| No. 21-954 | |
| Title: | Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al., Petitioners v. Texas, et al. |
| Docketed: | December 29, 2021 |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (21-10806) |
| Decision Date: | December 13, 2021 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Dec 29 2021 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 28, 2022) |
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| Jan 18 2022 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 28, 2022 to February 28, 2022, submitted to The Clerk. |
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| Jan 19 2022 | Response to motion to extend the time to file a response filed. |
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| Jan 19 2022 | Motion to extend the time to file a response DENIED. |
| Jan 28 2022 | Waiver of the 14-day waiting period for distribution of the petition for a writ of certiorari pursuant to Rule 15.5 filed. |
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| Jan 28 2022 | Brief of respondents Texas, et al. in opposition filed. |
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| Feb 02 2022 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/18/2022. |
| Feb 02 2022 | Reply of petitioners Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Feb 18 2022 | Petition GRANTED. The case will be set for argument in the second week of the April 2022 argument session. Petitioners' brief on the merits is to be filed on or before Monday, March 14, 2022. Respondents' brief on the merits is to be filed on or before Thursday, April 7, 2022. The reply brief is to be filed with the Clerk and served upon opposing counsel on or before 2 p.m., Wednesday, April 20, 2022. |
| Mar 08 2022 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al. |
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| Mar 14 2022 | Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Texas |
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| Mar 14 2022 | Brief of petitioners Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al. filed. |
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| Mar 14 2022 | Joint appendix filed. (Statement of cost filed.) |
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| Mar 15 2022 | ARGUMENT SET FOR Tuesday, April 26, 2022. |
| Mar 16 2022 | Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 5th Circuit. |
| Mar 18 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of Public Citizen filed. |
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| Mar 18 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of Professor Benjamin Eidelson filed. |
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| Mar 21 2022 | Brief amici curiae of Bipartisan Former Officials of the Department of Homeland Security and the Immigration and Naturalization Service filed. |
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| Mar 21 2022 | Brief amici curiae of Former DHS Secretary Jeh C. Johnson and Former Ambassador to Mexico Roberta S. Jacobson filed. |
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| Mar 21 2022 | Brief amici curiae of State of Illinois, et al. filed. |
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| Mar 21 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of Center for Immigration Law and Policy, UCLA School of Law filed. |
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| Mar 21 2022 | Brief amici curiae of The Border Project and the National Immigrant Justice Center filed. |
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| Mar 21 2022 | Brief amici curiae of Administrative Law Professors filed. |
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| Mar 21 2022 | Brief amici curiae of 61 Immigration Advocacy and Legal Service Organizations filed. |
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| Mar 21 2022 | Brief amici curiae of United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, et al. filed. |
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| Mar 21 2022 | Brief amici curiae of 25 Cities and Counties filed. |
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| Mar 23 2022 | Record from the U.S.C.A. 5th Circuit is electronic and located on PACER. |
| Mar 23 2022 | Record received from the U.S.D.C. Northern District of Texas (Amarillo) has been electronically filed. |
| Mar 23 2022 | CIRCULATED |
| Apr 07 2022 | Brief of respondent Texas filed. (Distributed) |
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| Apr 14 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of Center for Immigration Studies filed. (Distributed) |
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| Apr 14 2022 | Brief amici curiae of Indiana, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Apr 14 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of Advocates for Victims of Illegal Alien Crime filed. (Distributed) |
