| No. 22-506 | |
| Title: | Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States, et al., Petitioners v. Nebraska, et al. |
| Docketed: | December 1, 2022 |
| Linked with 22A444 | |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (22-3179) |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Nov 18 2022 | Application (22A444) to vacate injunction, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh. |
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| Nov 18 2022 | Petition for a writ of certiorari before judgment filed. |
| Nov 18 2022 | Response to application (22A444) requested by Justice Kavanaugh, due noon (EST), Wednesday, November 23, 2022. |
| Nov 22 2022 | Motion for leave to file amicus brief and brief in support of application to vacate injunction filed by Former Representative George Miller. |
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| Nov 22 2022 | Motion for leave to file amicus brief and brief filed by Law Professors. |
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| Nov 22 2022 | Motion for leave to file amicus brief and brief filed by Borrower Advocacy and Legal Aid Organizations in support of applicants. |
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| Nov 23 2022 | Response to application from respondents Nebraska, et al. filed. |
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| Nov 23 2022 | Motion for leave to file amicus brief and brief filed by Fenaba Addo, Alan Aja, Dominique Baker, Raphael Charron-Chenier, Mathieu Despard, Darrick Hamilton, Jason Houle, Martha Ross, Stephen Roll, Louise Seamster, and Thomas Shapiro. |
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| Nov 23 2022 | Motion for leave to file amicus brief and brief filed by Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute. |
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| Nov 23 2022 | Motion for leave to file amicus brief and brief filed by Americans for Prosperity Foundation. |
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| Nov 23 2022 | Motion for leave to file amicus brief and brief filed by American Federation of Teachers in support of applicants. |
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| Nov 23 2022 | Motion for leave to file amicus brief and brief filed by Utah, Ohio, Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Texas, West Virginia, and Wyoming. |
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| Nov 28 2022 | Reply of applicant Joseh R. Biden, et al. filed. |
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| Dec 01 2022 | Application (22A444) referred to the Court. |
| Dec 01 2022 | Consideration of the application to vacate injunction presented to Justice Kavanaugh and by him referred to the Court is deferred pending oral argument. The application to vacate injunction is also treated as a petition for a writ of certiorari before judgment (22-506), and the petition is GRANTED on the questions presented in the application. The Clerk is directed to establish a briefing schedule that will allow the case to be argued in the February 2023 argument session. |
| Dec 14 2022 | The joint appendix and petitioners’ brief on the merits are to be filed on or before Wednesday, January 4, 2023. Respondents’ briefs on the merits are to be filed on or before Friday, January 27, 2023. The reply brief is to be filed on or before Wednesday, February 15, 2023. |
| Dec 14 2022 | In lieu of petitioners filing separate opening and reply briefs on the merits in No. 22-506 and No. 22-535, they may file a single consolidated opening brief, limited to 17,000 words, and a single consolidated reply brief, limited to 9,000 words. In addition, a single joint appendix containing the relevant record materials in No. 22-506 and No. 22-535 may be filed. VIDED. |
| Dec 19 2022 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, February 28, 2023. |
| Dec 20 2022 | Record requested from the U.S.C.A. for the Eighth Circuit. |
| Jan 04 2023 | Consolidated brief of petitioners filed (also in 22-535). VIDED. |
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| Jan 04 2023 | Consolidated joint appendix filed (also in 22-535). VIDED. (Statement of cost filed.) |
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| Jan 05 2023 | Record received from the U.S.C.A.-8th Circuit (1 envelope). |
| Jan 11 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of Student Loan Experts filed. |
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| Jan 11 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of ArchCity Defenders and Legal Services of Eastern Missouri filed. |
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| Jan 11 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People filed. |
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| Jan 11 2023 | Amicus brief of Borrower Advocacy and Legal Aid Organizations not accepted for filing. (January 11, 2023) |
| Jan 11 2023 | Brief amici curiae of Borrower Advocacy and Legal Aid Organizations filed (also in 22-535). VIDED. (Distributed) |
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| Jan 11 2023 | Brief amici curiae of Six Veterans' Organizations filed (also in 22-535). VIDED. |
