| No. 19-357 | |
| Title: | City of Chicago, Illinois, Petitioner v. Robbin L. Fulton, et al. |
| Docketed: | September 18, 2019 |
| Linked with 19A1029 | |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (18-2527, 18-2793, 18-2835, 18-3023) |
| Decision Date: | June 19, 2019 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Sep 17 2019 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 18, 2019) |
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| Oct 02 2019 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 18, 2019 to November 18, 2019, submitted to The Clerk. |
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| Oct 03 2019 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 18, 2019. |
| Oct 17 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of International Municipal Lawyers' Association filed. |
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| Nov 08 2019 | Brief of respondents Robbin L. Fulton, et al. in opposition filed. |
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| Nov 25 2019 | Reply of petitioner City of Chicago filed. |
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| Nov 26 2019 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/13/2019. |
| Dec 18 2019 | Petition GRANTED. |
| Feb 03 2020 | Joint appendix filed. |
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| Feb 03 2020 | Brief of petitioner City of Chicago filed. |
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| Feb 07 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Professors Ralph Brubaker, et al. filed. |
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| Feb 10 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. |
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| Feb 10 2020 | Brief amici curiae of National Association of Counties, et al. filed. |
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| Feb 21 2020 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, April 20, 2020. |
| Feb 26 2020 | Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 7th Circuit. |
| Feb 26 2020 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
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| Feb 27 2020 | The record from the U.S.C.A. 7th Circuit is available on PACER; sealed portions are electronically available with the Clerk. |
| Mar 04 2020 | Brief of respondents Robbin L. Fulton, et al. filed. |
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| Mar 10 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Bankruptcy Law Professors filed. |
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| Mar 10 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Chapter Thirteen Trustees filed. |
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| Mar 10 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Geraci Law LLC filed. |
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| Mar 11 2020 | Brief amici curiae of National Consumer Bankruptcy Rights Center, et al. filed. |
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| Mar 11 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees filed. |
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| Mar 11 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Professors John A. E. Pottow and Jay Lawrence Westbrook filed. |
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| Mar 11 2020 | Amicus brief of American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois, Cato Institute, Fines and Fees Justice Center, Institute for Justice, R Street Institute, Rutherford Institute not accepted for filing. (March 19, 2020 - Corrected version submitted). |
| Mar 11 2020 | Amicus brief of American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois, Cato Institute, Fines and Fees Justice Center, Institute for Justice, R Street Institute, Rutherford Institute not accepted for filing (Duplicate; corrected version submitted). |
| Mar 11 2020 | Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union, et al. filed. (March 18, 2020) |
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| Mar 19 2020 | CIRCULATED |
| Mar 23 2020 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. |
| Mar 31 2020 | Application (19A1029) of petitioner to extend the time to file a reply brief on the merits from April 3, 2020 to April 8, 2020, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh. |
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| Apr 01 2020 | Application (19A1029) of petitioner granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file a reply brief on the merits until April 8, 2020. |
| Apr 03 2020 | ORAL ARGUMENT POSTPONED. |
| Apr 08 2020 | Reply of petitioner City of Chicago filed. (Distributed) |
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| Apr 13 2020 | Argument to be rescheduled for the October Term 2020. |
| Jul 13 2020 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, October 13, 2020. |
| Oct 13 2020 | Argued. For petitioner: Craig Goldblatt, Washington, D. C.; and Colleen E. R. Sinzdak, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondents: Eugene R. Wedoff, Oak Park, Ill. |
| Jan 14 2021 | Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Alito, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which all other Members joined, except Barrett, J., who took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. Sotomayor, J., filed a concurring opinion. |
| Feb 16 2021 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioner | ||
| Craig Goldblatt Counsel of Record | Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP 1875 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20006 craig.goldblatt@wilmerhale.com | 202-663-6000 |
| Party name: City of Chicago | ||
| Attorneys for Respondents | ||
| Eugene R. Wedoff Counsel of Record | 144 N. Elmwood Avenue Oak Park, IL 60302 erwedoff@me.com | 312-285-5849 |
| Party name: Robbin L. Fulton, George Peake, and Timothy Shannon | ||
| Other | ||
| George Eric Brunstad Jr. Counsel of Record | Dechert LLP 90 State House Square Hartford, CT 06013 Eric.Brunstad@dechert.com | 8605243999 |
| Party name: Consumer Bankruptcy Rights Center, National Association Of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, And Legal Aid Chicago | ||
| Nusrat Jahan Choudhury Counsel of Record | Roger Baldwin Foundation of the ACLU of Illinois 150 North Michigan Avenue Suite 600 Chicago, IL 60601 nchoudhury@aclu-il.org | 312-201-9740 |
| Party name: American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois, Cato Institute, Fines and Fees Justice Center, Institute for Justice, R Street Institute, Rutherford Institute | ||
| Michael Lewis Cook Counsel of Record | Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP 919 Third Avenue New York, NY 10022 Michael.Cook@srz.com | 212.756.2150 |
| Party name: Professors Ralph Brubaker, et al. | ||
| Nathan Edward Curtis Counsel of Record | Geraci Law L.L.C. 55 E. Monroe Street Suite #3400 Chicago, IL 60603 nat@geracilaw.com | 312-499-6201 |
| Party name: Geraci Law LLC | ||
| Henry Edward Hildebrand III Counsel of Record | P.O. Box 340019 Nashville, TN 37203-0019 hank@ch13bna.com | 615-244-1101 |
| Party name: National Association of Chapter Thirteen Trustees | ||
| David R. Kuney Counsel of Record | 9200 Cambridge Manor Court Potomac, MD 20854 davidkuney@dkuney.com | 301-299-9544 |
| Party name: Bankruptcy Law Professors | ||
| John Anthony Edwards Pottow Counsel of Record | University of Michigan Law School 625 S. State Street Ann Arbor, MI 48109 pottow@umich.edu | 7346473736 |
| Party name: Professors John A. E. Pottow and Jay Lawrence Westbrook | ||
| Scott Burnett Smith Counsel of Record | Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP 200 Clinton Avenue West, Suite 900 Huntsville, AL 35801 ssmith@bradley.com | 256-517-5100 |
| Party name: Nadtional Association of Counties, et al. | ||
| Jeffrey B. Wall | 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 | ||
| Dean Alan Ziehl Counsel of Record | Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP 10100 Santa Monica Blvd., 13th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90067 dziehl@pszjlaw.com | 3102776910 |
| Party name: National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees | ||