No. 22-429
Title:Acheson Hotels, LLC, Petitioner
v.
Deborah Laufer
Docketed:November 8, 2022
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
   Case Numbers:(21-1410)
   Decision Date:October 5, 2022
   Rehearing Denied:
  Discretionary Court Decision Date:
Questions Presented

DateProceedings and Orders
Nov 04 2022Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 8, 2022)
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Dec 07 2022Waiver of right of respondent Deborah Laufer to respond filed.
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Dec 08 2022Brief amici curiae of Restaurant Law Center, et al. filed.
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Dec 08 2022Brief amicus curiae of DRI Center for Law and Public Policy filed.
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Dec 08 2022Brief amici curiae of Retail Litigation Center, Inc., et al. filed.
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Dec 08 2022Brief amicus curiae of Center for Constitutional Responsibility filed.
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Dec 08 2022Brief amici curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. filed.
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Dec 14 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/6/2023.
Dec 19 2022Response Requested. (Due January 18, 2023)
Jan 03 2023Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 18, 2023 to February 17, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
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Jan 10 2023Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 17, 2023.
Feb 06 2023Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 17, 2023 to March 3, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
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Feb 06 2023Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted in part and the time is further extended to and including February 27, 2023.
Feb 24 2023Waiver of the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition pursuant to Rule 15.5 filed by petitioner.
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Feb 24 2023Brief of respondent Deborah Laufer in opposition filed.
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Feb 28 2023Reply of petitioner Acheson Hotels, LLC filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 01 2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/17/2023.
Mar 20 2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/24/2023.
Mar 27 2023Petition GRANTED.
Apr 14 2023Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
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May 01 2023Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including June 5, 2023. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including August 2, 2023.
Jun 05 2023Brief of petitioner Acheson Hotels, LLC filed.
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Jun 05 2023Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
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Jun 12 2023Brief amici curiae of Retail Litigation Center, Inc., et al. filed.
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Jun 12 2023Brief amici curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. filed.
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Jun 12 2023Brief amici curiae of Atlantic Legal Foundation, et al. filed.
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Jun 12 2023Brief amici curiae of Restaurant Law Center, et al. filed.
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Jun 12 2023Brief amicus curiae of Center for Constitutional Responsibility filed.
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Jun 12 2023Brief amicus curiae of United States in support of neither party filed.
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Jun 12 2023Brief amici curiae of The Buckeye Institute, et al. filed.
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Jun 12 2023Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Homebuilders filed.
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Jul 14 2023SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, October 4, 2023.
Jul 17 2023Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
Jul 20 2023Record received from the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. The record is electronic and available on PACER.
Jul 20 2023Complete record on appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maine electronically received and available with the Clerk.
Jul 24 2023Suggestion of mootness filed by respondent Deborah Laufer.
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Jul 27 2023CIRCULATED
Jul 28 2023Petitioner’s Opposition to Suggestion of Mootness filed. (Distributed)
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Aug 02 2023Brief of respondent Deborah Laufer filed. (Distributed)
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Aug 07 2023Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
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Aug 09 2023Brief amici curiae of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Aug 09 2023Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed. (Distributed)
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Aug 09 2023Brief amici curiae of Fair Housing Organizations and Testers, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Aug 09 2023Brief amici curiae of Disability Antidiscrimination Law Scholars filed. (Distributed)
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Aug 09 2023Brief amicus curiae of Public Citizen filed. (Distributed)
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Aug 09 2023Brief amici curiae of Massachusetts, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Aug 09 2023Amicus brief of Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, et al. not accepted for filing. (Corrected version submitted - August 18, 2023)
Aug 09 2023Brief amici curiae of Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Aug 09 2023Brief amici curiae of Philip L. Schuler, et al. in association with the Amicus Project filed. (Distributed)
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Aug 10 2023The respondent’s request that the Court dismiss the case as moot at this time is denied. The question of mootness will be subject to further consideration at oral argument in addition to the question presented.
Aug 25 2023Letter of respondent Deborah Laufer updating the Clerk on status of her related lower court cases filed (Corrected letter filed).
Aug 25 2023Letter of respondent Deborah Laufer updating the Clerk on status of her related lower court cases filed (Corrected letter received 9/25/23).
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Sep 01 2023Reply of petitioner Acheson Hotels, LLC filed. (Distributed)
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Sep 08 2023Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Oct 04 2023Argued. For petitioner: Adam G. Unikowsky, Washington, D. C. For United States, as amicus curiae: Erica L. Ross, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Kelsi B. Corkran, Washington, D. C.
Nov 16 2023Letter and attached opinion of lower court in related litigation before CA4 filed by respondent. (Distributed)
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Dec 05 2023Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Barrett, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., and Jackson, J., filed opinions concurring in the judgment.
Jan 08 2024Judgment issued.
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NAMEADDRESSPHONE
Attorneys for Petitioner
Adam G. Unikowsky
    Counsel of Record		Jenner & Block LLP
1099 New York Avenue, NW
Suite 900
Washington, DC 20001