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| Jan 11 2023 | Brief amici curiae of Legal Scholars (also in 22-535) filed. VIDED. |
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| Jan 11 2023 | Brief amici curiae of Samuel L. Bray and William Baude (also in 22-535) filed. VIDED. |
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| Jan 11 2023 | Brief amici curiae of American Federation of Teachers, et al. (also in 22-535) filed. VIDED. |
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| Jan 11 2023 | Brief amici curiae of Lawyers’ Committee For Civil Rights Under Law, et al. (also in 22-535) filed. VIDED. |
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| Jan 11 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of Former Representative George Miller (also in 22-535) filed. VIDED. |
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| Jan 11 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of National Education Association (also in 22-535) filed. VIDED. |
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| Jan 11 2023 | Brief amici curiae of Local Governments filed (also in 22-535). VIDED. |
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| Jan 11 2023 | Brief amici curiae of Massachusetts, et al. filed (also in 22-535). VIDED. |
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| Jan 11 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of Professor Lawrence A. Stein in support of none of the parties filed (also in 22-535). VIDED. |
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| Jan 12 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of Atlantic Legal Foundation (also in 22-535) filed. VIDED. |
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| Jan 17 2023 | CIRCULATED |
| Jan 27 2023 | Brief of respondents Nebraska, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Feb 01 2023 | Brief amici curiae of Americans for Prosperity Foundation and Advancing Freedom (also in 22-535) filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
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| Feb 01 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of The Foundation for Government Accountability (also in 22-535) filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
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| Feb 02 2023 | Brief amici curiae of Former Rep. Howard McKeon, et al. (also in 22-535) filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
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| Feb 02 2023 | Brief amici curiae of Empire Center and The Government Justice Center, Inc. (also in 535) filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
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| Feb 02 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of America First Policy Institute (also in 22-535) filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
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| Feb 02 2023 | Brief amici curiae of Cato Institute and Manhattan Institute filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
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| Feb 03 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of American Center for Law and Justice (also in 22-535) filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
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| Feb 03 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of Liberty Justice Center filed. (Distributed) |
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| Feb 03 2023 | Brief amici curiae of States of Utah, Ohio, and 15 Other States filed. (Distributed) |
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| Feb 03 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of Citizens United, Citizens United Foundation, and The Presidential Coalition, LLC filed. (Distributed) |
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| Feb 03 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of The Protect Democracy Project (also in 22-535) filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
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| Feb 03 2023 | Brief amici curiae of Michael W. McConnell, et al. (also in 22-535) filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
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| Feb 03 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of The Buckeye Institute (also in 22-535) filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
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| Feb 03 2023 | Brief amici curiae of Senator Marsha Blackburn and 42 Other Members of the United States Senate (also in 22-535) filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
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| Feb 03 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of New Civil Liberties Alliance (also in 22-535) filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
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| Feb 03 2023 | Brief amici curiae of 128 U.S. Representatives, Including 25 Members of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce (also in 22-535) filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
