Decided

No. 18-1447

Republic of Hungary, et al. v. Rosalie Simon, et al.

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 for further proceedings consistent with the decision in Federal Republic of Germany v. Philipp, 592 U.S. ____ (2021). Opinion per curiam.

Argued. For petitioners: Gregory Silbert, New York, N. Y.; and Benjamin W. Snyder, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondents: Sarah E. Harrington, Bethesda, Md.

Reply of petitioners Republic of Hungary, et al. filed. (Distributed)

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

Brief amici curiae of Members of the United States House of Representatives filed (also in 19-351). VIDED. (Distributed)

Proposal of amici curiae the World Jewish Congress, Commission for Art Recovery, and Ambassador Ronald S. Lauder to lodge materials under Rule 32.3 filed.

Brief amici curiae of Professor William S. Dodge and Professor Maggie Gardner filed (also in 19-351). VIDED. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Holocaust Survivors Foundation, USA, Inc., et al. (also in 19-351) filed. VIDED. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights and Professor Irwin Cotler filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Victims of the Hungarian Holocaust filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of American Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists and other adovcates for Holocaust restitution filed. (Distributed)

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

Brief amici curiae of The World Jewish Congress, Commission for Art Recovery, and Ambassador Ronald S. Lauder filed (also in 19-351) VIDED. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of The 1939 Society, et al. filed (also in 19-351). VIDED. (Distributed)

CIRCULATED

Brief of respondents filed.

Record received from the U.S.C.A. D.C. Circuit is electronic and located on PACER, some of the record has been electronically filed.

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

SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, December 7, 2020.

Proposal of petitioners to lodge non-record materials pursuant to Sup. Ct. R. 32.3 filed.

Motion of Davis R. Robinson, Abraham D. Sofaer, David P. Stewart, and Edwin Williamson to Consider Brief of Amici Curiae Filed By Movants in Germany v. Phillip, No. 19-351 as an Amici Curiae Brief in This Case filed by Davis R. Robinson, et al.

Brief amicus curiae of Societe Nationale SNCF SA in support of neither party filed (also in 19-351). VIDED.

Brief amici curiae of Professors Samuel Estreicher And Thomas H. Lee in support of neither party filed (also in 19-351). VIDED

Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.

Brief of petitioners Republic of Hungary, et al. filed.

Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)

Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Republic of Hungary, et al.

Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Simon, Rosalie, et al.

Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including September 4, 2020. The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including October 22, 2020.

Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.

Petition GRANTED limited to Question 1 presented by the petition.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 7/1/2020.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/25/2020.

Supplemental brief of respondents Simon, Rosalie, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Supplemental brief of petitioners Republic of Hungary, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.

The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States.

Rescheduled.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.

Reply of petitioners Republic of Hungary, et al. filed.

Brief of respondents Simon, Rosalie, et al. in opposition filed.

Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including July 23, 2019.

Motion to extend the time to file a response from June 19, 2019 to July 23, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 19, 2019)

Parties

Republic of Hungary, et al., Petitioner, represented by Gregory Silbert

Simon, Rosalie, et al., Respondent, represented by Paul G. Gaston

Simon, Rosalie, et al., Respondent, represented by Sarah Elaine Harrington

Amici Curiae

American Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists and other adovcates for Holocaust restitution, Amicus Curiae, represented by Arthur Richter Traldi

Davis R. Robinson, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by James Harold Hulme

Former State Department Attorney Mark B. Feldman, Amicus Curiae, represented by Mark B. Feldman

Holocaust Survivors Foundation, USA, Inc., Renee Firestone, David Mermelstein, David Schaecter, Klaire Firestone, Thomas Weiss, M.D., And Naomi Vilko, M.D., Amicus Curiae, represented by Samuel J. Dubbin

Members of the United States House of Representatives, Amicus Curiae, represented by Akiva Shapiro

Professors Samuel Estreicher And Thomas H. Lee, Amicus Curiae, represented by Amelia Lynn Borrego Sargent

Professor William S. Dodge and Professor Maggie Gardner, Amicus Curiae, represented by Geoffrey Morris Klineberg

Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights and Professor Irwin Cotler, Amicus Curiae, represented by Beth Heifetz

Societe Nationale SNCF SA, Amicus Curiae, represented by John Bellinger Bellinger III

The 1939 Society, Michael Bazyler, Bet Tzedek, Center for the Study of Law & Genocide at LMU Loyola Law School, and The Holocaust Education Center in the Desert, Inc. d/b/a Tolerance Education Center, Amicus Curiae, represented by Benjamin Gross Shatz

The World Jewish Congress, Commission for Art Recovery, and Ambassador Ronald S. Lauder, Amicus Curiae, represented by Thomas Russell Kline

United States, Amicus Curiae, represented by Elizabeth B. Prelogar

Victims of the Hungarian Holocaust, Amicus Curiae, represented by Robert J. Pavich

 
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