Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Association Inc. v. Wilkie
Petition granted, judgment vacated and case remanded with instructions to dismiss the case as moot.
Issue: (1) Whether judicial review of an interpretative Department of Veteran Affairs" regulation under the Administrative Procedures Act should be foreclosed under 38 U.S.C. § 502 when the Veterans Judicial Reform Act provides the sole avenue for review of the Secretary"s decisions; and (2) whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit"s decision creates a conflict with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia"s decision in Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Association Inc. and Military-Veterans Advocacy Inc. v. McDonald.
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
|---|---|
| 06/18/2018 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 23, 2018) |
| 07/19/2018 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 23, 2018 to August 22, 2018, submitted to The Clerk. |
| 07/19/2018 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 22, 2018. |
| 07/27/2018 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 22, 2018 to September 7, 2018, submitted to The Clerk. |
| 07/30/2018 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including September 7, 2018. |
| 09/07/2018 | Brief of respondent Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs in opposition filed. VIDED. |
| 09/24/2018 | Reply of petitioner Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Association, Inc. filed. (Distributed) |
| 09/26/2018 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/12/2018. |
| 10/22/2018 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/26/2018. |
| 10/29/2018 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/2/2018. |
| 06/17/2019 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/20/2019. |
| 06/17/2019 | Supplemental brief of petitioner Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Association, Inc. filed. (Distributed) |
| 06/24/2019 | Petition GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED with instructions to dismiss the case as moot. See United States v. Munsingwear, Inc., 340 U.S. 36 (1950). |
| 07/26/2019 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |