Decided

No. 13-1080

Department of Transportation, et al. v. Association of American Railroads

from the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

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Docket Entries

JUDGMENT ISSUED.

Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Kennedy, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Scalia, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Alito, J., filed a concurring opinion. Thomas, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment.

Letter from counsel for the petitioners updating authority. (Distributed)

Argued. For petitioners: Curtis E. Gannon, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Thomas H. Dupree, Jr., Washington, D. C.

CIRCULATED.

Reply of petitioner Department of Transportation filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Association of Independent Passenger Rail Operators filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Resolute Forest Products Inc. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Professor Alexander Volokh filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Center for the Rule of Law filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence filed.

Brief amici curiae of American Council of Trustees and Alumni, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Cato Institute, et al. filed.

Record received from U.S.C.A. District of Columbia Circuit, the record is electronic.

Brief of respondent Association of American Railroads filed.

Record requested from U.S.C.A. District of Columbia Circuit.

SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, December 8, 2014.

Brief amici curiae of Environmental Law and Policy Center, et al. filed.

Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed.)

Brief of petitioner Department of Transportation filed.

The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including August 14, 2014.

The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including September 22, 2014.

Petition GRANTED.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 19, 2014.

Reply of petitioner Department of Transportation filed. (Distributed)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 12, 2014.

Brief of respondent Association of American Railroads in opposition filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Professor Alexander Volokh filed.

Order extending time to file response to petition to and including May 12, 2014.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 10, 2014)

Application (13A678) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until March 10, 2014.

Application (13A678) to extend further the time from February 7, 2014 to March 10, 2014, submitted to The Chief Justice.

Application (13A678) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until February 7, 2014.

Application (13A678) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 9, 2014 to February 7, 2014, submitted to The Chief Justice.

Parties

Department of Transportation, Petitioner, represented by Donald B. Verrilli Jr.

Department of Transportation, et al., Petitioner, represented by Curtis E. Gannon

Association of American Railroads, Respondent, represented by Thomas H. Dupree Jr.

Amici Curiae

American Council of Trustees and Alumni, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Shannen W. Coffin

Association of Independent Passenger Rail Operators, Amicus Curiae, represented by Richard B. Katskee

Cato Institute, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Jeffrey S. Bucholtz

Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence, Amicus Curiae, represented by Anthony T. Caso

Center for the Rule of Law, Amicus Curiae, represented by Adam J. White

Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, Amicus Curiae, represented by C. Frederick Beckner III.

Environmental Law and Policy Center, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Karen E. Torrent

Professor Alexander Volokh, Amicus Curiae, represented by Sarah M. Shalf

Resolute Forest Products Inc., Amicus Curiae, represented by David B. Rivkin Jr.

 
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