Decided

No. 13-935

Wellness International Network, Limited, et al. v. Richard Sharif

from the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

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Docket Entries

JUDGMENT ISSUED.

Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Sotomayor, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, and Kagan, JJ., joined, and in which Alito, J., joined in part. Alito, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment. Roberts, C. J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Scalia, J., joined, and in which Thomas, J., joined as to Part I. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion.

Argued. For petitioners: Catherine Steege, Chicago, Ill.; and Curtis E. Gannon, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondent: Jonathan D. Hacker, Washington, D. C.

Reply of petitioners Wellness International Network, Limited, et al. filed. (Distributed)

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

Record received from U.S.C.A. is electronic and located on PACER.

Record received from U.S.D.C. Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division is electronic.

CIRCULATED.

Record requested from U.S.C.A. 7th Circuit.

Brief amici curiae of Certain TOUSA Defendants filed.

SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Wednesday, January 14, 2015.

Supplemental appendix of respondent filed.

Brief of respondent Richard Sharif 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 Association of Bankruptcy Trustees filed.

Brief amicus curiae of American College of Bankruptcy filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Business Law Section of the Florida Bar in support of neither party filed.

Brief amicus curiae of G. Eric Brunstad, Jr. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of American Bar Association filed.

Brief amicus curiae of the United States filed.

Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed.)

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

Brief of petitioners Wellness International Network, Limited, et al. filed.

The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including September 9, 2014.

The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including November 19, 2014.

Petition GRANTED limited to Questions 1 and 3 presented by the petition.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 30, 2014.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 26, 2014.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 19, 2014.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 12, 2014.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 18, 2014.

Reply of petitioners Wellness International Network, Limited, et al. filed.

Brief of respondent Richard Sharif in opposition filed.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 7, 2014)

Application (13A648) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until February 5, 2014.

Application (13A648) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 5, 2014 to February 5, 2014, submitted to Justice Kagan.

Parties

Wellness International Network, Limited, et al., Petitioner, represented by Catherine Steege

Wellness International Network, Limited, et al., Petitioner, represented by John A. E. Pottow

Richard Sharif, Respondent, represented by William J. Stevens

Richard Sharif, Respondent, represented by Jonathan D. Hacker

Amici Curiae

American Bar Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by William C. Hubbard

American College of Bankruptcy, Amicus Curiae, represented by Danielle Spinelli

Business Law Section of the Florida Bar in support of neither party, Amicus Curiae, represented by Paul Steven Singerman

G. Eric Brunstad, Jr., Amicus Curiae, represented by G. Eric Brunstad Jr.

National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees, Amicus Curiae, represented by William C. Heuer

the United States, Amicus Curiae, represented by Donald B. Verrilli Jr.

TOUSA Defendants, Amicus Curiae, represented by Andrew M. Leblanc

United States, Amicus Curiae, represented by Curtis E. Gannon

 
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