| No. 04-1384 | ||||
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| Docketed: | April 15, 2005 | |||
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit |
| Case Nos.: | (03-1700) |
| Decision Date: | September 27, 2004 |
| Rehearing Denied: | January 10, 2005 |
| Questions Presented |
| ~~~Date~~~ | ~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| Apr 11 2005 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 16, 2005) |
| May 11 2005 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including June 15, 2005. |
| May 13 2005 | Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Home Builders filed. |
| May 16 2005 | Brief amici curiae of John A. Rapanos and Pacific Legal Foundation filed. |
| Jun 15 2005 | Brief of respondents United States Army Corps of Engineers, et al. in opposition filed. |
| Aug 17 2005 | Reply of petitioners June Carabell, Keith Carabell, Harvey Gordenker, and Frances Gordenker filed. |
| Sep 14 2005 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 7, 2005. |
| Oct 11 2005 | Petition GRANTED The case is consolidated with No. 04-1034 and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument. |
| Oct 26 2005 | Motion to deconsolidate the cases, or in the alternative, for divided argument filed by petitioners. VIDED. |
| Nov 7 2005 | The motion of petitioners to deconsolidate the cases is denied. The motion of petitioners for divided argument is granted to be divided as follows: 20 minutes for petitioners in No. 04-1034; 20 minutes for petitioners in No. 04-1384; 40 minutes for respondents. VIDED. |
| Nov 17 2005 | Extension of time within which to file the joint appendix and petitioners' briefs on the merits to and including December 2, 2005. VIDED. |
| Nov 17 2005 | Extension of time within which to file the respondents' briefs on the merits to and including January 13, 2006. VIDED. |
| Nov 23 2005 | Letter from amici curiae Foundation for Environmental and Economic Progress, et al. proposing to lodge copies of administrative materials. VIDED. |
| Nov 25 2005 | Consent to the filing of amicus briefs in support of either party received from counsel for the petitioners. |
| Nov 30 2005 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, February 21, 2006. |
| Dec 1 2005 | Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Donald Harkins. VIDED. |
| Dec 2 2005 | Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Home Builders filed. VIDED. |
| Dec 2 2005 | Brief amici curiae of International Council of Shopping Centers, et al. filed. VIDED. |
| Dec 2 2005 | Brief amicus curiae of American Petroleum Institute filed. VIDED. |
| Dec 2 2005 | Brief amici curiae of Croplife America, et al. filed. VIDED. |
| Dec 2 2005 | Brief amicus curiae of National Federation of Independent Business Legal Foundation filed. VIDED. |
| Dec 2 2005 | Brief of petitioners June Carabell, et al. filed. |
| Dec 2 2005 | Joint appendix filed. |
| Dec 2 2005 | Brief amicus curiae of John J. Duncan, Jr. filed. VIDED. |
| Dec 2 2005 | Brief amici curiae of Charles R. Johnson, et al. filed. VIDED. |
| Dec 2 2005 | Brief amici curiae of American Farm Bureau Federation filed. VIDED. |
| Dec 2 2005 | Brief amicus curiae of Western Coalition of Arid States filed. VIDED. |
| Dec 2 2005 | Brief amicus curiae of Attainable Housing Alliance filed. VIDED. |
| Dec 2 2005 | Brief amici curiae of Pulte Homes, Inc., et al. filed. VIDED. |
| Dec 2 2005 | Brief amicus curiae of Mackinac Center for Public Policy filed. VIDED. |
| Dec 2 2005 | Brief amici curiae of Alaska, et al. filed. VIDED. |
| Dec 2 2005 | Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Waterfront Employers filed. VIDED. |
| Dec 2 2005 | Brief amicus curiae of Claremont Institute Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence filed. VIDED. |
| Dec 2 2005 | Brief amici curiae of National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association, et al. filed. VIDED. |
| Dec 2 2005 | Brief amicus curiae of Mountain States Legal Foundation filed. VIDED. |
| Dec 2 2005 | Brief amicus curiae of Home Builders Association of Central Arizona filed. VIDED. |
