American Forest Resource Council v. United States
Petition for certiorari denied on March 25, 2024
Issues: (1) Whether the president can use an Antiquities Act Proclamation to override Congress’ plain text in the Oregon and California Railroad and Coos Bay Wagon Road Grant Lands Act of 1937 to repurpose vast swaths of O&C Act timberlands as a national monument where sustained-yield timber production is prohibited; and (2) whether the secretary of the interior can override the O&C Act by designating 80% of the O&C timberlands as conservation “reserves” where sustained-yield timber harvest is prohibited.
| Date | Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding) |
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| Sep 26 2023 | Application (23A280) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 16, 2023 to November 15, 2023, submitted to The Chief Justice. |
| Sep 29 2023 | Application (23A280) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until November 15, 2023. |
| Nov 15 2023 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 18, 2023) |
| Dec 11 2023 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 18, 2023 to January 17, 2024, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Dec 12 2023 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 17, 2024, for all respondents. |
| Dec 12 2023 | Brief amici curiae of Public Lands Council and National Cattlemen's Beef Association filed. |
| Dec 15 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation filed. |
| Dec 15 2023 | Brief amici curiae of Roseburg Area Chamber of Commerce and NFIB Small Business Legal Center, Inc. filed. |
| Dec 15 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Home Builders of the United States filed. |
| Dec 18 2023 | Brief amici curiae of Representative Cliff Bentz and 28 members of Congress filed. VIDED. |
| Jan 10 2024 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 17, 2024 to February 16, 2024, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Jan 11 2024 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including February 16, 2024, for all respondents. |
| Feb 16 2024 | Brief of Federal Respondents in opposition filed. |
| Feb 16 2024 | Brief of respondents Soda Mountain Wilderness Council, et al. in opposition filed. |
| Mar 05 2024 | Reply of petitioners American Forest Resource Council, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Mar 06 2024 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/22/2024. |
| Mar 25 2024 | Petition DENIED. Justice Gorsuch and Justice Kavanaugh would grant the petition for a writ of certiorari. |
