Alaska v. Organized Village of Kake

Petition for certiorari denied on March 28, 2016

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
15-467	9th Cir.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	OT 2015

Issue: Whether the Ninth Circuit's decision below contravenes the basic administrative law principle, established by this Court's decisions, that an executive agency may change the policies of a previous administration based on the new administration's different values and priorities, even though the relevant facts are unchanged.

Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
10/12/2015	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 13, 2015)
11/03/2015	Order extending time to file response to petition to and including December 14, 2015, for all respondents.
11/04/2015	Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the peittioner.
11/12/2015	Brief amici curiae of City of Craig, Alaska, et al. filed.
11/13/2015	Brief amici curiae of Alaska Forest Association, et al. filed.
12/08/2015	Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including January 19, 2016, for all respondents.
01/12/2016	Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including February 19, 2016.
02/19/2016	Brief of respondents Organized Village of Kake, Alaska, et al. in opposition filed.
02/19/2016	Brief of respondents Department of Agriculture, et al. in opposition filed.
03/08/2016	Reply of petitioner Alaska filed. (Distributed)
03/09/2016	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 25, 2016.
03/28/2016	Petition DENIED.