| Dec 2 2005 | Brief amici curiae of Foundation for Environmental and Economic Progress, et al. filed. VIDED. |
| Dec 9 2005 | CIRCULATED. |
| Dec 16 2005 | Motion for leave to file amicus brief out of time filed by Jerome B. Carr, Ph.D. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Dec 29 2005 | Brief amicus curiae of Calvin H. Johnson filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Jan 9 2006 | Record received from USCA - 6th Circuit. (1 binder) |
| Jan 12 2006 | Brief amici curiae of Ducks Unlimited, Inc., et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Jan 12 2006 | Brief amici curiae of Jared Diamond, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Jan 12 2006 | Brief amicus curiae of City of New York, NY filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Jan 13 2006 | Brief of respondents United States Army Corps of Engineers, et al. filed. (Distributed). |
| Jan 13 2006 | Brief amicus curiae of Chesapeake Bay Foundation filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Jan 13 2006 | Brief amici curiae of Western Organization of Resource Councils, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Jan 13 2006 | Brief amicus curiae of Environmental Law Institute filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Jan 13 2006 | Brief amici curiae of New York, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Jan 13 2006 | Brief amici curiae of Carol M. Brower, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Jan 13 2006 | Brief amici curiae of American Rivers, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Jan 13 2006 | Brief amicus curiae of American Planning Association filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Jan 13 2006 | Brief amici curiae of John D. Dingell, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Jan 13 2006 | Brief amici curiae of Association of State Wetland Mangers, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Jan 13 2006 | Brief amicus curiae of National Mitigation Banking Association. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Jan 13 2006 | Brief amicus curiae of Association of State and Interstate Water Pollution Control Administrators filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Jan 13 2006 | Brief amicus curiae of Macomb County, MI filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 13 2006 | Brief amici curiae of Ecological Society of America, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 18 2006 | Record received from U.S.D.C. Eastern District of Michigan ( Detroit). (3 boxes) |
| Feb 14 2006 | Reply of petitioners June Carabell, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Feb 17 2006 | Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Donald L. Harkins GRANTED. |
| Feb 17 2006 | Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Jerome B. Carr, Ph.D. DENIED. |
| Feb 21 2006 | Argued. For petitioners in No. 04-1034: M. Reed Hopper, Sacramento, Cal. For petitioners in No. 04-1384: Timothy A. Stoepker, Detroit, Mich. For respondents: Paul D. Clement, Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. |
| Jun 19 2006 | Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Scalia, J., announced the judgment of the court, and delivered an opinion, in which Roberts, C.J., and Thomas and Alito, JJ., joined. Roberts, C. J., filed a concurring opinion. Kennedy, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment. Stevens, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Souter, Ginsburg, and Breyer, JJ., joined. Breyer, J., filed dissenting opinion. |
| Jul 21 2006 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| Jul 21 2006 | Record returned to U.S.C.A. for 6th Circuit. |
| Jul 21 2006 | Record returned to U.S.D.C. for eastern District of Michigan (Detroit) |
| Aug 1 2006 | Acknowledgement of receipt (07/24/06) of judgment from Clerk, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit received. |
| ~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ~~Phone~~~ |
| Attorneys for Petitioners: | ||
| Timothy A. Stoepker | Dickinson Wright PLLC | (313) 223-3500 |
