Lightfoot v. Cendant Mortgage Corporation

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
14-1055	9th Cir.	Nov 8, 2016	Apr 28, 2025	8-0	Sotomayor	OT 2016

Holding: Fannie Mae's sue-and-be-sued clause does not grant federal courts jurisdiction over all cases involving Fannie Mae.

Judgment: Reversed, 8-0, in an opinion by Justice Sotomayor on April 28, 2025.

SCOTUSblog Coverage

Opinion analysis: Unanimous court rejects federal jurisdiction for Fannie Mae (Ronald Mann, January 18, 2017)
Argument analysis: Justices dubious about federal jurisdiction for suits involving Fannie Mae (Ronald Mann, November 9, 2016)
Argument preview: Justices to consider federal jurisdiction for suits against Fannie Mae (Ronald Mann, November 1, 2016)
Court to hear major new controversies -- next Term (Lyle Denniston, June 28, 2016)
Solicitor General responds to the Court's invitations (Amy Howe, May 29, 2016)

Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
02/17/2015	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 2, 2015)
02/17/2015	Appendix of Crystal Monique Lightfoot, et al. filed.
03/30/2015	Waiver of right of respondents Fannie Mae to respond filed.
04/15/2015	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 1, 2015.
04/22/2015	Response Requested . (Due May 22, 2015)
04/30/2015	Order extending time to file response to petition to and including June 22, 2015.
05/22/2015	Brief amicus curiae of The American Association for Justice filed.
06/22/2015	Brief of respondent Fannie Mae in opposition filed.
07/08/2015	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 28, 2015.
07/08/2015	Reply of petitioners Crystal Monique Lightfoot, et al. filed. (Distributed)
10/05/2015	The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States.
05/23/2016	Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
06/07/2016	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 23, 2016.
06/07/2016	Supplemental brief of respondent Fannie Mae filed. (Distributed)
06/27/2016	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 27, 2016.
06/28/2016	Petition GRANTED.
08/05/2016	The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including August 16, 2016.
08/05/2016	The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including September 19, 2016.
08/16/2016	Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed.)
08/16/2016	Brief of petitioners Crystal Monique Lightfoot, et al. filed.
08/23/2016	Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
08/23/2016	Brief amicus curiae of The American Red Cross in support of neither party filed.
08/23/2016	Brief amicus curiae of The American Association for Justice filed.
09/02/2016	SET FOR ARGUMENT On Tuesday, November 8, 2016
09/09/2016	Record has been requested from the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit.
09/19/2016	Brief of respondent Fannie Mae filed.
09/21/2016	Record received from the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit is electronic and located on PACER. Also received are documents from the district court that was filed in hardcopy only. This document has been transferred electronically, the remaining district court documents are available on PACER.
09/22/2016	Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
09/28/2016	CIRCULATED
10/17/2016	Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
10/19/2016	Reply of petitioners Crystal Monique Lightfoot, et al. filed. (Distributed)
11/08/2016	Argued. For petitioner: E. Joshua Rosenkranz, New York, N. Y.; and Ann O'Connell, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondents: Brian P. Brooks, Washington, D. C.
01/18/2017	Judgment REVERSED. Sotomayor, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.
02/21/2017	JUDGMENT ISSUED.