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Docket for 18-15

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No. 18-15
Title:	James L. Kisor, Petitioner v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Docketed:	July 2, 2018
Linked with 17A1154
Lower Ct:	United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case Numbers:	(16-1929)
Decision Date:	September 7, 2017
Rehearing Denied:	January 31, 2018
Discretionary Court Decision Date:

Questions Presented

Date	Proceedings and Orders
Apr 19 2018	Application (17A1154) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 1, 2018 to June 29, 2018, submitted to The Chief Justice.
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Apr 24 2018	Application (17A1154) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until June 29, 2018.

Jun 29 2018	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 1, 2018)
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Jul 25 2018	Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 1, 2018 to August 31, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
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Jul 26 2018	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 31, 2018.

Jul 27 2018	Brief amici curiae of Southeastern Legal Foundation and The Beacon Center of Tennessee filed.
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Jul 27 2018	Brief amicus curiae of Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence filed.
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Aug 01 2018	Brief amicus curiae of The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed.
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Aug 01 2018	Brief amici curiae of National Association of Home Builders, et al. filed.
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Aug 01 2018	Brief amici curiae of The State's of Utah, et al. filed.
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Aug 17 2018	Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 31, 2018 to October 1, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
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Aug 20 2018	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including October 1, 2018.

Sep 26 2018	Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 1, 2018 to October 31, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
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Sep 27 2018	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including October 31, 2018.

Oct 31 2018	Brief of respondent Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs in opposition filed.
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Nov 19 2018	Reply of petitioner James L. Kisor filed.
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Nov 20 2018	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/7/2018.

Dec 10 2018	Petition GRANTED limited to Question 1 presented by the petition.

Jan 16 2019	Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs
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Jan 24 2019	Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
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Jan 24 2019	Brief of petitioner James L. Kisor filed.
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Jan 25 2019	SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, March 27, 2019

Jan 30 2019	Brief amici curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation, et al. filed.
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Jan 31 2019	Brief amici curiae of State and Local Government Associations filed.
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Jan 31 2019	Brief amicus curiae of American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations in support of neither party filed.
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Jan 31 2019	Brief amicus curiae of The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed.
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Jan 31 2019	Brief amici curiae of National Veterans Legal Services Program, et al. filed.
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Jan 31 2019	Brief amicus curiae of Utility Air Regulatory Group filed.
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Jan 31 2019	Brief amicus curiae of Professor Thomas Merrill filed.
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Jan 31 2019	Brief amici curiae of Professors - Dean Ronald A. Cass, Christopher DeMuth, Sr., and James L. Huffman filed.
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Jan 31 2019	Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed.
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Jan 31 2019	Brief amicus curiae of Center for Workplace Compliance filed.
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Jan 31 2019	Brief amici curiae of National Immigrant Justice Center and American Immigration Lawyers Association filed.
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Jan 31 2019	Brief amici curiae of National Organization of Veterans’ Advocates, Inc., et al. filed.
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Jan 31 2019	Brief amici curiae of National Association of Home Builders, et al. filed.
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Jan 31 2019	Brief amici curiae of Stephen C. Connaker and the Military and Veterans' Law Institute filed.
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Jan 31 2019	Brief amici curiae of States of Utah, et al. filed.
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Jan 31 2019	Brief amicus curiae of Public Citizen, Inc. in support of neither party filed.
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Jan 31 2019	Brief amicus curiae of Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence filed.
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Jan 31 2019	Brief amici curiae of Professors of Administrative Law and Federal Regulation in support of neither party filed. (Corrected version submitted)

Jan 31 2019	Brief amici curiae of Professors of Administrative Law and Federal Regulation in support of neither party filed (2/14/19). (Distributed)
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Jan 31 2019	Brief amicus curiae of Sergeant Major Jeff S. Howard (Retired) filed.
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Jan 31 2019	Brief amici curiae of The Cato Institute, et al. filed.
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Jan 31 2019	Brief amici curiae of Southeastern Legal Foundation, et al. filed.
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Jan 31 2019	Brief amicus curiae of National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Inc. filed.
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Jan 31 2019	Brief amicus curiae of New Civil Liberties Alliance filed.
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Jan 31 2019	Brief amicus curiae of Jeremy C. Doerre filed.
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Jan 31 2019	Brief amicus curiae of Atlantic Legal Foundation filed.
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Feb 14 2019	CIRCULATED

Feb 21 2019	Record requested from the U.S.C.A. Federal Circuit.