| Counsel of Record | 500 Woodward Avenue | |
| Suite 4000 | ||
| Detroit, MI 48226-3425 | ||
| Party name: June Carabell, et al. | ||
| Attorneys for Respondents: | ||
| Paul D. Clement | Solicitor General | (202) 514-2217 |
| Counsel of Record | United States Department of Justice | |
| 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. | ||
| Washington, DC 20530-0001 | ||
| SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov | ||
| Party name: United States Army Corps of Engineers, et al. | ||
| Other: | ||
| Virginia S. Albrecht | Hunton & Williams LLP | (202) 955-1500 |
| 1900 K Street, N.W. | ||
| Washington, DC 20006 | ||
| Party name: Foundation for Environmental and Economic Progress, et al. | ||
| Gus Bloch Bauman | 1350 I St., Suite 700 | (202) 789-6000 |
| Washington, DC 20005 | ||
| Party name: International Council of Shopping Centers, et al. | ||
| Lawrence Solomon Bazel | 155 Sansome Street, Seventh Fl. | (415) 402-2700 |
| San Francisco, CA 94104 | ||
| Party name: Western Coalition of Arid States | ||
| Robert J. Berlin | Macomb County Prosecutor's Office | (586) 469-5350 |
| 1 South Main, 3rd Floor | ||
| Mt. Clemens, MI 48043 | ||
| Party name: Macomb County, MI | ||
| Timothy S. Bishop | Mayer Brown LLP | (312) 782-0600 |
| 71 South Wacker Dr. | ||
| Chicago, IL 60606-4637 | ||
| tbishop@mayerbrown.com | ||
| Party name: American Farm Bureau Federation | ||
| Duane J. Desiderio | National Association of Home Builders | (202) 866-8200 |
| 1201 15th Street, NW | ||
| Washington, DC 20005 | ||
| Party name: National Association of Home Builders | ||
| Timothy J. Dowling | Community Rights Cousnel | (202) 296-6889 |
| 1301 Connecticut Ave, NW | ||
| Suite 502 | ||
| Washington, DC 20036 | ||
| Party name: Association of State and Interstate Water Pollution Control Administrators | ||
| John C. Eastman | The Claremont Institute Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence | (714) 628-2500 |
| Chapman University School of Law | ||
| One University Drive | ||
| Orange, CA 92866 | ||
| Party name: Claremont Institute Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence | ||
| Howard I. Fox | EarthJustice | (202) 667-4500 |
| 1625 Massachusetts Avenue, NW | ||
| Suite 702 | ||
| Washington, DC 20036-2212 | ||
| Party name: American Rivers, et al. | ||
| Thomas M. France | National Wildlife Federation | (406) 721-6705 |
| 240 North Higgins | ||
| Missoula, MT 59802 | ||
| Party name: Ducks Unlimited, Inc., et al. | ||
| F. Edwin Froelich | Carroll & Froelich, PLLC | (202) 587-4850 |
| 919 18th Street, N.W., Suite 901 | ||
| Washington, DC 20006 | ||
| Party name: National Association of Waterfront Employers | ||
| Robert R. Gasaway | Krikland & Ellis LLP | (202) 879-5000 |
| 655 Fifteenth Street, NW | ||
| Washington, DC 20005 | ||
| Party name: National Federation of Independent Business Legal Foundation | ||
| Janice L. Goldman-Carter | 4504 Casco Avenue | (952) 922-2003 |
| Edina, MN 55424 | ||
| Party name: Chesapeake Bay Foundation | ||
| Caitlin Joan Halligan | Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP | (212) 310-8535 |
| 767 Fifth Avenue | ||
| New York, NY 10153 | ||
| caitlin.halligan@weil.com | ||
| Party name: New York, et al. | ||
| James Blanding Holman IV | 200 West Franklin Street Suite 330 | (919)-967-1450 |
| Chapel Hill, NC 27516 | ||
| Party name: Ecological Society of America, et al. | ||
| M. Reed Hopper | Pacific Legal Foundation | (916) 419-7111 |
| 3900 Lennane Drive | ||
| Suite 200 | ||
| Sacramento, CA 95834 | ||
| Party name: John A. Rapanos and Pacific Legal Foundation | ||
| Brian M. Hurley | Rackemann Sawyer & Brewster | (617) 951-1129 |
| One Financial Center | ||
| Boston, MA 02111 | ||
| Party name: Jerome B. Carr, Ph.D. | ||
| Thomas C. Jackson | Baker Botts L.L.P. | (202) 639-7700 |
| 1299 Pennsylvania, Ave., N.W. | ||
| Washington, DC 20004-2400 | ||
| Party name: John J. Duncan, Jr. | ||
| Calvin H. Johnson | 727 East Dean Keeton Street | (512) 232-1306 |
| Austin, TX 76705 | ||
| Party name: Calvin H. Johnson | ||
