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Spire Missouri Inc., et al. v. Environmental Defense Fund, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, No. 20-1016, 20-1017 · judgment June 22, 2021

Certiorari denied · April 18, 2022
Pre-decision estimate: 31% cert probability (95% interval 22%–42%)

Before the decision, about 7.4× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for counsel who has won certiorari before, a D.C. Circuit decision below, and a circuit split argued in the petition.

Question presented

DANIEL ARCHULETA CHRISTOPHER J. BARR TROUTMAN PEPPER HAMILTON POST & SCHELL, PC SANDERS LLP 601 14th Street N.W., Suite 600 401 9th Street N.W., Suite 1000 Washington, D.C. 20005 Washington, D.C. 20036 MATTHEW J. APLINGTON SPIRE MISSOURI INC. SEAN P. JAMIESON 700 Market Street, 6th Floor SPIRE STL PIPELINE LLC St. Louis, MO 63101 3773 Richmond Avenue, Suite 300 Counsel for Spire Missouri Houston, TX 77046 Inc. Counsel for Spire STL Pipeline LLC

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Theodore B. Olson
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

For respondent
Matthew Littleton
Donahue, Goldberg & Littleton

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Amicus briefs
1 cert-stage

Proceedings

  1. Apr 18 2022
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Mar 23 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/14/2022.
  3. Mar 22 2022
    Reply of petitioners Spire Missouri Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)
    Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
  4. Mar 09 2022
    Brief of Federal Respondent in opposition filed.
    Main DocumentCertificate of Word Count
  5. Mar 09 2022
    Brief of respondent Environmental Defense Fund in opposition filed.
    Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count
  6. Jan 27 2022
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including March 9, 2022.
  7. Jan 25 2022
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 7, 2022 to March 9, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
    Main Document
  8. Jan 06 2022
    Brief amici curiae of American Gas Association, et al. filed.
    Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
  9. Dec 29 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 7, 2022.
  10. Dec 28 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 6, 2022 to February 7, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
    Main Document
  11. Dec 20 2021
    Supplemental brief of petitioners Spire Missouri Inc., et al. filed.
    Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count
  12. Dec 03 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 6, 2022)
    PetitionAppendixCertificate of Word CountProof of Service