| No. 19-1189 | |
| Title: | BP p.l.c., et al., Petitioners v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore |
| Docketed: | March 31, 2020 |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (19-1644) |
| Decision Date: | March 6, 2020 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Mar 31 2020 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 30, 2020) |
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| Apr 13 2020 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, BP p.l.c., et al. |
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| Apr 17 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 30, 2020 to June 29, 2020, submitted to The Clerk. |
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| Apr 21 2020 | Response to motion from petitioner BP p.l.c., et al. filed. |
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| Apr 23 2020 | Reply in support of motion from respondent filed. |
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| Apr 24 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including June 29, 2020. |
| Apr 30 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed. |
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| Apr 30 2020 | Brief amici curiae of States of Indiana, et al. filed. |
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| Apr 30 2020 | Brief amici curiae of The National Association of Manufacturers filed. |
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| Apr 30 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Energy Policy Advocates filed. |
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| May 13 2020 | Letter of May 13, 2020 from the Solicitor General of Louisiana respecting the brief amici curiae of States of Indiana, et al. received. |
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| Jun 29 2020 | Brief of respondent Mayor and City Council of Baltimore in opposition filed. |
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| Jul 15 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020. |
| Jul 15 2020 | Reply of petitioners BP p.l.c., et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Jul 23 2020 | Supplemental brief of respondent Mayor and City Council of Baltimore filed. (Distributed) |
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| Oct 02 2020 | Petition GRANTED. Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition. |
| Oct 07 2020 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, BP p.l.c., et al. |
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| Oct 22 2020 | Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Mayor and City Council of Baltimore |
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| Nov 16 2020 | Joint appendix filed. (Statement of cost filed) |
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| Nov 16 2020 | Brief of petitioners BP p.l.c., et al. filed. |
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| Nov 18 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Atlantic Legal Foundation filed. |
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| Nov 20 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of DRI - Voice of the Defense Bar filed. |
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| Nov 23 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. |
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| Nov 23 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed. |
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| Nov 23 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed. |
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| Nov 23 2020 | Brief amici curiae of States of Indiana, et al. filed. |
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| Nov 23 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Richard B. Myers and Michael G. Mullen filed. |
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| Nov 23 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of American Petroleum Institute filed. |
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| Nov 23 2020 | Brief amici curiae of The National Association of Manufacturers, et al. filed. |
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| Nov 23 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Energy Policy Advocates filed. |
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| Nov 25 2020 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, January 19, 2021. |
| Dec 03 2020 | Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 4th Circuit. |
| Dec 08 2020 | CIRCULATED |
| Dec 11 2020 | Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
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| Dec 16 2020 | Brief of respondent Mayor and City Council of Baltimore filed. (Distributed) |
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| Dec 22 2020 | Brief amici curiae of State and Local Government Groups filed. (Distributed) |
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| Dec 23 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Chesapeake Bay Foundation and Natural Resources Defense Council filed. (Distributed) |
