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Docket for 19-416

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No. 19-416 Vide 19-453
Title:	Nestlé USA, Inc., Petitioner v. John Doe I, et al.
Docketed:	September 27, 2019

Lower Ct:	United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Case Numbers:	(17-55435)
Decision Date:	July 5, 2019
Rehearing Denied:
Discretionary Court Decision Date:

Questions Presented

Date	Proceedings and Orders
Sep 25 2019	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 28, 2019)
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Oct 23 2019	Blanket Consent filed by Respondents, John Doe I, et al. VIDED
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Oct 25 2019	Waiver of right of respondents John Doe I, et al. to respond filed.
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Oct 28 2019	Brief amicus curiae of The Coca-Cola Company filed. VIDED.
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Oct 28 2019	Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed. VIDED.
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Oct 28 2019	Brief amicus curiae of Chevron Corporation filed. VIDED.
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Oct 28 2019	Brief amici curiae of The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. filed. VIDED.
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Oct 28 2019	Brief amici curiae of The National Confectioners Association, the World Cocoa Foundation, and the European Cocoa Association filed. VIDED.
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Oct 28 2019	Brief amicus curiae of CATO INSTITUTE filed. (Distributed)
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Oct 30 2019	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/15/2019.

Nov 04 2019	Response Requested. (Due December 4, 2019)

Nov 14 2019	Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 4, 2019 to December 12, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
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Nov 19 2019	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 12, 2019.

Dec 12 2019	Brief of respondents John Doe I, et al. in opposition filed.
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Dec 13 2019	Letter waiving the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition pursuant to Rule 15.5 filed.
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Dec 23 2019	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2020.

Dec 23 2019	Reply of petitioner Nestlé USA, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
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Jan 13 2020	The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States.

May 26 2020	Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. VIDED.
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Jun 04 2020	Supplemental brief of petitioner Nestlé USA, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
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Jun 09 2020	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/25/2020.

Jun 29 2020	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 7/1/2020.

Jul 02 2020	Petition GRANTED. The petition for a writ of certiorari in No. 19-453 is granted. The cases are consolidated, and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument. VIDED.

Jul 02 2020	Because the Court has consolidated these cases for briefing and oral argument, future filings and activity in the cases will now be reflected on the docket of No. 19-416. Subsequent filings in these cases must therefore be submitted through the electronic filing system in No. 19-416. Each document submitted in connection with one or more of these cases must include on its cover the case number and caption for each case in which the filing is intended to be submitted. Where a filing is submitted in fewer than all of the cases, the docket entry will reflect the case number(s) in which the filing is submitted; a document filed in all of the consolidated cases will be noted as “VIDED.”

Jul 22 2020	Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed. VIDED.
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Jul 22 2020	Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' briefs on the merits is extended to and including August 31, 2020. The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including October 14, 2020. VIDED.

Aug 26 2020	Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, John Doe I, et al. VIDED.
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Aug 27 2020	Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Nestlé USA, Inc.
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Aug 31 2020	Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed.) VIDED.
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Aug 31 2020	Brief of petitioner Nestlé USA, Inc. filed. VIDED.
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Aug 31 2020	Brief of petitioner Cargill, Inc. filed. VIDED.
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Sep 08 2020	Brief amici curiae of The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. filed. VIDED.
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Sep 08 2020	Brief amicus curiae of The Coca-Cola Company filed. VIDED.
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Sep 08 2020	Brief amici curiae of Washington Legal Foundation and Allied Educational Foundation filed. VIDED.
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Sep 08 2020	Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed. VIDED.
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Sep 08 2020	Brief amici curiae of The World Cocoa Foundation, et al. filed. VIDED.
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Sep 08 2020	Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. VIDED.
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Sep 08 2020	Brief amici curiae of Professors of International Law, Foreign Relations Law and Federal Jurisdiction filed. VIDED.
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Sep 16 2020	SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, December 1, 2020. VIDED.

Sep 29 2020	Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. VIDED.
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Oct 08 2020	Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit.

Oct 08 2020	Record received from the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit is electronic and located on PACER.

