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Trump v. Mazars USA, LLP
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| Docket No. | Op. Below | Argument | Opinion | Vote | Author | Term |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19-715 | D.C. Cir. | May 12, 2020 | Jul 9, 2020 | 7-2 | Roberts | OT 2019 |
Holding: Although congressional subpoenas for the president’s information may be enforceable, the court below in this case did not take adequate account of the significant separation of powers concerns implicated by subpoenas from the House of Representatives seeking President Donald Trump's financial records.
Judgment: Vacated and remanded, 7-2, in an opinion by Chief Justice Roberts on July 9, 2020. Justice Thomas filed a dissenting opinion. Justice Alito filed a dissenting opinion.
SCOTUSblog Coverage
- Justices reject House’s request to fast-track release of opinion on Trump’s financial records (Amy Howe, July 20, 2020)
- Symposium: On Trump tax returns, the latest battles may be over, but the war rages on (John Malcolm, July 11, 2020)
- Symposium: Channeling an old chief to reject a new immunity (Toby Heytens and Martine Cicconi, July 10, 2020)
- Symposium: It must be nice to have John Marshall on your side (Josh Blackman, July 10, 2020)
- Symposium: A resounding rejection of Trump’s authoritarian approach to the presidency (Jamila Benkato, Justin Florence and Ben Berwick, July 10, 2020)
- Symposium: The Trump subpoena cases and the search for normalcy (Peter Shane, July 10, 2020)
- Symposium: A better way to limit Congress’ subpoena power (Ilya Somin, July 9, 2020)
- Opinion analysis: Disputes over Trump financial records to continue (Amy Howe, July 9, 2020)
- Live blog of opinions (Update: Completed) (Kalvis Golde, July 9, 2020)
- Educational seminar: Debrief of Trump v. Mazars & Trump v. Vance (Katie Bart, May 14, 2020)
- Argument analysis: A marathon debate, and no clear winners, in debate over Trump tax returns (Amy Howe, May 12, 2020)
- Educational seminar: Preview of Trump v. Mazars & Trump v. Vance (Katie Bart, May 7, 2020)
- Argument preview: Justices to tackle disputes over access to Trump financial records (Amy Howe, May 1, 2020)
- Justices ask for more briefing in Trump tax-returns cases (Amy Howe, April 27, 2020)
- Court sets cases for May telephone arguments, will make live audio available (Amy Howe, April 13, 2020)
- Justices postpone March argument session (Amy Howe, March 16, 2020)
- Symposium: Forget about taxes: Mazars is a big case (Victoria Nourse, March 12, 2020)
- Symposium: Separation of powers and federalism should guide the justices to protect the presidency and the courts from politicized investigations (Lawrence Joseph, March 11, 2020)
- Symposium: Vance, Mazars, Deutsche Bank: Is the president above the law after all? (Neil Kinkopf, March 11, 2020)
- Symposium: No. The founders did not want Congress doing criminal investigations - even of Trump (W. Burlette Carter, March 10, 2020)
- Symposium: Mazars and Vance may be political blockbusters, but they aren’t legal ones (Brianne Gorod and Ashwin Phatak, March 10, 2020)
- Symposium: Justices to tackle disputes over access to Trump financial records (Amy Howe, March 9, 2020)
- 2020 Supreme Court Preview presented by Casetext (part two) (SCOTUStalk, February 21, 2020)
- Justices issue March argument calendar (Amy Howe, January 31, 2020)
- Justices to take up battle over Trump financial documents (Amy Howe, December 13, 2019)
- Trump asks justices to block bank subpoenas (UPDATED) (Amy Howe, December 6, 2019)
- Trump asks justices to quash subpoena for financial records (Amy Howe, December 5, 2019)
- Justices block enforcement of subpoena for Trump financial records (Amy Howe, November 25, 2019)
- The solicitor general files brief in President Trump’s challenge to New York subpoena (Steve Vladeck, November 25, 2019)
- Trump returns to Supreme Court, asks justices to intervene in dispute over financial records (Amy Howe, November 15, 2019)
- Cases and controversies: Congress, the subpoena power and a “legislative purpose” (Amy Howe, July 24, 2019)
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
|---|---|
| Nov 15 2019 | Application (19A545) for a stay of mandate pending the filing and disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari, submitted to The Chief Justice. |
| Nov 18 2019 | Letter of respondent Committee on Oversight and Reform of the U.S. House of Representatives received. |
| Nov 18 2019 | UPON CONSIDERATION of the application of counsel for the applicants and the November 18, 2019 letter received from counsel for respondent the Committee on Oversight and Reform of the U.S. House of Representatives, IT IS ORDERED that the mandate of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, case No. 19-5142, is hereby stayed pending receipt of a response, due on or before Thursday, November 21, 2019, by 3 p.m. ET, and further order of the undersigned or of the Court. |
| Nov 21 2019 | Response to application from respondent Committee on Oversight and Reform of the U.S. House of Representatives filed. |
