| No. 23-867 | |
| Title: | Republic of Hungary, et al., Petitioners v. Rosalie Simon, et al. |
| Docketed: | February 12, 2024 |
| Linked with 23A592 | |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (22-7010, 22-7013, 22-7112) |
| Decision Date: | August 8, 2023 |
| Rehearing Denied: | October 12, 2023 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Dec 21 2023 | Application (23A592) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 10, 2024 to February 9, 2024, submitted to The Chief Justice. |
| Main DocumentLower Court Orders/OpinionsProof of Service | |
| Jan 04 2024 | Application (23A592) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until February 9, 2024. |
| Feb 07 2024 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 13, 2024) |
| PetitionAppendixCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Mar 13 2024 | Waiver of right of respondent Rosalie Simon, et al. to respond filed. |
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| Mar 20 2024 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/12/2024. |
| Mar 25 2024 | Response Requested. (Due April 24, 2024) |
| Apr 18 2024 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 24, 2024 to May 21, 2024, submitted to The Clerk. |
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| Apr 19 2024 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 21, 2024, for all respondents. |
| May 14 2024 | Brief of respondents Rosalie Simon, et al. filed. |
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| May 24 2024 | Reply of petitioners Republic of Hungary, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| May 28 2024 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/13/2024. |
| Jun 17 2024 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/20/2024. |
| Jun 24 2024 | Petition GRANTED. |
| Jul 11 2024 | Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed. |
| Main Document | |
| Jul 15 2024 | Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' 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 11, 2024. |
| Aug 26 2024 | Brief of petitioner Republic of Hungary and Magyar Allamvasutak Zrt filed. |
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| Aug 26 2024 | Joint appendix filed. |
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| Sep 03 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. |
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| Sep 03 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of the Federal Republic of Germany filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Oct 11 2024 | Brief of respondents Rosalie Simon, et al. filed. |
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| Oct 17 2024 | Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
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| Oct 18 2024 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, December 3, 2024. |
| Oct 18 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Members of the United States House of Representatives and Senate filed. (Distributed) |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Oct 18 2024 | Brief amici curiae of The 1939 Society, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Oct 22 2024 | Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. |
| Oct 22 2024 | CIRCULATED |
| Nov 04 2024 | Record received electronically from the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and available with the Clerk. |
| Nov 04 2024 | Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. |
| Nov 11 2024 | Reply of petitioners Republic of Hungary, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Dec 03 2024 | Argued. For petitioners: Joshua S. Glasgow, Buffalo, N. Y.; and Sopan Joshi, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondents: Shay Dvoretzky, Washington, D. C. |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioners | ||
| Joshua Scott Glasgow Counsel of Record | Phillips Lytle LLP 620 Eighth Avenue 38th Floor New York, NY 10018 jglasgow@phillipslytle.com | 2127594888 |
| Party name: Republic of Hungary and Magyar Allamvasutak Zrt | ||
| Attorneys for Respondents | ||
| 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: Rosalie Simon, Rosanna Weksberg Finkelberg (as heir to Helena Weksberg), Rose Miller & Thomas Schlanger (as heir to Ella Feuerstein Schlanger) | ||
| Charles S. Fax | Rifkin Weiner Livingston LLC 7700 Wisconsin Avenue Suite 320 Bethesda, MD 20814 cfax@rwllaw.com | 410-274-1453 |
| Party name: Rosalie Simon, et al. | ||
| David H. Weinstein | Weinstein Kitchenoff & Asher LLC 24 West Lancaster Avenue Suite 201 Ardmore, PA 19003 weinstein@wka-law.com | 215-545-7200 |
| Party name: Rosalie Simon, et al. | ||
| L. Marc Zell | 34 Ben Yehuda Street Jerusalem, XX 9423001 Mzell@fandz.com | 01197226336300 |
| Party name: Rosalie Simon, Rosanna Weksberg Finkelberg (as heir to Helena Weksberg), Rose Miller & Thomas Schlanger (as heir to Ella Feuerstein Schlanger) | ||
| Other | ||
| Walter Elmer Diercks Counsel of Record | Rubin, Winston, Diercks, Harrs & Cooke, LLP 1250 Connecticut Avenue, NW Suite 700 Washington, DC 20036 wdiercks@rwdhc.com | (202) 861-0870 |
| Party name: The Federal Republic of Germany | ||
| Brian Halligan Fletcher Counsel of Record | Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington, DC 20530 CHERI.WILLIAMS2@USDOJ.GOV | 202-514-2201 |
| Party name: United States | ||
| Akiva Shapiro Counsel of Record | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP 200 Park Avenue New York, NY 10166 ASHAPIRO@GIBSONDUNN.COM | (212) 351-2427 |
| Party name: Members of the United States House of Representatives and Senate | ||
| Benjamin Gross Shatz Counsel of Record | Manatt, Phelps, & Phillips, LLP 2049 Century Park East Suite 1700 Los Angles, CA 90067-3119 bshatz@manatt.com | 3103124383 |
| Party name: The 1939 Society, Bet Tzedek, Center for the Study of Law & Genocide, and Loyola Justice for Atrocities Clinic | ||