| No. 23-975 | |
| Title: | Seven County Infrastructure Coalition, et al., Petitioners v. Eagle County, Colorado, et al. |
| Docketed: | March 6, 2024 |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (22-1019, 22-1020) |
| Decision Date: | August 18, 2023 |
| Rehearing Denied: | December 4, 2023 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Mar 04 2024 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 5, 2024) |
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| Mar 25 2024 | Motion of the Solicitor General to extend the time to file a response from April 5, 2024 to May 6, 2024, submitted to The Clerk. |
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| Mar 26 2024 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 6, 2024, for all respondents. |
| Apr 04 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation filed. |
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| Apr 05 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of Utah filed. |
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| Apr 05 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of NACCO Natural Resources Corporation filed. |
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| Apr 05 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of American Forest Resource Council filed. |
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| Apr 05 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Utah American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations filed. |
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| Apr 05 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, et al. filed. |
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| Apr 05 2024 | Brief amici curiae of TN Ranching Company, et al. filed. |
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| Apr 10 2024 | Motion of respondent Eagle County, CO, et al. to extend the time to file a response from May 6, 2024 to June 5, 2024, submitted to The Clerk. |
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| Apr 12 2024 | Response to motion to extend the time to file a response from petitioner filed. |
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| Apr 15 2024 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted in part and the time is further extended to and including May 20, 2024, for all respondents. |
| May 20 2024 | Brief of Federal respondents in opposition filed. |
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| May 20 2024 | Brief of respondents Eagle County, Colorado, et al. in opposition filed. |
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| May 22 2024 | Waiver of the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition pursuant to Rule 15.5 filed by petitioner. |
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| May 28 2024 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/13/2024. |
| May 28 2024 | Reply of petitioners Seven County Infrastructure Coalition, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Jun 17 2024 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/20/2024. |
| Jun 24 2024 | Petition GRANTED. |
| Jul 12 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 granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including August 28, 2024. The time to file respondents' briefs on the merits is extended to and including October 18, 2024. |
| Aug 28 2024 | Brief of petitioners Seven County Infrastructure Coalition, et al. filed. |
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| Aug 28 2024 | Joint appendix (2 volumes) filed. |
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| Aug 28 2024 | Brief of federal respondents in support of petitioners filed. |
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| Aug 28 2024 | Joint appendix(Corrected version of Volume I) (Oct. 22, 2024 filed. (Distributed) |
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| Aug 30 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of Association of American Railroads (Sep. 5, 2024) filed. |
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| Sep 04 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of Anschutz Exploration Corporation filed. |
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| Sep 04 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of NACCO Natural Resources Corporation filed. |
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| Sep 04 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of Energy Transfer LP filed. |
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| Sep 04 2024 | Brief amici curiae of the Chamber of Commerce of United States, et al. filed. |
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| Sep 04 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Louisiana, et al. filed. |
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| Sep 04 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, et al. filed. |
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| Sep 04 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Law Professors filed. |
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| Sep 04 2024 | Brief amici curiae of American Exploration & Mining Association, et al. filed. |
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| Sep 04 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of the Center for Environmental Accountability filed. |
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| Sep 04 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of Property and Environment Research Center filed. |
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| Sep 04 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Americans for Prosperity Foundation, et al. filed. |
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| Sep 04 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of Utah filed. |
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| Sep 04 2024 | Brief amici curiae of United States Senators John Barrasso (WY), et al. filed. |
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| Sep 04 2024 | Brief amici curiae of American Forest Resource Council, et al. filed. |
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| Sep 04 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of NextDecade LNG, LLC filed. |
