| No. 18-260 | |
| Title: | County of Maui, Hawaii, Petitioner v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund, et al. |
| Docketed: | August 30, 2018 |
| Linked with 17A1343 | |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (15-17447) |
| Decision Date: | March 30, 2018 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| May 31 2018 | Application (17A1343) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 28, 2018 to August 27, 2018, submitted to Justice Kennedy. |
| Main DocumentLower Court Orders/OpinionsProof of Service | |
| Jun 04 2018 | Application (17A1343) granted by Justice Kennedy extending the time to file until August 27, 2018. |
| Aug 27 2018 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 1, 2018) |
| PetitionAppendixCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Sep 24 2018 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 1, 2018 to October 31, 2018, submitted to The Clerk. |
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| Sep 27 2018 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 31, 2018. |
| Oct 01 2018 | Brief amici curiae of Association of California Water Agencies, et al. filed. |
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| Oct 01 2018 | Brief amici curiae of State of West Virginia, et al. filed. |
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| Oct 01 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation filed. |
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| Oct 05 2018 | Supplemental brief of petitioner County of Maui, Hawaii filed. |
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| Oct 23 2018 | Brief of respondents Hawai'i Wildlife Fund, et al. in opposition filed. |
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| Nov 06 2018 | Reply of petitioner County of Maui, Hawaii filed. |
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| Nov 07 2018 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/30/2018. |
| Nov 20 2018 | Supplemental brief of respondents Hawai'i Wildlife Fund, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Dec 03 2018 | The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States on or before 4 p.m., Friday, January 4, 2019. |
| Jan 03 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. VIDED. |
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| Jan 07 2019 | Supplemental brief of petitioner County of Maui, Hawaii filed. |
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| Jan 08 2019 | Second supplemental brief of respondents Hawai'i Wildlife Fund, et al. filed. |
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| Jan 14 2019 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/18/2019. |
| Jan 30 2019 | Letter of January 28, 2019, from counsel for petitioner received. |
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| Feb 04 2019 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/15/2019. |
| Feb 19 2019 | Petition GRANTED limited to Question 1 presented by the petition. |
| Mar 05 2019 | Joint motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed. |
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| Mar 18 2019 | Joint motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits is granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including May 9, 2019. The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including July 12, 2019. |
| Apr 04 2019 | Blanket Consent filed by Respondents, Hawai'i Wildlife Fund, et al. |
| Blanket Consent | |
| May 09 2019 | Joint appendix filed. (Statement of cost received) |
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| May 09 2019 | Brief of petitioner County of Maui, Hawaii filed. |
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| May 15 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed. |
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| May 15 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Agricultural Business Organizations filed. |
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| May 16 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. filed. |
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| May 16 2019 | Brief amici curiae of National Association of Clean Water Agencies, et al. filed. |
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| May 16 2019 | Brief amici curiae of United States Senators filed. |
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| May 16 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. |
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| May 16 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Wychmere Shores Condominium Trust, et al. filed. |
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| May 16 2019 | Brief amici curiae of National Conference of State Legislatures, et al. filed. |
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| May 16 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Edison Electric Institute, et al. filed. |
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| May 16 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Washington Legal Foundation and Allied Educational Foundation filed. |
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| May 16 2019 | Brief amici curiae of National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center,et al. filed. |
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| May 16 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. and Plantation Pipe Line Company, Inc. filed. |
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| May 16 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Home Builders of the United States filed. |
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| May 16 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation filed. |
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| May 16 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Federal Water Quality Coalition filed. |
