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Hornbeck Offshore Services, LLC v. Jewell

Petition for certiorari denied on December 16, 2013
Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
13-56 5th Cir. N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2013

Issue: (1) Whether – as the Third, Seventh, and Eleventh Circuits hold – a district court possesses authority to prevent circumvention of its orders by imposing sanctions on conduct that violates the understood purpose of an injunction, but not its explicit terms, or whether – as the First, Second, Fifth, and Tenth Circuits hold – the four corners of an injunction’s text limit a district court’s civil contempt authority; (2) whether – as the First, Third, Fourth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Tenth, and Eleventh Circuits hold – a court of appeals should accord deference to a district court’s construction of its own orders, or whether – as the Second, Fifth, District of Columbia, and Federal Circuits hold – an appellate court reviews that construction de novo.

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DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
Jul 8 2013Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 12, 2013)
Aug 6 2013Order extending time to file response to petition to and including September 11, 2013.
Aug 12 2013Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed.
Aug 12 2013Brief amicus curiae of Offshore Marine Service Association filed.
Aug 12 2013Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed.
Sep 4 2013Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including October 11, 2013.
Oct 8 2013Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including November 8, 2013.
Nov 8 2013Brief of respondents Sally Jewell, Secretary of the Interior, et al. in opposition filed.
Nov 26 2013DISTRIBUTED for Conference of December 13, 2013.
Nov 26 2013Reply of petitioners Hornbeck Offshore Services, LLC, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Dec 16 2013Petition DENIED.