Siegel v. Fitzgerald

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
21-441	4th Cir.	Apr 18, 2022	Jun 6, 2022	9-0	Sotomayor	OT 2021

Holding: Congress" enactment of a significant fee increase that exempted debtors in two states violated the uniformity requirement of the bankruptcy clause.

Judgment: Reversed and remanded, 9-0, in an opinion by Justice Sotomayor on June 6, 2022.

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Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
09/20/2021	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 22, 2021)
10/12/2021	Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 22, 2021 to November 22, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
10/13/2021	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 22, 2021.
11/04/2021	Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 22, 2021 to December 8, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
11/05/2021	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including December 8, 2021.
12/08/2021	Brief of respondent John P. Fitzgerald, III, Acting United States Trustee for Region 4 in opposition filed.
12/09/2021	Waiver of the 14-day waiting period under 15.5 filed.
12/15/2021	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/7/2022.
01/10/2022	Petition GRANTED.
01/31/2022	Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner Alfred H. Siegel, Trustee of the Circuit City Stores, Inc. Liquidating Trust.
02/22/2022	Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner GRANTED.
02/24/2022	Brief of petitioner Alfred H. Siegel, Trustee of the Circuit City Stores, Inc. Liquidating Trust filed.
02/28/2022	Brief amici curiae of Acadiana Management Group, LLC, et al. filed.
03/03/2022	Brief amicus curiae of MF Global Holdings Ltd., as Plan Administrator filed.
03/03/2022	Brief amicus curiae of USA Sales, Inc. filed.
03/03/2022	Brief amicus curiae of The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed.
03/03/2022	Brief amici curiae of John Q. Hammons Hotels & Resorts, et al. filed.
03/15/2022	ARGUMENT SET FOR Monday, April 18, 2022.
03/16/2022	Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 4th Circuit.
03/17/2022	The record from the U.S.C.A. 4th Circuit is electronic and located on PACER.
03/21/2022	The record from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court Eastern District of Virginia is electronic and located on Pacer.
03/23/2022	CIRCULATED
03/28/2022	Brief of respondent John P. Fitzgerald, III, Acting United States Trustee for Region 4 filed. (Distributed)
04/08/2022	Reply of petitioner Alfred H. Siegel, Trustee of the Circuit City Stores, Inc. Liquidating Trust filed. (Distributed)
04/18/2022	Argued. For petitioner: Daniel L. Geyser, Dallas, Tex. For respondent: Curtis E. Gannon, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C.
06/06/2022	Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Sotomayor, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.
07/08/2022	JUDGMENT ISSUED