| No. 17-368 | |
| Title: | Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District, Petitioner v. Tesla Energy Operations, Inc., fka SolarCity Corporation |
| Docketed: | September 11, 2017 |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (15-17302) |
| Decision Date: | June 12, 2017 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Sep 07 2017 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 11, 2017) |
| Oct 11 2017 | Brief of respondent SolarCity Corporation in opposition filed. |
| Oct 11 2017 | Brief amici curiae of American Public Power Association, et al. filed. |
| Oct 31 2017 | Reply of petitioner Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District filed. |
| Nov 01 2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/21/2017. |
| Nov 27 2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/1/2017. |
| Dec 01 2017 | Petition GRANTED. |
| Dec 07 2017 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Salt River Project Agricultural District |
| Blanket Consent | |
| Jan 13 2018 | Brief of petitioner Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District filed. |
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| Jan 13 2018 | Joint appendix filed. (Statement of cost filed.) |
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| Jan 22 2018 | Brief amici curiae of National Governors Association, et al. filed. |
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| Jan 22 2018 | Brief amici curiae of American Public Power Association, et al. filed. |
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| Jan 22 2018 | Brief amici curiae of States of Tennessee, Arizona Arkansas Colorado Georgia Idaho Indiana Louisiana Kansas Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska New Hampshire Ohio Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Texas Utah Vermont West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming filed. |
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| Jan 24 2018 | SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Monday, March 19, 2018 |
| Feb 07 2018 | CIRCULATED |
| Feb 12 2018 | Letter of respondent Tesla Energy Operations, Inc., fka SolarCity Corporation filed. |
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| Feb 12 2018 | Brief of respondent Tesla Energy Operations, Inc. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Feb 19 2018 | Brief amici curiae of Center for Biological Diversity, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Feb 20 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. (Distributed) |
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| Feb 20 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center filed. (Distributed) |
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| Feb 20 2018 | Brief amici curiae of Federal Courts Scholars filed. (Distributed) |
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| Feb 20 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of American Antitrust Institute filed. (Distributed) |
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| Feb 20 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of Public Citizen, Inc. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Feb 20 2018 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
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| Feb 21 2018 | Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit. |
| Feb 26 2018 | Record received from the U.S.D.C. Dist. of Arizona - Phoenix. The record is electronic and located on PACER. Part of the record is Sealed and electronic. |
| Mar 02 2018 | Reply of petitioner Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 05 2018 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. |
| Mar 08 2018 | Joint letter of March 8, 2018, from counsel received. |
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| Mar 09 2018 | This case is removed from the argument calendar for Monday, March 19, 2018, and will be rescheduled for the April 2018 argument session. |
| Mar 12 2018 | RE SET FOR ARUMENT ON Tuesday, April 17, 2018 |
| Mar 20 2018 | Stipulation to dismiss the petition for a writ of certiorari pursuant to Rule 46 received. |
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| Mar 22 2018 | Petition Dismissed - Rule 46. |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioner | ||
| Molly S. Boast Counsel of Record | Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, LLP 7 World Trade Center 250 Greenwich Street New York, NY 10007 Molly.Boast@wilmerhale.com | 212 230 8800 |
| Party name: Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District | ||
| Attorneys for Respondent | ||
| Deanne E. Maynard Counsel of Record | Morrison & Foerster LLP 2000 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Suite 6000 Washington, DC 20006 dmaynard@mofo.com | 202-887-8740 |
| Party name: Tesla Energy Operations, Inc. | ||
| Richard A. Feinstein | Boies Schiller Flexner, LLP 1401 New York Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20005 rfeinstein@bsfllp.com | 202-237-6131 |
| Party name: Tesla Energy Operations, Inc. | ||
| Other | ||
| John Michael Baker Counsel of Record | Greene Espel, PLLP 222 South Ninth Street Suite 2200 Minneapolis, MN 55402 jbaker@greeneespel.com | (612) 373-0830 |
| Party name: American Public Power Association, et al. | ||
| Andree Kahn Blumstein Counsel of Record | Office of the Tennessee Attorney General P.O. Box 20207 Nashville, TN 37202 andree.blumstein@ag.tn.gov | 615-741-3492 |
| Party name: States of Tennessee, Arizona Arkansas Colorado Georgia Idaho Indiana Louisiana Kansas Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska New Hampshire Ohio Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Texas Utah Vermont West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming | ||
| Jarod Michael Bona Counsel of Record | Bona Law PC 4275 Executive Square Suite 200 La Jolla, CA 92037 jarod.bona@bonalawpc.com | 8589644589 |
| Party name: National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center | ||
| Richard M. Brunell Counsel of Record | American Antitrust Institute 1025 Connecticut Ave. Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20036 rbrunell@antitrustinstitute.org | 2026009640 |
| Party name: American Antitrust Institute | ||
| Howard M. Crystal Counsel of Record | Center for Biological Diversity 1411 K Street NW Suite 1300 Washington, DC 20005 hcrystal@biologicaldiversity.org | 202-809-6926 |
| Party name: Center for Biological Diversity, et al. | ||
| Noel J. Francisco Counsel of Record | Solicitor General United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530-0001 SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov | 202-514-2217 |
| Party name: United States of America | ||
| Tillman Lowry Lay Counsel of Record | Spiegel & McDiarmid, LLP 1875 Eye Street NW Suite 700 Washington, DC 20006 tim.lay@spiegelmcd.com | 202-879-4000 |
| Party name: National Governors Association, et al. | ||
| Sean Michael Sherman Counsel of Record | Public Citizen Litigation Group 1600 20th Street NW Washington, DC 20009 ssherman@citizen.org | 2025881000 |
| Party name: Public Citizen, Inc. | ||
| Stephen I. Vladeck Counsel of Record | 727 East Dean Keeton Street Austin, TX 78705 svladeck@law.utexas.edu | 5124759198 |
| Party name: Federal Courts Scholars | ||