| No. 19-715 | |
| Title: | Donald J. Trump, et al., Petitioners v. Mazars USA, LLP, et al. |
| Docketed: | December 5, 2019 |
| Linked with 19A545, 19A773, 19A862, 20A15 | |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (19-5142) |
| Decision Date: | October 11, 2019 |
| Rehearing Denied: | November 13, 2019 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Nov 15 2019 | Application (19A545) for a stay of mandate pending the filing and disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari, submitted to The Chief Justice. |
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| Nov 18 2019 | Letter of respondent Committee on Oversight and Reform of the U.S. House of Representatives received. |
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| Nov 18 2019 | UPON CONSIDERATION of the application of counsel for the applicants and the November 18, 2019 letter received from counsel for respondent the Committee on Oversight and Reform of the U.S. House of Representatives, IT IS ORDERED that the mandate of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, case No. 19-5142, is hereby stayed pending receipt of a response, due on or before Thursday, November 21, 2019, by 3 p.m. ET, and further order of the undersigned or of the Court. |
| Nov 21 2019 | Response to application from respondent Committee on Oversight and Reform of the U.S. House of Representatives filed. |
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| Nov 22 2019 | Reply of applicant Donald Trump, et al. filed. |
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| Nov 25 2019 | Application (19A545) referred to the Court. |
| Nov 25 2019 | Application (19A545) granted by the Court. The application for stay of the mandate presented to The Chief Justice and by him referred to the Court is granted. The issuance of the mandate of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, case No. 19-5142, is stayed pending the filing and disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari, if such petition is filed on or before December 5, 2019, by noon. 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 issuance of the judgment of this Court. If no petition for a writ of certiorari is filed on or before December 5, 2019, by noon, the stay shall terminate. |
| Dec 04 2019 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 6, 2020) |
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| Dec 11 2019 | Brief of respondent Committee on Oversight and Reform of the U.S. House of Representatives in opposition filed. |
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| Dec 12 2019 | Reply of petitioners Donald J. Trump, et al. filed. |
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| Dec 13 2019 | Petition GRANTED. The application (19A640) for stay presented to Justice Ginsburg and by her referred to the Court is granted, and it is ordered that the mandate of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, case No. 19-1540, is hereby stayed pending further order of the Court. In addition, the application is treated as a petition for a writ of certiorari, and the petition is granted. The cases are consolidated, and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument. The cases will be set for argument in the March 2020 argument session. VIDED. |
| Dec 13 2019 | 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. 19-715. Subsequent filings in these cases must therefore be submitted through the electronic filing system in No. 19-715. 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.” (December 16, 2019). |
| Jan 07 2020 | Application (19A773) to file a consolidated petitioners' brief on the merits in excess of the word limit, and a consolidated reply brief on the merits in excess of the word limit, submitted to The Chief Justice. VIDED. |
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| Jan 08 2020 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Donald J. Trump, et al. VIDED. |
| Blanket Consent | |
| Jan 13 2020 | Application (19A773) to file a consolidated petitioners' brief on the merits in excess of the word limit, and a consolidated reply brief on the merits in excess of the word limit is granted by The Chief Justice provided that petitioners' brief does not exceed 17,000 words and the reply brief does not exceed 8,000 words. VIDED. |
| Jan 15 2020 | Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Deutsche Bank AG.(in 19-760) |
| Blanket Consent | |
| Jan 15 2020 | Letter of respondent Deutsche Bank AG notifying the Clerk that it does not intend to participate in these cases filed (in 19-760). |
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| Jan 24 2020 | Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Committee on Oversight and Reform of the U.S. House of Representatives. VIDED. |
| Blanket Consent | |
| Jan 27 2020 | Joint appendix filed. VIDED. |
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| Jan 27 2020 | Brief of petitioners Donald J. Trump, et al. filed. VIDED. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Jan 29 2020 | Application (19A862) to file a consolidated respondents' brief on the merits in excess of the word limit, submitted to The Chief Justice. VIDED |
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| Jan 29 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Moral Law filed. VIDED. |
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| Jan 31 2020 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, March 31, 2020. VIDED. |
| Jan 31 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of W. Burlette Carter filed. VIDED. |
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| Feb 03 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. VIDED. |
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| Feb 03 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund filed. VIDED. (Also in 19-635) |
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| Feb 03 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Christian Family Coalition (CFC) Florida, Inc. filed. VIDED. (Also in 19-635) |
