Republic of Hungary v. Simon

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
18-1447	D.C. Cir.	Dec 7, 2020	Feb 3, 2021	9-0	Per Curiam	OT 2020

Holding: Judgment vacated and case remanded to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit for further proceedings consistent with Federal Republic of Germany v. Philipp.

Judgment: Vacated and remanded in a per curiam opinion on February 3, 2021.

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Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
05/16/2019	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 19, 2019)
06/03/2019	Motion to extend the time to file a response from June 19, 2019 to July 23, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
06/07/2019	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including July 23, 2019.
07/23/2019	Brief of respondents Simon, Rosalie, et al. in opposition filed.
08/06/2019	Reply of petitioners Republic of Hungary, et al. filed.
08/07/2019	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
09/19/2019	Rescheduled.
12/30/2019	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/17/2020.
01/21/2020	The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States.
05/26/2020	Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
06/08/2020	Supplemental brief of respondents Simon, Rosalie, et al. filed. (Distributed)
06/08/2020	Supplemental brief of petitioners Republic of Hungary, et al. filed. (Distributed)
06/09/2020	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/25/2020.
06/29/2020	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 7/1/2020.
07/02/2020	Petition GRANTED limited to Question 1 presented by the petition.
07/28/2020	Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
07/30/2020	Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including September 4, 2020. The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including October 22, 2020.
07/30/2020	Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Simon, Rosalie, et al.
08/04/2020	Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Republic of Hungary, et al.
09/04/2020	Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
09/04/2020	Brief of petitioners Republic of Hungary, et al. filed.
09/11/2020	Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
09/11/2020	Brief amici curiae of Professors Samuel Estreicher And Thomas H. Lee in support of neither party filed (also in 19-351). VIDED
09/11/2020	Brief amicus curiae of Societe Nationale SNCF SA in support of neither party filed (also in 19-351). VIDED.
09/11/2020	Proposal of petitioners to lodge non-record materials pursuant to Sup. Ct. R. 32.3 filed.
09/11/2020	Motion of Davis R. Robinson, Abraham D. Sofaer, David P. Stewart, and Edwin Williamson to Consider Brief of Amici Curiae Filed By Movants in Germany v. Phillip, No. 19-351 as an Amici Curiae Brief in This Case filed by Davis R. Robinson, et al.
09/16/2020	SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, December 7, 2020.
10/08/2020	Record requested from the U.S.C.A. District of Columbia Circuit.
10/19/2020	Record received from the U.S.C.A. D.C. Circuit is electronic and located on PACER, some of the record has been electronically filed.
10/22/2020	Brief of respondents filed.
10/27/2020	CIRCULATED
10/27/2020	Brief amicus curiae of Former State Department Attorney Mark B. Feldman filed. (Distributed)
10/28/2020	Brief amici curiae of The 1939 Society, et al. filed (also in 19-351). VIDED. (Distributed)
10/29/2020	Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
10/29/2020	Brief amici curiae of Members of the United States House of Representatives filed (also in 19-351). VIDED. (Distributed)
10/29/2020	Brief amici curiae of Professor William S. Dodge and Professor Maggie Gardner filed (also in 19-351). VIDED. (Distributed)
10/29/2020	Brief amici curiae of The World Jewish Congress, Commission for Art Recovery, and Ambassador Ronald S. Lauder filed (also in 19-351) VIDED. (Distributed)
10/29/2020	Brief amici curiae of American Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists and other adovcates for Holocaust restitution filed. (Distributed)
10/29/2020	Brief amici curiae of Victims of the Hungarian Holocaust filed. (Distributed)
10/29/2020	Brief amici curiae of Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights and Professor Irwin Cotler filed. (Distributed)
10/29/2020	Brief amici curiae of Holocaust Survivors Foundation, USA, Inc., et al. (also in 19-351) filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
10/29/2020	Proposal of amici curiae the World Jewish Congress, Commission for Art Recovery, and Ambassador Ronald S. Lauder to lodge materials under Rule 32.3 filed.
11/09/2020	Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
11/23/2020	Reply of petitioners Republic of Hungary, et al. filed. (Distributed)
12/07/2020	Argued. For petitioners: Gregory Silbert, New York, N. Y.; and Benjamin W. Snyder, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondents: Sarah E. Harrington, Bethesda, Md.
02/03/2021	Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED for further proceedings consistent with the decision in Federal Republic of Germany v. Philipp, 592 U.S. ____ (2021). Opinion per curiam.
03/08/2021	JUDGMENT ISSUED.