2101 L Street, N.W., Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20037 stouckj@gtlaw.com | (202) 331-3173 |
| Party name: National Association of Home Builders, et al. | ||
| Nancy E. Stroud | Lewis Stroud & Deutsch 1900 Glades Road, Suite 251 Boca Raton, FL 33431 nstroud@lsdlaw.net | (561) 826-2800 |
| Party name: American Planning Association, and Wisconsin Chapter of the American Planning Association | ||
| Lawrence VanDyke | Solicitor General Office of the Attorney General 100 North Carson Street Carson City, NV 89701 LVanDyke@ag.nv.gov | (775) 684-1100 |
| Party name: Nevada, et al. | ||
| Jeffrey B. Wall | Acting 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 | ||