| No. 18-481 | |
| Title: | Food Marketing Institute, Petitioner v. Argus Leader Media, dba Argus Leader |
| Docketed: | October 15, 2018 |
| Linked with 18A146 | |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (17-1346) |
| Decision Date: | May 8, 2018 |
| Rehearing Denied: | July 13, 2018 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Aug 07 2018 | Application (18A146) to recall and stay mandate pending the filing and disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari, submitted to Justice Gorsuch. |
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| Aug 09 2018 | UPON CONSIDERATION of the application of counsel for the applicant, IT IS ORDERED that the mandate of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, case No. 17-1346, is hereby recalled and stayed pending further order of the undersigned or of the Court. It is further ordered that a response to the application be filed on or before Thursday, August 16, 2018, by 4 p.m. The reply, if any, is to be filed by 4 p.m., Tuesday, August 21, 2018. |
| Aug 16 2018 | Response to application from respondent Argus Leader Media, D/B/A Argus Leader filed. |
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| Aug 21 2018 | Reply of applicant Food Marketing Institute filed. |
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| Aug 29 2018 | Application (18A146) referred to the Court. |
| Aug 29 2018 | Application (18A146) granted by the Court. The application to recall and stay the mandate, presented to Justice Gorsuch and by him referred to the Court, is granted, and the mandate of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in case No. 17-1346 is recalled and stayed pending the timely filing and disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari. Should the petition for a writ of certiorari be denied, this stay shall terminate automatically. In the event the petition for a writ of certiorari is granted, the stay shall terminate upon the sending down of the judgment of this Court. Justice Ginsburg, Justice Sotomayor, and Justice Kagan would deny the application. |
| Oct 11 2018 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 14, 2018) |
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| Oct 25 2018 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 14, 2018 to December 14, 2018, submitted to The Clerk. |
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| Oct 29 2018 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 14, 2018. |
| Nov 14 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of Retail Litigation Center, Inc. filed. |
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| Nov 14 2018 | Brief amici curiae of Alliance of Marine Mammal Parks & Aquariums, et al. filed. |
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| Nov 14 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed. |
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| Nov 14 2018 | Brief amici curiae of National Association of Convenience Stores, et al. filed. |
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| Nov 20 2018 | Consent to change of Respondent's counsel of record of Argus Leader Media, d/b/a Argus Leader not accepted for filing. (November 27, 2018 -- Document not of the type that is to be filed electronically) |
| Dec 14 2018 | Brief of respondent Argus Leader Media, d/b/a Argus Leader in opposition filed. |
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| Dec 24 2018 | Reply of petitioner Food Marketing Institute filed. |
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| Dec 26 2018 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/11/2019. |
| Jan 11 2019 | Petition GRANTED. |
| Jan 30 2019 | Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Argus Leader Media, d/b/a Argus Leader. |
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| Jan 31 2019 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Food Marketing Institute. |
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| Feb 11 2019 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, April 22, 2019 |
| Feb 15 2019 | Brief of petitioner Food Marketing Institute filed. |
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| Feb 15 2019 | Joint appendix filed (2 vols). |
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| Feb 21 2019 | Brief amici curiae of National Association of Convenience Stores, et al. filed. |
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| Feb 22 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. |
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| Feb 22 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Retail Litigation Center, Inc. filed. |
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| Feb 22 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. filed. |
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| Feb 22 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Alliance of Marine Mammal Parks & Aquariums, et al. filed. |
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| Mar 18 2019 | Brief of respondent Argus Leader Media, d/b/a Argus Leader filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 20 2019 | CIRCULATED |
| Mar 21 2019 | Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 8th Circuit. |
| Mar 22 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Cause of Action Institute, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 25 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of New Hampshire Right to Life filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 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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| Mar 25 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Electronic Privacy Information Center, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 25 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Public Citizen, Center for Science in the Public Interest, Collaboration for Research Integrity filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 25 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Freedom of Information Act and First Amendment Scholars filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 25 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press & 36 Media Organizations filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 25 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Detention Watch Network, Human Rights Defense Center and Prison Policy Initiative filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 25 2019 | Affidavit of Service of BioScience Advisors, Inc. not accepted for filing. (Corrected version submitted). |
