| No. 24-7 | |
| Title: | Diamond Alternative Energy, LLC, et al., Petitioners v. Environmental Protection Agency, et al. |
| Docketed: | July 8, 2024 |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (22-1081, 22-1083, 22-1084, 22-1085) |
| Decision Date: | April 9, 2024 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Jul 02 2024 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 7, 2024) |
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| Jul 26 2024 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 7, 2024 to September 7, 2024, submitted to The Clerk. |
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| Jul 29 2024 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including September 9, 2024, for all respondents. |
| Aug 01 2024 | Motion of the Solictor General to extend the time to file a response from August 7, 2024 to September 6, 2024, submitted to The Clerk. |
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| Aug 05 2024 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted. The time to file responses has been extended to and including September 9, 2024, for all respondents. |
| Aug 06 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Organizations Committed to Constitutional Government filed. VIDED. |
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| Aug 07 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Texas Oil & Gas Association, et al. filed. |
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| Aug 07 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of ConservAmerica filed. |
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| Aug 07 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of American Petroleum Institute filed. |
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| Aug 07 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of Competitive Enterprise Institute filed. |
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| Aug 07 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of The Sulphur Institute filed. |
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| Aug 07 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Texas Royalty Council, et al. filed. |
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| Aug 07 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Specialty Equipment Market Association, et al. filed. VIDED |
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| Aug 07 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Western States Petroleum Association, et al. filed. |
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| Aug 07 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of The Two Hundred for Homeownership filed. |
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| Aug 07 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Advancing American Freedom, et al. filed. |
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| Aug 07 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. filed. |
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| Aug 07 2024 | Brief amici curiae of California Business Roundtable, et al. filed. |
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| Sep 09 2024 | Brief of State Respondents in opposition filed. VIDED. |
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| Sep 09 2024 | Brief of Federal Respondents in opposition filed. |
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| Sep 09 2024 | Waiver of right of respondents Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., et al. to respond filed. |
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| Sep 23 2024 | Reply of petitioners Diamond Alternative Energy, LLC, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Sep 25 2024 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/11/2024. |
| Oct 15 2024 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/18/2024. |
| Oct 23 2024 | Letter of October 23, 2024 from counsel for petitioners filed. (Distributed) |
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| Oct 28 2024 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/1/2024. |
| Oct 29 2024 | Letter of October 29, 2024, of California et al., in response filed. (Distributed) |
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| Nov 04 2024 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/8/2024. |
| Nov 12 2024 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/15/2024. |
| Nov 18 2024 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/22/2024. |
| Dec 02 2024 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/6/2024. |
| Dec 09 2024 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/13/2024. |
| Dec 13 2024 | Petition GRANTED limited to Question 1 presented by the petition. |
| Jan 24 2025 | Motion to hold the briefing schedule in abeyance filed by federal respondents. (Distributed) |
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| Jan 27 2025 | Brief of petitioners Diamond Alternative Energy, LLC, et al. filed. |
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| Jan 27 2025 | Joint appendix filed. |
