JUDGMENT ISSUED.

Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Alito, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which all other Members joined, except Barrett, J., who took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. Sotomayor, J., filed a concurring opinion.

Argued. For petitioner: Craig Goldblatt, Washington, D. C.; and Colleen E. R. Sinzdak, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondents: Eugene R. Wedoff, Oak Park, Ill.

SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, October 13, 2020.

Reply of petitioner City of Chicago filed. (Distributed)

ORAL ARGUMENT POSTPONED.

Application (19A1029) of petitioner granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file a reply brief on the merits until April 8, 2020.

Application (19A1029) of petitioner to extend the time to file a reply brief on the merits from April 3, 2020 to April 8, 2020, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.

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

CIRCULATED

Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees filed.

Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union, et al. filed. (March 18, 2020)

Amicus brief of American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois, Cato Institute, Fines and Fees Justice Center, Institute for Justice, R Street Institute, Rutherford Institute not accepted for filing (Duplicate; corrected version submitted).

Amicus brief of American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois, Cato Institute, Fines and Fees Justice Center, Institute for Justice, R Street Institute, Rutherford Institute not accepted for filing. (March 19, 2020 - Corrected version submitted).

Brief amici curiae of Professors John A. E. Pottow and Jay Lawrence Westbrook filed.

Brief amici curiae of National Consumer Bankruptcy Rights Center, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Chapter Thirteen Trustees filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Geraci Law LLC filed.

Brief amici curiae of Bankruptcy Law Professors filed.

Brief of respondents Robbin L. Fulton, et al. filed.

The record from the U.S.C.A. 7th Circuit is available on PACER; sealed portions are electronically available with the Clerk.

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

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

SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, April 20, 2020.

Brief amici curiae of National Association of Counties, et al. filed.

Brief of petitioner City of Chicago filed.

Joint appendix filed.

Petition GRANTED.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/13/2019.

Reply of petitioner City of Chicago filed.

Brief of respondents Robbin L. Fulton, et al. in opposition filed.

Brief amicus curiae of International Municipal Lawyers' Association filed.

Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 18, 2019.

Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 18, 2019 to November 18, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.

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

City of Chicago, Petitioner, represented by Craig Goldblatt

Robbin L. Fulton, George Peake, and Timothy Shannon, Respondent, represented by Eugene R. Wedoff

American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois, Cato Institute, Fines and Fees Justice Center, Institute for Justice, R Street Institute, Rutherford Institute, Amicus Curiae, represented by Nusrat Jahan Choudhury

Bankruptcy Law Professors, Amicus Curiae, represented by David R. Kuney

Consumer Bankruptcy Rights Center, National Association Of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, And Legal Aid Chicago, Amicus Curiae, represented by George Eric Brunstad Jr.

Geraci Law LLC, Amicus Curiae, represented by Nathan Edward Curtis

National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees, Amicus Curiae, represented by Dean Alan Ziehl

National Association of Chapter Thirteen Trustees, Amicus Curiae, represented by Henry Edward Hildebrand III

Professors John A. E. Pottow and Jay Lawrence Westbrook, Amicus Curiae, represented by John Anthony Edwards Pottow

Professors Ralph Brubaker, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Michael Lewis Cook

United States, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jeffrey B. Wall