California Sea Urchin Commission v. Combs
Petition for certiorari denied on October 29, 2018
Issues: (1) Whether statutory silence, when a statute neither authorizes nor forbids an agency action, triggers Chevron deference; and (2) whether, if statutory silence triggers Chevron deference, an agency’s interpretation is reasonable when the interpretation is not based on any statutory text but instead on the absence of relevant text.
| Date | Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding) |
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| May 30 2018 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 5, 2018) |
| Jun 05 2018 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioners, California Sea Urchin Commission, et al.. |
| Jul 02 2018 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 5, 2018 to August 6, 2018, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Jul 03 2018 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 6, 2018 |
| Jul 05 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of The Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions filed. |
| Jul 05 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of Landmark Legal Foundation filed. |
| Jul 05 2018 | Brief amici curiae of Cato Institute, et al. filed. |
| Jul 05 2018 | Amicus brief of STATES OF TEXAS, ALABAMA, ARIZONA, ARKANSAS, KANSAS, LOUISIANA, MAINE, MICHIGAN, MISSOURI, MONTANA, NEBRASKA, OKLAHOMA, SOUTH CAROLINA, UTAH, WEST VIRGINIA, WISCONSIN, AND WYOMING not accepted for filing. (July 06, 2018) |
| Jul 05 2018 | Brief amici curiae of States of Texas, et al. filed. |
| Jul 20 2018 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 6, 2018 to September 12, 2018, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Jul 30 2018 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including September 12, 2018. |
| Sep 10 2018 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 12, 2018 to September 14, 2018, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Sep 11 2018 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including September 14, 2018. |
| Sep 12 2018 | Brief of respondents Center for Biological Diversity, et al. in opposition filed. |
| Sep 14 2018 | Brief of Federal Respondents in opposition filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 28 2018 | Reply of petitioners California Sea Urchin Commission, et al. filed. |
| Oct 03 2018 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/26/2018. |
| Oct 29 2018 | Petition DENIED. |