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| Dec 23 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Senators Whitehouse, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Dec 23 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Erwin Chemerinsky, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Dec 23 2020 | Brief amici curiae of States of New York, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Dec 23 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Boulder County, San Miguel County, and the City of Boulder, Colorado filed. (Corrected Copy) (Distributed) |
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| Dec 30 2020 | The record from the U.S.C.A. 4th Circuit is electronic and located on Pacer. |
| Jan 08 2021 | Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of this motion. |
| Jan 08 2021 | Reply of petitioners BP p.l.c., et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Jan 19 2021 | Argued. For petitioners: Kannon K. Shanmugam, Washington, D. C.; and Brinton Lucas, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondents: Victor M. Sher, San Francisco, Cal. |
| May 17 2021 | Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Gorsuch, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Thomas, Breyer, Kagan, Kavanaugh, and Barrett, JJ., joined. Sotomayor, J., filed a dissenting opinion. Alito, J., took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. |
| Jun 18 2021 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioners | ||
| Kannon K. Shanmugam Counsel of Record | Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP 2001 K Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20006 kshanmugam@paulweiss.com | (202) 223-7300 |
| Party name: BP p.l.c., et al. | ||
| Attorneys for Respondent | ||
| Victor M. Sher Counsel of Record | Sher Edling LLP 100 Montgomery St. Suite 1410 San Francisco, CA 94104 vic@sheredling.com | 628-231-2500 |
| Party name: Mayor and City Council of Baltimore | ||
| Other | ||
| Tristan L. Duncan Counsel of Record | Shook, Hardy & Bacon 2555 Grand Boulevard Kansas City, MO 64108 tlduncan@shb.com | 816-559-2040 |
| Party name: Richard B. Myers and Michael G. Mullen | ||
| Lawrence S. Ebner Counsel of Record | Atlantic Legal Foundation 1701 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Suite 200 Washington, DC 20006 lawrence.ebner@atlanticlegal.org | 202-729-6337 |
| Party name: Atlantic Legal Foundation | ||
| Ian Michael Fein Counsel of Record | Natural Resources Defense Council 111 Sutter Street, 21st Floor San Francisco, CA 94104 ifein@nrdc.org | (415) 875-6147 |
| Party name: Natural Resources Defense Council | ||
| Thomas M. Fisher Counsel of Record | Indiana AG's Office, IGC S., 5th Fl. 302 W. Washington Indianapolis, IN 46204 tom.fisher@atg.in.gov | 317-232-6255 |
| Party name: States of Indiana, Alaska, Arkansas, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, South Carolina, Texas, and Utah | ||
| Philip S. Goldberg Counsel of Record | Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP 1800 K Street, N.W. Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20006 pgoldberg@shb.com | 202-783-8400 |
| Party name: The National Association of Manufacturers, et al. | ||
| Matthew Daniel Hardin Counsel of Record | 1725 I Street NW, Suite 300 Washington, DC 20006 MatthewDHardin@gmail.com | 202-802-1948 |
| Party name: Energy Policy Advocates | ||
| William McGinley Jay Counsel of Record | Goodwin Procter, LLP 1900 N Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20036 WJay@goodwinlaw.com | 2023464190 |
| Party name: American Petroleum Institute | ||
| John Mercer Masslon II Counsel of Record | Washington Legal Foundation 2009 Massachusetts Ave. NW Washington, DC 20036 jmasslon@wlf.org | (202) 588-0302 |
| Party name: Washington Legal Foundation | ||
| Matthew T. Nelson Counsel of Record | Warner Norcross + Judd LLP 1500 Warner Building 150 Ottawa Avenue NW Grand Rapids, MI 49503 mnelson@wnj.com | (616) 752-2539 |
| Party name: DRI - Voice of the Defense Bar | ||
| Robert S. Peck Counsel of Record | Center for Constitutional Litigation, PC 2117 Leroy Place, N.W. Washington, DC 20008 robert.peck@cclfirm.com | 2029442874 |
| Party name: State and Local Government Groups | ||
| Elizabeth B. Prelogar | Acting 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 | ||
| William A. Rossbach Counsel of Record | Rossbach Law, PC P. O. Box 8988 Missoula, MT 59802 bill@rossbachlaw.com | 406-543-5156 |
| Party name: Erwin Chemerinsky, Andrew D. Bradt, Helen Hershkoff, Lonny Hoffman, E. Farish Percy, Michael E. Solimine, Adam N. Steinman, Joan Steinman, Stephen I. Vladeck, Rhonda Wasserman and Anne Bloom | ||
| Marco Benjamin Simons Counsel of Record | EarthRights International 1612 K Street N.W. #800 Washington, DC 20006 marco@earthrights.org | 202-466-5188 |
| Party name: Boulder County, San Miguel County, and the City of Boulder, Colorado | ||
| Gerson H. Smoger Counsel of Record | Smoger & Associates 13250 Branch View Lane Dallas, TX 75234 gerson@texasinjurylaw.com | 5105314529 |
| Party name: Senators Whitehouse, Cardin, Blumenthal, Warren, Markey, and Van Hollen | ||
| Zachary D. Tripp Counsel of Record | Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP 2001 M Street NW Washington, DC 20036 zack.tripp@weil.com | 202-682-7220 |
| Party name: Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America | ||
| Barbara Dale Underwood Counsel of Record | Solicitor General Office of the Attorney General 28 Liberty Street New York, NY 10005-1400 Barbara.underwood@ag.ny.gov | 212-416-8020 |
| Party name: States of New York, Rhode Island et al. | ||