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Desert Water Agency, et al. v. Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 15-55896 · judgment March 7, 2017

Certiorari denied · November 27, 2017
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Roderick Eugene Walston
Best best & Krieger LLP

For respondent
Adam Howard Charnes
Kilpatrick Townsend

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Amicus briefs
3 cert-stage

Related
Vide, 17-40

Linked docket
16A958

Proceedings

  1. Nov 27 2017
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Nov 03 2017
    Supplemental brief of petitioners Desert Water Agency, et al. filed. (Distributed)
  3. Nov 02 2017
    Supplemental brief of respondent Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
  4. Nov 01 2017
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/21/2017.
  5. Oct 27 2017
    Reply of petitioners Desert Water Agency, et al. filed.
  6. Oct 13 2017
    Brief of Federal Respondents in opposition filed. VIDED.
  7. Oct 13 2017
    Brief of respondent Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians in opposition filed. VIDED.
  8. Oct 06 2017
    Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including October 13, 2017, for all respondents.
  9. Aug 31 2017
    Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including October 6, 2017, for all respondents.
  10. Aug 07 2017
    Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation filed. VIDED.
  11. Aug 07 2017
    Brief amici curiae of Association of California Water Agencies, et al. filed. VIDED.
  12. Aug 07 2017
    Brief amici curiae of The States of Nevada, et al. filed. VIDED.
  13. Jul 24 2017
    Order extending time to file response to petition to and including September 6, 2017, for all respondents.
  14. Jul 10 2017
    Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for petitioners.
  15. Jul 03 2017
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 7, 2017)
  16. Apr 10 2017
    Application (16A958) granted by Justice Kennedy extending the time to file until July 5, 2017.
  17. Apr 07 2017
    Application (16A958) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 5, 2017 to July 5, 2017, submitted to Justice Kennedy.