| No. 19-453 Vide 19-416 | |
| Title: | Cargill, Inc., Petitioner v. John Doe I, et al. |
| Docketed: | October 4, 2019 |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (17-55435) |
| Decision Date: | July 5, 2019 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Oct 02 2019 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 4, 2019) |
| PetitionAppendixCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Oct 23 2019 | Blanket Consent filed by Respondents, John Doe I, et al.VIDED |
| Blanket Consent | |
| Oct 25 2019 | Waiver of right of respondents John Doe I, et al. to respond filed. |
| Main Document | |
| Oct 28 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of The Coca-Cola Company filed. VIDED. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Oct 28 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed. VIDED |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Oct 28 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Chevron Corporation filed. VIDED. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Oct 28 2019 | Brief amici curiae of The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. filed. VIDED. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Oct 28 2019 | Brief amici curiae of The National Confectioners Association, et al. filed. VIDED. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Oct 30 2019 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/15/2019. |
| Nov 04 2019 | Response Requested. (Due December 4, 2019) |
| Nov 14 2019 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 4, 2019 to December 12, 2019, submitted to The Clerk. |
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| Nov 19 2019 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 12, 2019. |
| Dec 12 2019 | Brief of respondents John Doe I, et al. in opposition filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Dec 17 2019 | Letter waiving the 14-day waiting period for distribution of the petition under to Rule 15.5 filed. |
| Main DocumentProof of Service | |
| Dec 23 2019 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2020. |
| Dec 23 2019 | Reply of petitioner Cargill, Incorporated filed. (Distributed) |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Jan 13 2020 | The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States. |
| May 26 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. VIDED. |
| Main DocumentProof of Service | |
| Jun 09 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/25/2020. |
| Jun 29 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 7/1/2020. |
| Jul 02 2020 | Petition GRANTED. The petition for a writ of certiorari in No. 19-416 is granted. The cases are consolidated, and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument. VIDED. |
| Jul 02 2020 | Because the Court has consolidated these cases for briefing and oral argument, future filings and activity in the cases will now be reflected on the docket of No. 19-416. Subsequent filings in these cases must therefore be submitted through the electronic filing system in No. 19-416. Each document submitted in connection with one or more of these cases must include on its cover the case number and caption for each case in which the filing is intended to be submitted. Where a filing is submitted in fewer than all of the cases, the docket entry will reflect the case number(s) in which the filing is submitted; a document filed in all of the consolidated cases will be noted as “VIDED.” |
| Sep 16 2020 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, December 1, 2020. VIDED. |
| Oct 08 2020 | Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit. |
| Oct 08 2020 | Record received from the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit is electronic and located on PACER. |
| Oct 27 2020 | CIRCULATED |
| Dec 01 2020 | Argued. For petitioners: Neal K. Katyal, Washington, D. C.; and Curtis E. Gannon, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondents: Paul L. Hoffman, Hermosa Beach, Cal. VIDED. |
| Jun 17 2021 | Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Thomas, J., announced the judgment of the Court and delivered the opinion of the Court with respect to Parts I and II, in which Roberts, C. J., and Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett, JJ., joined, and an opinion with respect to Part III, in which Gorsuch and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined. Gorsuch, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Alito, J., joined as to Part I, and in which Kavanaugh, J., joined as to Part II. Sotomayor, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment, in which Breyer and Kagan, JJ., joined. Alito, J., filed a dissenting opinion. VIDED. |
| Jul 19 2021 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| Aug 02 2021 | Motion to Tax Cost Award and Waive Costs for Indigent Respondents of John Doe I, et al. not accepted for filing. (August 26, 2021 - duplicate submission. See 19-416.) |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioner | ||
| Andrew John Pincus Counsel of Record | Mayer Brown LLP 1999 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20006 apincus@mayerbrown.com | 202-263-3220 |
| Party name: Cargill, Incorporated | ||
| Attorneys for Respondents | ||
| Paul Lindsey Hoffman Counsel of Record | Schonbrun Seplow Harris & Hoffman LLP 200 Pier Ave. Hermosa Beach, CA 90254 hoffpaul@aol.com | 3107177373 |
| Party name: John Doe I, et al. | ||
| Other | ||
| Brian H. Fletcher Counsel of Record | 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 | ||
| Cory L. Andrews Counsel of Record | Washington Legal Foundation 2009 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20036 candrews@wlf.org | 2025880302 |
| Party name: Washington Legal Foundation | ||
| John Bellinger Bellinger III Counsel of Record | Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP 601 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20001 john.bellinger@arnoldporter.com | 202-942-6599 |
| Party name: The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, the National Foreign Trade Council, the National Association of Manufacturers, and the Organization for International Investment | ||
| William S. Dodge Counsel of Record | University of California, Davis, School of Law 400 Mrak Hall Drive Davis, CA 95616 wsdodge@ucdavis.edu | 510-421-0494 |
| Party name: International Law Scholars | ||
| Samuel Estreicher Counsel of Record | NYU School of Law 40 Washington Sq. South New York, NY 10012 samuel.estreicher@nyu.edu | 212-998-6226 |
| Party name: Professors of International Law, Foreign Relations Law and Federal Jurisdiction | ||
| Jack L. Goldsmith Counsel of Record | 1563 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, MA 02138 goldsmith.jack@gmail.com | (617) 384-8159 |
| Party name: Chevron Corporation | ||
| Kevin Paul Martin Counsel of Record | Goodwin Procter LLP 100 Northern Avenue Boston, MA 02210 kmartin@goodwinlaw.com | 6175701000 |
| Party name: The National Confectioners Association, the World Cocoa Foundation, and the European Cocoa Association | ||
| Charity Starr Ryerson Counsel of Record | Corporate Accountability Lab 6214 N. Glenwood Ave. Chicago, IL 60660 charity@corpaccountabilitylab.org | 3178507384 |
| Party name: Tony's Chocolonely | ||
| Charity Starr Ryerson Counsel of Record | Corporate Accountability Lab 6214 N. Glenwood Ave. Chicago, IL 60660 charity@corpaccountabilitylab.org | 3178507384 |
| Party name: Small and Mid-Size Cocoa and Chocolate Companies | ||
| Pratik Arvind Shah Counsel of Record | Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP 2001 K Street N.W. Washington, DC 20006 pshah@akingump.com | 202-887-4210 |
| Party name: The Coca-Cola Company | ||