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Peithman v. United States

Petition for certiorari denied on November 19, 2019

Docket No. Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
19-16 N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2019

Issue: Whether 18 U.S.C. " 981(a)(1)(C) authorizes forfeiture imposed jointly and severally among co-conspirators, as the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 6th and 8th Circuits have held, or whether such joint and several liability is foreclosed under the reasoning of Honeycutt v. United States, as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit has held.

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DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
04/29/2019Application (18A1118) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 28, 2019 to June 27, 2019, submitted to Justice Gorsuch.
04/30/2019Application (18A1118) granted by Justice Gorsuch extending the time to file until June 27, 2019.
06/27/2019Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 31, 2019)
07/29/2019Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed.
07/30/2019Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 31, 2019 to August 30, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
07/31/2019Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 30, 2019.
08/30/2019Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
09/17/2019Reply of petitioners Allen Peithman, Jr., AEP Properties, L.L.C., Sharon A. Elder filed. (Distributed)
09/18/2019DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/11/2019.
10/15/2019DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/18/2019.
10/28/2019DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/1/2019.
11/04/2019DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/8/2019.
11/12/2019DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/15/2019.
11/18/2019Petition DENIED. Justice Sotomayor, dissenting from denial of certiorari. (Detached Opinion)