Hamer v. Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago
| Docket No. | Op. Below | Argument | Opinion | Vote | Author | Term |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16-658 | 7th Cir. | Oct 10, 2017 | Nov 8, 2017 | 9-0 | Ginsburg | OT 2017 |
Holding: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit erred in treating as jurisdictional Rule 4(a)(5)(C)’s limitation on extensions of time to file a notice of appeal.
Judgment: Vacated and remanded, 9-0, in an opinion by Justice Ginsburg on November 8, 2017.
SCOTUSblog Coverage
- OT2017 #6: "Year of Munsingwear" (First Mondays, November 13, 2017)
- Opinion analysis: Only Congress can make a jurisdictional rule (Howard M. Wasserman, November 8, 2017)
- OT2017 #3: “Nowheresville” (ft. Nina Totenberg) (First Mondays, October 16, 2017)
- Argument analysis: Alito and Ginsburg spar over the rules for timely appeals (Howard M. Wasserman, October 10, 2017)
- OT2017 #2: "Who is the River Master?" (First Mondays, October 9, 2017)
- Argument preview: The court returns to the jurisdictionality of appellate time limits (Howard M. Wasserman, October 3, 2017)
- Court releases October calendar (Amy Howe, July 19, 2017)
- Three new cases, a Breyer dissent and a summary affirmance (Amy Howe, February 27, 2017)
- Petition of the day (Kate Howard, January 11, 2017)
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
|---|---|
| Nov 15 2016 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 19, 2016) |
| Dec 14 2016 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including January 18, 2017, for all respondents. |
| Jan 18 2017 | Brief of respondents Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago & Fannie Mae in opposition filed. |
| Jan 30 2017 | Reply of petitioner Charmaine Hamer filed. |
| Feb 01 2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 17, 2017. |
| Feb 21 2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 24, 2017. |
| Feb 27 2017 | Petition GRANTED. |
| Mar 02 2017 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner. |
| Mar 08 2017 | The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including May 15, 2017. |
| Mar 21 2017 | Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner Charmaine Hamer. |
| Apr 03 2017 | Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner GRANTED. |
| Apr 11 2017 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for respondent Fannie Mae. |
| Apr 19 2017 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party , received from counsel for respondent Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago. |
| May 15 2017 | Brief of petitioner Charmaine Hamer filed. |
| May 17 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of Professor Scott Dodson in support of neither party filed. |
| May 19 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of The American Academy of Appellate Lawyers filed. |
| Jun 08 2017 | The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including July 31, 2017. |
| Jul 19 2017 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, October 10, 2017. |
| Jul 31 2017 | Brief of respondents Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago, et al. filed. |
| Aug 01 2017 | Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 7th Circuit. |
| Aug 09 2017 | CIRCULATED |
| Aug 29 2017 | Reply of petitioner Charmaine Hamer filed. (Distributed) |
| Oct 10 2017 | Argued. For petitioner: Jonathan A. Herstoff, New York, N. Y. For respondents: Damien G. Stewart, Washington, D. C. |
| Nov 08 2017 | Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Ginsburg, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court. |
| Dec 11 2017 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
