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Arkansas v. Gresham

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Judgment vacated and case remanded with instructions to dismiss the case as moot.

Consolidated with:

Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
20-38 D.C. Cir. TBD TBD TBD TBD OT 2020

Issue: Whether the approval by the secretary of health and human services of the Arkansas Works Amendment was lawful.

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DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
Jul 13 2020Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 17, 2020)
Aug 07 2020Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 17, 2020 to October 16, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
Aug 10 2020Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 16, 2020.
Oct 16 2020Brief of respondents Charles Gresham, et al. in opposition filed. VIDED.
Nov 04 2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/20/2020.
Nov 04 2020Reply of petitioner State of Arkansas filed. (Distributed)
Nov 30 2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/4/2020.
Dec 04 2020Petition GRANTED. The petition for a writ of certiorari in No. 20-37 is granted. The cases are consolidated, and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument. VIDED.
Dec 04 2020Because the Court has consolidated these cases for briefing and oral argument, future filings and activity in the cases will now be reflected on the docket of No. 20-37. Subsequent filings in these cases must therefore be submitted through the electronic filing system in No. 20-37. Each document submitted in connection with one or more of these cases must include on its cover the case number and caption for each case in which the filing is intended to be submitted. Where a filing is submitted in fewer than all of the cases, the docket entry will reflect the case number(s) in which the filing is submitted; a document filed in all of the consolidated cases will be noted as “VIDED.”
Feb 01 2021SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, March 29, 2021. VIDED.
Feb 04 2021Record requested from the U.S.C.A. D.C. Circuit.
Feb 08 2021Record from the U.S.C.A. District of Columbia Circuit is electronic and located on Pacer.
Feb 08 2021Record from the U.S. District and Bankruptcy Courts are electronic and located on Pacer.
Feb 22 2021CIRCULATED.
Feb 23 2021Amicus brief of Nebraska Appleseed not accepted for filing. (April 28, 2021--to be filed in lead case No. 20-37)
Feb 25 2021Amicus brief of Leukemia & Lymphoma Society not accepted for filing. (April 28, 2021--to be filed in lead case No. 20-37)
Mar 11 2021Nos. 20-37 and 20-38 are removed from the calendar for the March 2021 argument session. VIDED.
Apr 05 2021Upon consideration of the motion of petitioners to vacate the judgments of the court of appeals and remand, to remove the cases from the March 2021 argument calendar, and to hold further briefing in abeyance, these cases are held in abeyance pending further order of the Court. VIDED.
Apr 18 2022The motion to vacate the judgments is granted. The judgment of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in Nos. 19-5094 and 19-5096 is vacated, and the cases are remanded to that court with instructions to direct the District Court to vacate its judgment and dismiss the case as moot. See United States v. Munsingwear, Inc., 340 U. S. 36 (1950). The judgment of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in Nos. 19-5293 and 19-5295 is vacated, and the cases are remanded to that court with instructions to direct the District Court to remand to the Secretary of Health and Human Services. VIDED.
May 20 2022Judgment Issued