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Trump v. Mazars USA, LLP

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Pending petition
Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
19A545 D.C. Cir. TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD

Issue: Whether a congressional subpoena served on a custodian of the president’s personal records, demanding production of nearly 10 years’ worth of the president’s financial papers and his tax returns, violates Article II and the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution.

DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
Nov 15 2019Application (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 2019Letter of respondent Committee on Oversight and Reform of the U.S. House of Representatives received.
Nov 18 2019UPON 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 2019Response to application from respondent Committee on Oversight and Reform of the U.S. House of Representatives filed.
Nov 22 2019Reply of applicant Donald Trump, et al. filed.
Nov 25 2019Application (19A545) referred to the Court.
Nov 25 2019Application (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.