Feb 25 2019	Brief of respondent Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs filed. (Distributed)
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Feb 28 2019	The record received from the U.S.C.A. Federal Circuit is electronic and located on PACER. The record is complete.

Feb 28 2019	The record received from U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims are electronic and located on USCAVC web site. Also received are the pleadings from USCAVC which is confidential, (1 Envelope).

Mar 04 2019	Brief amici curiae of Administrative Law Scholars filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 04 2019	Brief amicus curiae of Senator Sheldon Whitehouse filed. ((Distributed).
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Mar 14 2019	Reply of petitioner James L. Kisor filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 27 2019	Argued. For petitioner: Paul W. Hughes, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Noel G. Francisco, Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C.

Jun 26 2019	Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Kagan, J., announced the judgment of the Court and delivered the opinion of the Court with respect to Parts I, II–B, III–B, and IV, in which Roberts, C. J., and Ginsburg, Breyer, and Sotomayor, JJ., joined, and an opinion with respect to Parts II–A and III–A, in which Ginsburg, Breyer, and Sotomayor, JJ., joined. Roberts, C. J., filed an opinion concurring in part. Gorsuch, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which Thomas, J., joined, in which Kavanaugh, J., joined as to Parts I, II, III, IV, and V, and in which Alito, J., joined as to Parts I, II, and III. Kavanaugh, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which Alito, J., joined.

Jul 29 2019	JUGMENT ISSUED.