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| Sep 04 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of Center for American Liberty filed. |
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| Sep 04 2024 | Brief amici curiae of American Petroleum Institute, et al. filed. |
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| Sep 04 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of American Planning Association in support of neither party filed. |
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| Sep 04 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation, et al. filed. |
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| Oct 18 2024 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, December 10, 2024. |
| Oct 18 2024 | Brief of respondent Eagle County, Colorado filed. (Distributed) |
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| Oct 18 2024 | Brief of respondents Center for Biological Diversity, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Oct 22 2024 | CIRCULATED |
| Oct 23 2024 | Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. |
| Oct 25 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Former Senior Federal Officials, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Oct 25 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed. (Distributed) |
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| Oct 25 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of The Institute for Policy Integrity at New York University School of Law filed. (Distributed) |
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| Oct 25 2024 | Brief amici curiae of State of Colorado, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Oct 25 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of Howard University School of Law Civil Rights Clinic filed. (Distributed) |
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| Oct 25 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Colorado Communities filed. (Distributed) |
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| Oct 25 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Former Council on Environmental Quality Officials filed. (Distributed) |
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| Oct 25 2024 | Brief amici curiae of 30 Members of the U.S. House and Senate filed. (Nov. 5, 2024) (Distributed) |
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| Oct 25 2024 | Motion of the Solicitor General for divided argument filed. |
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| Oct 25 2024 | Motion for divided argument filed by respondents. |
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| Oct 31 2024 | Record received electronically from the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and available with the Clerk. |
| Nov 12 2024 | Motion for divided argument filed by the Solicitor General GRANTED. |
| Nov 12 2024 | Motion for divided argument filed by respondents DENIED. |
| Nov 18 2024 | Reply of petitioners Seven County Infrastructure Coalition, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Nov 18 2024 | Reply of respondents United States filed. (Distributed) |
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| Dec 04 2024 | Letter from Clerk of Court to counsel of record noting that Justice Gorsuch will not continue to participate in this case. |
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| Dec 10 2024 | Argued. For petitioners: Paul D. Clement, Alexandria, Va. For federal respondents supporting petitioners: Edwin S. Kneedler, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondents Eagle County, et al.: William M. Jay, Washington, D. C. |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioners | ||
| Paul D. Clement Counsel of Record | Clement & Murphy, PLLC 706 Duke Street Alexandria, VA 22314 PAUL.CLEMENT@CLEMENTMURPHY.COM | (202) 742-8900 |
| Party name: Seven County Infrastructure Coalition, et al. | ||
| Jay Christopher Johnson | Venable LLP 600 Massachusetts Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 jcjohnson@venable.com | 2023444000 |
| Party name: Seven County Infrastructure Coalition, et al. | ||
| Attorneys for Respondents | ||
| Kirti Datla Counsel of Record | Earthjustice 1001 G Street NW Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20001 kdatla@earthjustice.org | 2027975241 |
| Party name: Center for Biological Diversity, Living Rivers, Sierra Club, Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment, and WildEarth Guardians | ||
| Nathaniel Hemmerick Hunt Counsel of Record | Kaplan Kirsch LLP 1675 Broadway, Suite 2300 Denver, CO 80202 nhunt@kaplankirsch.com | 3038257000 |
| Party name: Eagle County, Colorado, et al. | ||
| William McGinley Jay Counsel of Record | Goodwin Procter, LLP 1900 N Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20036 WJAY@GOODWINLAW.COM | 2023464190 |
| Party name: Eagle County, Colorado | ||
| 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 | ||
| Edward Breckenridge Zukoski | Center for Biological Diversity 1536 Wynkoop Street, Suite 421 Denver, CO 80202 tzukoski@biologicaldiversity.org | 303-641-3149 |
| Party name: Center for Biological Diversity, Living Rivers, Sierra Club, Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment, and WildEarth Guardians | ||
| Other | ||
| Jorge Benjamin Aguinaga Counsel of Record | Louisiana Department of Justice 1885 N. Third Street Baton Rouge, LA 70802 aguinagaj@ag.louisiana.gov | 225-506-3746 |
| Party name: The State of Louisiana and 23 other states | ||
| John Michael Baker Counsel of Record | Greene Espel, PLLP 222 South Ninth Street Suite 2200 Minneapolis, MN 55402 JBAKER@GREENEESPEL.COM | 6123730830 |
| Party name: American Planning Association | ||
| Karen Budd-Falen Counsel of Record | Budd-Falen Law Offices, LLC 300 East 18th Street, Post Office Box 346 Cheyenne, WY 82003-0346 karen@buddfalen.com | (307) 632-5105 |
| Party name: TN Ranching Company, et al. | ||
| Michael Blandford Buschbacher Counsel of Record | Boyden Gray PLLC 800 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 900 Washington, DC 20006 mbuschbacher@boydengray.com | (202) 955-0620 |
