| Date | Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding) |
|---|
| Dec 02 2022 | Application (22A489) for a stay, submitted to Justice Alito. |
| Dec 02 2022 | Petition for a writ of certiorari before judgment filed. (Response due January 11, 2023) |
| Dec 05 2022 | Response to application (22A489) requested by Justice Alito, due by noon (EST), Wednesday, December 7, 2022. |
| Dec 07 2022 | Response to application from respondent Myra Brown, et al. filed. |
| Dec 08 2022 | Reply of applicant United States Department of Education, et al. filed. |
| Dec 12 2022 | Application (22A489) referred to the Court. |
| Dec 12 2022 | Consideration of the application for stay presented to Justice Alito and by him referred to the Court is deferred pending oral argument. The application for stay is also treated as a petition for a writ of certiorari before judgment (22-535), and the petition is GRANTED. The parties are directed to brief and argue the following questions: (1) Whether respondents have Article III standing; and (2) Whether the Department's plan is statutorily authorized and was adopted in a procedurally proper manner. The Clerk is directed to establish a briefing schedule that will allow the case to be argued in the February 2023 argument session. |
| Dec 12 2022 | Petition GRANTED. |
| Dec 14 2022 | The joint appendix and petitioners’ brief on the merits are to be filed on or before Wednesday, January 4, 2023. Respondents’ briefs on the merits are to be filed on or before Friday, January 27, 2023. The reply brief is to be filed on or before Wednesday, February 15, 2023. |
| Dec 14 2022 | In lieu of petitioners filing separate opening and reply briefs on the merits in No. 22-506 and No. 22-535, they may file a single consolidated opening brief, limited to 17,000 words, and a single consolidated reply brief, limited to 9,000 words. In addition, a single joint appendix containing the relevant record materials in No. 22-506 and No. 22-535 may be filed. VIDED. |
| Dec 19 2022 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, February 28, 2023. |
| Dec 20 2022 | Record requested from the U.S.C.A. for the Fifth Circuit. |
| Dec 27 2022 | Record received from the U.S.C.A. 5th Circuit. The record is available on PACER. |
| Dec 28 2022 | Record received from the U.S.D.C. Northern District of Texas. The record was transmitted electronically |
| Jan 04 2023 | Consolidated brief of petitioners filed (also in 22-506). VIDED. |
| Jan 04 2023 | Consolidated joint appendix filed (also in 22-506). VIDED. |
| Jan 11 2023 | Amicus brief of Borrower Advocacy and Legal Aid Organizations not accepted for filing. (January 11, 2023) |
| Jan 11 2023 | Brief amici curiae of Borrower Advocacy and Legal Aid Organizations (also in 22-506) filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Jan 11 2023 | Brief amici curiae of Six Veterans' Organizations filed (also in 22-506). VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Jan 11 2023 | Brief amici curiae of Lawyers’ Committee For Civil Rights Under Law and 21 Other Organizations filed (also in 22-506). VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Jan 11 2023 | Brief amici curiae of Samuel L. Bray and William Baude filed (also in 22-506). VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Jan 11 2023 | Brief amici curiae of Legal Scholars (also in 22-506) filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Jan 11 2023 | Brief amici curiae of Professor Lawrence A. Stein in support of no party (also in 22-506) filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Jan 11 2023 | Brief amici curiae of Massachusetts, et al. (also in 22-506) filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Jan 11 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of National Education Association filed. (also in 22-506) VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Jan 11 2023 | Brief amici curiae of American Federation of Teachers, et al.(also in 22-506) filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Jan 11 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of Former Representative George Miller (also in 22-506) filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Jan 12 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of Atlantic Legal Foundation filed (also in 22-506). VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Jan 17 2023 | CIRCULATED |
| Jan 27 2023 | Brief of respondents Myra Brown, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Feb 01 2023 | Brief amici curiae of Americans for Prosperity Foundation and Advancing Freedom (also in 22-506) filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Feb 01 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of The Foundation for Government Accountability (also in 22-506) filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Feb 02 2023 | Brief amici curiae of Former Rep. Howard McKeon, et al. (also in 22-506) filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Feb 02 2023 | Brief amici curiae of Empire Center and The Government Justice Center, Inc. (also in 22-506) filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Feb 02 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of America First Policy Institute (also in 22-506) filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Feb 02 2023 | Brief amici curiae of Cato Institute and Manhattan Institute (also in 22-506) filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Feb 03 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of American Center for Law and Justice (also in 22-506) filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Feb 03 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of Landmark Legal Foundation filed. (Distributed) |
| Feb 03 2023 | Brief amici curiae of States of Utah, Ohio, and 15 Other States filed. (Distributed) |
| Feb 03 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of The Protect Democracy Project (also in 22-506) filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Feb 03 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of The Buckeye Institute (also in 22-506) filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Feb 03 2023 | Brief amici curiae of Senator Marsha Blackburn and 42 Other Members of the United States Senate (also in 22-506) filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Feb 03 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of New Civil Liberties Alliance (also in 22-506) filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Feb 03 2023 | Brief amici curiae of 128 U.S. Representatives, including 25 Members of the House committee on Education and the Workforce (also in 22-506) filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Feb 03 2023 | Brief amici curiae of Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute and Committee for Justice (also in 22-506) filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Feb 03 2023 | Brief amici curiae of Elisabeth Devos, et al. (also in 22-506) filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Feb 03 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America (also in 22-506) filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Feb 03 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of Jed Handelsman Shugerman (also in 22-506) filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Feb 03 2023 | Brief amici curiae of Michael W. McConnell, et al. (also in 22-506) filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Feb 15 2023 | Consolidated reply brief of petitioners (also in 22-506) filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Feb 28 2023 | Argued. For petitioners: Elizabeth B. Prelogar, Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondents: J. Michael Connolly, Arlington, Va. |
| Jun 30 2023 | Application No. 22A489 DENIED AS MOOT. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED in No. 22-535. Alito, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court. |
| Jun 30 2023 | Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Alito, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court. Application No. 22A489 denied as moot. |
| Aug 01 2023 | Judgment issued. |
