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United States House of Representatives v. Texas, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 19-10011 · judgment December 18, 2019

Certiorari denied · June 28, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 54% cert probability (95% interval 41%–67%)

Before the decision, about 13.1× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a federal-government petitioner, a petition filed soon after the judgment below, and a Fifth Circuit decision below.

Question presented

  • Admitted in Maine and practicing law in the District of Columbia pending admission to the D.C. Bar under the supervision of bar members pursuant to D.C. Court of Appeals Rule 49(c)(8).

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Douglas Neal Letter
Office of General Counsel

For respondent
Brian H. Fletcher
Acting Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 3 conferences

Amicus briefs
8 cert-stage

Proceedings

  1. Jun 28 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jun 21 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/24/2021.
  3. Feb 24 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/28/2020.
  4. Feb 19 2020
    Letter of February 19, 2020 from counsel for respondent State of California filed.
  5. Feb 18 2020
    Letter of February 18, 2020 from counsel for petitioner filed. (Distributed)
  6. Feb 12 2020
    Reply of petitioner United States House of Representatives filed. (Distributed)
  7. Feb 05 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2020.
  8. Feb 03 2020
    Brief of State of Texas, et al. in opposition not accepted for filing. (February 03, 2020 -- Corrected version to be submitted)
  9. Feb 03 2020
    Brief amicus curiae of Association of American Physicians and Surgeons filed. VIDED.
  10. Feb 03 2020
    Brief of respondents United States, et al. in opposition filed. VIDED.
  11. Feb 03 2020
    Waiver of right of respondent State of California to respond filed.
  12. Feb 03 2020
    Brief of respondents State of Texas, et al. in opposition filed. VIDED.(February 3, 2020)
  13. Feb 03 2020
    Brief of respondents Neill Hurley and John Nantz in opposition filed. VIDED.
  14. Jan 31 2020
    Letter waiving the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition for a writ of certiorari pursuant to Rule 15.5 filed.
  15. Jan 24 2020
    Motion to extend the time to file a response to the petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
  16. Jan 22 2020
    Response to motion from petitioner United States House of Representatives filed.
  17. Jan 21 2020
    Motion to expedite consideration filed by petitioner DENIED.
  18. Jan 21 2020
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 3, 2020 to March 17, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
  19. Jan 17 2020
    Brief amicus curiae of Jeremy C. Doerre filed. VIDED.
  20. Jan 15 2020
    Brief amicus curiae of AARP, et al. filed. VIDED.
  21. Jan 15 2020
    Brief amicus curiae of Small Business Majority Foundation filed. VIDED.
  22. Jan 15 2020
    Brief amicus curiae of American Cancer Society et al. filed. VIDED.
  23. Jan 15 2020
    Brief amicus curiae of National Hospital Associations filed. VIDED.
  24. Jan 15 2020
    Brief amicus curiae of America's Health Insurance Plans filed. VIDED.
  25. Jan 15 2020
    Brief amicus curiae of Bipartisan Economic Scholars filed. VIDED.
  26. Jan 13 2020
    Reply in support of motion filed.
  27. Jan 10 2020
    Response to motion from Federal respondents filed.
  28. Jan 10 2020
    Response to motion from State respondents filed.
  29. Jan 10 2020
    Response to motion from respondent Neill Hurley and John Nantz submitted.
  30. Jan 09 2020
    Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, United States House of Representatives.
  31. Jan 06 2020
    Response to motion requested. (Due January 10, 2020, by 4 p.m.)
  32. Jan 03 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 3, 2020)
  33. Jan 03 2020
    Motion to expedite consideration of the petition for a writ of certiorari filed by petitioner.