Decided

No. 22-429

Acheson Hotels, LLC v. Deborah Laufer

from the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

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Docket Entries

Judgment issued.

Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Barrett, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., and Jackson, J., filed opinions concurring in the judgment.

Letter and attached opinion of lower court in related litigation before CA4 filed by respondent. (Distributed)

Argued. For petitioner: Adam G. Unikowsky, Washington, D. C. For United States, as amicus curiae: Erica L. Ross, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Kelsi B. Corkran, Washington, D. C.

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

Reply of petitioner Acheson Hotels, LLC filed. (Distributed)

Letter of respondent Deborah Laufer updating the Clerk on status of her related lower court cases filed (Corrected letter received 9/25/23).

Letter of respondent Deborah Laufer updating the Clerk on status of her related lower court cases filed (Corrected letter filed).

The respondent’s request that the Court dismiss the case as moot at this time is denied. The question of mootness will be subject to further consideration at oral argument in addition to the question presented.

Brief amici curiae of Disability Antidiscrimination Law Scholars filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Philip L. Schuler, et al. in association with the Amicus Project filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Amicus brief of Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, et al. not accepted for filing. (Corrected version submitted - August 18, 2023)

Brief amici curiae of Massachusetts, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Public Citizen filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Fair Housing Organizations and Testers, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, et al. filed. (Distributed)

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

Brief of respondent Deborah Laufer filed. (Distributed)

Petitioner’s Opposition to Suggestion of Mootness filed. (Distributed)

CIRCULATED

Suggestion of mootness filed by respondent Deborah Laufer.

Complete record on appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maine electronically received and available with the Clerk.

Record received from the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. The record is electronic and available on PACER.

SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, October 4, 2023.

Brief amici curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Homebuilders filed.

Brief amici curiae of The Buckeye Institute, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of United States in support of neither party filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Center for Constitutional Responsibility filed.

Brief amici curiae of Restaurant Law Center, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Atlantic Legal Foundation, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Retail Litigation Center, Inc., et al. filed.

Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)

Brief of petitioner Acheson Hotels, LLC filed.

Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including June 5, 2023. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including August 2, 2023.

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

Petition GRANTED.

Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted in part and the time is further extended to and including February 27, 2023.

Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 17, 2023 to March 3, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.

Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 17, 2023.

Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 18, 2023 to February 17, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.

Response Requested. (Due January 18, 2023)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/6/2023.

Brief amici curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Retail Litigation Center, Inc., et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Center for Constitutional Responsibility filed.

Brief amicus curiae of DRI Center for Law and Public Policy filed.

Brief amici curiae of Restaurant Law Center, et al. filed.

Waiver of right of respondent Deborah Laufer to respond filed.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 8, 2022)

Parties

Acheson Hotels, LLC, Petitioner, represented by Adam G. Unikowsky

Amici Curiae

Atlantic Legal Foundation & DRI Center for Law and Public Policy, Amicus Curiae, represented by Lawrence S. Ebner

Center for Constitutional Responsibility, Amicus Curiae, represented by Steven Paul Lehotsky

Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, American Resort Development Association, National Association of Home Builders of the United States, and International Council of Shopping Centers, Amicus Curiae, represented by Mark Andrew Perry

Constitutional Accountability Center, Amicus Curiae, represented by Brianne Jenna Gorod

Disability Antidiscrimination Law Scholars, Amicus Curiae, represented by Hyland Hunt

Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Karla Ann Gilbride

DRI Center for Law and Public Policy, Amicus Curiae, represented by Sarah Elizabeth Spencer

Fair Housing Organizations and Testers, Amicus Curiae, represented by Reed Neill Colfax

Massachusetts, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by David Clark Kravitz

NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Michael Skocpol

National Association of Homebuilders, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jeffrey Barret Augello

Philip L. Schuler, Jenny Rodriguez-Fee and Michael M. Epstein, in association with the Amicus Project, Amicus Curiae, represented by Michael Meredith Epstein

Public Citizen, Amicus Curiae, represented by Scott Lawrence Nelson

Restaurant Law Center, Amicus Curiae, represented by Dylan Bradley Carp

Retail Litigation Center, Inc., and National Retail Federation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Shay Dvoretzky

The Buckeye Institute, Maine Policy Institute, Job Creators Network Foundation, National Real Estate Investors Association, and Ohio Hotel and Lodging Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by Larry James Obhof Jr.

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

 
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