| Party name: United States Senators John Barrasso (WY), et al. | ||
| Harmeet Kaur Dhillon Counsel of Record | Center for American Liberty 1311 South Main Street, Suite 207 Mount Airy, MD 21771 harmeet@libertycenter.org | 7036876212 |
| Party name: Center for American Liberty | ||
| Sean Hoe Donahue Counsel of Record | Donahue, Goldberg & Herzog 1008 Pennsylvania Ave., SE Washington, DC 20003 sean@donahuegoldberg.com | 2022777085 |
| Party name: Former Council on Environmental Quality Officials | ||
| William Stewart Eubanks II Counsel of Record | Eubanks & Associates, PLLC 1629 K Street NW Suite 300 Washington, DC 20006 bill@eubankslegal.com | 9707036060 |
| Party name: Colorado Communities | ||
| 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 | ||
| Kyle Douglas Hawkins Counsel of Record | Lehotsky Keller Cohn LLP 408 West 11th Street, Fifth Floor Austin, TX 78701 kyle@lkcfirm.com | 5126398350 |
| Party name: The Chamber of Commerce of The United States of America and Nine Other Business Trade Associations | ||
| Michael Robert Huston Counsel of Record | Perkins Coie LLP 2525 E. Camelback Road Suite 500 Phoenix, AZ 85016 mhuston@perkinscoie.com | 202-434-1630 |
| Party name: American Exploration & Mining Association, et al. | ||
| Amit Jain Counsel of Record | Howard University School of Law Civil Rights Clini 2900 Van Ness Street NW Washington, DC 20008 Amit.Jain@howard.edu | 202-806-0533 |
| Party name: Howard University School of Law Civil Rights Clinic | ||
| Robert Mark Loeb Counsel of Record | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP 2100 Pennsylvania Ave, NW Washington, DC 20037 RLOEB@ORRICK.COM | 202-339-8475 |
| Party name: NextDecade LNG, LLC | ||
| Ivan Laurence London Counsel of Record | Mountain States Legal Foundation 2596 South Lewis Way Lakewood, CO 80227 ilondon@mslegal.org | 3032922021 |
| Party name: American Forest Resource Council | ||
| Mario Loyola Counsel of Record | Florida International University 11200 SW 8th Street Miami, FL 33199 mario.a.loyola@gmail.com | (305) 472-2700 |
| Party name: Law Professors | ||
| Frank D. Mylar Counsel of Record | Mylar Law, P.C. 2494 Bengal Blvd. Salt Lake City, UT 84121 OFFICE@MYLARLAW.COM | 8018580700 |
| Party name: Utah Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations | ||
| Beth Christine Neitzel Counsel of Record | Foley Hoag LLP 155 Seaport Blvd Boston, MA 02210 bneitzel@foleyhoag.com | 6178321000 |
| Party name: Former Senior Federal Officials: Sally Jewell, Lynn Scarlett, Gregory Jaczko, Jonathan Jarvis, Dale Hall, Jamie Rappaport Clark, Thomas L. Tidwell, Dave Matsuda, Jo-Ellen Darcy, R. Lyle Laverty, and Jim Furnish | ||
| Michael David Pepson Counsel of Record | Americans for Prosperity Foundation 4201 Wilson Blvd., Ste. 1000 Arlington, VA 22203 mpepson@afphq.org | 5713294529 |
| Party name: Americans for Prosperity Foundation and the Competitive Enterprise Institute | ||
| Stanford Edward Purser Counsel of Record | Office of the Utah Attorney General 160 E. 300 S., 5th floor Salt Lake City, UT 84020 SPURSER@AGUTAH.GOV | 385-382-4334 |
| Party name: Utah | ||
| Jeffrey Scott Rasmussen Counsel of Record | Patterson Earnhart Real Bird & Wilson LLP 1900 Plaza Drive Louisville, CO 80027 jrasmussen@nativelawgroup.com | 303-926-5292 |
| Party name: Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation | ||
| Jeffrey Scott Rasmussen Counsel of Record | Patterson Earnhart Real Bird & Wilson LLP 1900 Plaza Drive Louisville, CO 80027 jrasmussen@nativelawgroup.com | 303-926-5292 |
| Party name: Western States and Tribal Nations Natural Gas Initiative | ||
| Hadassah Marie Reimer Counsel of Record | Holland & Hart LLP 645 South Cache Street, Suite 100 Jackson, WY 83001 hmreimer@hollandhart.com | 307-734-4517 |
| Party name: American Petroleum Institute, National Association of Home Builders of the United States, National Association of Manufacturers, National Mining Association, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association | ||
| Paul E. Salamanca Counsel of Record | sole practitioner 279 Cassidy Avenue Lexington, KY 40502 psalaman20@gmail.com | 8593387287 |
| Party name: The Center for Environmental Accountability | ||
| Donald P. Salzman Counsel of Record | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP 1440 New York Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20005 donald.salzman@skadden.com | 202.371.7983 |
| Party name: Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, et al. | ||
| Daniel Saphire Counsel of Record | Association of Amer. Railroads 425 3rd Street. N.W. Washington, DC 20024 dsaphire240@gmail.com | 202-550-4809 |
| Party name: Association of American Railroads | ||
| William S. Scherman Counsel of Record | Vinson & Elkins 2200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Suite 500 West Washington, DC 20037 wscherman@velaw.com | 202-639-6550 |
| Party name: Energy Transfer LP | ||
| Jason A. Schwartz Counsel of Record | Institute for Policy Integrity 139 MacDougal Street 3rd Floor New York, NY 10012 jason.schwartz@nyu.edu | 2129986222 |
| Party name: The Institute for Policy Integrity at New York University School of Law | ||
| Shannon Wells Stevenson Counsel of Record | Colorado Department of Law 1300 Broadway 10th Floor Denver, CO 80203 shannon.stevenson@coag.gov | 720-703-0999 |
| Party name: State of Colorado et al. | ||
| Kristina Renee Van Bockern Counsel of Record | Holland & Hart LLP 555 17th Street, Suite 3200 Denver, CO 80202 trvanbockern@hollandhart.com | 303-295-8000 |
| Party name: Anschutz Exploration Corporation | ||
| Xiao Wang Counsel of Record | University of Virginia School of Law Supreme Court Litigation Clinic 580 Massie Road Charlottesville, VA 22903 x.wang@law.virginia.edu | 434-924-8956 |
| Party name: 30 Members of the U.S. House and Senate | ||
| Charles Turner Wehland Counsel of Record | Jones Day 110 W. Wacker Drive suite 4800 Chicago, IL 60601-1692 ctwehland@jonesday.com | 312-269-4388 |
| Party name: NACCO Natural Resources Corporation | ||
| Jonathan Calvin Wood Counsel of Record | Property and Environment Research Center 2048 Analysis Dr. Ste. A Bozeman, MT 59718 jonathan@perc.org | 406-587-9591 |
| Party name: Property and Environment Research Center | ||