Record returned to U.S.D.C. for District of Columbia.

Record returned to U.S.C.A. for Eleventh Circuit.

JUDGMENT ISSUED.

Judgment REVERSED. Breyer, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Scalia, Thomas, Ginsburg, Alito, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Sotomayor, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Kennedy, J., joined.

Argued. For petitioner: Jeffrey L. Fisher, Stanford, Cal. and Curtis E. Gannon, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondent: David C. Frederick, Washington, D. C.

U.S..D.C. for Southern District of Florida. (1 box)

Supplemental brief of the Solicitor General filed. (Distributed)

Supplemental brief of respondent The City of Riviera Beach, Florida filed. (Distributed)

Supplemental brief of petitioner Fane Lozman filed. (Distributed)

The parties are directed, and the Solicitor General is invited, to file letter briefs addressing the following question: �The res in this putative in rem admiralty proceeding was sold at a judicial auction in execution of the district court�s judgment on a maritime lien and a maritime trespass claim, Petn. App. 9a-10a, and subsequently destroyed, Petr. Br. 10-11. Does either the judicial auction or the subsequent destruction of the res render this case moot � The briefs, limited to 10 pages, are to be filed simultaneously with the Clerk and served upon opposing counsel on or before 2 p.m., Tuesday, August 28, 2012.

Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.

Reply of petitioner Fane Lozman filed. (Distributed)

Record received from U.S.C.A. for 11th Circuit. (1 envelope)

CIRCULATED.

SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Monday, October 1, 2012

Brief amici curiae of Thirty-six Admiralty and Maritime Law Professors filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Maritime Law Association of the United States filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Professor Kevin M. Clermont filed.

Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.

Brief amicus curiae of National Marine Bankers Association filed. (Distributed)

Brief of respondent The City of Riviera Beach, Florida filed.

Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondent .

Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner

Brief amici curiae of Maritime Law Professors filed.

Brief amici curiae of Seattle Floating Homes Association, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of American Gaming Association filed.

Brief amicus curiae of the Solicitor General filed.

Brief of petitioner Fane Lozman filed.

Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)

The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is further extended to and including May 8, 2012,

The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is further extended to and including July 12, 2012.

The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including May 7, 2012.

The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including July 10, 2012.

Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by The Maritime Law Association of the United States GRANTED. (orders list)

Petition GRANTED. (orders list)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 17, 2012.

Reply of petitioner Fane Lozman filed. (Distributed)

Brief of respondent The City of Riviera Beach, Florida in opposition filed.

Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by The Maritime Law Association of the United States

Order extending time to file response to petition to and including January 20, 2012.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 21, 2011)

Fane Lozman, Petitioner, represented by Jeffrey L. Fisher

The City of Riviera Beach, Florida, Respondent, represented by David C. Frederick

The City of Riviera Beach, Florida, Respondent, represented by Robert B. Birthisel

American Gaming Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by David Overlock. Stewart

Fane Lozman v. The City of Riviera Beach, Florida, Amicus Curiae, represented by Curtis Gannon

Maritime Law Association of the United States, Amicus Curiae, represented by Charles Gullette De Leo

Maritime Law Association of the United States, Amicus Curiae, represented by Francis Xavier Nolan III.

Maritime Law Professors, Amicus Curiae, represented by Richard T. Robol

National Marine Bankers Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by Dennis K. Egan

Professor Kevin M. Clermont, Amicus Curiae, represented by Michael C. Dorf

Seattle Floating Homes Association, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Michelle Taryn Friedland

the Solicitor General, Amicus Curiae, represented by Donald B. Verrilli Jr.

Thirty-six Admirality and Maritime Law Professors, Amicus Curiae, represented by David W. Robertson

United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Amicus Curiae, represented by John R. Hillsman