Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico v. Centro de Periodismo Investigativo, Inc.

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
22-96	1st Cir.	Jan 11, 2023	May 11, 2023	8-1	Kagan	OT 2022

Holding: Nothing in the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act, including its jurisdictional provision, 48 U.S.C. § 2126(a), categorically abrogates any sovereign immunity the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico enjoys from legal claims.

Judgment: Reversed and remanded, 8-1, in an opinion by Justice Kagan on May 11, 2023. Justice Thomas filed a dissenting opinion.

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Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
07/20/2022	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 31, 2022)
08/23/2022	Brief of respondent Centro de Periodismo Investigativo, Inc. in opposition filed.
09/07/2022	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
09/07/2022	Reply of petitioner Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico filed. (Distributed)
10/03/2022	Petition GRANTED.
11/08/2022	Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico
11/08/2022	Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Centro de Periodismo Investigativo, Inc.
11/10/2022	SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, January 11, 2023.
11/16/2022	Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 1st Circuit.
11/17/2022	Brief of petitioner Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico filed.
11/17/2022	Joint appendix filed (statement of costs filed).
11/18/2022	Record received from the U.S.C.A. 1st Circuit. The record is available on PACER.
11/21/2022	Record received from the U.S.D.C. of Puerto Rico. The record is available on PACER.
11/23/2022	Brief amicus curiae of United States supporting vacatur filed.
11/29/2022	Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae, for divided argument, and for enlargement of time for oral argument filed.
12/07/2022	CIRCULATION
12/14/2022	Application (22A540) to extend the time to file a reply brief on the merits from December 30, 2022 to January 3, 2023, submitted to Justice Jackson.
12/16/2022	Application (22A540) granted by Justice Jackson extending the time to file the reply brief on the merits until January 3, 2023.
12/19/2022	Brief of respondent Centro de Periodismo Investigativo, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
12/22/2022	Brief amicus curiae of Public Citizen filed. (Distributed)
12/22/2022	Brief amicus curiae of Asociación de Periodistas de Puerto Rico filed. (Distributed)
12/23/2022	Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae, for divided argument, and for enlargement of time for oral argument GRANTED.
12/23/2022	Brief amici curiae of Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and 20 Media Organizations filed. (Distributed)
12/23/2022	Brief amicus curiae of GFR Media, LLC (El Nuevo Día/Primera Hora) filed. (Distributed)
12/27/2022	Brief amici curiae of LatinoJustice PRLDEF, et al. filed. (Distributed)
12/27/2022	Brief amicus curiae of Speaker of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives filed. (Distributed)
12/27/2022	Brief amici curiae of Clemente Properties Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)
12/27/2022	Brief amicus curiae of Espacios Abiertos filed. (Distributed)
12/27/2022	Brief amici curiae of Puerto Rican Legal Scholars filed. (Distributed)
12/27/2022	Brief amici curiae of Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, et al. filed. (Distributed)
01/03/2023	Reply of petitioner Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico filed. (Distributed)
01/11/2023	Argued. For petitioner: Mark D. Harris, New York, N. Y. For United States, as amicus curiae, supporting vacatur: Aimee W. Brown, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Sarah M. Harris, Washington, D. C.
05/11/2023	Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Kagan, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Alito, Sotomayor, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Barrett, and Jackson, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion.
06/12/2023	Judgment issued.