No. 23-1038
Title:Food and Drug Administration, Petitioner
v.
Wages and White Lion Investments, L.L.C., dba Triton Distribution, et al.
Docketed:March 19, 2024
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
   Case Numbers:(21-60766, 21-60800)
   Decision Date:January 3, 2024
   Rehearing Denied:
  Discretionary Court Decision Date:
Questions Presented

DateProceedings and Orders
Mar 19 2024Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 18, 2024)
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Apr 04 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 18, 2024 to May 17, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
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Apr 05 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 17, 2024.
Apr 18 2024Brief amici curiae of Public Health, Medical, and Community Groups filed.
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Apr 18 2024Brief amicus curiae of Logic Technology Development LLC filed.
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May 15 2024Brief amici curiae of Vaping Industry Stakeholders filed.
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May 17 2024Brief of respondents Wages and White Lion Investments, L.L.C., dba Triton Distribution, et al. in opposition filed.
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Jun 04 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/20/2024.
Jun 04 2024Reply of petitioner Food and Drug Administration filed. (Distributed)
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Jun 28 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 7/1/2024.
Jul 02 2024Petition GRANTED.
Jul 23 2024Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
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Jul 24 2024Motion 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 August 26, 2024. The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including October 7, 2024.
Aug 26 2024Brief of petitioner Food and Drug Administration filed.
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Aug 26 2024Joint appendix filed. (Statement of cost filed)
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Aug 30 2024Brief amici curiae of Public Health, Medical, and Community Groups filed.
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Sep 03 2024Brief amicus curiae of Global Action to End Smoking, Inc. in support of neither party filed.
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Sep 03 2024Brief amici curiae of Sixteen Members of Congress filed.
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Sep 03 2024Brief amici curiae of Massachusetts, et al. filed.
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Oct 07 2024Brief of respondents Wages and White Lion Investments, L.L.C., dba Triton Distribution, et al. filed.
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Oct 08 2024Brief amici curiae of Vaping Industry Stakeholders filed.
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Oct 10 2024Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed.
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Oct 15 2024Brief amicus curiae of Coalition of Manufacturers of Smoking Alternatives filed.
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Oct 15 2024Brief amici curiae of Thirteen Members of Congress, et al. filed.
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Oct 15 2024Brief amicus curiae of Logic Technology Development LLC filed.
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Oct 15 2024Brief amici curiae of Electronic Nicotine Delivery System Trade Associations, et al. filed.
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Oct 15 2024Brief amicus curiae of Taxpayers Protection Alliance filed.
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Oct 15 2024Brief amici curiae of R.J. Reynolds Vapor Company, et al. filed.
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Oct 15 2024Brief amicus curiae of Vapor Technology Association filed.
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Oct 15 2024Brief amicus curiae of Goldwater Institute filed.
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Oct 18 2024SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, December 2, 2024.
Oct 21 2024Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Oct 22 2024CIRCULATED
Nov 06 2024Record received from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The record is electronic and is available on PACER.
Nov 06 2024Reply of petitioner Food and Drug Administration filed. (Distributed)
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Dec 02 2024Argued. For petitioner: Curtis E. Gannon, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondents: Eric N. Heyer, Washington, D. C.

NAMEADDRESSPHONE
Attorneys for Petitioner
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: Food and Drug Administration
Attorneys for Respondents
Eric N. Heyer
    Counsel of Record		Thompson Hine LLP
1919 M Street, N.W.
Suite 700
Washington, DC 20036

ERIC.HEYER@THOMPSONHINE.COM		202-331-8800
Party name: Wages and White Lion Investments, L.L.C., dba Triton Distribution, et al.
Other
Anthony Lawrence Abboud
    Counsel of Record		Law Offices of Tony Abboud
950 Hawthome Lane
Northbrook, IL 60062

tony@abboudlegal.com		3124986060
Party name: Vapor Technology Association
Donald Manwell Falk
    Counsel of Record		Schaerr Jaffe LLP
Four Embarcadero Center
Suite 1400
San Francisco, CA 94111

dfalk@schaerr-jaffe.com		415-562-4942
Party name: Taxpayers Protection Alliance
Noel John Francisco
    Counsel of Record		Jones Day
51 Louisiana Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001

NJFRANCISCO@JONESDAY.COM		(202) 879-3939
Party name: R.J. Reynolds Vapor Company
Eric Philip Gotting
    Counsel of Record		Keller and Heckman LLP
1001 G Street, NW Suite 500 West
Washington, DC 20001

gotting@khlaw.com		(202) 434-4100
Party name: Electronic Nicotine Delivery System Trade Associations and Small Businesses
Erik S. Jaffe
    Counsel of Record		Schaerr | Jaffe LLP
1717 K Street, N.W., Suite 900
Washington, DC 20006

EJAFFE@SCHAERR-JAFFE.COM		202-787-1060
Party name: Coalition of Manufacturers of Smoking Alternatives
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.
Carter G. Phillips
    Counsel of Record		Sidley Austin LLP
1501 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20005

CPHILLIPS@SIDLEY.COM		+1 202 736 8270
Party name: Global Action to End Smoking, Inc.
Mark Benjamin Samburg
    Counsel of Record		Democracy Forward Foundation
PO Box 34553
Washington, DC 20043

msamburg@democracyforward.org		202-448-9090
Party name: Sixteen Members of Congress
Timothy Mason Sandefur
    Counsel of Record		Goldwater Institute
500 E. Coronado Road
Phoenix, AZ 85004

TSANDEFUR@GOLDWATERINSTITUTE.ORG		6024625000
Party name: Goldwater Institute
William Barnett Schultz
    Counsel of Record		Zuckerman Spaeder LLP
1800 M Street, NW
Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20036

wschultz@zuckerman.com		(202) 778-1800
Party name: Public Health, Medical, and Community Groups
Jordan Adam Sekulow
    Counsel of Record		ACLJ
201 Maryland Ave NE
Washington, DC 20002

sekulow@aclj.org		2025468890
Party name: Thirteen Members of Congress & The ACLJ
J. Gregory Troutman
    Counsel of Record		Troutman Law Office, PLLC.
4205 Springhurst Boulevard
Suite 201
Louisville, KY 40241

JGTATTY@YAHOO.COM		502-412-9179
Party name: Vaping Industry Stakeholders
Misha Tseytlin
    Counsel of Record		Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP
227 West Monroe Street
Suite 3900
Chicago, IL 60606

MISHA.TSEYTLIN@TROUTMAN.COM		608-999-1240
Party name: Logic Technology Development LLC