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| May 16 2019 | Brief amici curiae of State of West Virginia, 19 other States, and the Governors of Kentucky and Mississippi filed. |
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| May 16 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Water Systems Council and The National Groundwater Association filed. |
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| May 16 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Florida Water Environmental Association- Utility Council; Florida Rural Water Association; Florida Electric Power Coordinating Group- Environmental Committee filed. |
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| Jun 25 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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| Jun 26 2019 | Letter to the Court of Hawai'i Wildlife Fund, et al. not accepted for filing. (July 12, 2019 - Not the type of letter to be submitted through the electronic filing system) |
| Jul 08 2019 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, November 6, 2019. |
| Jul 12 2019 | Brief of respondents Hawai'i Wildlife Fund, et al. filed. |
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| Jul 19 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Law Professors filed. |
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| Jul 19 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed. |
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| Jul 19 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Upstate Forever and Savannah Riverkeeper filed. |
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| Jul 19 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Former EPA Administrators filed. |
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| Jul 19 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Trout Unlimited filed. |
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| Jul 19 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Former EPA Officials filed. |
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| Jul 19 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Craft Brewers filed. |
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| Jul 19 2019 | Brief amici curiae of States of Maryland, et al. filed. |
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| Jul 19 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Anderson County, South Carolina and Decatur County, Tennessee filed. |
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| Jul 19 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Aquatic Scientists and Scientific Societies filed. |
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| Jul 19 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa filed. |
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| Aug 12 2019 | Reply of petitioner County of Maui, Hawaii filed. |
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| Aug 23 2019 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. |
| 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. of Hawaii is electronic and located on PACER, with the exception of electronically filed Sealed documents. |
| Oct 03 2019 | Letter of respondents Hawai'i Wildlife Fund, et al. filed. |
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| Oct 04 2019 | Letter of petitioner County of Maui, Hawaii filed. |
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| Oct 10 2019 | Letter of petitioner County of Maui, Hawaii filed. |
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| Nov 06 2019 | Argued. For petitioner: Elbert Lin, Richmond, Va.; and Malcolm L. Stewart, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondents: David L. Henkin, Honolulu, Haw. |
| Apr 23 2020 | Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Breyer, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan, and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined. Kavanaugh, J., filed a concurring opinion. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Gorsuch, J., joined. Alito, J., filed a dissenting opinion. |
| May 04 2020 | Motion to divide costs filed by respondents Hawaii Wildlife Fund, et al. |
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| May 26 2020 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioner | ||
| Elbert Lin Counsel of Record | Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP 951 E. Byrd Street Riverfront Plaza, East Tower Richmond, VA 23219-4074 elin@HuntonAK.com | 804-788-7202 |
| Party name: County of Maui, Hawaii | ||
| Michael R. Shebelskie | Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP 951 E. Byrd Street East Tower Richmond, VA 23219 mshebelskie@huntonak.com | 804-788-8200 |
| Party name: County of Maui, Hawaii | ||
| Attorneys for Respondents | ||
| David Lane Henkin Counsel of Record | Earthjustice 850 Richards Street, Suite 400 Honolulu, HI 96813 dhenkin@earthjustice.org | 8085992436 |
| Party name: Hawai'i Wildlife Fund, et al. | ||
| Other | ||
| Roy T. Englert Jr. Counsel of Record | Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck & Untereiner LLP 2000 K Street, N.W 4th Floor Washington, DC 20006 renglert@robbinsrussell.com | 2027754503 |
| Party name: Trout Unlimited | ||
| Lindsay Sara See Counsel of Record | Office of the West Virginia Attorney General 1900 Kanawha Blvd E, Bldg 1 Rm 26E Charleston, WV 25305 lindsay.s.see@wvago.gov | 304-558-2021 |
| Party name: State of West Virginia, 19 other States, and the Governors of Kentucky and Mississippi | ||
| Timothy S. Bishop Counsel of Record | Mayer Brown, LLP 1999 K street, NW Washington, DC 20006 tbishop@mayerbrown.com | 202-263-3000 |
| Party name: Agricultural Business Organizations | ||
| Paul D. Clement Counsel of Record | Kirkland & Ellis LLP 1301 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004 paul.clement@kirkland.com | 2023895000 |
