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United Natural Foods, Inc., dba United Natural Foods, Inc. and SuperValu, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 21-60532 · judgment April 24, 2023


GVR'd · July 2, 2024
Pre-decision estimate: 2% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Questions presented

  1. Whether statutes that prescribe a definite term for a federal office, without providing for removal of the officer during the prescribed term, impliedly permit the officer’s removal at any time without cause.

  2. Whether courts should defer to the National Labor Relations Board’s view that the agency’s General Counsel has unreviewable authority to withdraw an administrative complaint when a motion for summary judgment has placed the merits before the Board.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Philip Andrew Miscimarra
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

For respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Proceedings

  1. Aug 05 2024
    Judgment Issued.
  2. Jul 02 2024
    Petition GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED for further consideration in light of Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, 603 U. S. ___ (2024).
  3. Jun 28 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 7/1/2024.
  4. Feb 07 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/23/2024.
  5. Feb 07 2024
    Reply of petitioners United Natural Foods, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)
  6. Jan 22 2024
    Brief of respondent National Labor Relations Board in opposition filed.
  7. Jan 22 2024
    Brief of respondents Teamsters Local 117 and 313 in opposition filed.
  8. Dec 01 2023
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 22, 2024, for all respondents.
  9. Nov 30 2023
    Motion of Teamsters Local 117 and 313 to extend the time to file a response from December 22, 2023 to January 22, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
  10. Nov 29 2023
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 22, 2024.
  11. Nov 27 2023
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 22, 2023 to January 22, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
  12. Nov 20 2023
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 22, 2023)