No. 16-348
Title:
Midland Funding, LLC, Petitioner
v.
Aleida Johnson
Docketed:September 16, 2016
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
  Case Nos.:(15-11240)
  Decision Date:May 24, 2016
  Rehearing Denied:August 19, 2016
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sep 16 2016 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 17, 2016)
Sep 19 2016 Brief of respondent Aleida Johnson filed.
Sep 20 2016 Letter of September 20, 2016, from counsel for petitioner received waiving the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition pursuant to Rule 15.5.
Sep 21 2016 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 7, 2016.
Sep 21 2016 Reply of petitioner Midland Funding, LLC filed. (Distributed)
Oct 11 2016 Petition GRANTED.
Nov 1 2016 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for petitioner.
Nov 4 2016 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondent.
Nov 14 2016 Brief of petitioner Midland Funding, LLC filed.
Nov 14 2016 Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed.)
Nov 18 2016 Brief amicus curiae of DBA International, Inc. filed.
Nov 21 2016 Brief amicus curiae of The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed.
Nov 21 2016 Brief amicus curiae of Resurgent Capital Services, L.P. filed.
Nov 21 2016 Brief amicus curiae of ACA International filed.
Nov 21 2016 Brief amici curiae of NARCA - National Creditors Bar Association, et al. filed.
Dec 5 2016 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, January 17, 2017.
Dec 7 2016 Record requested from U.S.C.A. 11th Circuit.
Dec 9 2016 Record received from the U.S.C.A. 11th Circuit. The record is electronic and available on PACER.
Dec 12 2016 CIRCULATED.
Dec 14 2016 Brief of respondent Aleida Johnson (Reprinted) filed. (Distributed)
Dec 21 2016 Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. (Distributed)
Dec 21 2016 Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Dec 21 2016 Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Chapter Thirteen Trustees filed. (Distributed)
Dec 21 2016 Brief amicus curiae of G. Eric Brunstad, Jr. filed. (Distributed)
Dec 21 2016 Brief amici curiae of National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Dec 21 2016 Brief amici curiae of Public Citizen, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jan 6 2017 Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Jan 6 2017 Reply of petitioner Midland Funding, LLC filed. (Distributed)
Jan 17 2017 Argued. For petitioner: Kannon K. Shanmugam, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Daniel L. Geyser, Dallas, Tex.; and Sarah E. Harrington, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.)
May 15 2017 Judgment REVERSED. Breyer, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Kennedy, Thomas, and Alito, JJ., joined. Sotomayor, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Ginsburg and Kagan, JJ., joined. Gorsuch, J., took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
Jun 19 2017 JUDGMENT ISSUED.



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
Kannon K. Shanmugam Williams & Connolly LLP(202) 434-5000
    Counsel of Record725 Twelfth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20005
kshanmugam@wc.com
Party name: Midland Funding, LLC
Attorneys for Respondent:
Daniel L. Geyser Stris & Maher LLP(213) 995-6811
    Counsel of Record6688 N. Central Expy., Ste. 1650
Dallas, TX  75206
daniel.geyser@strismaher.com
Party name: Aleida Johnson
 
Other:
G. Eric Brunstad Jr. Dechert LLP(860) 524-3999
90 State House Square
Hartford, CT  06103
eric.brunstad@dechert.com
Party name: G. Eric Brunstad, Jr.
 
Craig Goldblatt Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP(202) 663-6000
1875 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC  20006
craig.goldblatt@wilmerhale.com
Party name: Resurgent Capital Services, L.P.
 
Sarah Elaine Harrington Assistant to the Solicitor General
Department of Justice
Washington, DC  20530
SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov
Party name: United States
 
Henry E. Hildebrand III. Chapter 13 Standing Trustee(615) 244-1101
P.O. Box 340019
Nashville, TN  37203-0019
hank@ch13bna.com
Party name: National Association of Chapter Thirteen Trustees
 
Whitman L. Holt Klee, Tuchin, Bogdanoff & Stern, LLP(310)-407-4000
1999 Avenue of the Stars 39th Floor
Los Angeles, CA  90067
wholt@ktbslaw.com
Party name: National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, et al.
 
Donald S. Maurice Jr. Maurice Wutscher, LLP(908) 237-4570
5 Water E. Foran, Blvd., Ste. 2007
Flemington, NJ  08822
dsm@mauricewutscher.com
Party name: DBA International, Inc.
 
Brian Ross Melendez Dykema Gossett, PLLC612 486-1589
4000 Wells Fargo Center
90 South Seventh Street
Minneapolis, MN  55402-3903
bmelendez@dykema.com
Party name: ACA International
 
Julie A. Murray Public Citizen Litigation Group(202) 588-7733
1600 20th Street NW
Washington, DC  20009
jmurray@citizen.org
Party name: Public Citizen, Inc., et al.
 
Manuel H. Newburger Barron & Newburger, PC(512) 649-4022
7320 N. MoPac Expressway, Suite 400
Austin, TX  78731
mnewburger@bn-lawyers.com
Party name: NARCA - The National Creditors Bar Association, et al.
 
Helgi C. Walker Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP(202) 955-8500
1050 Connecticut Ave., NW
Washington, DC  20036
hwalker@gibsondunn.com
Party name: The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America
 
Jeffrey B. Wall Acting 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