| No. 20-454 Vide 20-429, 20-539 | |
| Title: | Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al., Petitioners v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore |
| Docketed: | October 8, 2020 |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (19-1614) |
| Decision Date: | September 3, 2020 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Oct 07 2020 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 9, 2020) |
| PetitionProof of Service | |
| Oct 30 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 9, 2020 to December 9, 2020, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Main Document | |
| Nov 02 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 9, 2020. |
| Nov 03 2020 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Alex M. Azar, et al. |
| Blanket Consent | |
| Nov 03 2020 | Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Mayor and City Council of Baltimore |
| Blanket Consent | |
| Nov 09 2020 | Brief amici curiae of American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians & Gynecologists, et al. filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Dec 05 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 9, 2020 to February 5, 2021, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Main Document | |
| Dec 07 2020 | Petitioners response to motion for further extension of time to file a response filed. |
| Main Document | |
| Dec 08 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted in part; the time is further extended to and including December 14, 2020. |
| Dec 08 2020 | Letter waiving the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition for a writ of certiorari pursuant to Rule 15.5. filed. |
| Main Document | |
| Dec 14 2020 | Brief of respondent Mayor and City Council of Baltimore in opposition filed. |
| Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count | |
| Dec 23 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021. |
| Dec 23 2020 | Reply of petitioners Alex M. Azar, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word Count | |
| Jan 19 2021 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/22/2021. |
| Feb 12 2021 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/19/2021. |
| Feb 22 2021 | Petition GRANTED. The petitions for writs of certiorari in Nos. 20-429 and 20-539 are granted. The cases are consolidated, and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument. VIDED. |
| Feb 22 2021 | 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. 20-429. Subsequent filings in these cases must therefore be submitted through the electronic filing system in No. 20-429. 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.” |
| Mar 12 2021 | Joint stipulation to dismiss the case pursuant to Rule 46.1 filed. |
| Proof of ServiceMain Document | |
| May 17 2021 | The Government has filed a letter brief representing that it will continue enforcing the challenged rule and regulations outside the State of Maryland for as long as they remain operative. If further litigation is brought against the challenged rule and regulations outside of Maryland, the Government represents that it will either oppose that litigation on threshold grounds or seek to hold the litigation in abeyance pending the completion of notice and comment. In light of the Government’s representations, the motions for leave to intervene are denied, and the petitions in Nos. 20-429, 20-454, and 20-539 are dismissed pursuant to Rule 46.1. If the Government fails to enforce the challenged rule and regulations outside of Maryland prior to the completion of notice and comment, or if litigation is brought against the challenged rule and regulations outside of Maryland, any aggrieved party may file an application in this Court after seeking relief in the appropriate District Court and Court of Appeals. Justice Thomas, Justice Alito, and Justice Gorsuch would grant the motions for leave to intervene and deny the stipulations to dismiss the petitions. |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioners | ||
| Elizabeth B. Prelogar 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: Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. | ||
| Attorneys for Respondent | ||
| Andrew Timothy Tutt Counsel of Record | Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer 601 Massachusetts Ave. NW Washington, DC 20001 andrew.tutt@arnoldporter.com | 202-942-5000 |
| Party name: Mayor and City Council of Baltimore | ||
| Other | ||
| John J. Bursch Counsel of Record | Alliance Defending Freedom 440 First Street NW Suite 600 Washington, DC 20001 jbursch@adflegal.org | (616) 450-4235 |
| Party name: American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians & Gynecologists, et al. | ||