| Leonard J. Koerner | Corporation Counsel for the City of New York | (212) 788-1010 |
| NYC Law Department | ||
| 100 Church Street | ||
| New York, NY 10007 | ||
| lkoerner@law.nyc.gov | ||
| Party name: City of New York, NY | ||
| Lawrence R. Liebesman | Holland & Knight | (202) 955-3000 |
| 2099 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. | ||
| Washington, DC 20006 | ||
| Party name: National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association, et al. | ||
| Thomas Sayre Llewellyn | 5125 MacArthur Blvd. NW | (202) 237-7291 |
| Suite 32 A | ||
| Washington, DC 20016 | ||
| Party name: American Petroleum Institute | ||
| Michael E. Malamut | New England Legal Foundation | (617) 695-3660 |
| 150 Lincoln Street | ||
| Boston, MA 02111-2504 | ||
| michaelmalamut@nelfonline.org | ||
| Party name: Charles R. Johnson, et al. | ||
| Lawrence Charles Marshall | Stanford Law School | (650) 723-7572 |
| Crown Quadrangle | ||
| 559 Nathan Abbott Way | ||
| Stanford, CA 94305 | ||
| Party name: Carol M. Brower, et al. | ||
| Patrick A. Parenteau | Environmental and Natural Resources Law Clinic | (802) 831-1305 |
| Vermont Law School | ||
| P.O.Box 300 | ||
| South Royalton, VT 05068 | ||
| Party name: Association of State Wetland Mangers, et al. | ||
| Michael J. Pearce | Fennemore Craig | (602) 916-5000 |
| 3003 North Central Avenue | ||
| Suite 2600 | ||
| Phoenix, AZ 85012-2913 | ||
| mpearce@fclaw.com | ||
| Party name: Home Builders Association of Central Arizona | ||
| William Perry Pendley | Mountain States Legal Foundation | (303) 292-2021 |
| 2596 South Lewis Way | ||
| Lakewood, CO 80227 | ||
| Party name: Mountain States Legal Foundation | ||
| Mark A. Perry | Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP | (415) 393-8200 |
| One Montgomery Street | ||
| San Francisco, CA 90071 | ||
| Party name: Washington Legal Foundation, et al. | ||
| Carter G. Phillips | Sidley Austin LLP | (202) 736-8270 |
| 1501 K Street, N.W. | ||
| Washington, DC 20005 | ||
| cphillips@sidley.com | ||
| Party name: Pulte Homes, Inc., et al. | ||
| William J. Reisdorf | 189 E. Big Beaver Rd., # 205 | (248) 689-6996 |
| Troy, MI 48083-1202 | ||
| Party name: Donald L. Harkins | ||
| Sebastian Rucci | 40 The Ledges, unit 3C | (330) 707-1182 |
| Poland, OH 44514 | ||
| Party name: Attainable Housing Alliance | ||
| Jason C. Rylander | Defenders of Wildlife | (202) 682-9400 |
| 1301 Connecticut Avenue, NW Suite 503 | ||
| Washington, DC 20036 | ||
| Party name: Jared Diamond, et al. | ||
| Richard E. Schwartz | Crowell & Moring LLP | (202) 624-2500 |
| 1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW | ||
| Washington, DC 20004-2595 | ||
| Party name: Croplife America, et al. | ||
| Margaret N. Strand | Venable LLP | (202) 344-4699 |
| 575 7th Street, NW | ||
| Washington, DC 20004-1601 | ||
| Party name: National Mitigation Banking Association. | ||
| Nancy E. Stroud | 1900 Glades Road, Suite 251 | (561) 826-2800 |
| Boca Raton, FL 33431 | ||
| Party name: American Planning Association | ||
| Charles M. Tebbutt | Western Environmental Law Center | (541) 485-2471 |
| 1216 Lincoln St. | ||
| Eugene, OR 97401 | ||
| Party name: Western Organization of Resource Councils, et al. | ||
| Roderick E. Walston | Best Best & Krieger LLP | (925) 977-3300 |
| 2001 North Main Street | ||
| Suite 390 | ||
| Walnut Creek, CA 94596 | ||
| roderick.walston@bbklaw.com | ||
| Party name: Alaska, et al. | ||
| Seth P. Waxman | Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP | (202) 663-6000 |
| 1875 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. | ||
| Washington, DC 20006 | ||
| seth.waxman@wilmerhale.com | ||
| Party name: Environmental Law Institute | ||
| Amy J. Wildermuth | University of Utah | (801) 581-6833 |
| S.J. Quinney College of Law | ||
| 332 South 1400 East, Rm. 101 | ||
| Room 101 | ||
| Salt Lake City, UT 84112 | ||
| Party name: John D. Dingell, et al. | ||
| Patrick J. Wright | 140 West Main Street | (989)-631-0900 |
| P.O. Box 568 | ||
| Midland, MI 48640 | ||
| Party name: Mackinac Center for Public Policy | ||