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| Jan 29 2025 | Response in opposition to motion to hold the briefing schedule in abeyance from petitioners Diamond Alternative Energy, LLC, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Jan 31 2025 | Brief amici curiae of Foothill Church and Cedar Park Assembly of God of Kirkland, Washington filed. |
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| Feb 03 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of The Two Hundred for Homeownership filed. |
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| Feb 03 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of ConservAmerica filed. |
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| Feb 03 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of American Petroleum Institute filed. |
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| Feb 03 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of The Sulphur Institute filed. |
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| Feb 03 2025 | Brief amici curiae of Advancing American Freedom, et al. filed. |
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| Feb 03 2025 | Brief amici curiae of Our Children’s Trust, et al. in support of neither party filed. |
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| Feb 03 2025 | Brief amici curiae of Western States Petroleum Association, et al. filed. |
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| Feb 03 2025 | Brief amici curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. filed. |
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| Feb 03 2025 | Brief amici curiae of Texas Oil & Gas Association, et al. filed. |
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| Feb 03 2025 | Brief amici curiae of Texas Royalty Council, et al. filed. |
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| Feb 03 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed. |
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| Feb 06 2025 | Motion of the federal respondents to hold the briefing schedule in abeyance DENIED. |
| Feb 10 2025 | Motion of respondents for an extension of time within which to file respondents' briefs on the merits filed. |
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| Feb 13 2025 | Motion of respondents to extend the time to file respondents' briefs on the merits granted and the time is extended to and including March 12, 2025. |
| Feb 24 2025 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, April 23, 2025. |
| Feb 27 2025 | Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. |
| Mar 12 2025 | Record received electronically from the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and available with the Clerk. |
| Mar 12 2025 | Brief of federal respondents filed. |
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| Mar 12 2025 | Brief of state respondents filed. |
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| Mar 12 2025 | Letter of respondents Natural Resources Defense Council, et al. (the public interest organizations) notifying the Clerk they do not intend to file a brief on the merits filed. |
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| Mar 18 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of Professor F. Andrew Hessick filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 19 2025 | CIRCULATED |
| Mar 19 2025 | Motion for divided argument filed by the Acting Solicitor General. |
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| Mar 19 2025 | Brief amici curiae of International Council on Clean Transportation, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 19 2025 | Brief amici curiae of Professor Heather Elliott, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 31 2025 | Motion for divided argument filed by the Acting Solicitor General GRANTED. |
| Apr 09 2025 | Reply of petitioners Diamond Alternative Energy, LLC, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Apr 23 2025 | Argued. For petitioners: Jeffrey B. Wall, Washington, D. C. For federal respondents: Edwin S. Kneedler, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For state respondents: Joshua A. Klein, Deputy Solicitor General, Oakland, Cal. |
| Jun 20 2025 | Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Kavanaugh, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Thomas, Alito, Kagan, Gorsuch, and Barrett, JJ., joined. Sotomayor, J., and Jackson, J., filed dissenting opinions. |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioners | ||
| Jeffrey B. Wall Counsel of Record | Sullivan & Cromwell LLP 1700 New York Ave NW Suite 700 Washington, DC 20006 wallj@sullcrom.com | (202) 956-7660 |
| Party name: Diamond Alternative Energy, LLC, et al. | ||
| Attorneys for Respondents | ||
| Sean Hoe Donahue Counsel of Record | Donahue, Goldberg & Herzog 1008 Pennsylvania Ave., SE Washington, DC 20003 sean@donahuegoldberg.com | 2022777085 |
| Party name: the public interest organizations | ||
| Joshua A. Klein Counsel of Record | California Department of Justice 1515 Clay Street Suite 2000 Oakland, CA 94612-1413 JOSHUA.KLEIN@DOJ.CA.GOV | 510-879-0756 |
| Party name: State Respondents | ||
| D. John Sauer Counsel of Record | Solicitor General United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D 20530-0001 SUPREMECTBRIEFS@USDOJ.GOV | 202-514-2217 |
| Party name: Federal Respondents | ||
