Mount Lemmon Fire District v. Guido

Docket No.	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
17-587	Oct 1, 2018	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.

SCOTUSblog Coverage

OT2018 #7: "Now Who's the Legal Realist?" (First Mondays, November 12, 2018)
Opinion analysis: Federal age-discrimination law applies to all public employees (Charlotte Garden, November 6, 2018)
Argument analysis: "A strange statute that was written in a strange way" (Charlotte Garden, October 2, 2018)
A "view" from the courtroom: Opening with an empty spot on the bench (Mark Walsh, October 1, 2018)
Argument preview: Age discrimination and small public employers (Charlotte Garden, September 24, 2018)
Justices add three cases to merits docket, but deny review in DACA-termination case (Amy Howe, February 26, 2018)

Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
08/25/2017	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.
08/30/2017	Application (17A226) granted by Justice Kennedy extending the time to file until October 18, 2017.
10/18/2017	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 20, 2017)
11/08/2017	Order extending time to file response to petition to and including December 18, 2017.
12/18/2017	Brief of respondents John Guido, et al. in opposition filed.
01/02/2018	Reply of petitioner Mount Lemmon Fire District filed. (Distributed)
01/03/2018	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/19/2018.
02/05/2018	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2018.
02/20/2018	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/23/2018.
02/26/2018	Petition GRANTED.
03/23/2018	Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner Mount Lemmon Fire District.
03/23/2018	Joint motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
03/26/2018	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.
04/06/2018	Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, John Guido, et al.
04/16/2018	Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner GRANTED.
05/04/2018	Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Mount Lemmon Fire District.
05/07/2018	Brief of petitioner Mount Lemmon Fire District filed.
05/14/2018	Brief amici curiae of National Conference of State Legislatures, et al. filed.
07/05/2018	Brief of respondents John Guido, et al. filed.
07/09/2018	SET FOR ARGUMENT On Monday, October 1, 2018
07/12/2018	Brief amici curiae of AARP, AARP Foundation and NELA filed.
07/12/2018	Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
07/12/2018	Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
08/03/2018	CIRCULATED
08/06/2018	Reply of petitioner Mount Lemmon Fire District filed. (Distributed)
08/07/2018	Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit.
08/24/2018	Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
08/30/2018	Record from the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit is electronic and located on PACER.
10/01/2018	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.)
11/06/2018	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.
12/10/2018	JUDGMENT ISSUED.