Oct 14 2020	Brief of respondents in 19-416 (response to merits brief of Nestle USA, Inc.) filed. VIDED.
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Oct 19 2020	Brief of respondents in 19-453 (response to merits brief of Cargill, Inc.) filed. VIDED.
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Oct 20 2020	Brief amicus curiae of EarthRights International filed. VIDED.
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Oct 20 2020	Brief amicus curiae of Yale Law School Center for Global Legal Challenges filed. VIDED.
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Oct 21 2020	Brief amicus curiae of Center for Global Justice filed. VIDED.
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Oct 21 2020	Brief amicus curiae of Tony's Chocolonely filed. VIDED.
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Oct 21 2020	Brief amici curiae of Access Now, et al. filed. VIDED.
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Oct 21 2020	Brief amici curiae of Foreign Lawyers filed. VIDED.
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Oct 21 2020	Brief amici curiae of Center for Justice & Accountability and Human Rights First filed. VIDED.
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Oct 21 2020	Brief amici curiae of Small and Mid-Size Cocoa and Chocolate Companies filed. VIDED.
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Oct 21 2020	Brief amici curiae of International Law Scholars filed. VIDED.
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Oct 21 2020	Brief amici curiae of Former Government Officials filed. VIDED.
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Oct 21 2020	Brief amici curiae of International Law Scholars, Former Diplomats, and Practitioners filed. VIDED.
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Oct 21 2020	Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed. VIDED.
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Oct 21 2020	Brief amici curiae of International Human Rights Organizations filed. VIDED.
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Oct 21 2020	Brief amici curiae of Oxfam America, et al. filed. VIDED.
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Oct 21 2020	Brief amicus curiae of Grant & Eisenhofer ESG Institute filed.
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Oct 21 2020	Brief amici curiae of Professors of Legal History, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
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Oct 21 2020	Brief amici curiae of Members of Congress Senator Blumenthal, Representative Smith, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
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Oct 21 2020	Brief amici curiae of Nuremberg Scholars filed. (Distributed)
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Oct 27 2020	CIRCULATED

Nov 02 2020	Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. Justice Barrett took no part in the consideration or decision of this motion.

Nov 13 2020	Reply of petitioner Nestlé USA, Inc. filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
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Nov 13 2020	Reply of petitioner Cargill, Inc. filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
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Dec 01 2020	Argued. For petitioners: Neal K. Katyal, Washington, D. C.; and Curtis E. Gannon, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondents: Paul L. Hoffman, Hermosa Beach, Cal. VIDED.

Jun 17 2021	Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Thomas, J., announced the judgment of the Court and delivered the opinion of the Court with respect to Parts I and II, in which Roberts, C. J., and Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett, JJ., joined, and an opinion with respect to Part III, in which Gorsuch and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined. Gorsuch, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Alito, J., joined as to Part I, and in which Kavanaugh, J., joined as to Part II. Sotomayor, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment, in which Breyer and Kagan, JJ., joined. Alito, J., filed a dissenting opinion. VIDED.

Jul 19 2021	JUDGMENT ISSUED.