| Party name: Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. and Plantation Pipe Line Company, Inc. | ||
| Richard Scott Davis Counsel of Record | Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. 1350 I Street, N.W. Suite 700 Washington, DC 20005 rdavis@bdlaw.com | 202-789-6025 |
| Party name: National Association of Clean Water Agencies | ||
| Kristen Candice Diot | Hopping Green & Sams, P.A. 119 South Monroe Street, Suite 300 Tallahassee, FL 32301 kristend@hgslaw.com | 850-222-7500 |
| Party name: Florida Water Environmental Association- Utility Council; Florida Rural Water Association; Florida Electric Power Coordinating Group- Environmental Committee | ||
| Miguel A. Estrada Counsel of Record | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP 1050 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Washington, DC 20036 mestrada@gibsondunn.com | 202-955-8500 |
| Party name: Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. | ||
| Noel John Francisco | Jones Day 51 Louisiana Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20001 NJFRANCISCO@JONESDAY.COM | (202) 879-3939 |
| Party name: United States | ||
| Royal C. Gardner Counsel of Record | Stetson Univ. College of Law 1401 61st Street South St. Petersburg, FL 33707 gardner@law.stetson.edu | 727-562-7864 |
| Party name: Aquatic Scientists and Scientific Societies | ||
| Shaun Alaric Goho Counsel of Record | Harvard Environmental Law & Policy Clinic 6 Everett St., Suite 5116 Cambridge, MA 02138 sgoho@law.harvard.edu | 617-496-2058 |
| Party name: Former EPA Officials | ||
| 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: Constitutional Accountability Center | ||
| 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 Small Business Legal Center, et al | ||
| Sarah Elaine Harrington Counsel of Record | Goldstein & Russell, P.C. 7475 Wisconsin Avenue Suite 850 Bethesda, MD 20814 sharrington@goldsteinrussell.com | 202-362-0636 |
| Party name: Former EPA Administrators | ||
| Caleb Adam Jaffe Counsel of Record | Environmental and Regulatory Law Clinic University of Virginia School of Law 580 Massie Road Charlottesville, VA 22903 cjaffe@law.virginia.edu | 4349244776 |
| Party name: Anderson County, South Carolina and Decatur County, Tennessee | ||
| Michael K. Kellogg Counsel of Record | Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C. 1615 M Street, NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20036 mkellogg@kellogghansen.com | 202-326-7902 |
| Party name: Upstate Forever and Savannah Riverkeeper | ||
| Richard B. Kendall Counsel of Record | Kendall Brill & Kelly LLP 10100 Santa Monica Blvd. Suite 1725 Los Angeles, CA 90067 rkendall@kbkfirm.com | 3105562700 |
| Party name: Craft Brewers | ||
| Elise Laine Larson Counsel of Record | Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy 1919 University Avenue West, Suite 515 Saint Paul, MN 55104 elarson@mncenter.org | 651-287-4880 |
| Party name: Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa | ||
| Thomas Allen Lorenzen Counsel of Record | Crowell & Moring LLP 1001 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. Washington, DC 20004 tlorenzen@crowell.com | 202-624-2500 |
| Party name: Edison Electric Institute, et al. | ||
| Sean Marotta Counsel of Record | Hogan Lovells US LLP 555 Thirteenth Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20004 sean.marotta@hoganlovells.com | 2026374881 |
| Party name: United States Senators | ||
| Kevin Michael McGinty Counsel of Record | Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. One Financial Center Boston, MA 02111 KMcGinty@mintz.com | 617-542-6000 |
| Party name: Wychmere Shores Condominium Trust and Longwood Venues & Destinations, Inc. | ||
| Jonathan Gerard Andre Monette Counsel of Record | Best Best & Krieger, LP 2000 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W., Suite 5300 Washington, DC 20006 andre.monette@bbklaw.com | (202) 785-0600 |
| Party name: National Conference of State Legislatures, et al. | ||
| Gary Vergil Perko Counsel of Record | Hopping Green & Sams, P.A. P.O. Box 6526 Tallahassee, FL 32314 garyp@hgslaw.com | 8502227500 |
| Party name: Florida Water Environmental Association- Utility Council; Florida Rural Water Association; Florida Electric Power Coordinating Group- Environmental Committee | ||
| Jesse James Richardson Jr. Counsel of Record | Law Offices of Jesse J. Richardson, Jr. 969 Vandalia Road Morgantown, WV 26501 jessehokie@gmail.com | 15403277508 |
| Party name: National Groundwater Association and Water Systems Council | ||
| Stephen E. Roady Counsel of Record | Duke University School of Law 210 Science Drive Durham, NC 27708 steve.roady@duke.edu | 919 613 7061 |
| Party name: Law Professors | ||
| Glenn Evans Roper Counsel of Record | Pacific Legal Foundation 1745 Shea Center Drive, Suite 400 Highlands Ranch, CO 80129 GERoper@pacificlegal.org | (916) 419-7111 |
| Party name: Pacific Legal Foundation | ||
| 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 | ||
| Damien Michael Schiff | Pacific Legal Foundation 930 G Street Sacramento, CA 95814 dschiff@pacificlegal.org | (916) 419-7111 |
| Party name: Pacific Legal Foundation | ||
| Joshua Morris Segal Counsel of Record | Maryland Office of the Attorney General 200 St. Paul Place Baltimore, MD 21202 jsegal@oag.state.md.us | 410-576-6446 |
| Party name: State of Maryland et al. | ||
| 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 | ||
| Thomas Jon Ward Counsel of Record | National Association of Home Builders 1201 15th Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 tward@nahb.org | 202 266-8230 |
| Party name: National Association of Home Builders of the United States | ||
| Alan Bruce White Counsel of Record | Barnes & Thornburg LLLLP One North Wacker Drive Suite 4400 Chicago, IL 60606 bwhite@btlaw.com | 312-357-1313 |
| Party name: Federal Water Quality Coalition | ||