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Atlantic Coast Pipeline LLC v. Cowpasture River Preservation Association

Consolidated with:

Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
18-1587 4th Cir. Feb 24, 2020
 TBD TBD TBD OT 2019

Disclosure: Goldstein & Russell, P.C., whose attorneys contribute to this blog in various capacities, is counsel on an amicus brief in support of the respondents in this case.

Issue: Whether the United States Forest Service has the authority under the Mineral Leasing Act and National Trails System Act to grant rights-of-way through national-forest lands that the Appalachian Trail traverses.

SCOTUSblog Coverage

DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
May 15 2019Application (18A1181) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 26, 2019 to June 25, 2019, submitted to The Chief Justice.
May 16 2019Application (18A1181) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until June 25, 2019.
Jun 25 2019Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 29, 2019)
Jul 01 2019Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 29, 2019 to August 28, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
Jul 02 2019Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Atlantic Coast Pipeline, LLC.
Jul 05 2019Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 28, 2019.
Jul 25 2019Brief amici curiae of United Association of Journeymen and Appentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of The United States and Canada, AFL-CIO, et al. filed. VIDED.
Jul 26 2019Brief amici curiae of National Association of Manufacturers, et al. filed. VIDED.
Jul 26 2019Brief amicus curiae of Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC filed. VIDED.
Jul 26 2019Brief amici curiae of American Forest Resource Council et al filed. VIDED.
Jul 29 2019Brief amici curiae of State of West Virginia, et al. filed.
Aug 28 2019Brief of respondents Cowpasture River Preservation Association, et al. in opposition filed. VIDED.
Sep 11 2019DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
Sep 11 2019Reply of petitioner Atlantic Coast Pipeline, LLC filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
Sep 11 2019Reply of Atlantic Coast Pipeline, LLC submitted.
Oct 04 2019Petition GRANTED. The petition for a writ of certiorari in No. 18-1584 is granted. The cases are consolidated and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument.
Oct 04 2019Because 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. 18-1584. Subsequent filings in these cases must therefore be submitted through the electronic filing system in No. 18-1584. 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.”
Nov 26 2019SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, February 24, 2020. VIDED.
Jan 15 2020Brief of Cowpasture River Preservation Association, et al. submitted.
 
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