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Chevron Corporation, et al. v. City of Oakland, California, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 18-16663 · judgment August 12, 2020

Certiorari denied · June 14, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 11% cert probability (95% interval 8%–16%)

Before the decision, about 2.7× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for counsel who has won certiorari before, a Ninth Circuit decision below, and a circuit split argued in the petition, and down for a state or local-government respondent.

Question presented

M. RANDALL OPPENHEIMER SEAN C. GRIMSLEY DAWN SESTITO JAMESON R. JONES O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP DANIEL R. BRODY 400 South Hope St. BARTLIT BECK LLP Los Angeles, CA 90071 1801 Wewatta St. Suite 1200 Counsel for Exxon Mobil Denver, CO 80202 Corporation Counsel for ConocoPhillips DAVID C. FREDERICK BRENDAN J. CRIMMINS NANCY G. MILBURN DANIEL S. SEVERSON ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE KELLOGG, HANSEN, TODD, SCHOLER LLP FIGEL & FREDERICK, P.L.L.C. 250 West 55th St. 1615 M St. NW New York, NY 10019 Suite 400 JONATHAN W. HUGHES Washington, DC 20036 MATTHEW T. HEARTNEY Counsel for Royal Dutch JOHN D. LOMBARDO Shell plc ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP Three Embarcadero Center, 10th Floor San Francisco, CA 94111 ETHAN G. SHENKMAN ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP 601 Massachusetts Ave. NW Washington, DC 20001 Counsel for BP p.l.c.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Peter D. Keisler
Sidley Austin LLP

For respondent
Victor M. Sher
Sher Edling LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Amicus briefs
4 cert-stage

Proceedings

  1. Jun 14 2021
    Petition DENIED. Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
  2. May 25 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/10/2021.
  3. May 24 2021
    Reply of petitioners Chevron Corporation, et al. filed. (Distributed)
  4. May 10 2021
    Brief of respondents City of Oakland, California, et al. in opposition filed.
  5. Mar 11 2021
    Brief amicus curiae of American Petroleum Institute filed.
  6. Mar 11 2021
    Brief amici curiae of States of Indiana, Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming filed.
  7. Mar 11 2021
    Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed.
  8. Mar 11 2021
    Brief amicus curiae of The National Association of Manufacturers filed.
  9. Feb 22 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 10, 2021.
  10. Feb 19 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 11, 2021 to May 10, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
  11. Jan 08 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 11, 2021)