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| Feb 03 2020 | Amicus brief of Professor Victor Williams not accepted for filing. (February 12, 2020 - Corrected brief to be submitted.) |
| Feb 03 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Professor Victor Williams filed. VIDED. |
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| Feb 04 2020 | Application (19A862) to file a consolidated respondents' brief on the merits in excess of the word limit is granted by The Chief Justice provided that the brief does not exceed 17,000 words. VIDED. |
| Feb 05 2020 | Letter of respondent Mazars USA LLP notifying the Clerk that it does not intend to participate in these cases filed. VIDED. (Also in 19-635) |
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| Feb 19 2020 | CIRCULATED |
| Feb 19 2020 | Record requested from the U.S.C.A. District of Columbia Circuit. |
| Feb 21 2020 | The record of the USCA District of Columbia Circuit is available on PACER. |
| Feb 26 2020 | Brief of respondents Committees of the U.S. House of Representatives filed. (Distributed). VIDED. |
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| Mar 02 2020 | Letter of respondent Capital One Financial Corporation notifying the Clerk that it does not intend to participate in these cases filed (in 19-760) filed. |
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| Mar 03 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Public Citizen filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 03 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Boston University Law Professors Sean J. Kealy and James J. Wheaton filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 04 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 04 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Former Federal Ethics Officials filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 04 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Former National Security Officials filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 04 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Former Senior Department of Justice Officials filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 04 2020 | Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union and ACLU of the District of Columbia filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 04 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Congressional Scholars filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 04 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Bipartisan Former Members of Congress filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 04 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Former House General Counsels and Former Congressional Staff filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 04 2020 | Brief amici curiae of The Lugar Center and the Levin Center at Wayne Law filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 04 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Seperation-of-Powers Law Professors filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 04 2020 | Brief amici curiae of The Niskanen Center, Republican Women for Progress, Bill Weld, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 04 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Center for Media and Democracy and Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 04 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Financial Investigation and Money Laundering Experts filed (in 19-760). (Distributed) |
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| Mar 04 2020 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. VIDED. |
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| Mar 16 2020 | ORAL ARGUMENT POSTPONED. VIDED. |
| Mar 23 2020 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. VIDED. |
| Mar 27 2020 | Reply of petitioners Donald J. Trump, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
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| Apr 13 2020 | Argument to be rescheduled for May 2020. VIDED. |
| Apr 15 2020 | RESCHEDULED FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, May 12, 2020. VIDED. |
| Apr 27 2020 | The parties and the Solicitor General are directed to file supplemental letter briefs addressing whether the political question doctrine or related justiciability principles bear on the Court's adjudication of these cases. The briefs, not to exceed 15 pages, are to be filed simultaneously with the Clerk and served upon opposing counsel on or before 2 p.m., Friday, May 8, 2020. VIDED. |
| May 08 2020 | Supplemental letter brief of petitioners Donald J. Trump, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
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| May 08 2020 | Supplemental letter brief of respondents Committees of the U.S. House of Representatives filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
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| May 08 2020 | Supplemental letter brief of the United States filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
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| May 12 2020 | Argued. For petitioners: Patrick Strawbridge, Boston, Mass.; and Jeffrey B. Wall, Principal Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For Committees of the U.S. House of Representatives respondents: Douglas N. Letter, General Counsel, United States House of Representatives, Washington, D. C. VIDED. |
| Jul 09 2020 | Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Roberts, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., and Alito, J., filed dissenting opinions. VIDED. |
| Jul 13 2020 | Application (20A15) of Committees of U.S. House of Representatives for an order to issue the judgment forthwith, submitted to The Chief Justice. |
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| Jul 14 2020 | Response to application (20A15) requested by The Chief Justice, due Thursday, July 16, by 4 p.m. |
