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Guerin v. Fowler

Petition for certiorari denied on October 15, 2019

Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
18-1545 9th Cir. N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2019

Issue: (1) Whether, if a state"s statutorily created pension system allows government employees to transfer their accumulated pension contributions into a different pension plan, the employees have a constitutional right to a particular method for calculating interest on the contributions at the time of transfer; and (2) whether the 11th Amendment provides a state immunity from a claim in federal court for money damages, when the claim is framed as a request for an injunction ordering the state to provide compensation to plaintiffs.

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DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
06/11/2019Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 15, 2019)
07/03/2019Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 15, 2019 to August 23, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
07/05/2019Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 23, 2019.
07/09/2019Amicus brief of National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems not accepted for filing. (July 12, 2019)(Duplicate submission)
07/09/2019Brief amicus curiae of National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems filed.
07/15/2019Brief amici curiae of State of Alaska, et al. filed.
08/23/2019Brief of respondents Mickey Fowler, et al. in opposition filed.
09/06/2019Reply of petitioner Tracy Guerin filed.
09/11/2019DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
10/07/2019DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/11/2019.
10/15/2019Petition DENIED.