| No. 21-1164 | |
| Title: | Larry Steven Wilkins, et al., Petitioners v. United States |
| Docketed: | February 23, 2022 |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (20-35745) |
| Decision Date: | September 15, 2021 |
| Rehearing Denied: | November 23, 2021 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Feb 18 2022 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 25, 2022) |
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| Mar 17 2022 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 25, 2022 to April 25, 2022, submitted to The Clerk. |
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| Mar 21 2022 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 25, 2022. |
| Apr 25 2022 | Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed. |
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| May 05 2022 | Reply of petitioners Larry Steven Wilkins, et al. filed. |
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| May 10 2022 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/26/2022. |
| May 31 2022 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/2/2022. |
| Jun 06 2022 | Petition GRANTED. |
| Jun 23 2022 | Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed. |
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| Jun 30 2022 | Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file petitioners' brief on the merits and the joint appendix is extended to and including August 4, 2022. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including September 20, 2022. |
| Jul 06 2022 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Larry Steven Wilkins, et al. |
| Blanket Consent | |
| Aug 04 2022 | Brief of petitioners Larry Steven Wilkins, et al. filed. |
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| Aug 04 2022 | Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed) |
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| Aug 11 2022 | Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center, et al. |
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| Aug 11 2022 | Brief amici curiae of Local Government Organizations filed. |
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| Sep 20 2022 | Brief of respondent United States filed. |
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| Oct 03 2022 | Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center, et al. GRANTED. |
| Oct 18 2022 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, November 30, 2022. |
| Oct 20 2022 | Reply of petitioners Larry Steven Wilkins, et al. filed. |
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| Oct 25 2022 | CIRCULATED. |
| Oct 28 2022 | Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit. |
| Nov 01 2022 | Record received from the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit. One sealed document transmitted electronically. The remaining record is available on PACER. |
| Nov 30 2022 | Argued. For petitioners: Jeffrey W. McCoy, Sacramento, Cal. For respondent: Benjamin W. Snyder, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. |
| Mar 28 2023 | Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Sotomayor, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Barrett, and Jackson, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Roberts, C. J., and Alito, J., joined. |
| May 01 2023 | Judgment issued. |
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| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioners | ||
| Jeffrey Wilson McCoy Counsel of Record | Pacific Legal Foundation 555 Capitol Mall, Suite 1290 Sacramento, CA 95814 jmccoy@pacificlegal.org | 916-419-7111 |
| Party name: Larry Steven Wilkins, et al. | ||
| Attorneys for Respondent | ||
| Elizabeth B. Prelogar Counsel of Record | Solicitor General United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530-0001 | 202-514-2217 |
| Party name: United States | ||
| Other | ||
| Blaine Ian Green Counsel of Record | Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Four Embarcadero Center, 22nd Floor San Francisco, CA 94111 blaine.green@pillsburylaw.com | 415-983-1476 |
| Party name: Local Government Organizations | ||
| Elizabeth Gaudio Milito Counsel of Record | NFIB Small Business Legal Center 555 12th Street, NW Ste. 1001 Washington, DC 20004 elizabeth.milito@nfib.org | (202) 406-4443 |
| Party name: National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center, Cato Institute, Goldwater Institute, and Texas Public Policy Foundation | ||