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Murphy Co. v. Biden

Petition for certiorari denied on March 25, 2024

Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
23-525 9th Cir. N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2023

Issue: Whether the Antiquities Act of 1906 authorizes the president to declare federal lands part of a national monument where a separate federal statute reserves those specific federal lands for a specific purpose that is incompatible with national-monument status.

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DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
11/15/2023Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 18, 2023)
12/11/2023Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 18, 2023 to January 17, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
12/12/2023Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 17, 2024, for all respondents.
12/13/2023Brief amici curiae of Public Lands Council and National Cattlemen's Beef Association filed.
12/14/2023Brief amici curiae of Roseburg Area Chamber of Commerce and NFIB Small Business Legal Center, Inc. filed.
12/15/2023Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation filed.
12/18/2023Brief amici curiae of Arizona Farm Bureau Federation, et al. filed.
12/18/2023Brief amici curiae of Representative Cliff Bentz and 28 members of Congress filed. VIDED.
01/10/2024Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 17, 2024 to February 16, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
01/11/2024Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including February 16, 2024, for all respondents.
02/16/2024Brief of Federal Respondents in opposition filed.
02/16/2024Brief of respondents Soda Mountain Wilderness Council, et al. in opposition filed.
03/05/2024Reply of petitioners Murphy Company, et al. filed. (Distributed)
03/06/2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/22/2024.
03/25/2024Petition DENIED. Justice Gorsuch and Justice Kavanaugh would grant the petition for a writ of certiorari.