Docket for 17-71

No. 17-71
Title:	Weyerhaeuser Company, Petitioner v. United States Fish and Wildlife Service, et al.
Docketed:	July 13, 2017
Linked with 16A916, 18A52, 18A58
Lower Ct:	United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Case Numbers:	(14-31008)
Decision Date:	June 30, 2016
Rehearing Denied:	February 13, 2017
Discretionary Court Decision Date:

Questions Presented

Date	Proceedings and Orders
Mar 21 2017	Application (16A916) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 14, 2017 to June 29, 2017, submitted to Justice Thomas.

Mar 27 2017	Application (16A916) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until June 29, 2017.

Jun 06 2017	Application (16A916) to extend further the time from June 29, 2017 to July 13, 2017, submitted to Justice Thomas.

Jun 09 2017	Application (16A916) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until July 13, 2017.

Jul 11 2017	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 14, 2017)

Jul 18 2017	Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support either party or of neither party, received from counsel for petitioner.

Jul 20 2017	Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for respondent Markle Interests, LLC.

Jul 26 2017	Waiver of right of respondents Markle Interests, LLC; P & F Lumber Co., 2000, LLC; & PF Monroe Properties, LLC to respond filed.

Aug 04 2017	Blanket Consent filed by respondent- intervenors, Center for Biological Diversity and Gulf Restoration Network on 08/10/2017 VIDED

Aug 09 2017	Order extending time to file response to petition to and including September 13, 2017, for all respondents

Aug 09 2017	Brief amicus curiae of St. Tammany Parish filed. VIDED.

Aug 11 2017	Brief amicus curiae of Mountain States Legal Foundation filed. VIDED.

Aug 14 2017	Brief amici curiae of Washington Legal Foundation, et al. filed. VIDED.

Aug 14 2017	Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed. VIDED.

Aug 14 2017	Brief amicus curiae of Energy and Wildlife Action Coalition filed.

Aug 14 2017	Brief amicus curiae of The Cato Institute filed. VIDED.

Aug 14 2017	Brief amici curiae of The National Association of Home Builders, et al. filed. VIDED.

Aug 14 2017	Brief amicus curiae of San Jaun County, Utah filed. VIDED.

Aug 14 2017	Brief amicus curiae of Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence filed. VIDED.

Aug 14 2017	Brief amicus curiae of Southeastern Legal Foundation filed. VIDED.

Aug 14 2017	Brief amici curiae of The American Farm Bureau Federation, et al. filed.

Aug 14 2017	Brief amici curiae of Alabama and 17 Additional States filed. VIDED.

Sep 07 2017	Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including October 13, 2017.

Oct 06 2017	Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including November 13, 2017, for all respondents.

Nov 13 2017	Brief of respondents Fish and Wildlife Service, et al. in opposition filed. VIDED.
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Nov 13 2017	Brief of intervenor-respondents Center for Biological Diversity and Gulf Restoration Network in opposition filed. VIDED
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Nov 29 2017	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/5/2018.

Nov 29 2017	Reply of petitioner Weyerhaeuser Co. filed. (Distributed)
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Jan 08 2018	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/12/2018.

Jan 16 2018	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/19/2018.

Jan 22 2018	Petition GRANTED.

Jan 29 2018	Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, et al.
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Jan 29 2018	Motion for an extension of time filed.
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Jan 30 2018	Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Weyerhaeuser Company.
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Jan 30 2018	Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Intervenor-respondents Center for Biological Diversity and Gulf Restoration Network
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Feb 01 2018	Blanket Consent filed by Respondents, Markle Interests, LLC, et al..
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Feb 02 2018	Motion to extend the time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits granted and the time is extended to and including April 23, 2018.