| Mar 25 2019 | Corrected Affidavit of Service filed with respect to amicus curiae brief of BioScience Advisors, Inc. (March29, 2019). |
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| Mar 25 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of BioScience Advisors, Inc. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 25 2019 | Brief amici curiae of AI Now Institute at New York University, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 25 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of American Small Business League filed. (To be Reprinted) (Distributed) |
| Mar 25 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of American Small Business League filed. (April 16, 2019) (Distributed) |
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| Mar 27 2019 | Record received from the U.S.D.C. Dist. of South Dakota Southern Division. (1 Box). |
| Apr 01 2019 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. |
| Apr 05 2019 | Reply of petitioner Food Marketing Institute filed. (Distributed) |
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| Apr 22 2019 | Argued. For petitioner: Evan A. Young, Austin, Tex.; and Anthony A. Yang, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae). For respondent: Robert M. Loeb, Washington, D. C. |
| Jun 24 2019 | Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Gorsuch, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Thomas, Alito, Kagan, and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined. Breyer, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part, in which Ginsburg and Sotomayor, JJ., joined. |
| Jul 26 2019 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioner | ||
| Gavin Robert Villareal Counsel of Record | Baker Botts L.L.P. 98 San Jacinto Boulevard Suite 1500 Austin, TX 78701 gavin.villareal@bakerbotts.com | 512-322-2652 |
| Party name: Food Marketing Institute | ||
| Evan Andrew Young | Baker Botts, L.L.P. 1500 San Jacinto Center 98 San Jacinto Boulevard Austin, TX 78701-4078 evan.young@bakerbotts.com | 5123222506 |
| Party name: Food Marketing Institute | ||
| Attorneys for Respondent | ||
| Robert Mark Loeb Counsel of Record | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP 1152 15th Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 rloeb@orrick.com | 202-339-8475 |
| Party name: Argus Leader Media, d/b/a Argus Leader | ||
| Jon Elmer Arneson | Jon E. Arneson 123 S. Main Avenue Sioux Falls, SD 57104 jea44@aol.com | 605-335-0083 |
| Party name: Argus Leader Media, d/b/a Argus Leader | ||
| Other | ||
| Shannen Wayne Coffin Counsel of Record | Steptoe & Johnson LLP 1330 Connecticut Avenue NW Washington, DC 20036 scoffin@steptoe.com | 202-429-3000 |
| Party name: National Association of Convenience Stores, et al. | ||
| John Patrick Elwood Counsel of Record | Vinson & Elkins, LLP 2200 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. Suite 500 - West Washington, DC 20037 jelwood@velaw.com | 202-639-6500 |
| Party name: Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. | ||
| Ira T. Kasdan Counsel of Record | Kelley Drye& Warren LLP 3050 K Street, NW Suite 400 Washington, DC 20007 ikasdan@kelleydrye.com | 202-342-8400 |
| Party name: Alliance of Marine Mammal Parks & Aquariums, et al. | ||
| Adam G. Unikowsky Counsel of Record | Jenner & Block LLP 1099 New York Avenue, NW Suite 900 Washington, DC 20001 AUnikowsky@jenner.com | 202-639-6000 |
| Party name: Retail Litigation Center, Inc. | ||
| Bruce David Brown Counsel of Record | Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press 1156 15th St. NW Suite 1020 Washington, DC 20005 bbrown@rcfp.org | 202.795.9300 |
| Party name: Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press & 36 Media Organizations | ||
| Robert Stokes Clark Counsel of Record | Parr Brown Gee & Loveless 101 South 200 East Suite 700 Salt Lake City, UT 84111-0000 rclark@parrbrown.com | 801-532-7840 |
| Party name: BioScience Advisors, Inc. | ||
| Michael C. Dorf Counsel of Record | Cornell University Law School 304 Myron Taylor Hall Ithaca, NY 14853 michaeldorf@cornell.edu | 607-255-3890 |
| Party name: Freedom of Information Act and First Amendment Scholars | ||
| Lucinda Margaret Finley Counsel of Record | University at Buffalo Law School 513 O'Brian Hall Buffalo, NY 14260 finleylu@buffalo.edu | 7168034202 |
| Party name: AI Now Institute at New York University, et al. | ||
| 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 | ||
| Ryan Patrick Mulvey Counsel of Record | Cause of Action Institute 1875 Eye Street N.W., Suite 800 Washington, DC 20006 ryan.mulvey@causeofaction.org | (202) 499-4232 |
| Party name: Cause of Action Institute, et al. | ||
| Karl Olson Counsel of Record | Cannata, O'Toole, Fickes & Olson LLP 100 Pine Street Suite 350 San Francisco, CA 94111 kolson@cofolaw.com | 415-409-8900 |
| Party name: American Small Business League | ||
| Marc Rotenberg Counsel of Record | Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) 1718 Connecticut Ave., NW Suite 200 Washington, DC 20009 rotenberg@epic.org | 202-483-1140 |
| Party name: Electronic Privacy Information Center | ||
| Ghita R. Schwarz Counsel of Record | Center for Constitutional Rights 666 Broadway, 7th Floor New York, NY 10012 gschwarz@ccrjustice.org | 212-614-6464 |
| Party name: Detention Watch Network, Human Rights Defense and Prison Policy Initiative | ||
| Michael J. Tierney Counsel of Record | Wadleigh, Starr & Peters, PLLC 95 Market Street Manchester, NH 03101 mtierney@wadleighlaw.com | 603-669-4140 |
| Party name: New Hampshire Right to Life | ||
| Allison M. Zieve Counsel of Record | Public Citizen Litigation Group 1600 20th Street, NW Washington, DC 20009 azieve@citizen.org | 202-588-1000 |
| Party name: Public Citizen, et al. | ||