| No. 11-460 | ||||
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| Docketed: | October 13, 2011 | |||
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit |
| Case Nos.: | (10-56017) |
| Decision Date: | July 13, 2011 |
| Questions Presented |
| ~~~Date~~~ | ~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| Oct 11 2011 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 14, 2011) |
| Nov 3 2011 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including December 14, 2011. |
| Nov 11 2011 | Brief amici curiae of League of California Cities, et al. filed. |
| Nov 14 2011 | Brief amicus curiae of California Stormwater Quality Association filed. |
| Nov 14 2011 | Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Flood and Stormwater Management Agencies filed. |
| Nov 14 2011 | Brief amicus curiae of Florida Stormwater Association filed. |
| Dec 14 2011 | Brief of respondents Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., et al. in opposition filed. |
| Dec 27 2011 | Reply of petitioner Los Angeles County Flood Control District filed. (Distributed) |
| Dec 28 2011 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 13, 2012. |
| Jan 17 2012 | The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States. |
| May 23 2012 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. |
| Jun 1 2012 | Supplemental brief of respondents Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., et al. filed. |
| Jun 4 2012 | Supplemental brief of petitioner Los Angeles County Flood Control District filed. |
| Jun 5 2012 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 21, 2012. |
| Jun 25 2012 | Petition GRANTED limited to Question 2 presented by the petition. |
| Jul 11 2012 | The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including August 16, 2012. |
| Jul 11 2012 | The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including October 15, 2012. |
| Aug 10 2012 | The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is further extended to and including October 29, 2012. |
| Aug 10 2012 | The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is further extended to and including September 6, 2012. |
| Aug 24 2012 | Brief amici curiae of National Governors Association, et al. filed. |
| Sep 5 2012 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs in support of either party or neither party received from counsel for the respondents. |
| Sep 6 2012 | Joint appendix (2 volumes) filed. (Statement of costs filed) |
| Sep 6 2012 | Brief of petitioner Los Angeles County Flood Control District filed. |
| Sep 11 2012 | Brief amici curiae of City of New York, et al. filed. |
| Sep 12 2012 | Brief amici curiae of Nationwide Public Projects Coalition, et al. filed. |
| Sep 13 2012 | Brief amicus curiae of United States in support of neither party filed. |
| Sep 13 2012 | Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Home Builders filed. |
| Sep 13 2012 | Consent to the filing of timely amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner. |
| Sep 13 2012 | Brief amici curiae of League of California Cities, et al. filed. |
| Sep 13 2012 | Brief amici curiae of National Hydropower Association, et al. filed. |
| Sep 13 2012 | Brief amicus curiae of Western Coalition of Arid States filed. |
| Sep 13 2012 | Brief amici curiae of Western Urban Water Coalition, et al. filed. |
| Sep 13 2012 | Brief amicus curiae of Albuquerque Metropolitan Arroyo Flood Control Authority filed. |
| Sep 13 2012 | Brief amici curiae of National Association of Flood and Stormwater Management Agencies, et al. filed. |
| Sep 13 2012 | Brief amicus curiae of International Municipal Lawyers Association filed. |
| Sep 14 2012 | SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Tuesday, December 4, 2012. |
| Sep 28 2012 | Record received from U.S.C.A. for 9th Circuit. (1 envelope) |
| Sep 28 2012 | Record from U.S.D.C. for Central District of California is electronic. |
| Oct 17 2012 | CIRCULATED. |
