No. 12-99
Vide 12-312
Title:
Unite Here Local 355, Petitioner
v.
Martin Mulhall, et al.
Docketed:July 24, 2012
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
  Case Nos.:(11-10594)
  Decision Date:January 18, 2012
  Rehearing Denied:April 25, 2012
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jul 20 2012 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 23, 2012)
Aug 22 2012 Brief of respondent Martin Mulhall in support filed.
Sep 5 2012 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 24, 2012.
Oct 10 2012 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 26, 2012.
Oct 31 2012 Response Requested . (Due November 30, 2012)
Nov 20 2012 Brief of respondent Hollywood Greyhound Track, Inc.d/b/a/ Mardi Gras Gaming in opposition filed. VIDED.
Nov 21 2012 Response to conditional cross - petition from respondent Unite Here Local 355 filed. VIDED.
Nov 30 2012 Reply of cross-petitioner Martin Mulhall filed. VIDED.
Dec 4 2012 Reply of petitioner Unite Here Local 355 filed. VIDED.
Dec 5 2012 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 4, 2013.
Jan 7 2013 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 11, 2013.
Jan 14 2013 The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States.
May 24 2013 Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. VIDED.
Jun 3 2013 Supplemental brief of Martin Mulhall in response to brief amicius curiae of the United States filed. (Distributed) VIDED.
Jun 3 2013 Reply of petitioner Unite Here Local 355 to brief for United States as amicus curiae filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
Jun 4 2013 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 20, 2013.
Jun 24 2013 Petition GRANTED.
Jul 12 2013 The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits in the above-entitled case is extended to and including August 15, 2013.
Jul 12 2013 The time to file respondents' briefs on the merits is extended to and including September 20, 2013.
Jul 24 2013 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for respondent Hollywood Greyhound Track, Inc.
Jul 24 2013 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for respondent Martin Mulhall.
Aug 13 2013 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for petitioner.
Aug 15 2013 Joint appendix filed.
Aug 15 2013 Brief of petitioner Unite Here Local 355 filed.
Aug 20 2013 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, November 13, 2013.
Aug 20 2013 Brief amicus curiae of National Academy of Arbitrators filed.
Aug 22 2013 Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
Aug 22 2013 Brief amici curiae of American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Aug 26 2013 CIRCULATED.
Sep 16 2013 Record received from U.S.C.A. for 11th Circuit. (1 envelope)
Sep 17 2013 Record received from U.S.D.C. for Southern District of Florida. (1 box)
Sep 20 2013 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Sep 20 2013 Brief of respondent Martin Mulhall filed. (Distributed)
Sep 20 2013 Brief of respondent Hollywood Greyhound Track, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
Sep 27 2013 Brief amici curiae of National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Sep 27 2013 Brief amicus curiae of Council on Labor Law Equality filed. (Distributed)
Sep 27 2013 Brief amicus curiae of Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence filed. (Distributed)
Oct 18 2013 Reply of petitioner Unite Here Local 355 filed. (Distributed)
Oct 21 2013 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Nov 13 2013 Argued. For petitioner: Richard G. McCracken, San Francisco, Cal.; and Michael R. Dreeben, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) for respondents: William L. Messenger, Springfield, Va.
Dec 10 2013 Writ of certiorari DISMISSED as improvidently granted. Breyer, J., with whom Sotomayor and Kagan, JJ., join, dissenting. Opinion per curiam.
Jan 13 2014 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Jan 15 2014 Record from U.S.D.C. Southern District of Florida has been returned.
Jan 15 2014 Record from U.S.C.A. 11th Circuit has been returned.



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
Richard G. McCracken Davis Cowell & Bowe LLP(415) 597-7200
    Counsel of Record595 Market Street, Suite 1400
San Francisco, CA  94105
rmccracken@dcbsf.com
Party name: Unite Here Local 355
Attorneys for Respondents:
William L. Messenger National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation(703) 321-8510
    Counsel of Record8001 Braddock Road, Suite 600
Springfield, VA  22160
wlm@nrtw.org
Party name: Martin Mulhall
 
Robert Norton Allen, Norton & blue, P.A.305-445-7801
    Counsel of Record121 Majorca Avenue, Suite 300
Coral Gables, FL  33134
rnorton@anblaw.com
Party name: Hollywood Greyhound Track, Inc.
 
Mark E. Levitt Allen, Norton & Blue, P.A.(407) 571-2152
1477 W. Fairbanks Avenue, Suite 100
Winter Park, FL  32789
mlevitt @anblaw.com
Party name: Hollywood Greyhound Track, Inc.
Other:
Leon Dayan Bredhoff & Kaiser PLLC(202) 842-2600
805 15th Street, NW, Suite 1000
Washington, DC  20005
ldayan@bredhoff.com
Party name: American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, et al.
 
John C. Eastman Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence(714) 628-2587
c/o Chapman University School of Law
One University Drive
Orange, CA  92886
jeastman@chapman.edu
Party name: Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence
 
Matthew W. Finkin University of Illinois College of Law(217) 333-3884
504 East Pennsylvania Ave.
Champaign, IL  61820
mfinkin@illinois.edu
Party name: National Academy of Arbitrators
 
Karen R. Harned NFIB Small Business Legal Center(202) 314-2048
1201 F Street, N.W. Suite 200
Washington, DC  20004
Karen.Harned@NFIB.org
Party name: National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center, et al.
 
Arthur B. Smith Jr. 155 North Wacker Dr., Suite 4300(312) 807-3619
Chicago, IL  60606
arthur.smith@odnss.com
Party name: Council on Labor Law Equality
 
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