| No. 23-1127 | |
| Title: | Wisconsin Bell, Inc., Petitioner v. United States, ex rel. Todd Heath |
| Docketed: | April 17, 2024 |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (22-1515) |
| Decision Date: | January 16, 2024 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Apr 15 2024 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 17, 2024) |
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| May 01 2024 | Brief of respondent Todd Heath in opposition filed. |
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| May 10 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed. |
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| May 16 2024 | Brief amici curiae of USTelecom – The Broadband Association and CTIA – The Wireless Association filed. |
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| May 20 2024 | Reply of petitioner Wisconsin Bell, Inc. filed. (Distributed) |
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| May 20 2024 | Letter of petitioner Wisconsin Bell, Inc. filed. (Distributed) |
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| May 21 2024 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/6/2024. |
| Jun 10 2024 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/13/2024. |
| Jun 17 2024 | Petition GRANTED. |
| Jul 15 2024 | Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed. |
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| Jul 18 2024 | Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits is granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including August 13, 2024. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including September 24, 2024. |
| Jul 26 2024 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, November 4, 2024. |
| Aug 06 2024 | Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. |
| Aug 08 2024 | Record received electronically from the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and available with the Clerk. |
| Aug 13 2024 | Brief of petitioner Wisconsin Bell, Inc. filed. |
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| Aug 13 2024 | Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed) |
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| Aug 14 2024 | Record received electronically from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin and available with the Clerk. |
| Aug 15 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed. |
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| Aug 20 2024 | Brief amici curiae of USTelecom – The Broadband Association and CTIA – The Wireless Association filed. |
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| Aug 20 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of Center for Constitutional Responsibility filed. |
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| Aug 20 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed. |
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| Aug 20 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of DRI–Center for Law and Public Policy filed. |
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| Sep 24 2024 | Brief of respondent United States, ex rel. Todd Heath filed. |
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| Oct 01 2024 | CIRCULATED |
| Oct 01 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. (Distributed) |
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| Oct 01 2024 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
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| Oct 01 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Southern Education Foundation, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Oct 01 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of Anti-Fraud Coalition filed. (Distributed) |
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| Oct 01 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Professors of Law and Computer Science filed. (Distributed) |
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| Oct 15 2024 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. |
| Oct 24 2024 | Reply of petitioner Wisconsin Bell, Inc. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Nov 04 2024 | Argued. For petitioner: Allyson N. Ho, Dallas, Tex. For respondent: Tejinder Singh, Washington, D. C.; and Vivek Suri, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioner | ||
| Helgi C. Walker Counsel of Record | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP 1700 M Street, NW Washington, DC 20036 hwalker@gibsondunn.com | (202) 955-8500 |
| Party name: Wisconsin Bell, Inc. | ||
| Allyson Ho | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP 2001 Ross Avenue Suite 2100 Dallas, TX 75201 AHO@GIBSONDUNN.COM | 214-698-3233 |
| Party name: Wisconsin Bell, Inc. | ||
| Attorneys for Respondent | ||
| David J. Chizewer Counsel of Record | Goldberg Kohn Ltd. 55 East Monroe Street Suite 3300 Chicago, IL 60603 david.chizewer@goldbergkohn.com | (312) 201-4000 |
| Party name: Todd Heath | ||
| Tejinder Singh | Sparacino PLLC 1920 L Street, NW Suite 835 Washington, DC 20036 TEJINDER@SPARACINOPLLC.COM | (202) 629-3530 |
| Party name: Todd Heath | ||
| 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 | ||
| Scott H. Angstreich Counsel of Record | Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C. 1615 M Street, NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20036 sangstreich@kellogghansen.com | 2023267900 |
| Party name: USTelecom – The Broadband Association and CTIA – The Wireless Association | ||
| John Patrick Elwood Counsel of Record | Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP 601 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington, DC 20001 JOHN.ELWOOD@ARNOLDPORTER.COM | (202) 942-5992 |
| Party name: Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America | ||
| Steven Paul Lehotsky Counsel of Record | Lehotsky Keller Cohn LLP 200 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington, DC 20001 steve@lkcfirm.com | 512-693-8350 |
| Party name: Center for Constitutional Responsibility | ||
| Michael Dallas Lieberman Counsel of Record | Fairmark Partners LLP 1001 G Street NW Suite 400 East Washington, DC 20001 michael@fairmarklaw.com | 818 585 2903 |
| Party name: Professors of Law and Computer Science | ||
| Mary Massaron Counsel of Record | Plunkett & Cooney, P.C. 38505 Woodward Ave Suite 100 Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304 mmassaron@plunkettcooney.com | 313-983-4801 |
| Party name: DRI–Center for Law and Public Policy | ||
| Meredith Rosamond Aska McBride Counsel of Record | Goldman Ismail Tomaselli Brennan & Baum LLP 200 S. Wacker Drive 22nd Floor Chicago, IL 60606 mmcbride@goldmanismail.com | 312-881-5951 |
| Party name: Southern Education Foundation | ||
| Chandra Napora | Morgan Verkamp LLC 4410 Carver Woods Drive Suite 200 Cincinnati, OH 45242 cnapora@morganverkamp.com | (513) 651-4400 |
| Party name: Anti-Fraud Coalition | ||