No. 11-889
Title:
Tarrant Regional Water District, Petitioner
v.
Rudolf John Herrmann, et al.
Docketed:January 19, 2012
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
  Case Nos.:(10-6184)
  Decision Date:September 7, 2011
  Rehearing Denied:October 21, 2011
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jan 19 2012 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 21, 2012)
Feb 20 2012 Brief amicus curiae of Upper Trinity Regional Water District filed.
Feb 21 2012 Brief of respondent Rudolf John Herrmann, et al. in opposition filed.
Feb 21 2012 Brief amicus curiae of Texas filed.
Feb 21 2012 Brief amicus curiae of North Texas Municipal Water District filed.
Feb 21 2012 Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by City of Irving, Texas, City of Hugo, Oklahoma and Hugo Municipal Authority.
Feb 21 2012 Letter proposing a lodging of non record material received from counsel for amici City of Irving, Texas, et al.
Mar 6 2012 Reply of petitioner Tarrant Regional Water District filed.
Mar 7 2012 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 23, 2012.
Mar 26 2012 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 30, 2012.
Apr 2 2012 The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States.
Nov 30 2012 Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
Dec 11 2012 Supplemental brief of respondents Rudolf John Herrmann, et al. filed.
Dec 12 2012 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 4, 2013.
Dec 12 2012 Supplemental brief of petitioner Tarrant Regional Water District filed. (Distributed)
Dec 20 2012 Lodging received from counsel for amici City of Irving, Texas, et al. in electronic format.
Jan 4 2013 Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by City of Irving, Texas, City of Hugo, Oklahoma and Hugo Municipal Authority GRANTED.
Jan 4 2013 Petition GRANTED.
Feb 11 2013 SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Feb 12 2013 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondents.
Feb 19 2013 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner.
Feb 19 2013 Joint appendix filed. (Two Volumes) (Statement of costs filed.)
Feb 19 2013 Brief of petitioner Tarrant Regional Water District filed.
Feb 20 2013 Proposal of counsel for petitioners to lodge copies of non-record material which were relied on in their opening brief.
Feb 25 2013 Brief amici curiae of City of Irving, Texas, City of Hugo, Oklahoma, and Hugo Municipal Authority filed.
Feb 25 2013 Brief amicus curiae of North Texas Municipal Water District filed.
Feb 25 2013 Brief amicus curiae of Upper Trinity Regional Water District filed.
Feb 26 2013 Brief amici curiae of Olen Paul Matthews and Michael Pease filed.
Feb 26 2013 Brief amicus curiae of City of Dallas filed.
Feb 26 2013 Brief amicus curiae of United States supporting Vacatur and Remand filed.
Feb 26 2013 Brief amici curiae of Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce, et al. filed.
Feb 26 2013 Brief amicus curiae of Texas filed.
Feb 26 2013 Brief amicus curiae of Texas Water Conservation Association filed.
Feb 26 2013 Brief amici curiae of Cities of Arlington and Fort Worth, Texas filed. (Distributed)
Feb 26 2013 Brief amicus curiae of North Texas Commission filed. (Distributed)
Feb 28 2013 Record Received from the U.S.C.A. for the 10th Circuit. (1-Box )
Mar 1 2013 CIRCULATED.
Mar 21 2013 Brief of respondent Rudolf John Herrmann, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Mar 27 2013 Brief amicus curiae of Oklahomans for Responsible Water Policy filed. (Distributed)
Mar 27 2013 Brief amici curiae of Louisiana and Arkansas filed. (Distributed)
Mar 27 2013 Brief amici curiae of Republican River Water Conservation District, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Mar 27 2013 Brief amicus curiae of Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association filed. (Distributed)
Mar 28 2013 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Mar 28 2013 Brief amici curiae of Professors of law and political science filed. (Distributed)
Mar 28 2013 Brief amicus curiae of City of Oklahoma City and Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust filed.
Mar 28 2013 Brief amici curiae of States of Colorado, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Mar 28 2013 Brief amici curiae of Chickasaw and Choctaw Nations filed. (Distributed)
Mar 28 2013 Proposal of amici Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust to lodge non-record material.
Apr 9 2013 Lodging consisting of three documents received from counsel for the petitioner. (Distributed).
Apr 12 2013 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Apr 15 2013 Reply of petitioner Tarrant Regional Water District filed. (Distributed)
Apr 23 2013 Argued. For petitioner: Charles A. Rothfeld, Washington, D. C.; and Ann O'Connell, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondents: Lisa S. Blatt, Washington, D. C.
Jun 13 2013 Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Sotomayor, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.
Jul 15 2013 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Aug 16 2013 Record returned to U.S.C.A. for 10th Circuit.



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
Charles A. Rothfeld Mayer Brown LLP(202) 263-3000
    Counsel of Record1999 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20006-1101
crothfeld@mayerbrown.com
Party name: Tarrant Regional Water District
Attorneys for Respondents:
Lisa S. Blatt Arnold & Porter LLP(202) 942-5000
    Counsel of Record555 12th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20004
Lisa.Blatt@aporter.com
Party name: Rudolf John Herrmann, et al.
 