| Other | ||
| Heidi Karin Abegg Counsel of Record | Webster, Chamberlain and Bean 1747 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20006 habegg@wc-b.com | 202-785-9500 |
| Party name: Specialty Equipment Market Association & Performance Racing, Inc. | ||
| Benjamin William Berkowitz Counsel of Record | Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP 633 Battery Street San Francisco, CA 94111 BBERKOWITZ@KEKER.COM | 4153915400 |
| Party name: Professors Heather Elliott and Jonathan Nash | ||
| Thomas Arthur Berry Counsel of Record | Cato Institute 1000 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington, DC 20001 tberry@cato.org | (443) 254-6330 |
| Party name: Cato Institute | ||
| Paul D. Clement Counsel of Record | Clement & Murphy, PLLC 706 Duke Street Alexandria, VA 22314 PAUL.CLEMENT@CLEMENTMURPHY.COM | (202) 742-8900 |
| Party name: American Petroleum Institute | ||
| Riddhi Dasgupta Counsel of Record | Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP 200 Massachusetts Ave NW Suite 500 Washington, DC 20001 sdasgupta@taftlaw.com | 2026641564 |
| Party name: Organizations Committed to Constitutional Government | ||
| Rory Thomas Gray Counsel of Record | Alliance Defending Freedom 1000 Hurricane Shoals Rd. NE, Suite D-1100 Lawrenceville, GA 30043 RGRAY@ADFLEGAL.ORG | 770-339-0774 |
| Party name: Foothill Church and Cedar Park Assembly of God of Kirkland, Washington | ||
| F. Andrew Hessick Counsel of Record | F. Andrew Hessick 160 Ridge Road Chapel Hill, NC 27599 AHESSICK@EMAIL.UNC.EDU | 9199624332 |
| Party name: Professor F. Andrew Hessick | ||
| Ivan Laurence London Counsel of Record | Mountain States Legal Foundation 2596 South Lewis Way Lakewood, CO 80227 ilondon@mslegal.org | 3032922021 |
| Party name: Texas Royalty Council and American Royalty Council | ||
| Julia Ann Olson Counsel of Record | Our Children's Trust 1216 Lincoln Street Eugene, OR 97401 julia@ourchildrenstrust.org | (415) 786-4825 |
| Party name: Our Children’s Trust and Public Justice | ||
| Rafe Petersen Counsel of Record | Holland and Knight LLP 800 17th Street, NW Suite 1100 Washington, D.C., DC 20006 rafe.petersen@hklaw.com | 202 419-2481 |
| Party name: The Two Hundred for Homeownership | ||
| Patrick Francis Philbin Counsel of Record | Torridon Law PLLC 801 Seventeenth Street, NW Suite 1100 Washington, DC 20006 pphilbin@torridonlaw.com | (202) 249-6900 |
| Party name: The Sulphur Institute | ||
| Jaime Ann Santos Counsel of Record | Goodwin Procter LLP 1900 N St. NW Washington, DC 20036 JSANTOS@GOODWINLAW.COM | 2023464034 |
| Party name: Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, American Automotive Leasing Association, American Car Rental Association, Associated General Contractors of America, Inc., and Truck Renting and Leasing Association | ||
| John A. Sheehan Counsel of Record | Earth and Water Law, LLC 1455 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Suite 400 Washington, DC 20001 john.sheehan@earthandwatergroup.com | 3019805032 |
| Party name: ConservAmerica | ||
| Dale A. Stern Counsel of Record | Downey Brand LLP 621 Capitol Mall, 18th Floor Sacramento, CA 95814 dstern@downeybrand.com | (916) 444-1000 |
| Party name: California Business Roundtable and California Manufacturers & Technology Association | ||
| James K. Vines Counsel of Record | Sims|Funk, PLC 3102 West End Ave. Suite 1100 Nashville, TN 37203 jvines@simsfunk.com | 615-292-9335 |
| Party name: Texas Oil & Gas Association, Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Association, The Petroleum Alliance Of Oklahoma, Texas Independent Producers And Royalty Owners Association, And Texas Association Of Manufacturers | ||
| Charles Devin Watkins Counsel of Record | Competitive Enterprise Institute 1310 L Street NW, 7th Floor Washington, DC 20005 devin.watkins@cei.org | 202-331-1010 |
| Party name: Competitive Enterprise Institute | ||
| John Marc Wheat Counsel of Record | Advancing American Freedom, Inc. 801 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Suite 930 Washington, DC 20004-2729 MWHEAT@ADVANCINGAMERICANFREEDOM.COM | (202) 780-4848 |
| Party name: Advancing American Freedom | ||
| Katherine Crawford Yarger Counsel of Record | Lehotsky Keller Cohn LLP 700 Colorado Blvd., #407 Denver, CO 80206 katie@lkcfirm.com | (512) 693-8350 |
| Party name: Western States Petroleum Association, et al. | ||
| Katherine Crawford Yarger Counsel of Record | Lehotsky Keller Cohn LLP 700 Colorado Blvd. #407 Denver, CO 80206 katie@lkcfirm.com | 5126938350 |
| Party name: Brief of Western States Petroleum Association, National Federation of Independent Business, Inc., California Asphalt Pavement Association, Washington Oil Marketers Association, California Fuels & Convenience Alliance, Arizona Petroleum Marketers Association, Energy and Convenience Association of Nevada, Oregon Fuels Association, And American Trucking Associations, Inc. | ||
| Matthew D. Zinn Counsel of Record | Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger LLP 396 Hayes St. San Francisco, CA 94102 zinn@smwlaw.com | 415-552-7272 |
| Party name: International Council on Clean Transportation and the University of California, Davis Institute of Transportation Studies | ||