| Jul 16 2020 | Response to application from respondent Donald J. Trump, et al. filed. |
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| Jul 20 2020 | Application (20A15) referred to the Court. |
| Jul 20 2020 | Application (20A15) denied by the Court. Justice Sotomayor would grant the application. |
| Aug 10 2020 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioners | ||
| William Spencer Consovoy Counsel of Record | Consovoy McCarthy PLLC 1600 Wilson Boulevard Suite 700 Arlington, VA 22209 will@consovoymccarthy.com | (703) 243-9423 |
| Party name: Donald J. Trump, et al. | ||
| Patrick Strawbridge | Consovoy McCarthy PLLC Ten Post Office Square 8th Floor South PMB #706 Boston, MA 02109 patrick@consovoymccarthy.com | 2075223163 |
| Party name: Donald J. Trump, et al. | ||
| Attorneys for Respondents | ||
| Jerry D. Bernstein Counsel of Record | Blank Rome LLP 1271 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020 jbernstein@blankrome.com | 212-885-5511 |
| Party name: Mazars USA, LLP | ||
| Douglas Neal Letter Counsel of Record | Office of General Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives 219 Cannon House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 douglas.letter@mail.house.gov | 2022259700 |
| Party name: Committee on Oversight and Reform of the U.S. House of Representatives | ||
| James Alwin Murphy Counsel of Record | Murphy & McGonigle, P.C. 1185 Avenue of the Americas Floor 21 New York, NY 23219 jmurphy@mmlawus.com | (212) 880-3968 |
| Party name: Capital One Financial Corporation | ||
| 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: Deutsche Bank AG | ||
| Other | ||
| Willieta Burlette Carter Counsel of Record | George Washington Univ. (Emerita Prof.) 2000 H. St., N.W. Washington, DC 20052 bcarter@law.gwu.edu | 2029945155 |
| Party name: W. Burlette Carter | ||
| Daniel Patrick Chiplock Counsel of Record | Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP 250 Hudson Street New York, NY 10013 DCHIPLOCK@lchb.com | (212) 355-9500 |
| Party name: Financial Investigation and Money Laundering Experts | ||
| Matthew James Clark Counsel of Record | Foundation for Moral Law 1 Dexter Avenue Montgomery, AL 36104 matt@morallaw.org | 334-262-1245 |
| Party name: Foundation for Moral Law | ||
| John Arak Freedman Counsel of Record | Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP 601 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington, DC 20001 John.Freedman@arnoldporter.com | 202-942-5316 |
| Party name: Former House General Counsels and Former Congressional Staff | ||
| Andrew J. Goodman Counsel of Record | Foster Garvey P.C. 100 Wall Street, 20th Floor New York, NY 10005 andrew.goodman@foster.com | (212) 431-8700 |
| Party name: Center for Media and Democracy and Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington | ||
| 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 | ||
| Dennis Grossman Counsel of Record | 6701 Sunset Drive, Suite 104 Miami, FL 33143 dagrossmanlaw@aol.com | 5164666690 |
| Party name: Christian Family Coalition (CFC) Florida, Inc. | ||
| Lawrence J. Joseph Counsel of Record | Law Office of Lawrence J. Joseph 1250 Connecticut Avenue, NW Suite 700-1A Washington, DC 20036 ljoseph@larryjoseph.com | 2023559452 |
| Party name: Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund | ||
| Sean Joseph Kealy Counsel of Record | Boston University School of Law 765 Commonwealth Avenue Boston, MA 02215 skealy@bu.edu | 6173538373 |
| Party name: Boston University Law Professors Sean J. Kealy and James J. Wheaton | ||
| Rakesh Nageswar Kilaru Counsel of Record | Wilkinson Walsh LLP 2001 M Street NW 10th Floor Washington, DC 20036 rkilaru@wilkinsonwalsh.com | 2028474046 |
| Party name: Former Senior Department of Justice Officials | ||
| Harold Hongju Koh Counsel of Record | Peter Gruber Rule of Law Clinic Yale Law School 127 Wall Street New Haven, CT 06520-8215 harold.koh@ylsclinics.org | 2034641801 |
| Party name: Former National Security Officials | ||
| Gregory M. Lipper Counsel of Record | Clinton & Peed 777 6th Street NW 11th Floor Washington, DC 20001 glipper@clintonpeed.com | (202) 996-0919 |
| Party name: Congressional Scholars | ||
| Andre Michel Mura Counsel of Record | Gibbs Law Group LLP 505 14th Street Suite 1110 Oakland, CA 94612 amm@classlawgroup.com | 5103509717 |
| Party name: Bipartisan Former Members of Congress | ||
| William Bullock Pittard Counsel of Record | KaiserDillon PLLC 1099 14th Street NW 8th Floor West Washington, DC 20005 wpittard@kaiserdillon.com | 2026402850 |
| Party name: The Lugar Center and the Levin Center at Wayne Law | ||
| Dwayne Dason Sam Counsel of Record | Pierce Bainbridge Beck Price & Hecht LLP 601 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Suite 700S Washington, DC 20004 dsam@piercebainbridge.com | 2028438342 |
| Party name: Former Federal Ethics Officials | ||
| Zachary D. Tripp Counsel of Record | Weil, Gothsal & Manges LLP 2001 M Street NW Washington, DC 20036 zack.tripp@weil.com | 202-682-7000 |
| Party name: Seperation-of-Powers Law Professors | ||
| Donald B. Verrilli Jr. Counsel of Record | Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP 1155 F Streeet NW 7th Floor Washington, DC 20004 donald.verrilli@mto.com | 202-220-1101 |
| Party name: American Civil Liberties Union and ACLU of the District of Columbia | ||
| 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 | ||
| Victor Keith Williams Counsel of Record | Law Professors for Trump 2200 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, VA 22201 victorkeithwilliams@yahoo.com | 571-309-8249 |
| Party name: Professor Victor Williams | ||
| Gregory Edwin Wolff Counsel of Record | California Appellate Law Group LLP 96 Jessie Street San Francisco, CA 94105 greg.wolff@calapplaw.com | 4156496700 |
| Party name: The Niskanen Center, Republican Women for Progress, Bill Weld, et al. | ||
| 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 | ||