| Jan 24 2020 | Application (19A836) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 3, 2020 to March 4, 2020, submitted to Justice Alito. |
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| Jan 27 2020 | Application (19A836) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until March 4, 2020. |
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| Feb 18 2020 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 23, 2020) |
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| Mar 09 2020 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, PennEast Pipeline Company, LLC. |
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| Mar 20 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Marcellus Shale Coalition and Pennsylvania Independent Oil & Gas Association filed. |
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| Mar 20 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Industrial Energy Consumers of America filed. |
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| Mar 23 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC filed. |
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| Mar 23 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Pennslvania Manufacturers' Association, et al. filed. |
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| Mar 23 2020 | Brief amici curiae of United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada, AFL-CIO, et al. filed. |
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| Mar 23 2020 | Waiver of New Jersey Conservation Foundation of right to respond not accepted for filing. (March 24, 2020) |
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| Mar 23 2020 | Waiver of right of respondent New Jersey Conservation Foundation to respond filed. |
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| Mar 23 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Consumer Energy Alliance filed. |
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| Mar 23 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Energy Equipment and Infrastructure Alliance filed. |
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| Mar 23 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, American Gas Association, American Petroleum Institute filed. |
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| Mar 23 2020 | Brief amici curiae of The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America and the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry filed. |
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| Mar 23 2020 | Waiver of right of respondents State of New Jersey; NJ Department of Envrionmental Protection, et al. to respond filed. |
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| Apr 01 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/17/2020. |
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| Apr 13 2020 | Response Requested. (Due May 13, 2020) |
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| Apr 30 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 13, 2020 to June 12, 2020, submitted to The Clerk. |
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| Apr 30 2020 | Response to motion from petitioner PennEast Pipeline Company, LLC filed. |
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| May 01 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted in part; the time is extended to and including June 2, 2020, for all respondents. |
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| Jun 02 2020 | Brief of respondents State of New Jersey; NJ Department of Envrionmental Protection, et al. in opposition filed. |
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| Jun 02 2020 | Waiver of right of respondent New Jersey Conservation Foundation to respond filed. |
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| Jun 03 2020 | Letter waiving the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition for a writ of certiorari pursuant to Rule 15.5 filed. |
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| Jun 09 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/25/2020. |
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| Jun 09 2020 | Reply of petitioners PennEast Pipeline Company, LLC filed. (Distributed) |
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| Jun 29 2020 | The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States. |
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| Dec 09 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. |
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| Dec 23 2020 | Supplemental brief of respondents State of New Jersey; NJ Department of Envrionmental Protection, et al. filed. |
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| Jan 07 2021 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/22/2021. |
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| Feb 03 2021 | Petition GRANTED. In addition to the question presented by the petition, the parties are directed to brief and argue the following question: Did the Court of Appeals properly exercise jurisdiction over this case? The case will be set for argument in the April 2021 argument session. |
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| Feb 05 2021 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, PennEast Pipeline Company, LLC |
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| Feb 08 2021 | Joint motion to set the briefing schedule filed by the parties. |
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| Feb 10 2021 | Joint motion to set the briefing schedule GRANTED. Petitioner's brief on the merits will be filed on or before March 1, 2021. Respondents briefs on the merits will be filed on or before March 31, 2021. The reply brief will be filed in compliance with Rule 25.3. |
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| Feb 22 2021 | Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, New Jersey Conservation Foundation |
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| Mar 01 2021 | Brief of petitioner PennEast Pipeline Company, LLC filed. |
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| Mar 01 2021 | Joint appendix (two volumes) filed. (Statement of cost filed). |
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| Mar 04 2021 | Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, State of New Jersey; NJ Department of Envrionmental Protection, et al. |
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| Mar 08 2021 | Brief amici curiae of The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America and the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry filed. |
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| Mar 08 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC filed. |
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| Mar 08 2021 | Brief amici curiae of United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada, AFL-CIO, et al. filed. |
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| Mar 08 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Energy Equipment and Infrastructure Alliance filed. |
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| Mar 08 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Pennslvania Manufacturers' Association and the New Jersey Business & Industry Association filed. |
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| Mar 08 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. |
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| Mar 08 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, American Gas Association, American Petroleum Institute filed. |
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| Mar 08 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Marcellus Shale Coalition and Pennsylvania Independent Oil & Gas Association filed. |
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| Mar 12 2021 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, April 28, 2021. |
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| Mar 15 2021 | Record requested. |
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| Mar 30 2021 | CIRCULATED |
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| Mar 31 2021 | Brief of respondent New Jersey Conservation Foundation filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 31 2021 | Brief of respondents New Jersey, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 31 2021 | Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
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| Apr 07 2021 | Brief amici curiae of State of Oregon, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Apr 07 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Institute for Justice filed. (Distributed) |
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| Apr 07 2021 | Brief amici curiae of The Council of State Governments, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Apr 16 2021 | Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. |
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| Apr 16 2021 | Reply of petitioner PennEast Pipeline Company, LLC filed. (Distributed) |
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| Apr 28 2021 | Argued. For petitioner: Paul D. Clement, Washington, D. C.; and Edwin S. Kneedler, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondents: Jeremy M. Feigenbaum, Counsel to the Attorney General, Trenton, N. J. |
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| Jun 29 2021 | Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Roberts, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined. Gorsuch, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Thomas, J., joined. Barrett, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Thomas, Kagan, and Gorsuch, JJ., joined. |
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| Aug 02 2021 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
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