Docket No. | Op. Below | Argument | Opinion | Vote | Author | Term |
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16-399 | D.C. Cir. | Apr 17, 2017 | Jun 23, 2017 | 7-2 | Ginsburg | OT 2016 |
Holding: The proper review forum when the Merit Systems Protection Board dismisses a mixed case -- a complaint by an employee of a serious adverse employment action attributable, in whole or in part, to bias based on race, gender, age or disability -- on jurisdictional grounds is district court.
Judgment: Reversed and remanded, 7-2, in an opinion by Justice Ginsburg on June 23, 2017. Justice Gorsuch filed a dissenting opinion, in which Justice Thomas joined.
Date | Proceedings and Orders |
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Sep 27 2016 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 27, 2016) |
Oct 21 2016 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including November 28, 2016. |
Nov 14 2016 | Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including December 5, 2016. |
Dec 05 2016 | Brief of respondent Merit Systems Protection Board in opposition filed. |
Dec 20 2016 | Reply of petitioner Anthony W. Perry filed. |
Dec 21 2016 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 6, 2017. |
Jan 09 2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 13, 2017. |
Jan 13 2017 | Petition GRANTED. |
Feb 14 2017 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs in support of either party or neither party from counsel for the petitioner. |
Feb 17 2017 | SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Monday, April 17, 2017. |
Feb 22 2017 | Record requested from U.S.C.A. for the D.C. Circuit. |
Feb 27 2017 | Record received from U.S.C.A. for the D.C. Circuit. The record is electronic. |
Feb 27 2017 | Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed.) |
Feb 27 2017 | Brief of petitioner Anthony W. Perry filed. |
Mar 03 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association (MWELA) filed. |
Mar 17 2017 | Record received from the Merit Systems Protection Board (1 box). |
Mar 22 2017 | CIRCULATED. |
Mar 29 2017 | Brief of respondent Merit Systems Protection Board filed. (Distributed) |
Apr 10 2017 | Reply of petitioner Anthony W. Perry filed. (Distributed) |
Apr 17 2017 | Argued. For petitioner: Christopher Landau, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Brian H. Fletcher, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. |
Jun 23 2017 | Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Ginsburg, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Kennedy, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Gorsuch, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Thomas, J., joined. |
Aug 07 2017 | Record from the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board has been returned. |
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