Association des “leveurs de Canards et d’Oies du Qu”bec v. Becerra

Petition for certiorari denied on January 7, 2019

Docket No.	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
17-1285	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	OT 2018

Issue: (1) Whether a state"s ban on the sale of wholesome, federally approved poultry products based on the state"s disapproval of the way in which the poultry ingredient was produced imposes an "ingredient requirement" in addition to or different than those in the Poultry Products Inspection Act; and (2) whether Congress has pre-empted the field of poultry-product ingredients, as the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 5th and 6th Circuits have long held " or not, as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit has just held. CVSG: 12/04/2018.

SCOTUSblog Coverage

Government files invitation briefs, recommends just one grant (Amy Howe, December 5, 2018)
Five new grants, one CVSG, but no Arlenes Flowers (Amy Howe, June 18, 2018)

Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
01/23/2018	Application (17A793) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 7, 2018 to March 9, 2018, submitted to Justice Kennedy.
01/26/2018	Application (17A793) granted by Justice Kennedy extending the time to file until March 9, 2018.
03/09/2018	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 12, 2018)
03/30/2018	Blanket Consent filed by Petitioners, Association des Éleveurs de Canards et d’Oies du Québec, et al..
03/30/2018	Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 12, 2018 to May 14, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
04/03/2018	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 14, 2018
04/10/2018	Brief amicus curiae of Republic of France filed.
04/12/2018	Brief amici curiae of Reason Foundation and The Cato Institute filed.
04/12/2018	Brief amicus curiae of Conseil de la Transformation Alimentaire du Québec filed.
04/12/2018	Brief amicus curiae of U.S. Poultry & Egg Association filed.
04/12/2018	Brief amici curiae of State of Missouri and 10 other States filed.
05/14/2018	Brief of respondent Xavier Becerra, Attorney General of California in opposition filed.
05/29/2018	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/14/2018.
06/05/2018	Reply of petitioners Association des Éleveurs de Canards et d’Oies du Québec, et al. filed. (Distributed)
06/18/2018	The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States.
12/04/2018	Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
12/19/2018	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/4/2019.
12/26/2018	Supplemental brief of petitioners Association des Éleveurs de Canards et d’Oies du Québec, et al. filed.
01/07/2019	Petition DENIED.