AUnikowsky@jenner.com		202-639-6000
Party name: Acheson Hotels, LLC
Attorneys for Respondent
Kelsi Brown Corkran
    Counsel of Record		Institute for Constitutional Advocacy & Protection
600 New Jersey Ave NW
Washington, DC 20001

KBC74@GEORGETOWN.EDU		202-661-6728
Party name: Deborah Laufer
Other
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: United States
Jeffrey Barret Augello
    Counsel of Record		National Association of Homebuilders
1201 15th Street NW
Washington, DC 20005

jaugello@nahb.org		(202) 266-8200
Party name: National Association of Homebuilders
Dylan Bradley Carp
    Counsel of Record		Jackson Lewis P.C.
50 California Street
9th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111

dylan.carp@jacksonlewis.com		415-394-9400
Party name: Restaurant Law Center
Reed Neill Colfax
    Counsel of Record		Relman Colfax PLLC
1225 19th Street NW, Suite 600
Washington, DC 20036

rcolfax@relmanlaw.com		2027281888
Party name: Fair Housing Organizations and Testers
Shay Dvoretzky
    Counsel of Record		Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
1440 New York Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20005

shay.dvoretzky@skadden.com		202-371-7370
Party name: Retail Litigation Center, Inc., and National Retail Federation
Lawrence S. Ebner
    Counsel of Record		Atlantic Legal Foundation
1701 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20006

lawrence.ebner@atlanticlegal.org		202-729-6337
Party name: Atlantic Legal Foundation & DRI Center for Law and Public Policy
Michael Meredith Epstein
    Counsel of Record		Southwestern Law School
3050 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90010

amicusproject@swlaw.edu		213-738-6774
Party name: Philip L. Schuler, Jenny Rodriguez-Fee and Michael M. Epstein, in association with the Amicus Project
Karla Ann Gilbride
    Counsel of Record		PO Box 1652
Silver Spring, MD 20915

karla.gilbride@gmail.com		301-857-1808
Party name: Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, et al.
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
Hyland Hunt
    Counsel of Record		Deutsch Hunt, PLLC
300 New Jersey Ave., NW
Suite 900
Washington, DC 20001

HHUNT@DEUTSCHHUNT.COM		2028686915
Party name: Disability Antidiscrimination Law Scholars
David Clark Kravitz
    Counsel of Record		Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General
One Ashburton Place
Boston, MA 02108

david.kravitz@state.ma.us		6179632427
Party name: Massachusetts, et al.
Steven Paul Lehotsky
    Counsel of Record		Lehotsky Keller LLP
200 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20001

steve@lehotskykeller.com		5126938350
Party name: Center for Constitutional Responsibility
Scott Lawrence Nelson
    Counsel of Record		Public Citizen Litigation Group
1600 20th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20009

SNELSON@CITIZEN.ORG		202-588-1000
Party name: Public Citizen
Larry James Obhof Jr.
    Counsel of Record		Shumaker, Loop and Kendrick LLP
41 South High Street
Suite 2400
Columbus, OH 43215

LOBHOF@SHUMAKER.COM		(614) 463-9441
Party name: The Buckeye Institute, Maine Policy Institute, Job Creators Network Foundation, National Real Estate Investors Association, and Ohio Hotel and Lodging Association
Mark Andrew Perry
    Counsel of Record		Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP
2001 M Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036

mark.perry@weil.com		(202) 682-7000
Party name: Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, American Resort Development Association, National Association of Home Builders of the United States, and International Council of Shopping Centers
Michael Skocpol
    Counsel of Record		NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.
700 14th Street NW, Suite 600
Washington, DC 20005

mskocpol@naacpldf.org		(202) 682-1300
Party name: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, et al.
Sarah Elizabeth Spencer
    Counsel of Record		Christensen & Jensen
257 East 200 South, Suite 1100
Suite 800
Salt Lake City, UT 84111

sarah.spencer@chrisjen.com		8013235000
Party name: DRI Center for Law and Public Policy