| No. 18-1171 | |
| Title: | Comcast Corporation, Petitioner v. National Association of African American-Owned Media, et al. |
| Docketed: | March 11, 2019 |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (16-56479) |
| Decision Date: | November 19, 2018 |
| Rehearing Denied: | February 4, 2019 |
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| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Mar 08 2019 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 10, 2019) |
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| Apr 10 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed. VIDED. |
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| Apr 10 2019 | Brief of respondents National Association of African American-Owned Media, et al. in opposition filed. |
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| Apr 29 2019 | Reply of petitioner Comcast Corporation filed. |
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| Apr 30 2019 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/16/2019. |
| May 15 2019 | Rescheduled. |
| May 20 2019 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/23/2019. |
| May 28 2019 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/30/2019. |
| Jun 03 2019 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/6/2019. |
| Jun 10 2019 | Petition GRANTED limited to Question 1 presented by the petition. |
| Jun 18 2019 | Joint motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed. |
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| Jun 26 2019 | Joint motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including August 8, 2019. The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including September 23, 2019. |
| Jul 08 2019 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, November 13, 2019. |
| Aug 05 2019 | Blanket Consent filed by Respondents, National Association of African American-Owned Media, et al. |
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| Aug 06 2019 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Comcast Corporation. |
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| Aug 08 2019 | Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed) |
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| Aug 08 2019 | Brief of petitioner Comcast Corporation filed. |
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| Aug 15 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Center for Workplace Compliance filed. |
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| Aug 15 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed. |
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| Aug 15 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. filed. |
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| Aug 15 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. |
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| Sep 03 2019 | CIRCULATED |
| Sep 16 2019 | Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit. |
| Sep 17 2019 | Record received from the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit is electronic and located on PACER. |
| Sep 17 2019 | Record received from the U.S.D.C. Central District of California is electronic and located on PACER. |
| Sep 17 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Issues4Life Foundation filed. (Distributed) |
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| Sep 23 2019 | Brief of respondents National Association of African American-Owned Media, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Sep 26 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Law & History Professors filed. (Distributed) |
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| Sep 27 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Torts Scholars filed. (Distributed) |
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| Sep 27 2019 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
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| Sep 30 2019 | Brief amici curiae of NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Sep 30 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Members of Congress filed. (Distributed) |
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| Sep 30 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Sep 30 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Professor W. Burlette Carter filed. (Distributed). |
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| Sep 30 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Employment Law Professors filed. (Distributed) |
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| Oct 15 2019 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. |
| Oct 23 2019 | Reply of petitioner Comcast Corporation filed. (Distributed) |
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| Nov 13 2019 | Argued. For petitioner: Miguel Estrada, Washington, D. C.; and Morgan L. Ratner, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondents: Erwin Chemerinsky, Berkeley, Cal. |
| Mar 23 2020 | Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Gorsuch, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Thomas, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan, and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined, and in which Ginsburg, J., joined except for the footnote. Ginsburg, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment. |
| Apr 24 2020 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioner | ||
| Miguel A. Estrada Counsel of Record | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP 1050 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Washington, DC 20036 mestrada@gibsondunn.com | 202-955-8257 |
| Party name: Comcast Corporation | ||
| Attorneys for Respondents | ||
| Erwin Chemerinsky Counsel of Record | University of California, Berkeley School of Law 215 Boalt Hall Berkeley, CA 94720 echemerinsky@law.berkeley.edu | 510-642-6483 |
| Party name: National Association of African American-Owned Media, et al. | ||
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| Willieta Burlette Carter Counsel of Record | c/o George Washington Univ. Law School (Prof. Emerita) George Washington University 2000 H. St. N.W. Washington, DC 20052 bcarter@law.gwu.edu | 2029945155 |
| Party name: Professor W. Burlette Carter | ||
| Eugene Roy Fidell Counsel of Record | Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell LLP 1129 20th Street, N.W., Suite 400 Washington, DC 20036 efidell@feldesmantucker.com | 2022568675 |
| Party name: Law & History Professors | ||
| Noel J. Francisco | 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 | ||
| Gregory George Garre Counsel of Record | Latham & Watkins LLP 555 11th Street, NW Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20004 gregory.garre@lw.com | 202-637-2207 |
| Party name: Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America | ||
| Brianne Jenna Gorod Counsel of Record | Constitutional Accountability Center 1200 18th Street, NW Suite 501 Washington, DC 20036 brianne@theusconstitution.org | 202 296 6889 |
| Party name: Members of Congress | ||
| Paul Lindsey Hoffman Counsel of Record | UCI Law Civil Rights Litigation Clinic 401 E. Peltason Suite 1000 Irvine, CA 92697 hoffpaul@aol.com | 3107177373 |
| Party name: Torts Scholars | ||
| Kristen Adrina Johnson Counsel of Record | NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. 40 Rector St., 5th Floor New York, NY 10006 kjohnson@naacpldf.org | 212-965-2200 |
| Party name: NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. | ||
| Dariely Rodriguez Counsel of Record | Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law 1500 K Street NW Washington, DC 20005 drodriguez@lawyerscommittee.org | 2026628600 |
| Party name: Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law | ||
| 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 | ||
| Catherine Wynne Short Counsel of Record | Life Legal Defense Foundation P.O. Box 2105 Napa, CA 92544 LLDFOjai@cs.com | 707-224-6675 |
| Party name: Issues4Life Foundation | ||
| Sandra F. Sperino Counsel of Record | University of Cincinnati College of Law 2540 Clifton Ave. Cincinnati, OH 45221 sandra.sperino@uc.edu | 513-556-0193 |
| Party name: Employment Law Professors | ||
| Rae Thiesfield Vann Counsel of Record | NT Lakis, LLP 1501 M Street, NW Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20005 rvann@ntlakis.com | 2026295600 |
| Party name: Center for Workplace Compliance | ||