Aug 12 2021	Response to motion to tax cost award and waive costs for indigent respondents filed by petitioner Nestlé USA, Inc.
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Aug 12 2021	Response to motion to tax cost award and waive costs for indigent respondents filed by petitioner Cargill, Inc. VIDED
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Aug 18 2021	Motion to tax cost award and waive costs for indigent respondents filed by respondents. (Electronically submitted on 8/2/21.) VIDED.
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NAME	ADDRESS	PHONE
Attorneys for Petitioner
Neal Kumar Katyal Counsel of Record	Hogan Lovells US LLP 555 Thirteenth St., N.W. Washington, DC 20004 neal.katyal@hoganlovells.com	202 637 5528
Party name: Nestlé USA, Inc.
Andrew John Pincus Counsel of Record	Mayer Brown LLP 1999 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20006 apincus@mayerbrown.com	202-263-3220
Party name: Cargill, Inc.
Attorneys for Respondents
Paul Lindsey Hoffman Counsel of Record	Schonbrun Seplow Harris & Hoffman LLP 200 Pier Ave. STE 226 Hermosa Beach, CA 90254 hoffpaul@aol.com	3107177373
Party name: John Doe I, et al.
Other
Brian H. Fletcher Counsel of Record	Acting 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
William Joseph Aceves Counsel of Record	Calif. Western School of Law 225 Cedar Street San Diego, CA 92101-3090 wja@cwsl.edu	619-515-1589
Party name: Foreign Lawyers
Cory L. Andrews Counsel of Record	Washington Legal Foundation 2009 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20036 candrews@wlf.org	2025880302
Party name: Washington Legal Foundation and Allied Educational Foundation
John Bellinger Bellinger III Counsel of Record	Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP 601 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20001 john.bellinger@arnoldporter.com	202-942-6599
Party name: The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, the National Foreign Trade Council, the National Association of Manufacturers, and the Organization for International Investment
Jeffrey Alan Brauch Counsel of Record	Regent University School of Law 1000 Regent University Drive Virginia Beach, VA 23464 jeffbra@regent.edu	757-352-4660
Party name: Center for Global Justice
Carmen Ka Man Cheung Counsel of Record	Center for Justice and Accountability One Hallidie Plaza #750 San Francisco, CA 94102 ccheung@cja.org	415-544-0444
Party name: Center for Justice & Accountability and Human Rights First
Sophia Sabrina Cope Counsel of Record	Electronic Frontier Foundation 815 Eddy Street San Francisco, CA 94109 sophia@eff.org	415-436-9333
Party name: Access Now, Article 19, Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Privacy International and Professor Ronald Deibert
William S. Dodge Counsel of Record	University of California, Davis, School of Law 400 Mrak Hall Drive Davis, CA 95616 wsdodge@ucdavis.edu	510-421-0494
Party name: International Law Scholars
Jay W. Eisenhofer Counsel of Record	Grant and Eisenhofer P.A. 485 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10017 jeisenhofer@gelaw.com	(646) 722-8500
Party name: Grant & Eisenhofer ESG Institute
John Patrick Elwood Counsel of Record	Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP 601 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington, DC 20001 john.elwood@arnoldporter.com	(202) 942-5992
Party name: The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, the National Association of Manufacturers, the National Foreign Trade Council, Global Business Alliance, and United States Council for International Business
Samuel Estreicher Counsel of Record	NYU School of Law 40 Washington Sq. South New York, NY 10012 samuel.estreicher@nyu.edu	212-998-6226
Party name: Professors of International Law, Foreign Relations Law and Federal Jurisdiction
Agnieszka M. Fryszman Counsel of Record	Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, PLLC 1100 New York Ave. Suite 500 Washington, DC 20005 afryszman@cohenmilstein.com	202-408-4600
Party name: Members of Congress Senator Blumenthal, Representative Smith, et al.
Katherine M. Gallagher Counsel of Record	Center for Constitutional Rights 666 Broadway, 7th Floor New York, NY 10012 kgallagher@ccrjustice.org	2126146455
Party name: International Human Rights Organizations
Tyler Richard Giannini Counsel of Record	International Human Rights Clinic, Harvard Law School 6 Everett Street, 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA 02138 giannini@law.harvard.edu	(617) 495-9263
Party name: Professors of Legal History, et al.
Jack L. Goldsmith Counsel of Record	1563 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, MA 02138 goldsmith.jack@gmail.com	(617) 384-8159
Party name: Chevron Corporation
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
Jennifer M. Green Counsel of Record	University of Minnesota Law School 229 19th Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55455 jmgreen@umn.edu	612-625-7247
Party name: Nuremberg Scholars
Oona A. Hathaway Counsel of Record	Yale Law School 127 Wall Street New Haven, CT 06511 Oona.hathaway@yale.edu	203-343-8482
Party name: Yale Law School Center for Global Legal Challenges
Michael David Hausfeld Counsel of Record	Hausfeld LLP 1700 K Street, NW Suite 650 Washington, DC 20006 mhausfeld@hausfeld.com	2025407148
Party name: Oxfam America, et al.
Richard L. Herz Counsel of Record	EarthRights International 1612 K Street N.W. Suite 800 Washington, DC 20006 rick@earthrights.org	860-233-4938
Party name: EarthRights International
Harold Hongju Koh Counsel of Record	Peter Gruber Rule of Law Clinic Yale Law School 127 Wall Street New Haven, CT 06520-8215 harold.koh@ylsclinics.org	2034641801
Party name: Former Government Officials
Kevin Paul Martin Counsel of Record	Goodwin Procter LLP Exchange Place Boston, MA 02109 kmartin@goodwinlaw.com	6175701000
Party name: The World Cocoa Foundation, et al.
Owen C. Pell Counsel of Record	White & Case LLP 1221 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020-1095 opell@whitecase.com	212-819-8891
Party name: Cato Institute
Charity Starr Ryerson Counsel of Record	Corporate Accountability Lab 6214 N. Glenwood Ave. Chicago, IL 60660 charity@corpaccountabilitylab.org	3178507384
Party name: Small and Mid-Size Cocoa and Chocolate Companies
Charity Starr Ryerson Counsel of Record	Corporate Accountability Lab 6214 N. Glenwood Ave. Chicago, IL 60660 charity@corpaccountabilitylab.org	3178507384
Party name: Tony's Chocolonely
Pratik Arvind Shah Counsel of Record	Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP 2001 K Street N.W. Washington, DC 20006 pshah@akingump.com	202-887-4210
Party name: The Coca-Cola Company
Beth Van Schaack Counsel of Record	Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way Stanford, CA 94305 bethvs@stanford.edu	6507255310
Party name: International Law Scholars, Former Diplomats, and Practitioners