| Nov 22 2019 | Reply of applicant Donald Trump, et al. filed. |
| Nov 25 2019 | Application (19A545) referred to the Court. |
| Nov 25 2019 | Application (19A545) granted by the Court. The application for stay of the mandate presented to The Chief Justice and by him referred to the Court is granted. The issuance of the mandate of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, case No. 19-5142, is stayed pending the filing and disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari, if such petition is filed on or before December 5, 2019, by noon. Should the petition for a writ of certiorari be denied, this stay shall terminate automatically. In the event the petition for a writ of certiorari is granted, the stay shall terminate upon the issuance of the judgment of this Court. If no petition for a writ of certiorari is filed on or before December 5, 2019, by noon, the stay shall terminate. |
| Dec 04 2019 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 6, 2020) |
| Dec 11 2019 | Brief of respondent Committee on Oversight and Reform of the U.S. House of Representatives in opposition filed. |
| Dec 12 2019 | Reply of petitioners Donald J. Trump, et al. filed. |
| Dec 13 2019 | Petition GRANTED. The application (19A640) for stay presented to Justice Ginsburg and by her referred to the Court is granted, and it is ordered that the mandate of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, case No. 19-1540, is hereby stayed pending further order of the Court. In addition, the application is treated as a petition for a writ of certiorari, and the petition is granted. The cases are consolidated, and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument. The cases will be set for argument in the March 2020 argument session. VIDED. |
| Dec 13 2019 | Because the Court has consolidated these cases for briefing and oral argument, future filings and activity in the cases will now be reflected on the docket of No. 19-715. Subsequent filings in these cases must therefore be submitted through the electronic filing system in No. 19-715. Each document submitted in connection with one or more of these cases must include on its cover the case number and caption for each case in which the filing is intended to be submitted. Where a filing is submitted in fewer than all of the cases, the docket entry will reflect the case number(s) in which the filing is submitted; a document filed in all of the consolidated cases will be noted as “VIDED.” (December 16, 2019). |
| Jan 07 2020 | Application (19A773) to file a consolidated petitioners' brief on the merits in excess of the word limit, and a consolidated reply brief on the merits in excess of the word limit, submitted to The Chief Justice. VIDED. |
| Jan 08 2020 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Donald J. Trump, et al. VIDED. |
| Jan 13 2020 | Application (19A773) to file a consolidated petitioners' brief on the merits in excess of the word limit, and a consolidated reply brief on the merits in excess of the word limit is granted by The Chief Justice provided that petitioners' brief does not exceed 17,000 words and the reply brief does not exceed 8,000 words. VIDED. |
| Jan 15 2020 | Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Deutsche Bank AG.(in 19-760) |
| Jan 15 2020 | Letter of respondent Deutsche Bank AG notifying the Clerk that it does not intend to participate in these cases filed (in 19-760). |
| Jan 24 2020 | Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Committee on Oversight and Reform of the U.S. House of Representatives. VIDED. |
| Jan 27 2020 | Joint appendix filed. VIDED. |
| Jan 27 2020 | Brief of petitioners Donald J. Trump, et al. filed. VIDED. |
| Jan 29 2020 | Application (19A862) to file a consolidated respondents' brief on the merits in excess of the word limit, submitted to The Chief Justice. VIDED |
| Jan 29 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Moral Law filed. VIDED. |
| Jan 31 2020 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, March 31, 2020. VIDED. |
| Jan 31 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of W. Burlette Carter filed. VIDED. |
| Feb 03 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. VIDED. |
| Feb 03 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund filed. VIDED. (Also in 19-635) |
| Feb 03 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Christian Family Coalition (CFC) Florida, Inc. filed. VIDED. (Also in 19-635) |
| Feb 03 2020 | Amicus brief of Professor Victor Williams not accepted for filing. (February 12, 2020 - Corrected brief to be submitted.) |
| Feb 03 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Professor Victor Williams filed. VIDED. |
| Feb 04 2020 | Application (19A862) to file a consolidated respondents' brief on the merits in excess of the word limit is granted by The Chief Justice provided that the brief does not exceed 17,000 words. VIDED. |
| Feb 05 2020 | Letter of respondent Mazars USA LLP notifying the Clerk that it does not intend to participate in these cases filed. VIDED. (Also in 19-635) |