Apr 23 2018	Brief of petitioner Weyerhaeuser Company filed.
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Apr 23 2018	Joint appendix filed (statement of cost filed).
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Apr 23 2018	Brief of respondents Markle Interests, LLC, et al. in support of petitioner filed.
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Apr 26 2018	Brief amici curiae of Coalition for a Sustainable Delta, et al. filed.
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Apr 27 2018	Brief amicus curiae of Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence filed.
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Apr 27 2018	Brief amicus curiae of St. Tammany Parish Government filed.
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Apr 27 2018	Brief amicus curiae of Southeastern Legal Foundation filed.
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Apr 27 2018	Brief amici curiae of Wyoming Stock Growers Association, et al. filed.
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Apr 30 2018	Brief amicus curiae of Energy and Wildlife Action Coalition filed.
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Apr 30 2018	Brief amici curiae of American Exploration & Production Council, et al. filed.
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Apr 30 2018	Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed.
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Apr 30 2018	Brief amici curiae of Washington Legal Foundation, et al. filed.
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Apr 30 2018	Brief amici curiae of National Conference of State Legislatures, et al. filed.
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Apr 30 2018	Brief amicus curiae of The Cato Institute filed.
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Apr 30 2018	Brief amicus curiae of San Jaun County, Utah filed.
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Apr 30 2018	Brief amici curiae of The National Association of Home Builders, et al. filed.
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Apr 30 2018	Brief amici curiae of Building Industry Legal Defense Foundation, et al. filed.
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Apr 30 2018	Brief amici curiae of Brief of Alabama and 19 Additional States filed.
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Apr 30 2018	Brief amici curiae of National Federation of Independent Business, et al. filed.
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Apr 30 2018	Brief amicus curiae of Cause of Action Institute filed.
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Apr 30 2018	Brief amici curiae of The American Farm Bureau Federation, et al. filed.
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May 02 2018	Motion for an extension of time to file respondents' briefs on the merits filed.
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May 04 2018	Motion to extend the time to file respondents' briefs on the merits granted and the time is extended to and including June 29, 2018.

Jun 29 2018	Brief of Intervenor-respondents Center for Biological Diversity and Gulf Restoration Network filed.
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Jun 29 2018	Brief of respondents United States Fish and Wildlife Service, et al. filed.
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Jul 03 2018	Brief amici curiae of Landowners filed.
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Jul 03 2018	Brief amici curiae of The Evangelical Environmental Network, et al. filed.
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Jul 03 2018	Brief amici curiae of Environmental Law Professors filed.
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Jul 05 2018	Brief amici curiae of Scientists filed.
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Jul 05 2018	Brief amici curiae of Economists and Law Professors filed.
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Jul 06 2018	Brief amici curiae of Small Business Owners filed.
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Jul 06 2018	Brief amici curiae of Defenders of Wildlife, et al. filed.
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Jul 06 2018	Brief amicus curiae of Institute for Policy Integrity at New York University School of Law filed.
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Jul 06 2018	Brief amici curiae of Former Department of the Interior Officials filed.
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Jul 06 2018	Brief amici curiae of Gopher Frog Experts filed.
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Jul 06 2018	Motion of respondents Markle Interests, LLC, et al. in support of petitioner for divided argument filed.
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Jul 09 2018	SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, October 1, 2018.

Jul 09 2018	Opposition of petitioner Weyerhaeuser Company to motion for divided argument of respondents Markle Interests, LLC, et al. in support of petitioner filed.
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Jul 10 2018	Motion of Weyerhaeuser Company for an extension of time not accepted for filing. (July 13, 2018 - Resubmitted as an application.)

Jul 11 2018	Application (18A52) of petitioner to extend the time to file a reply brief on the merits from July 30, 2018 to August 13, 2018, submitted to Justice Alito.
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Jul 13 2018	Application (18A52) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file petitioner's reply brief on the merits until August 13, 2018.

Jul 16 2018	Motion of Markle Interests, LLC, et al. for an extension of time not accepted for filing. (July 16, 2018 - Resubmitted as an application)

Jul 16 2018	Application (18A58) of respondents Markle Interests, LLC, et al. to extend the time to file a reply brief on the merits from July 30, 2018 to August 13, 2018, submitted to Justice Alito.
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Jul 17 2018	Application (18A58) granted by Justice Alito extending the time for respondents Markle Interests, LLC, et al. to a file reply brief on the merits until August 13, 2018.

Aug 03 2018	CIRCULATED

Aug 07 2018	Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 5th Circuit.

Aug 08 2018	Letter from the Solicitor General dated August 8, 2018 filed. (Circulated)
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Aug 08 2018	Record for the U.S.C.A. 5th Circuit is electronic and located on PACER.

Aug 13 2018	Reply of petitioner Weyerhaeuser Company filed. (Distributed)
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Aug 13 2018	Reply of respondent Markle Interests, LLC, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Aug 24 2018	Motion for divided argument filed by respondents Markle Interests, LLC, et al. DENIED.

Sep 07 2018	Record received from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the record is electric.

Sep 14 2018	Record received from the U.S.D.C. Eastern Dist. of Louisiana. The record contained 1 box of 6 volumes of records and one volume of transcripts. Also received is on CD of manual attachment to document #60, the contents of the CD is electronic.