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| Feb 03 2023 | Brief amici curiae of Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute and Committee for Justice (also in 22-535) filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
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| Feb 03 2023 | Brief amici curiae of Elisabeth Devos, et al. (also in 22-535) filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
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| Feb 03 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America (also in 22-535) filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
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| Feb 03 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of Jed Handelsman Shugerman (also in 22-535) filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
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| Feb 15 2023 | Consolidated reply brief of petitioners (also in 22-535) filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
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| Feb 28 2023 | Argued. For petitioners: Elizabeth B. Prelogar, Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondents: James A. Campbell, Solicitor General, Lincoln, Neb. |
| Jun 30 2023 | Application (22A444) DENIED AS MOOT. Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Roberts, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett, JJ., joined. Barrett, J., filed a concurring opinion. Kagan, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Sotomayor and Jackson, JJ., joined. |
| Jul 18 2023 | Record returned to the U.S.C.A.-8th Circuit (1 envelope). |
| Aug 01 2023 | Judgment issued. |
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| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioners | ||
| Elizabeth B. Prelogar | 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, President of the United States, et al. | ||
| Attorneys for Respondents | ||
| James A. Campbell Counsel of Record | Nebraska Attorney General's Office 2115 State Capitol Lincoln, NE 68509 jim.campbell@nebraska.gov | 402-471-2682 |
| Party name: Nebraska, et al. | ||
| Other | ||
| Alex Akerman Counsel of Record | Alston & Bird LLP 333 South Hope Street, 16th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90071 ALEX.AKERMAN@ALSTON.COM | 213-576-1000 |
| Party name: Elisabeth Devos, Margaret Spellings, Roderick Paige, Lamar Alexander, Dr. William Bennett, And Defense of Freedom Institute For Policy Studies In Support Of Respondents | ||
| Boris Bershteyn Counsel of Record | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP One Manhattan West New York, NY 10001-8602 boris.bershteyn@skadden.com | 212-735-3000 |
| Party name: Six Veterans' Organizations | ||
| Anastasia Paulinna Boden Counsel of Record | Cato Institute 1000 Massachusetts Ave. NW Washington, DC 20001 aboden@cato.org | 202-216-1414 |
| Party name: Cato Institute | ||
| Markham Sterling Chenoweth Counsel of Record | New Civil Liberties Alliance 1225 19th Street NW Suite 450 Washington, DC 20036 MARK.CHENOWETH@NCLA.ONMICROSOFT.COM | 2028695209 |
| Party name: New Civil Liberties Alliance | ||
| Elizabeth Napier Dewar Counsel of Record | Office of the Attorney General One Ashburton Place Boston, MA 02108 bessie.dewar@mass.gov | 617-963-2204 |
| Party name: Massachusetts et al. | ||
| Jeffrey Benjamin Dubner Counsel of Record | Democracy Forward Foundation P.O. Box 34553 Washington, DC 20043 Jdubner@democracyforward.org | (202) 383-0794 |
| Party name: Legal Scholars | ||
| Robert Edward Dunn Counsel of Record | Eimer Stahl LLP 99 S. Almaden Blvd. Suite 600 San Jose, CA 95113 RDUNN@EIMERSTAHL.COM | 4088891690 |
| Party name: The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America | ||
| 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 | ||
| Steven Andrew Engel Counsel of Record | Dechert LLP 1900 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20006 STEVEN.ENGEL@DECHERT.COM | (202) 261-3369 |
| Party name: Senator Marsha Blackburn and 42 Other Members of the United States Senate | ||
| Justin Grant Florence Counsel of Record | Protect Democracy Project 15 Main Street Suite 312 Watertown, MA 02472 JUSTIN.FLORENCE@PROTECTDEMOCRACY.ORG | (202) 774-4234 |
| Party name: The Protect Democracy Project | ||
| Theodore Harold Frank Counsel of Record | Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute 1629 K Street NW, Suite 300 Washington, DC 20006 TED.FRANK@HLLI.ORG | 7032033848 |
| Party name: Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute and Committee for Justice | ||
| 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: Former Representative George Miller | ||
| David G. Hinojosa Counsel of Record | Lawyers’ Committee For Civil Rights Under Law 1500 K Street, NW, Suite 900 Washington, DC 20005 dhinojosa@lawyerscommittee.org | (202) 662-8600 |
| Party name: Lawyers’ Committee For Civil Rights Under Law and 21 Other Organizations | ||
| Melissa Ann Holyoak Counsel of Record | Utah Attorney General's Office 350 N. State Street, Suite 230 P.O. Box 142320 Salt Lake City, UT 84114 MELISSAHOLYOAK@AGUTAH.GOV | (801) 538-9600 |
