No. 11-1518
Title:
Randy Curtis Bullock, Petitioner
v.
BankChampaign, N.A.
Docketed:June 18, 2012
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
  Case Nos.:(11-11686-DD)
  Decision Date:February 14, 2012
  Rehearing Denied:March 16, 2012
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jun 14 2012 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 18, 2012)
Aug 1 2012 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 24, 2012.
Aug 22 2012 Response Requested . (Due September 21, 2012)
Sep 20 2012 Brief of respondent BankChampaign, N.A. in opposition filed.
Sep 28 2012 Reply of petitioner Randy Curtis Bullock filed.
Oct 3 2012 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 26, 2012.
Oct 29 2012 Petition GRANTED.
Dec 11 2012 Letter of petitioner from counsel for the parties jointly proposing a lodging of the trust instrument that is the origin of the issues in this case filed. (Distributed)
Dec 13 2012 Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
Dec 13 2012 Brief of petitioner Randy Curtis Bullock filed.
Dec 20 2012 Brief amicus curiae of G. Eric Brunstad, Jr. filed.
Jan 7 2013 SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Monday, March 18, 2013
Jan 11 2013 Brief of respondent BankChampaign, N.A. filed.
Jan 14 2013 Brief amici curiae of Professors Richard Aaron, et al. filed.
Jan 18 2013 Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
Jan 18 2013 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Jan 23 2013 CIRCULATED.
Jan 24 2013 Record received from U.S.C.A. for 11th Circuit. (1 envelope)
Feb 11 2013 Reply of petitioner Randy Curtis Bullock filed. (Distributed)
Feb 19 2013 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Mar 18 2013 Argued. For petitioner: Thomas M. Byrne, Atlanta, Ga. For respondent: Bill D. Bensinger, Birmingham, Ala.; and Curtis E. Gannon, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.)
Mar 18 2013 The Clerk has approved the parties' joint proposal to lodge copies of the trust instrument from the Illinois proceedings.
Mar 19 2013 Record from U.S.D.C. for Southern District of Alabama is electronic.
May 13 2013 Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Breyer, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.
Jun 14 2013 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Jun 14 2013 Record returned to U.S.C.A. for 11th Circuit.


~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
Thomas M. Byrne Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, LLP(404) 853-8000
    Counsel of Record999 Peachtree Street, NE
Atlanta, GA  30309
tom.byrne@sutherland.com
Party name: Randy Curtis Bullock
Attorneys for Respondent:
Bill D. Bensinger Baker Donelson Bearman(205)-250-8359
    Counsel of Record Caldwell & Berkowitz, P. C.
420 20th Street North Suite 1600
Birmingham, AL  35203
bbensinger@bakerdonelson.com
Party name: BankChampaign, N.A.
Other:
G. Eric Brunstad Jr. Dechert LLP(860) 524-3999
90 State House Square
Hartford, CT  06103
eric.brunstad@dechert.com
Party name: G. Eric Brunstad, Jr.
 
Curtis Gannon Assistant to the Solicitor General
Department of Justice
Washington, DC  20530
Party name: Randy Curtis Bullock v. BankChampaign, N.A.
 
Richard Lieb Research Professor of Law(212) 479-6020
St. John's University School of Law
8000 Utopia Parkway
Jamaica, NY  11439
llm@stjohns.edu
Party name: Professors Richard Aaron, 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: United States