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National Association of Railroad Passengers, et al. v. Union Pacific Railroad Company, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, No. 16-3307, 16-3504, 16-3512, 16-3513, 16-3514 · judgment July 12, 2017

Certiorari denied · February 20, 2018
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
Howard A. Learner
Environmental Law & Policy Center

For respondent
Thomas Henderson Dupree Jr.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Related
Vide, 17-699

Linked docket
17A372

Proceedings

  1. Feb 20 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jan 31 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2018.
  3. Jan 30 2018
    Reply of petitioners National Association of Railroad Passengers, et al. filed. (Distributed)
  4. Jan 16 2018
    Brief of respondents Union Pacific Railroad Co., et al. in opposition filed.
  5. Jan 12 2018
    Brief of respondents United States and the Surface Transportation Board in opposition filed. VIDED
  6. Dec 12 2017
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 16, 2018, for all respondents.
  7. Dec 11 2017
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 14, 2017 to January 16, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
  8. Nov 09 2017
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 14, 2017)
  9. Oct 05 2017
    Application (17A372) granted by Justice Gorsuch extending the time to file until November 9, 2017.
  10. Sep 29 2017
    Application (17A372) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 10, 2017 to November 9, 2017, submitted to Justice Gorsuch.