Wellness International Network, Limited v. Sharif

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
13-935	7th Cir.	Jan 14, 2015	May 26, 2015	6-3	Sotomayor	OT 2014

Holding: Article III permits bankruptcy judges to adjudicate Stern claims with the parties" knowing and voluntary consent.

Judgment: Reversed and remanded, 6-3, in an opinion by Justice Sotomayor on May 26, 2015. Justice Alito filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgement. Chief Justice Roberts filed a dissenting opinion, in which Justice Scalia joined and in which Justice Thomas joined as to Part I. Justice Thomas filed a dissenting opinion.

SCOTUSblog Coverage

Commentary: Wellness after Stern (Daniel Bussel, May 28, 2015)
Opinion analysis: Justices reaffirm authority of bankruptcy judges based on parties consent (Ronald Mann, May 27, 2015)
Argument analysis: Justices searching for a clear rule to define bankruptcy jurisdiction (Ronald Mann, January 16, 2015)
Argument preview: Justices hope third time is a charm as they try once again to explain Article III limitations on bankruptcy courts (Ronald Mann, January 14, 2015)

Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
12/20/2013	Application (13A648) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 5, 2014 to February 5, 2014, submitted to Justice Kagan.
12/20/2013	Application (13A648) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until February 5, 2014.
02/05/2014	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 7, 2014)
03/07/2014	Brief of respondent Richard Sharif in opposition filed.
03/21/2014	Reply of petitioners Wellness International Network, Limited, et al. filed.
03/26/2014	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 18, 2014.
06/09/2014	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 12, 2014.
06/16/2014	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 19, 2014.
06/23/2014	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 26, 2014.
06/30/2014	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 30, 2014.
07/01/2014	Petition GRANTED limited to Questions 1 and 3 presented by the petition.
07/14/2014	The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including September 9, 2014.
07/14/2014	The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including November 19, 2014.
09/09/2014	Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed.)
09/09/2014	Brief of petitioners Wellness International Network, Limited, et al. filed.
09/09/2014	Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs in support of either party or neither party from counsel for the respondent.
09/11/2014	Brief amicus curiae of the United States filed.
09/16/2014	Brief amicus curiae of American College of Bankruptcy filed.
09/16/2014	Brief amicus curiae of Business Law Section of the Florida Bar in support of neither party filed.
09/16/2014	Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees filed.
09/16/2014	Brief amicus curiae of G. Eric Brunstad, Jr. filed.
09/16/2014	Brief amicus curiae of American Bar Association filed.
11/07/2014	Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
11/19/2014	Brief of respondent Richard Sharif filed.
11/19/2014	Supplemental appendix of respondent filed.
11/21/2014	SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Wednesday, January 14, 2015.
11/26/2014	Brief amici curiae of Certain TOUSA Defendants filed.
12/02/2014	CIRCULATED.
12/02/2014	Record requested from U.S.C.A. 7th Circuit.
12/08/2014	Record received from U.S.C.A. is electronic and located on PACER.
12/08/2014	Record received from U.S.D.C. Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division is electronic.
12/15/2014	Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
12/19/2014	Reply of petitioners Wellness International Network, Limited, et al. filed. (Distributed)
01/14/2015	Argued. For petitioners: Catherine Steege, Chicago, Ill.; and Curtis E. Gannon, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondent: Jonathan D. Hacker, Washington, D. C.
05/26/2015	Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Sotomayor, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, and Kagan, JJ., joined, and in which Alito, J., joined in part. Alito, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment. Roberts, C. J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Scalia, J., joined, and in which Thomas, J., joined as to Part I. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion.
06/29/2015	JUDGMENT ISSUED.