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Moylan v. Guerrero

Petition for certiorari denied on October 7, 2024
Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
23-828 Guam N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2024

Issue: Whether the Supreme Court of Guam’s advisory opinion that a Guam abortion law passed in 1990 had been impliedly repealed constitutes a permissible exercise of the “judicial authority” that Congress has vested in that court under 48 U.S.C. §1424(a)(1).

DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
Jan 29 2024Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 4, 2024)
Feb 13 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 4, 2024 to April 3, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
Feb 23 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 3, 2024.
Feb 23 2024Waiver of right of respondent Lourdes A. Leon Guerrero, Governor of Guam to respond filed.
Mar 13 2024Motion of The Thirty-Seventh Guam Legislature to extend the time to file a response from April 3, 2024 to June 3, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
Mar 18 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted in part and the time is extended to and including May 13, 2024.
Apr 19 2024Waiver of right of respondent The Thirty-Seventh Guam Legislature to respond filed.
Apr 30 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/16/2024.
May 07 2024Response Requested. (Due June 6, 2024)
May 13 2024Motion of Lourdes Aflague Leon Guerrero to extend the time to file a response from June 6, 2024 to July 8, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
May 14 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including July 8, 2024, for all respondents.
Jul 02 2024Motion of The Thirty-Seventh Guam Legislature to extend the time to file a response from July 8, 2024 to July 23, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
Jul 03 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including July 23, 2024, for all respondents.
Jul 23 2024Brief of respondent Lourdes A. Leon Guerrero, Governor of Guam in opposition filed.
Jul 23 2024Brief of respondent The Thirty-Seventh Guam Legislature in opposition filed.
Aug 07 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
Aug 07 2024Reply of petitioner Douglas B. Moylan, Attorney General of Guam filed. (Distributed)
Oct 07 2024Petition DENIED.