Oct 01 2018	Argued. For petitioner: Timothy S. Bishop, Chicago, Ill. For respondents: Edwin S. Kneedler, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C.

Oct 25 2018	Notice of Change of Address of Markle Interests, LLC, et al. not accepted for filing. (Document not of the type that is to be filed electronically -- October 31, 2018)

Nov 27 2018	Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Roberts, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which all other Members joined, except Kavanaugh, J., who took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.

Jan 02 2019	JUDGMENT ISSUED.

Aug 05 2019	The record from the U.S.C.A. 5th Circuit has been returned.

NAME	ADDRESS	PHONE
Attorneys for Petitioner
Timothy S. Bishop Counsel of Record	Mayer Brown, LLP 71 South Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60606 tbishop@mayerbrown.com	312-701-7829
Party name: Weyerhaeuser Company
Attorneys for Respondents
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 Fish and Wildlife Service, et al.
David Thomas Goldberg Counsel of Record	Stanford Law School Supreme Court Litigation Clinic 559 Nathan Abbott Way Stanford, CA 94305 dgoldberg@law.stanford.edu	6504988229
Party name: Intervenor-respondents Center for Biological Diversity and Gulf Restoration Network
Mark Miller Counsel of Record	Pacific Legal Foundation 4440 PGA Blvd. Suite 307 Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410 mmiller@pacificlegal.org	561-691-5000
Party name: Markle Interests, LLC, et al.
John Thorvald Buse	Center for Biological Diversity 1212 Broadway, Suite 800 Oakland, CA 94612 jbuse@biologicaldiversity.org	510-844-7125
Party name: Intervenor-respondents Center for Biological Diversity and Gulf Restoration Network
Other
Hope Madeline Babcock Counsel of Record	Institute for Public Representation Georgetown University Law Center 600 New Jersey Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20001 babcock@law.georgetown.edu	2026629481
Party name: Environmental Law Professors
Stuart Banner Counsel of Record	UCLA School of Law Supreme Court Clinic 405 Hilgard Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90095 banner@law.ucla.edu	3102068506
Party name: Landowners
Paul J. Beard II Counsel of Record	Alston & Bird LLP 1121 L Street, Suite 700 Sacramento, CA 95814 paul.beard@alston.com	9164983354
Party name: Building Industry Legal Defense Foundation, et al.
Svend Arnold Brandt-Erichsen Counsel of Record	Nossaman, LLP 601 Union Street, Suite 5305 Seattle, WA 98101 sbrandterichsen@nossaman.com	(206) 395-7632
Party name: Energy and Wildlife Action Coalition
Andrew L. Brasher Counsel of Record	Office of the Attorney General of Alabama 501 Washington Avenue Montgomery, AL 36130 abrasher@ago.state.al.us	(334) 242-7300
Party name: Alabama and 17 Additional States
Karen Budd-Falen Counsel of Record	Budd-Falen Law Offices, LLC 300 East 18th Street, Post Office Box 346 Cheyenne, WY 82003-0346 karen@buddfalen.com	3076325105
Party name: Wyoming Stock Growers Association et al.
Joseph Carl Cecere Counsel of Record	Cecere, PC 6035 McCommas Blvd. Dallas, TX 75206 ccecere@cecerepc.com	469-600-9455
Party name: Small Business Owners
Louis A. Chaiten Counsel of Record	Jones Day 901 Lakeside Avenue Cleveland, OH 44114 lachaiten@jonesday.com	216-586-7244
Party name: Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence
John C. Eastman	Center for Const'l Jurisprudence c/o Fowler School of Law Chapman University One University Drive Orange, CA 92866 jeastman@chapman.edu	877-855-3330
Party name: Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence
Theodore Hadzi-Antich Counsel of Record	Texas Public Policy Foundation 901 Congress Avenue Austin, TX 78701 tha@texaspolicy.com	512-472-2700
Party name: National Federation of Independent Business, et al
Sean Bernard Hecht Counsel of Record	UCLA School of Law Frank G. Wells Environmental Law Clinic 405 Hilgard Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90095 hecht@law.ucla.edu	3107945272
Party name: Scientists
Kimberly Stewart Hermann Counsel of Record	Southeastern Legal Foundation 2255 Sewell Mill Road, Suite 320 Marietta, GA 30062 khermann@southeasternlegal.org	770-977-2131
