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Galette v. New Jersey Transit Corporation

Consolidated with:

Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
24-1021 Pa. TBD TBD TBD TBD OT 2025

Issue: Whether the New Jersey Transit Corporation is an arm of the State of New Jersey for interstate sovereign immunity purposes.

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DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
03/19/2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 24, 2025)
04/15/2025Brief of respondent New Jersey Transit Corporation in support filed.
04/21/2025Reply of petitioner Cedric Galette filed. (Distributed)
04/22/2025Waiver of the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition pursuant to Rule 15.5 filed by petitioner.
04/23/2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/15/2025.
04/24/2025Brief amici curiae of Texas, et al. filed. (Distributed)
04/30/2025Rescheduled.
06/09/2025Supplemental brief of petitioner Cedric Galette filed. (Distributed)
06/10/2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/26/2025.
07/03/2025Petition GRANTED and consolidated with No. 24-1113, limited to the following question: Whether the New Jersey Transit Corporation is an arm of the State of New Jersey for interstate sovereign immunity purposes. A total of one hour is allotted for oral argument.
07/03/2025Because the Court has consolidated these cases for briefing and oral argument, future filings and activity in the cases will now be reflected on the docket of No. 24-1021. Subsequent filings in these cases must therefore be submitted through the electronic filing system in No. 24-1021. Each document submitted in connection with one or more of these cases must include on its cover the case number and caption for each case in which the filing is intended to be submitted. Where a filing is submitted in fewer than all of the cases, the docket entry will reflect the case number(s) in which the filing is submitted; a document filed in all of the consolidated cases will be noted as “VIDED.”
07/21/2025Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed. VIDED.
07/22/2025Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. New Jersey Transit Corporation will serve as the petitioners in these cases, and the time to file the joint appendix and the opening brief on the merits is extended to and including September 3, 2025. The time to file the response briefs on the merits of Cedric Galette and Jeffrey Colt, et al. is extended to and including October 14, 2025. VIDED.