| Party name: States of Utah, Ohio, and 15 Other States | ||
| Yelena Konanova Counsel of Record | Selendy Gay Elsberg PLLC 1290 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10104 lkonanova@selendygay.com | (212) 390-9010 |
| Party name: American Federation of Teachers; American Association of University Professors; and American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees | ||
| Caleb Joseph Kruckenberg Counsel of Record | Pacific Legal Foundation 3100 Clarendon Blvd, Suite 610 Arlington, VA 22201 CKRUCKENBERG@PACIFICLEGAL.ORG | 202-888-6881 |
| Party name: Pacific Legal Foundation, Rep. Howard McKeon, Rep. John Kline, Rep. John Boehner | ||
| William Ranney Levi Counsel of Record | Sidley Austin LLP 1501 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 WILLIAM.LEVI@SIDLEY.COM | 202-736-8756 |
| Party name: Michael W. McConnell, William P. Barr, John Cogan, Mitch Daniels, Christopher DeMuth, C. Boyden Gray, James C. Miller III, John Michael "Mick" Mulvaney, Michael B. Mukasey, John B. Taylor, and Peter J. Wallison | ||
| R. Trent McCotter Counsel of Record | Separation of Powers Clinic, Gray Center Antonin Scalia Law School 3301 Fairfax Dr. Arlington, VA 22201 rmccotte@gmu.edu | 202-706-5488 |
| Party name: 128 U.S. Representatives, Including 25 Members of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce | ||
| Seth E. Mermin Counsel of Record | UCBerkeley Ctr for Consumer Law & Economic Justice UC Berkeley School of Law Suite 308 Berkeley, CA 94720-7200 tmermin@law.berkeley.edu | (510) 393-8254 |
| Party name: Arch City Defenders and Legal Services of Eastern Missouri | ||
| Jonathan B. Miller Counsel of Record | Public Rights Project 490 43rd Street #115 Oakland, CA 94609 jon@publicrightsproject.org | 6468316113 |
| Party name: Local Governments | ||
| Alice Margaret O'Brien Counsel of Record | National Education Association 1201 16th Street, NW Washington, DC 20036 aobrien@nea.org | 202 822 7035 |
| Party name: National Education Association | ||
| William Jeffrey Olson Counsel of Record | William J. Olson, P.C. 370 Maple Ave. W., Suite 4 Vienna, VA 22180 WJO@MINDSPRING.COM | 7033565070 |
| Party name: Citizens United, Citizens United Foundation, and The Presidential Coalition, LLC | ||
| Brian Himanshu Pandya Counsel of Record | Duane Morris LLP 901 New York Ave NW Suite 700-East Washington, DC 20001 BHPandya@duanemorris.com | (202) 776-7807 |
| Party name: Prof. Jed Handelsman Shugerman | ||
| Michael David Pepson Counsel of Record | Americans for Prosperity Foundation 1310 N. Courthouse Rd., Ste. 700 Arlington, VA 22201 mpepson@afphq.org | 5713294529 |
| Party name: Americans for Prosperity Foundation and Advancing American Freedom | ||
| Joshua David Rovenger Counsel of Record | Legal Aid Society of Cleveland 1223 W. 6th Street Cleveland, OH 44113 jrovenger@lasclev.org | 12162977973 |
| Party name: Borrower Advocacy and Legal Aid Organizations | ||
| Jay Alan Sekulow Counsel of Record | American Center for Law and Justice American Center for Law and Justice 201 Maryland Avenue, N.E. Washington, DC 20002 sekulow@aclj.org | 2025468890 |
| Party name: American Center for Law and Justice | ||
| Melissa Arbus Sherry Counsel of Record | Latham & Watkins LLP 555 Eleventh Street, NW Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20004 melissa.sherry@lw.com | 202-637-2200 |
| Party name: Samuel L. Bray and William Baude | ||
| Andrew D. Silverman Counsel of Record | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP 51 West 52nd Street New York, NY 10019 asilverman@orrick.com | 212-506-3727 |
| Party name: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People | ||
| Lawrence A. Stein Counsel of Record | Northern Illinois University Swen Parson Hall Dekalb, IL 60115 l-stein@niu.edu | 3129295741 |
| Party name: Professor Lawrence A. Stein | ||
| Daniel Robert Suhr Counsel of Record | Liberty Justice Center 440 N. Wells St. Suite 200 Chicago, IL 60654 DSUHR@LIBERTYJUSTICECENTER.ORG | 312-637-2280 |
| Party name: Liberty Justice Center | ||
| Craig William Trainor Counsel of Record | America First Policy Institute 1001 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 530 Washington, DC 20004 CTRAINOR@AMERICAFIRSTPOLICY.COM | 2026848361 |
| Party name: America First Policy Institute | ||
| David Christian Tryon Counsel of Record | The Buckeye Institute 88 East Broad Street Suite 1300 Columbus, OH 43215 d.tryon@buckeyeinstitute.org | 6142444422 |
| Party name: The Buckeye Institute | ||
| Misha Tseytlin Counsel of Record | Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP 227 West Monroe Suite 3900 Chicago, IL 60606 MISHA.TSEYTLIN@TROUTMAN.COM | 608-999-1240 |
| Party name: Empire Center for Public Policy, Inc. and Government Justice Center, Inc. | ||
| Stewart Lee Whitson Counsel of Record | Foundation for Government Accountability 15275 Collier Blvd Naples, FL 34119 stewart@thefga.org | 239-244-8808 |
| Party name: The Foundation for Government Accountability | ||
| Christopher J. Wright Counsel of Record | HWG LLP 1919 M Street NW #800 Washington, DC 20036 cwright@hwglaw.com | 202-730-1325 |
| Party name: Student Loan Experts | ||