Party name: Southeastern Legal Foundation
Lisa W Jordan Counsel of Record	Tulane Environmental Law Clinic 6329 Freret Street, Suite 130 New Orleans, LA 70118 lwjordan@tulane.edu	504-314-2481
Party name: Gopher Frog Experts
Tyson Clinton Kade Counsel of Record	Van Ness Feldman, LLP 1050 Thomas Jefferson Street, NW, Seventh Floor Washington, DC 20007 tck@vnf.com	202-298-1800
Party name: The American Farm Bureau Federation, et al.
Steven James Lechner	Steven J. Lechner 9830 Xavier Court Westminster, CO 80031 steven.j.lechner@gmail.com	(720) 936-8363
Party name: Mountain States Legal Foundation
Steven Troy Marshall Counsel of Record	Office of the Attorney General 501 Washington Avenue Montgomery, AL 36104 mnewman@ago.state.al.us	3342427300
Party name: Alabama and 19 Additional States
Daniel J. O'Hanlon Counsel of Record	Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann & Girard 400 Capitol Mall 27th Floor Sacramento, CA 95814 dohanlon@kmtg.com	916 321-4500
Party name: Coalition for a Sustainable Delta, et al.
John Joseph Park Jr.	Strickland Brockington Lewis, LLP 1170 Peachtree Street NE Suite 2200 Atlanta, GA 30309 jjp@sbllaw.net	(678)-347-2208
Party name: Southeastern Legal Foundation
William Perry Pendley Counsel of Record	Mountain States Legal Foundation 2596 S. Lewis Way Lakewood, CO 80227 wppendley@mountainstateslegal.com	303-292-2021
Party name: Mountain States Legal Foundation
Ann Elizabeth Prezyna Counsel of Record	Lane Powell PC 1420 Fifth Avenue Suite 4200 Seattle, WA 98101-2375 prezynaa@lanepowell.com	2062237000
Party name: Former Department of the Interior Officials
Richard L. Revesz Counsel of Record	New York University School of Law 40 Washington Square South New York, NY 10012-0000 richard.revesz@nyu.edu	212-998-6185
Party name: Institute for Policy Integrity at New York University School of Law
Jason Craig Rylander Counsel of Record	Defenders of Wildlife 1130 17th Street NW Washington, DC 20036 jrylander@defenders.org	2027723245
Party name: Defenders of Wildlife, et al.
Richard A. Samp Counsel of Record	Washington Legal Foundation 2009 Massachusetts Ave., N.W. Washington, DC 20036-0000 rsamp@wlf.org	202-588-0302
Party name: Washington Legal Foundation, et al.
Ilya Shapiro Counsel of Record	The Cato Institute 1000 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington, DC 20001 Ishapiro@cato.org	(202)-842-0200
Party name: The Cato Institute
Bernard Seymour Smith Counsel of Record	St. Tammany Parish Government 21454 Koop Dr., Suite 2 G Mandeville, LA 70471 bssmith@stpgov.org	985-898-3427
Party name: St. Tammany Parish
Aaron Michael Streett Counsel of Record	Baker Botts, L.L.P. 910 Louisiana Street Houston, TX 77002 aaron.streett@bakerbotts.com	(713)-229-1234
Party name: Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America
Andrew Jacob Turner Counsel of Record	Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP 2200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20037 aturner@huntonak.com	202-955-1658
Party name: American Exploration & Production Council, et al.
John Julian Vecchione Counsel of Record	Cause of Action Institute 1875 Eye Street, N.W., Suite 800 Washington, DC 20006 john.vecchione@causeofaction.org	2026037372
Party name: Cause of Action Institute
Thomas Jon Ward Counsel of Record	National Association of Home Builders 1201 15th Street, NW Washington, DC 20005	202-266-8200
Party name: The National Association of Home Builders, et al.
Ian S. Weinstein Counsel of Record	Lincoln Square Legal Services, Inc. 150 West 62nd Street New York, NY 10023 iweinstein@lsls.fordham.edu	2126366934
Party name: The Evangelical Environmental Network, et al.
Bryan Kipp Weir Counsel of Record	Consovoy McCarthy Park PLLC 3033 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 700 Arlington, VA 22201 bryan@consovoymccarthy.com	2027255032
Party name: National Conference of State Legislatures, et al.
Shawn Terry Welch Counsel of Record	Holland & Hart, LLP 222 South Main Street, Suite 2200 Salt Lake City, UT 84101 stwelch@hollandhart.com	801-799-5800
Party name: San Jaun County, Utah
Amy Joelle Wildermuth Counsel of Record	3900 Forbes Ave Pittsburgh, PA 15620 amy.wildermuth@pitt.edu	8019134608
Party name: Economists and Law Professors