Public Watchdogs v. Southern California Edison Company
Petition for certiorari denied on December 6, 2021
Issue: Whether the Hobbs Act deprives a federal district court of subject matter jurisdiction over state law and Price-Anderson Act claims asserted by a private actor against private party Nuclear Regulatory Commission licensees, on the ground such claims are “ancillary or incidental to” an NRC final order.
| Date | Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding) |
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| May 28 2021 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 2, 2021) |
| Jun 08 2021 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Public Watchdogs. |
| Jun 16 2021 | Waiver of right of respondent Southern California Edison Company, SanDiego Gas & Electric Company, and Sempra Energy to respond filed. |
| Jul 01 2021 | Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed. |
| Jul 01 2021 | Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by Environmental Advocacy Clinic at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law. |
| Jul 14 2021 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021. |
| Aug 02 2021 | Response Requested. (Due September 1, 2021) |
| Aug 25 2021 | Motion of the Acting Solicitor General to extend the time to file a response from September 1, 2021 to October 1, 2021, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Aug 25 2021 | Motion of Southern California Edison Company, et al. to extend the time to file a response from September 1, 2021 to October 1, 2021, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Aug 26 2021 | The motions to extend the time to file a response are granted and the time is extended to and including October 1, 2021, for all respondents. |
| Sep 27 2021 | Motion of the Acting Solicitor General to extend the time to file a response from October 1, 2021 to November 1, 2021, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Sep 27 2021 | Motion of Southern California Edison Company, et al. to extend the time to file a response from October 1, 2021 to November 1, 2021, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Sep 28 2021 | The motions to extend the time to file a response are granted and the time is further extended to and including November 1, 2021, for all respondents. (Docket entry corrected 9/29/21) |
| Oct 29 2021 | Brief of respondents Southern California Edison Company, et al. in opposition filed. |
| Nov 01 2021 | Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed. |
| Nov 15 2021 | Reply of petitioner Public Watchdogs filed. (Distributed) |
| Nov 16 2021 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/3/2021. |
| Dec 06 2021 | Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Environmental Advocacy Clinic at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law GRANTED. |
| Dec 06 2021 | Petition DENIED. |
