Mount Lemmon Fire District v. Guido

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
17-587	9th Cir.	Oct 1, 2018 Tr.Aud.	Nov 6, 2018	8-0	Ginsburg	OT 2018

Holding: State and local governments are covered employers under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 regardless of the number of employees they have.

Judgment: Affirmed, 8-0, in an opinion by Justice Ginsburg on November 6, 2018. Justice Kavanaugh took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.

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Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
Aug 25 2017	Application (17A226) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 17, 2017 to October 18, 2017, submitted to Justice Kennedy.
Aug 30 2017	Application (17A226) granted by Justice Kennedy extending the time to file until October 18, 2017.
Oct 18 2017	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 20, 2017)
Nov 08 2017	Order extending time to file response to petition to and including December 18, 2017.
Dec 18 2017	Brief of respondents John Guido, et al. in opposition filed.
Jan 02 2018	Reply of petitioner Mount Lemmon Fire District filed. (Distributed)
Jan 03 2018	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/19/2018.
Feb 05 2018	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2018.
Feb 20 2018	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/23/2018.
Feb 26 2018	Petition GRANTED.
Mar 23 2018	Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner Mount Lemmon Fire District.
Mar 23 2018	Joint motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
Mar 26 2018	Joint motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits is granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including May 7, 2018. The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including July 5, 2018.
Apr 06 2018	Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, John Guido, et al.
Apr 16 2018	Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner GRANTED.
May 04 2018	Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Mount Lemmon Fire District.
May 07 2018	Brief of petitioner Mount Lemmon Fire District filed.
May 14 2018	Brief amici curiae of National Conference of State Legislatures, et al. filed.
Jul 05 2018	Brief of respondents John Guido, et al. filed.
Jul 09 2018	SET FOR ARGUMENT On Monday, October 1, 2018
Jul 12 2018	Brief amici curiae of AARP, AARP Foundation and NELA filed.
Jul 12 2018	Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
Jul 12 2018	Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Aug 03 2018	CIRCULATED
Aug 06 2018	Reply of petitioner Mount Lemmon Fire District filed. (Distributed)
Aug 07 2018	Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit.
Aug 24 2018	Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Aug 30 2018	Record from the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit is electronic and located on PACER.
Oct 01 2018	Argued. For petitioner: E. Joshua Rosenkranz, New York, N. Y. For respondents: Jeffrey L. Fisher, Stanford, Cal.; and Jonathan C. Bond, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.)
Nov 06 2018	Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Ginsburg, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which all other Members joined, except Kavanaugh, J., who took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
Dec 10 2018	JUDGMENT ISSUED.

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