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| Apr 14 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of Landmark Legal Foundation filed. (Distributed) |
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| Apr 14 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of America First Legal Foundation filed. (Distributed) |
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| Apr 14 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of Immigration Reform Law Institute filed. (Distributed) |
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| Apr 14 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of Advancing American Freedom filed. (Distributed) |
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| Apr 19 2022 | Reply of petitioner Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Apr 25 2022 | Letter from the Solicitor General noting statistical corrections to reports cited in their petition filed. (Distributed) |
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| Apr 26 2022 | Argued. For petitioners: Elizabeth B. Prelogar, Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondents: Judd E. Stone, II, Solicitor General, Austin, Tex. |
| May 02 2022 | The parties are directed to file supplemental briefs addressing the following questions: (1) Whether 8 U. S. C. §1252(f)(1) imposes any jurisdictional or remedial limitations on the entry of injunctive relief, declaratory relief, or relief under 5 U. S. C. §706. (2) Whether such limitations are subject to forfeiture. (3) Whether this Court has jurisdiction to consider the merits of the questions presented in this case. The briefs, not to exceed 6,000 words, are to be filed simultaneously with the Clerk and served upon opposing counsel on or before 5 p.m., Monday, May 9, 2022. Amicus curiae briefs, not to exceed 3,000 words, may be filed with the Clerk and served upon counsel on or before 5 p.m., Monday, May 9, 2022. Reply briefs, not to exceed 3,000 words, are to be filed simultaneously with the Clerk and served upon opposing counsel on or before 5 p.m., Friday, May 13, 2022. |
| May 05 2022 | Supplemental amicus curiae brief of Immigration Reform Law Institute filed. (Distributed) |
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| May 09 2022 | Supplemental brief of petitioners Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| May 09 2022 | Supplemental brief of respondents Texas, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| May 09 2022 | Supplemental amici curiae brief of Indiana, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| May 09 2022 | Supplemental amicus curiae brief of America First Legal Foundation filed. (Distributed) |
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| May 09 2022 | Supplemental amicus curiae brief of National Immigrant Justice Center filed. (Distributed) |
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| May 09 2022 | Supplemental amicus curiae brief of American Civil Liberties Union in support of neither party filed. (To Be Recovered) (Distributed) |
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| May 09 2022 | Supplemental amicus curiae brief of Public Citizen filed. (Distributed) |
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| May 13 2022 | Supplemental reply brief for respondents Texas, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| May 13 2022 | Supplemental reply brief of petitioners Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Jun 06 2022 | Letter from the Solicitor General providing update regarding statistical corrections to reports cited in their petition filed. (Distributed) |
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| Jun 30 2022 | Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Roberts, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan, and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined. Kavanaugh, J., filed a concurring opinion. Alito, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Thomas and Gorsuch, JJ., joined. Barrett, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch, JJ., joined as to all but the first sentence. |
| Aug 01 2022 | JUDGMENT ISSUED |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioners | ||
| Elizabeth B. Prelogar Counsel of Record | Solicitor General United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530-0001 SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov | 202-514-2217 |
| Party name: Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al. | ||
| Attorneys for Respondents | ||
| D. John Sauer Counsel of Record | Office of the Attorney General Supreme Court Building, 207 West High Street P.O. Box 899 Jefferson City, MO 65102 john.sauer@ago.mo.gov | 573-751-3321 |
| Party name: Missouri | ||
| Judd Edward Stone II Counsel of Record | Texas Attorney General's Office P.O. Box 12548 (MC 059) Austin, TX 78711-2548 judd.stone@oag.texas.gov | 512-936-1700 |