| Feb 19 2020 | CIRCULATED |
| Feb 19 2020 | Record requested from the U.S.C.A. District of Columbia Circuit. |
| Feb 21 2020 | The record of the USCA District of Columbia Circuit is available on PACER. |
| Feb 26 2020 | Brief of respondents Committees of the U.S. House of Representatives filed. (Distributed). VIDED. |
| Mar 02 2020 | Letter of respondent Capital One Financial Corporation notifying the Clerk that it does not intend to participate in these cases filed (in 19-760) filed. |
| Mar 03 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Public Citizen filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Mar 03 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Boston University Law Professors Sean J. Kealy and James J. Wheaton filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Mar 04 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Mar 04 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Former Federal Ethics Officials filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Mar 04 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Former National Security Officials filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Mar 04 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Former Senior Department of Justice Officials filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Mar 04 2020 | Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union and ACLU of the District of Columbia filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Mar 04 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Congressional Scholars filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Mar 04 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Bipartisan Former Members of Congress filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Mar 04 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Former House General Counsels and Former Congressional Staff filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Mar 04 2020 | Brief amici curiae of The Lugar Center and the Levin Center at Wayne Law filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Mar 04 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Seperation-of-Powers Law Professors filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Mar 04 2020 | Brief amici curiae of The Niskanen Center, Republican Women for Progress, Bill Weld, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Mar 04 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Center for Media and Democracy and Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Mar 04 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Financial Investigation and Money Laundering Experts filed (in 19-760). (Distributed) |
| Mar 04 2020 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. VIDED. |
| Mar 16 2020 | ORAL ARGUMENT POSTPONED. VIDED. |
| Mar 23 2020 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. VIDED. |
| Mar 27 2020 | Reply of petitioners Donald J. Trump, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Apr 13 2020 | Argument to be rescheduled for May 2020. VIDED. |
| Apr 15 2020 | RESCHEDULED FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, May 12, 2020. VIDED. |
| Apr 27 2020 | The parties and the Solicitor General are directed to file supplemental letter briefs addressing whether the political question doctrine or related justiciability principles bear on the Court's adjudication of these cases. The briefs, not to exceed 15 pages, are to be filed simultaneously with the Clerk and served upon opposing counsel on or before 2 p.m., Friday, May 8, 2020. VIDED. |
| May 08 2020 | Supplemental letter brief of petitioners Donald J. Trump, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| May 08 2020 | Supplemental letter brief of respondents Committees of the U.S. House of Representatives filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| May 08 2020 | Supplemental letter brief of the United States filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| May 12 2020 | Argued. For petitioners: Patrick Strawbridge, Boston, Mass.; and Jeffrey B. Wall, Principal Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For Committees of the U.S. House of Representatives respondents: Douglas N. Letter, General Counsel, United States House of Representatives, Washington, D. C. VIDED. |
| Jul 09 2020 | Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Roberts, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., and Alito, J., filed dissenting opinions. VIDED. |
| Jul 13 2020 | Application (20A15) of Committees of U.S. House of Representatives for an order to issue the judgment forthwith, submitted to The Chief Justice. |
| Jul 14 2020 | Response to application (20A15) requested by The Chief Justice, due Thursday, July 16, by 4 p.m. |
| Jul 16 2020 | Response to application from respondent Donald J. Trump, et al. filed. |
| Jul 20 2020 | Application (20A15) referred to the Court. |
| Jul 20 2020 | Application (20A15) denied by the Court. Justice Sotomayor would grant the application. |
| Aug 10 2020 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
