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Guerin v. Fowler

Petition for certiorari denied on October 15, 2019
Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
18-1545 9th Cir. N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2019

Issues: (1) Whether, if a state’s statutorily created pension system allows government employees to transfer their accumulated pension contributions into a different pension plan, the employees have a constitutional right to a particular method for calculating interest on the contributions at the time of transfer; and (2) whether the 11th Amendment provides a state immunity from a claim in federal court for money damages, when the claim is framed as a request for an injunction ordering the state to provide compensation to plaintiffs.

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DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
Jun 11 2019Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 15, 2019)
Jul 03 2019Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 15, 2019 to August 23, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
Jul 05 2019Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 23, 2019.
Jul 09 2019Amicus brief of National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems not accepted for filing. (July 12, 2019)(Duplicate submission)
Jul 09 2019Brief amicus curiae of National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems filed.
Jul 15 2019Brief amici curiae of State of Alaska, et al. filed.
Aug 23 2019Brief of respondents Mickey Fowler, et al. in opposition filed.
Sep 06 2019Reply of petitioner Tracy Guerin filed.
Sep 11 2019DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
Oct 07 2019DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/11/2019.
Oct 15 2019Petition DENIED.