NAME	ADDRESS	PHONE
Attorneys for Petitioner
Paul Whitfield Hughes Counsel of Record	Mayer Brown LLP 1999 K Street NW Washington, DC 20006 PHughes@mayerbrown.com	(202) 263-3000
Party name: James L. Kisor
Attorneys for Respondent
Noel J. Francisco 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: Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Other
Anthony Thomas Caso Counsel of Record	Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence Chapman University, Fowler School of Law One University Drive Orange, CA 92866 caso@chapman.edu	877-855-3330
Party name: Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence
Tyler Green Counsel of Record	Utah Solicitor General 350 N. State Street, Suite 230 Salt Lake City, UT 84114-2320 tylergreen@agutah.gov	(801) 538-9600
Party name: State's of Utah, et al.
Kimberly Stewart Hermann Counsel of Record	Southeastern Legal Foundation 560 W. Crossville Rd. Suite 104 Roswell, GA 30075 khermann@southeasternlegal.org	(770) 977-2131
Party name: Southeastern Legal Foundation, et al.
Raymond J. LaJeunesse Jr. Counsel of Record	National Right to Work Legal Foundation 8001 Braddock Rd, Suite 600 Springfield, VA 22151 rjl@nrtw.org	703-321-8510
Party name: National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Inc.
Mark W. Mosier Counsel of Record	Covington & Burling, LLP One CityCenter 850 Tenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 mmosier@cov.com	202-662-5435
Party name: The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America
Evan Andrew Young Counsel of Record	Baker Botts, L.L.P. 98 San Jacinto Boulevard Suite 1500 Austin, TX 78701-4078 evan.young@bakerbotts.com	512-322-2500
Party name: National Association of Home Builders, et al.
Jean-Claude Andre Counsel of Record	Sidley Austin LLP 555 W. Fifth Street Suite 4000 Los Angeles, CA 90013 jcandre@sidley.com	(213) 896-6000
Party name: National Immigrant Justice Center and American Immigration Lawyers Association
Corbin Knight Barthold Counsel of Record	Washington Legal Foundation 2009 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington, DC 20036 cbarthold@wlf.org	2025880302
Party name: Washington Legal Foundation
Michael Patrick Bracken Counsel of Record	NT Lakis, LLP 1501 M Street, Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20005 mbracken@ntlakis.com	2026295600
Party name: Center for Workplace Compliance
William James Brown Jr. Counsel of Record	Brown Wegner LLP 2010 Main Street, Suite 1260 Irvine, CA 92614 bill@brownwegner.com	9497050080
Party name: Stephen C. Connaker, et al.
Ronald Andrew Cass Counsel of Record	Cass & Associates, PC 10560 Fox Forest Drive Great Falls, VA 22066 roncass@cassassociates.net	202.438.7590
Party name: Professors - Dean Ronald A. Cass, Christopher DeMuth, Sr., and James L. Huffman
Jeremy Cooper Doerre Counsel of Record	Tillman Wright, PLLC 11325 N. Community House Road, Suite 250 Charlotte, NC 28277 jdoerre@ti-law.com	7042484883
Party name: Jeremy C. Doerre
Anthony Lee Francois Counsel of Record	Pacific Legal Foundation 930 G Street Sacramento, CA 95814 alf@pacificlegal.org	(916) 419-7111
Party name: Pacific Legal Foundation
Matthew James Ginsburg Counsel of Record	American Fed. of Labor and Congress of Industrial 815 16th St., N.W. Washington, DC 20006 mginsburg@aflcio.org	202-637-5397
Party name: American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
Allyson Ho Counsel of Record	Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP 2100 McKinney Avenue Suite 1100 Dallas, TX 75201 aho@gibsondunn.com	214-698-3233
Party name: State and Local Government Associations
William McGinley Jay Counsel of Record	Goodwin Procter, LLP 901 New York Ave., NW Washington, DC 20001 WJay@goodwinlaw.com	2023464190
Party name: Professor Thomas Merrill
Martin Sander Kaufman Counsel of Record	Atlantic Legal Foundation 500 Mamaroneck Avenue Suite 320 Harrison, NY 10528 mskaufman@atlanticlegal.org	914.472.2356
Party name: Atlantic Legal Foundation
Vincent Gregory Levy Counsel of Record	Holwell Shuster & Goldberg, LLP 425 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10017 vlevy@hsgllp.com	6468375151
Party name: PROFESSORS OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW AND FEDERAL REGULATION
Elbert Lin Counsel of Record	Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP 951 E. Byrd Street Riverfront Plaza, East Tower Richmond, VA 23219-4074 elin@HuntonAK.com	804-788-7202
Party name: Utility Air Regulatory Group
Roman Martinez V Counsel of Record	Latham & Watkins, LLP 555 Eleventh Street, NW Washington, DC 20004 roman.martinez@lw.com	202-637-3377
Party name: National Organization of Veterans’ Advocates, Inc., et al.
Jonathan F. Mitchell Counsel of Record	Mitchell Law PLLC 106 East Sixth Street Suite 900 Austin, TX 78701 jonathan@mitchell.law	5126863940
Party name: New Civil Liberties Alliance
Scott Lawrence Nelson Counsel of Record	Public Citizen Litigation Group 1600 20th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20009 snelson@citizen.org	202-588-1000
Party name: Public Citizen, Inc.
Amy Mason Saharia Counsel of Record	Williams & Connolly LLP 725 Twelfth Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20005 asaharia@wc.com	202-434-5000
Party name: National Veterans Legal Services Program et al.
Ilya Shapiro Counsel of Record	Cato Institute 1000 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington, DC 20001 ishapiro@cato.org	2028420200
Party name: The Cato Institute, et al.
Donald B. Verrilli Jr. Counsel of Record	Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP 1155 F Streeet NW 7th Floor Washington, DC 20004 donald.verrilli@mto.com	202-220-1101
Party name: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW SCHOLARS
Shawn Terry Welch Counsel of Record	Holland & Hart, LLP 222 South Main Street, Suite 2200 Salt Lake City, UT 84101 stwelch@hollandhart.com	8017995800
Party name: Jeff S. Howard
Sheldon Whitehouse Counsel of Record	Hart Senate Offic Bldg. Ste. Rm. 530 Washington, DC 20017 counsel@whitehouse.senate.gov	(202) 224-2921
Party name: Senator Sheldon Whitehouse