| Oct 29 2012 | Brief of respondents Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Nov 2 2012 | Brief amici curiae of National Wildlife Federation, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Nov 2 2012 | Brief amicus curiae of Friends of the Everglades filed. (Distributed) |
| Nov 2 2012 | Brief amicus curiae of Dr. Linwood Pendleton filed. (Distributed) |
| Nov 5 2012 | Brief amici curiae of Professors on the "Addition of a Pollutant" Question filed. (Distributed) |
| Nov 5 2012 | Brief amicus curiae of Heal the Bay filed. (Distributed) |
| Nov 5 2012 | Brief amicus curiae of Professor Derek B. Booth filed. (Distributed) |
| Nov 5 2012 | Brief amicus curiae of Douglas Emmett, Inc. filed. (Distributed) |
| Nov 5 2012 | Brief amici curiae of Law Professors on deference to permit terms filed. (Distributed) |
| Nov 5 2012 | Brief amici curiae of Friends of the Los Angeles River, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Nov 5 2012 | Brief amici curiae of Alexandria Boehm, Ph.D., et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Nov 5 2012 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
| Nov 20 2012 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. |
| Nov 21 2012 | Reply of petitioner Los Angeles County Flood Control District filed. (Distributed) |
| Nov 28 2012 | Letter from counsel for respondents' citing additional authority filed and distributed. |
| Dec 4 2012 | Argued. For petitioner: Timothy T. Coates, Los Angeles, Cal. For United States, as amicus curiae: Pratik A. Shah, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondents: Aaron Colangelo, Washington, D. C. |
| Jan 8 2013 | Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Ginsburg, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Alito, J., concurred in the judgment. |
| Feb 11 2013 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| ~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ~~Phone~~~ |
| Attorneys for Petitioner: | ||
| Timothy T. Coates | Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland LLP | (310) 859-7811 |
| Counsel of Record | 5900 Wilshire Blvd., 12th Floor | |
| Los Angeles, CA 90036 | ||
| tcoates@gmsr.com | ||
| Party name: Los Angeles County Flood Control District | ||
| Attorneys for Respondents: | ||
| Aaron Colangelo | Natural Resources Defense Council | (202)-289-2376 |
| Counsel of Record | 1152 15th Street, NW, Suite 300 | |
| Washington, DC 20005 | ||
| acolangelo@nrdc.org | ||
| Party name: Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., et al. | ||
| Other: | ||
| Lawrence S. Bazel | Briscoe Ivester & Bazel LLP | (415) 402-2700 |
| 155 Sansome Street | ||
| Seventh Floor | ||
| San Francisco, CA 94104 | ||
| lbazel@briscoelaw.net | ||
| Party name: Western Coalition of Arid States | ||
| David W. Burchmore | Squire Sanders & Dempsey LLP | (216) 479-8500 |
| 4900 key Tower | ||
| 127 Public Square | ||
| Cleveland, OH 44114 | ||
| david.burchmore@ssd.com | ||
| Party name: National Association of Flood and Stormwater Management Agencies | ||
| Michael A. Cardozo | Corporation Counsel of the City of New York | (212) 356-2500 |
| 100 Church Street | ||
| New York,, NY 10007 | ||
| lkoerner@law.nyc.gov | ||
| Party name: City of New York, et al. | ||
| Karl S. Coplan | Pace Environmental Litigation Clinic | (914) 422-4343 |
| 78 North Broadway | ||
| White Plains, NY 10603 | ||
| kcoplan@law.pace.edu | ||
| Party name: National Wildlife Federation, et al. | ||
| James Murphy Dowd | 350 S. Grand Avenue Suite 2100 | (213)-443-5309 |
| Los Angeles, CA 90071 | ||
| james.dowd@wilmerhale.com | ||
| Party name: Heal the Bay | ||
| Theresa A. Dunham | Somach Simmons & Dunn | (916)-446-7979 |
| 500 Capitol Mall, Suite 1000 | ||
| Sacramento, CA 95814 | ||
| tdunham@somachlaw.com | ||
| Party name: California Stormwater Quality Association | ||
| David G. Guest | EarthJustice | (850) 681-0031 |
| 111 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. | ||
| Tallahassee, FL 32301 | ||
| dguest@earthjustice.org | ||
| Party name: Friends of the Everglades | ||
| Sean B. Hecht | UCLA School of Law | (310) 794-5272 |
| 405 Hilgard Ave. | ||
| Los Angeles, CA 90095 | ||
| hecht@law.ucla.edu | ||