| Party name: Texas | ||
| Other | ||
| Thomas M. Fisher Counsel of Record | Indiana AG's Office, IGC S., 5th Fl. 302 W. Washington Indianapolis, IN 46204 tom.fisher@atg.in.gov | 317-232-6255 |
| Party name: States of Indiana, Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Utah, Virginia, and West Virginia | ||
| Charles G. Roth Counsel of Record | National Immigration Justice Center 224 S. Michigan Ave., Ste. 600 Chicago, IL 60604 croth@heartlandalliance.org | 3126601613 |
| Party name: National Immigrant Justice Center | ||
| Michael King Thomas Tan Counsel of Record | American Civil Liberties Union Foundation 125 Broad St., 18th Floor New York, NY 10004 mtan@aclu.org | 212-519-7848 |
| Party name: American Civil Liberties Union | ||
| Julie B. Axelrod Counsel of Record | Center for Immigration Studies 1629 K Street NW Suite 600 Washington DC, DC 20006 jba@cis.org | 2024668185 |
| Party name: Center for Immigration Studies | ||
| Anjan Choudhury Counsel of Record | Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP 350 S. Grand Avenue, 50th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90071-1560 anjan.choudhury@mto.com | 213-683-9107 |
| Party name: Center for Immigration Law and Policy, UCLA School of Law | ||
| Ethan Douglas Dettmer Counsel of Record | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP 555 Mission Street, Suite 3000 San Francisco, CA 94105 edettmer@gibsondunn.com | (415) 393-8306 |
| Party name: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, et al. | ||
| Victoria Dorfman Counsel of Record | Jones Day 51 Louisiana Ave., NW Washington, DC 20001 vdorfman@jonesday.com | (202) 879-3939 |
| Party name: The Border Project and the National Immigrant Justice Center | ||
| Benjamin Micah Eidelson Counsel of Record | 1525 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 01238 beidelson@law.harvard.edu | 617-495-4846 |
| Party name: Professor Benjamin Eidelson | ||
| Thomas M. Fisher Counsel of Record | Office of the Indiana Attorney General IGC South, Fifth Floor 302 W. Washington Indianapolis, IN 46204 tom.fisher@atg.in.gov | 317-232-6255 |
| Party name: States of Indiana, Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Utah, Virginia, and West Virginia | ||
| Matthew Conrad Forys Counsel of Record | Landmark Legal Foundation 19415 Deerfield Avenue, Suite 312 Leesburg, VA 20176 matt@landmarklegal.org | 703-554-6100 |
| Party name: Landmark Legal Foundation | ||
| 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: Bipartisan Former Officials of the Department of Homeland Security and the Immigration and Naturalization Service | ||
| Christopher J. Hajec Counsel of Record | Immigration Reform Law Institute 25 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Suite 335 Washington, DC 20001 chajec@irli.org | 202-232-5590 |
| Party name: Immigration Reform Law Institute | ||
| Gene Patrick Hamilton Counsel of Record | America First Legal Foundation 300 Independence Avenue Washington, DC 20003 gene.hamilton@aflegal.org | 202-964-3721 |
| Party name: America First Legal Foundation | ||
| Kathleen Roberta Hartnett Counsel of Record | Cooley LLP 3 Embarcadero Center 20th Floor San Francisco, CA 94111 khartnett@cooley.com | (415) 693-2000 |
| Party name: Administrative Law Professors | ||
| Nandan Maheshchandra Joshi Counsel of Record | Public Citizen Litigation Group 1600 20th Street, NW Washington, DC 20009 njoshi@citizen.org | (202) 588-1000 |
| Party name: Public Citizen | ||
| Jane Elinor Notz Counsel of Record | Office of the Attorney General, State of Illinois 100 West Randolph Street, 12th Floor Chicago, IL 60601 Jane.Notz@ilag.gov | 312-814-5376 |
| Party name: State of Illinois, et al. | ||
| Matthew Jared Sheehan Counsel of Record | Advancing American Freedom, Inc. 801 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20004 matt@advancingamericanfreedom.com | 2027804848 |
| Party name: Advancing American Freedom | ||
| Moses Silverman Counsel of Record | Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP 1285 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10019 msilverman@paulweiss.com | 212-373-3000 |
| Party name: Former DHS Secretary Jeh C. Johnson and Former Ambassador to Mexico Roberta S. Jacobson | ||
| Daniel Ramsey Suvor Counsel of Record | O'Melveny & Myers LLP 400 So. Hope Street Los Angeles, CA 90071 dsuvor@omm.com | 213-430-6000 |
| Party name: 25 Cities and Counties | ||
| Karen C. Tumlin Counsel of Record | Justice Action Center P.O. Box 27280 Los Angeles, CA 90027 Karen.Tumlin@justiceactioncenter.org | 323-450-7271 |
| Party name: 61 Immigration Advocacy and Legal Service Organizations | ||
| Walter Stephen Zimolong III Counsel of Record | Zimolong LLC P.O. Box 552 Villanova, PA 19085 wally@zimolonglaw.com | 215-665-0842 |
| Party name: Advocates for Victims of Illegal Alien Crime | ||