Charles T. DuMars Law & Resource Planning Associates, PC(505)-346-0998
Albuquerque Plaza
201 3rd Street, NW, Suite 1750
Albuquerque, NM  87102
ctd@lrpa-usa.com
Party name: Rudolf John Herrmann, et al.
Other:
Steven K. Balman Sneed Lang Herrold P.C.(918) 583-1313
1 West Third Street, Suite 1700
Tulsa, OK  74103-3522
sbalman@sneedlangherrold.com
Party name: Upper Trinity Regional Water District
 
Joel D. Bertocchi Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP(312) 704-3000
222 North LaSalle Street
Suite 300
Chicago, IL  60601-1081
jbertocchi@hinshawlaw.com
Party name: Olen Paul Matthews and Michael Pease
 
Michael Jon Booth 515 Congress Avenue(512) 472-3263
Suite 1515
Austin, TX  78701
lawfirm@baw.com
Party name: North Texas Commission
 
Michael Sean Burrage Whitten Burrage(405) 516-7800
1215 Classen Drive
Oklahoma City, OK  73103
mburrage@whittenburragelaw.com
Party name: Chickasaw and Choctaw Nations
 
Douglas G. Caroom Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta LLP512 472 8021
3711 S. MoPac Expressway
Building One, Suite 300
Austin, TX  78746
dcaroom@bickerstaff.com
Party name: City of Irving, Texas, City of Hugo, Oklahoma and Hugo Municipal Authority
 
Larry Derryberry Derryberry & Naifeh(405) 528-6569
4800 N. Lincoln Blvd.
Oklahoma, OK  73105
lderryberry@derryberrylaw.com
Party name: Oklahomans for Responsible Water Policy
 
Thomas C. Goldstein Goldstein & Russell, P.C.(202) 362-0636
5225 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W., Suite 404
Washington, DC  20015
tg@goldsteinrussell.com
Party name: City of Dallas
 
Evan S. Greene Assistant Solicitor General(512)-936-1845
Office of the Attorney General
PO Box 12548 (MC059)
Austin, TX  78711-2548
evan.greene@oag.state.tx.us
Party name: Texas
 
Erik S. Jaffe Erik S. Jaffe, P.C.(202) 237-8165
5101 34th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20008
jaffe@esjpc.com
Party name: Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce, et al.
 
Andrew Stephen Miller Kemp Smith LLP(512)-320-5466
816 Congress Ave.
Suite 1260
Austin, TX  78701
dmiller@kempsmith.com
Party name: Texas Water Conservation Association
 
Brian M. Nazarenus 1700 Lincoln Street Suite 3500(303)-813-6702
Denver, CO  80203
bnazarenus@rcalaw.com
Party name: City of Oklahoma City and Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust
 
Ann O'Connell Assistant to the Solicitor General(202)-514-3385
Office of the Solicitor General
Department of Justice
Washington, DC  20530
aoconnell123@gmail.com
Party name: Tarrant Regional Water District v. Rudolf John Herrmann, et al.
 
David W. Robbins Hill & Robbins, P.C.(303) 296-8100
1441 18th Street, Suite 100
Denver, CO  80202-1256
davidrobbins@hillandrobbins.com
Party name: Republican River Water Conservation District, et al.
 
Ryan M. Seidemann Assistant Attorney General(225)-326-6085
Louisiana Department of Justice
P.O. Box 94005
Baton Rouge, LA  70804
SeidemannR@ag.state.la.us
Party name: Louisiana and Arkansas
 
Kannon K. Shanmugam Williams & Connolly LLP(202) 434-5000
725 Twelfth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20005
kshanmugam@wc.com
Party name: Professors of law and political science
 
Mark T. Stancil Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck Untereiner & Sauber, LLP(202) 775-4500
1801 K Street, N.W., Suite 411L
Washington, DC  20006
mstancil@robbinsrussell.com
Party name: Cities of Arlington and Fort Worth, Texas
 
L. William Staudenmaier Snell & Wilmer, L.L.P.(602) 382-6000
400 E. Van Buren St., Suite 1900
Phoenix, AZ  85004
wstaudenmaier@swlaw.com
Party name: Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association
 
R. Lambeth Townsend Lloyd Gosselink Rochelle & Townsend(512) 322-5800
816 Congress Avenue
Suite1900
Austin, TX  78701
ltownsend@lglawfirm.com
Party name: North Texas Municipal Water District
 
Donald B. Verrilli Jr. Solicitor General(202) 514-2217
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20530-0001
SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov
Party name: United States
 
Patrick Olynn Waddel 1700 Williams Center Tower I(918)-794-4942
One West Third Street Suite 1700
Tulsa, OK  74103-3522
pwaddel@sneedlang.com
Party name: Upper Trinity Regional Water District
 
Frederick R. Yarger 1300 Broadway 10th Floor(720)-508-6551
Denver, CO  80203
fred.yarger@state.co.us
Party name: States of Colorado, et al.