City of San Antonio, Texas v. Hotels.com, L.P.

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
20-334	5th Cir.	Apr 21, 2021	May 27, 2021	9-0	Alito	OT 2020

Holding: Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 39 does not permit a district court to alter a court of appeals" allocation of the costs listed in subdivision (e) of that rule.

Judgment: Affirmed, 9-0, in an opinion by Justice Alito on May 27, 2021.

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Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
09/10/2020	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 14, 2020)
09/28/2020	Waiver of right of respondents Site59.com L.L.C. and Travelocity.com L.P. (n/k/a TVL LP) to respond filed.
09/28/2020	Waiver of right of respondents Travelweb, LLC, et al. to respond filed.
09/29/2020	Waiver of right of respondents Expedia, Inc., et al. to respond filed.
10/21/2020	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/6/2020.
11/02/2020	Response Requested. (Due December 2, 2020)
12/02/2020	Brief of respondents Hotels.com L.P., et al. in opposition filed.
12/16/2020	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
12/16/2020	Reply of petitioner City of San Antonio, Texas, on behalf of itself and all other similarly situated Texas municipalities filed. (Distributed)
01/08/2021	Petition GRANTED.
02/18/2021	Motion for an extension of time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits filed.
02/18/2021	Motion to extend the time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is granted and the time is extended to and including February 24, 2021.
02/24/2021	Brief of petitioner City of San Antonio, Texas, on behalf of itself and all other similarly situated Texas municipalities filed.
02/24/2021	Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
03/03/2021	Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
03/03/2021	Brief amici curiae of National Association of Counties, National League of Cities, U.S. Conference of Mayors, International City/County Management Association, and International Municipal Lawyers Association filed.
03/12/2021	SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, April 21, 2021.
03/15/2021	Record requested.
03/15/2021	The record from the U.S.C.A. 5th Circuit is electronic and located on Pacer.
03/26/2021	Brief of respondents Expedia, Inc., Hotels.com, L.P., Hotwire, Inc., Orbitz, LLC, Trip Network, Inc., Internetwork Publishing Corp., Travelnow.com, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
03/29/2021	Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
03/30/2021	CIRCULATED
04/05/2021	Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument DENIED.
04/09/2021	Reply of petitioner City of San Antonio, Texas, on behalf of itself and all other similarly situated Texas municipalities filed. (Distributed)
04/21/2021	Argued. For petitioner: Daniel L. Geyser, Dallas, Tex. For respondents: David B. Salmons, Washington, D. C.
05/27/2021	Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Alito, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.
06/28/2021	JUDGMENT ISSUED.