Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Association Inc. v. Wilkie
Petition granted, judgment vacated and case remanded with instructions to dismiss the case as moot.
Issues: (1) Whether judicial review of an interpretative Department of Veteran Affairs’ regulation under the Administrative Procedures Act should be foreclosed under 38 U.S.C. § 502 when the Veterans Judicial Reform Act provides the sole avenue for review of the Secretary’s decisions; and (2) whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit’s decision creates a conflict with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia’s decision in Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Association Inc. and Military-Veterans Advocacy Inc. v. McDonald.
| Date | Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding) |
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| Jun 18 2018 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 23, 2018) |
| Jul 19 2018 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 23, 2018 to August 22, 2018, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Jul 19 2018 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 22, 2018. |
| Jul 27 2018 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 22, 2018 to September 7, 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 7, 2018. |
| Sep 07 2018 | Brief of respondent Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs in opposition filed. VIDED. |
| Sep 24 2018 | Reply of petitioner Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Association, Inc. filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 26 2018 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/12/2018. |
| Oct 22 2018 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/26/2018. |
| Oct 29 2018 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/2/2018. |
| Jun 17 2019 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/20/2019. |
| Jun 17 2019 | Supplemental brief of petitioner Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Association, Inc. filed. (Distributed) |
| Jun 24 2019 | Petition GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED with instructions to dismiss the case as moot. See United States v. Munsingwear, Inc., 340 U.S. 36 (1950). |
| Jul 26 2019 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
