No. 11-626
Title:
Fane Lozman, Petitioner
v.
The City of Riviera Beach, Florida
Docketed:November 21, 2011
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
  Case Nos.:(10-10695)
  Decision Date:August 19, 2011
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Nov 17 2011 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 21, 2011)
Dec 13 2011 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including January 20, 2012.
Dec 19 2011 Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by The Maritime Law Association of the United States
Jan 20 2012 Brief of respondent The City of Riviera Beach, Florida in opposition filed.
Jan 31 2012 Reply of petitioner Fane Lozman filed. (Distributed)
Feb 1 2012 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 17, 2012.
Feb 21 2012 Petition GRANTED.
Feb 21 2012 Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by The Maritime Law Association of the United States GRANTED.
Mar 8 2012 The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including May 7, 2012.
Mar 8 2012 The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including July 10, 2012.
May 4 2012 The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is further extended to and including May 8, 2012,
May 4 2012 The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is further extended to and including July 12, 2012.
May 8 2012 Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
May 8 2012 Brief of petitioner Fane Lozman filed.
May 15 2012 Brief amicus curiae of the Solicitor General filed.
May 15 2012 Brief amici curiae of Seattle Floating Homes Association, et al. filed.
May 15 2012 Brief amicus curiae of American Gaming Association filed.
May 15 2012 Brief amici curiae of Maritime Law Professors filed.
Jun 27 2012 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner
Jul 10 2012 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondent .
Jul 12 2012 Brief of respondent The City of Riviera Beach, Florida filed.
Jul 19 2012 Brief amici curiae of Thirty-six Admiralty and Maritime Law Professors filed. (Distributed)
Jul 19 2012 Brief amicus curiae of United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America filed. (Distributed)
Jul 19 2012 Brief amicus curiae of Maritime Law Association of the United States filed. (Distributed)
Jul 19 2012 Brief amicus curiae of Professor Kevin M. Clermont filed.
Jul 19 2012 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Jul 19 2012 Brief amicus curiae of National Marine Bankers Association filed. (Distributed)
Jul 23 2012 SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Monday, October 1, 2012
Jul 24 2012 CIRCULATED.
Aug 3 2012 Record received from U.S.C.A. for 11th Circuit. (1 envelope)
Aug 7 2012 Reply of petitioner Fane Lozman filed. (Distributed)
Aug 13 2012 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Aug 14 2012 The parties are directed, and the Solicitor General is invited, to file letter briefs addressing the following question: “The res in this putative in rem admiralty proceeding was sold at a judicial auction in execution of the district court’s judgment on a maritime lien and a maritime trespass claim, Petn. App. 9a-10a, and subsequently destroyed, Petr. Br. 10-11. Does either the judicial auction or the subsequent destruction of the res render this case moot?” The briefs, limited to 10 pages, are to be filed simultaneously with the Clerk and served upon opposing counsel on or before 2 p.m., Tuesday, August 28, 2012.
Aug 28 2012 Supplemental brief of the Solicitor General filed. (Distributed)
Aug 28 2012 Supplemental brief of petitioner Fane Lozman filed. (Distributed)
Aug 28 2012 Supplemental brief of respondent The City of Riviera Beach, Florida filed. (Distributed)
Sep 10 2012 U.S..D.C. for Southern District of Florida. (1 box)
Oct 1 2012 Argued. For petitioner: Jeffrey L. Fisher, Stanford, Cal. and Curtis E. Gannon, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondent: David C. Frederick, Washington, D. C.
Jan 15 2013 Judgment REVERSED. Breyer, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Scalia, Thomas, Ginsburg, Alito, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Sotomayor, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Kennedy, J., joined.
Feb 19 2013 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Apr 2 2013 Record returned to U.S.C.A. for Eleventh Circuit.
Apr 2 2013 Record returned to U.S.D.C. for District of Columbia.



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
Jeffrey L. Fisher Stanford Law School, Supreme Court Litigation Clinic(650) 724-7081
    Counsel of Record559 Nathan Abbott Way
Stanford, CA  94305-8610
jlfisher@law.stanford.edu
Party name: Fane Lozman
Attorneys for Respondent:
David C. Frederick Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, P.L.L.C.(202) 326-7900
    Counsel of Record1615 M Street, N.W., Suite 400
Washington, DC  20036
dfrederick@khhte.com
Party name: The City of Riviera Beach, Florida
 
Robert B. Birthisel Hamilton, Miller & Birthisel, LLP(813) 223-1900
100 S. Ashley Dr., Suite 1210
Tampa, FL  33602
rbirthisel@hamiltonmillerlaw.com
Party name: The City of Riviera Beach, Florida
Other:
Charles Gullette De Leo DeLeo and Kuylenstierna PA(786) 992-4909
Town Center One, Suite 1710
8950 SW 74th Court
Miami, FL  33156
www.dkmaritime.com
Party name: Maritime Law Association of the United States
 
Michael C. Dorf 304 Myron Taylor Hall (607)-255-3890
Ithaca, NY  14853
michaeldorf@cornell.edu
Party name: Professor Kevin M. Clermont
 
Dennis K. Egan Kotz Sangster Wysocki PC(313) 259-8300
400 Renaissance Center, Suite 3400
Detroit, MI  48243
degan@kotzsangster
Party name: National Marine Bankers Association
 
Michelle Taryn Friedland Munger Tolles & Olson LLP(415)-512-4042
560 Mission Street
Twenty-Seventh Floor
San Francisco, CA  94105
Michelle.Friedman@mto.com
Party name: Seattle Floating Homes Association, et al.
 
Curtis Gannon Assistant to the Solicitor General
Department of Justice
Washington, DC  20530
Party name: Fane Lozman v. The City of Riviera Beach, Florida
 
John R. Hillsman McGuinn Hillsman & Palefsky(415) 421-9292
535 Pacific Avenue
San Francisco, CA  94133
Uroy3@aol.com
Party name: United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
 
Francis Xavier Nolan III. Vedder Price P.C.(212)-407-7700
1633 Broadway 47th Floor
New York, NY  10019
fnolan@vedderprice.com
Party name: Maritime Law Association of the United States
 
David W. Robertson 727 East Dean Keeton Street (512) 232-1339
Austin, TX  78705
drobertson@law.utexas.edu
Party name: Thirty-six Admirality and Maritime Law Professors
 
Richard T. Robol Robol Law Office, LLC(614) 737-3739
433 West Sixth Avenue
Columbus, OH  43201
rrobol@robollaw.com
Party name: Maritime Law Professors
 
David Overlock. Stewart Ropes & Gray(202) 508-4600
One Metro Center
700 12th Street, NW
Suite 900
Washington, DC  20005-3948
David.Stewart@ropesgray.com
Party name: American Gaming Association
 
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 Solicitor General