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American Institute for International Steel, Inc., et al. v. United States, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, No. 2019-1727 · judgment February 28, 2020


Certiorari denied · June 22, 2020
Pre-decision estimate: 35% cert probability (95% interval 23%–49%)

Before the decision, about 8.5× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a petition filed soon after the judgment below, a circuit split argued in the petition, and a dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition).

Question presented

Donald B. Cameron R. Will Planert Julie C. Mendoza Brady W. Mills MORRIS MANNING & MARTIN LLP 1401 Eye Street, NW, Suite 600 Washington, D.C. 20005

  1. 216-4811 dcameron@mmmlaw.com Gary N. Horlick LAW OFFICES OF GARY N. HORLICK 1330 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 882 Washington, D.C. 20036

  2. 429-4790 gary.horlick@ghorlick.com Timothy Meyer VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL 131 21st Avenue South Nashville, TN 37203

  3. 936-8394 tim.meyer@law.vanderbilt.edu Steve Charnovitz GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL 2000 H Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20052

  4. 994-7808 scharnovitz@law.gwu.edu Counsel for Petitioners

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Alan B. Morrison
George Washington Law School

For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Amicus briefs
3 cert-stage

Proceedings

  1. Jun 22 2020
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jun 02 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/18/2020.
  3. May 29 2020
    Reply of petitioners American Institute for International Steel, et al. filed. (Distributed)
  4. May 26 2020
    Brief of respondents United States, et al. in opposition filed.
  5. Apr 27 2020
    Brief amicus curiae of The Cato Institute filed.
  6. Apr 27 2020
    Brief amicus curiae of New Civil Liberties Alliance filed.
  7. Apr 24 2020
    Brief amicus curiae of Basrai Farms filed.
  8. Apr 11 2020
    Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, American Institute for International Steel, et al.
  9. Apr 02 2020
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 27, 2020 to May 26, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
  10. Apr 02 2020
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 26, 2020, for all respondents.
  11. Mar 25 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 27, 2020)