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American Forest Resource Council v. United States

Petition for certiorari denied on March 25, 2024

Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
23-524 D.C. Cir. N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2023

Issue: (1) Whether the president can use an Antiquities Act Proclamation to override Congress" plain text in the Oregon and California Railroad and Coos Bay Wagon Road Grant Lands Act of 1937 to repurpose vast swaths of O&C Act timberlands as a national monument where sustained-yield timber production is prohibited; and (2) whether the secretary of the interior can override the O&C Act by designating 80% of the O&C timberlands as conservation "reserves" where sustained-yield timber harvest is prohibited.

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DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
09/26/2023Application (23A280) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 16, 2023 to November 15, 2023, submitted to The Chief Justice.
09/29/2023Application (23A280) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until November 15, 2023.
11/15/2023Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 18, 2023)
12/11/2023Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 18, 2023 to January 17, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
12/12/2023Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 17, 2024, for all respondents.
12/12/2023Brief amici curiae of Public Lands Council and National Cattlemen's Beef Association filed.
12/15/2023Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation filed.
12/15/2023Brief amici curiae of Roseburg Area Chamber of Commerce and NFIB Small Business Legal Center, Inc. filed.
12/15/2023Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Home Builders of the United States filed.
12/18/2023Brief amici curiae of Representative Cliff Bentz and 28 members of Congress filed. VIDED.
01/10/2024Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 17, 2024 to February 16, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
01/11/2024Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including February 16, 2024, for all respondents.
02/16/2024Brief of Federal Respondents in opposition filed.
02/16/2024Brief of respondents Soda Mountain Wilderness Council, et al. in opposition filed.
03/05/2024Reply of petitioners American Forest Resource Council, et al. filed. (Distributed)
03/06/2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/22/2024.
03/25/2024Petition DENIED. Justice Gorsuch and Justice Kavanaugh would grant the petition for a writ of certiorari.