Decided

No. 19-351

Federal Republic of Germany, et al. v. Alan Philipp, 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. Roberts, C. J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.

Argued. For petitioners: Jonathan M. Freiman, New Haven, Conn.; and Edwin S. Kneedler, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondents: Nicholas M. O'Donnell, Boston, Mass.

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

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.

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

Brief amicus curiae of Peter Toren filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of The World Jewish Congress, Commission for Art Recovery, and Ambassador Ronald S. Lauder filed (also in 18-1447). VIDED. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Professor William S. Dodge and Professor Maggie Gardner filed (also in 18-1447). VIDED. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Members of the United States House of Representatives filed (also in 18-1447). VIDED. (Distributed)

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

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

Brief amicus curiae of The Holocaust Art Restitution Project, Inc. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of The 1939 Society, et al. filed (also in 18-1447) filed. VIDED. (Distributed)

CIRCULATED

Brief amici curiae of Florida Holocaust Museum, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief of respondents Alan Philipp, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Proposal of Respondents to lodge materials under Rule 32.3 filed.

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

Brief amici curiae of National Jewish Commission on Law and Public Affairs (COLPA), et al. filed.

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

SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, December 7, 2020.

Brief amici curiae of Professors Samuel Estreicher and Thomas H. Lee in support of neither party filed (also in 18-1447). VIDED.

Brief amici curiae of Holocaust and Nuremberg Historians in support of neither part filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Societe Nationale SNCF SA in support of neither party filed (also in 18-1447). VIDED

Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.

Brief amici curiae of Davis R. Robinson, et al. in support of neither party filed.

Brief amici curiae of Foreign International Law Scholars and Jurists filed.

Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)

Proposal of petitioners to lodge materials under Rule 32.3 filed.

Brief of petitioners Federal Republic of Germany, et al. filed.

Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Federal Republic of Germany, et al.

Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Alan Philipp, 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.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 7/1/2020.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/25/2020.

Supplemental brief of respondents Alan Philipp, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. VIDED.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/17/2020.

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

Brief of respondents Alan Philipp, et al. in opposition filed.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 18, 2019)

Application (19A118) denied by The Chief Justice. The application is denied without prejudice to petitioners filing a new application after seeking relief in the district court.

Application (19A118) for a stay pending the filing and disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari, submitted to The Chief Justice.

Parties

Federal Republic of Germany, et al., Petitioner, represented by Jonathan M. Freiman

Alan Philipp, et al., Respondent, represented by Nicholas Michael O'Donnell

Amici Curiae

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

Davis R. Robinson, Abraham D. Sofaer, David P. Stewart and Edwin Williamson, Amicus Curiae, represented by James Harold Hulme

Florida Holocaust Museum, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Donald S Burris

Foreign International Law Scholars and Jurists, Amicus Curiae, represented by Lisa Marie Geary

Holocaust and Nuremberg Historians, Amicus Curiae, represented by Owen C. Pell

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

National Jewish Commission on Law and Public Affairs (COLPA), et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Nathan Lewin

Peter Toren, Amicus Curiae, represented by Lawrence Saul Robbins

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

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 Holocaust Art Restitution Project, Inc., Amicus Curiae, represented by Pierre Ciric

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

 
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