| Party name: Friends of the Los Angeles River, et al. | ||
| Mary Ellen Hogan | Bryant Miller Olive PA | (813)-273-6677 |
| 1 Tampa City Center | ||
| Suite 2700 | ||
| Tampa, FL 33602 | ||
| mhogan@bmolaw.com | ||
| Party name: Florida Stormwater Association | ||
| Elizabeth J. Hubertz | Interdisciplinary Environmental Clinic | (314) 935-8760 |
| Washington University School of Law | ||
| One Brookings Drive, Campus Box 1120 | ||
| St. Louis, MO 63130 | ||
| ejhubertz@wustl.edu | ||
| Party name: Professor Derek B. Booth | ||
| Leonard J. Koerner | New York City Law Department | (212) 356-2500 |
| 100 Church Street, 6th Floor | ||
| New York, NY 10007 | ||
| lkoerner@law.nyc.gov | ||
| Party name: the City of New York, et al. | ||
| Allison Michelle LaPlante | Lewis & Clark Law School, Earthrise Law Center | (503)-768-6894 |
| 10015 S.W. Terwilliger Boulevard | ||
| Portland, OR 97219 | ||
| laplante@lclark.edu | ||
| Party name: Professors on the "Addition of a Pollutant" Question | ||
| Amanda C. Leiter | American University Washington College of Law | (202) 274-4187 |
| 4801 Massachusetts Ave., NW | ||
| Washington, DC 20016 | ||
| leiter@wcl.american.edu | ||
| Party name: Los Angeles County Flood Control District v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., et al. | ||
| Lawrence R. Liebesman | Holland & Knight LLP | (202) 955-3000 |
| 800 17th Street, N.W., Suite 1100 | ||
| Washington, DC 20006 | ||
| lawrence.liebesman@hklaw.com | ||
| Party name: Nationwide Public Projects Coalition, et al. | ||
| Jerome C. Muys Jr. | Sullivan & Worcester, LLP | (202) 775-1200 |
| 1666 K Street, NW | ||
| Washington, DC 20006-0000 | ||
| jmuys@sandw.com | ||
| Party name: Douglas Emmett, Inc. | ||
| Peter D. Nichols | 1712 Pearl Street | (303)-402-1600 |
| Boulder, CO 80302 | ||
| pdn@bhgrlaw.com | ||
| Party name: Western Urban Water Coalition, et al. | ||
| Amy Elaine Pickle | 2101 Campus Drive | (919)-613-8746 |
| Durham, NC 27708 | ||
| amy.pickle@duke.edu | ||
| Party name: Dr. Linwood Pendleton | ||
| Luis Robles | 500 Marquette Ave., NW, Suite 700 | (505) 242-2228 |
| Albuquerque, NM 87102 | ||
| Party name: Albuquerque Metropolitan Arroyo Flood Control Authority | ||
| Pratik A. Shah | Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP | (202) 887-4000 |
| 1333 New Hampshire Ave., NW | ||
| Washington, DC 20036 | ||
| pshah@akingump.com | ||
| Party name: Los Angeles County Flood Control District v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., et al. | ||
| Sarah M. Shalf | Emory Law School | (404) 712-4652 |
| Supreme Court Advocacy Project | ||
| 1301 Clifton Road | ||
| Atlanta, GA 30322 | ||
| sarah.shalf@emory.edu | ||
| Party name: International Municipal Lawyers Association | ||
| Deborah A. Sivas | Environmental Law Clinic | (650)-723-0325 |
| Stanford Law School | ||
| 559 Nathan Abbott Way | ||
| Stanford, CA 94306-8610 | ||
| dsivas@stanford.edu | ||
| Party name: Alexandria Boehm, Ph.D., et al. | ||
| Michael Andre Swiger | Van Ness Feldman PC | (202) 298-1800 |
| 1050 Thomas Jefferson St., NW | ||
| Washington, DC 20007 | ||
| mas@vnf.com | ||
| Party name: National Hydropower Association, et al. | ||
| Melissa A. Thorme | 621 Capitol Mall, 18th Floor | (916) 444-1000 |
| Sacramento, CA 95814-4686 | ||
| mthorme@downeybrand.com | ||
| Party name: League of California Cities, et al. | ||
| Melissa A. Thorme | Downey Brand LLP | (916) 444-1000 |
| 621 Capitol Mall, 18th Floor | ||
| Sacramento, CA 95814 | ||
| mthorme@downeybrand.com | ||
| Party name: League of California Cities, 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 in support of neither party | ||
| Roderick E. Walston | Best Best & Krieger LLP | (619) 525-1300 |
| 655 West Broadway, Suite 1500 | ||
| San Diego, CA 92101 | ||
| roderick.walston@bbklaw.com | ||
| Party name: National Governors Association, et al. | ||
| Thomas J. Ward | National Association of Home Builders | (202) 266-8230 |
| 1201 15th Street, NW | ||
| Washington, DC 20005 | ||
| tward@nahb.org | ||
| Party name: National Association of Home Builders | ||