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Moylan v. Guerrero

Petition for certiorari denied on October 7, 2024

Docket No. Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
23-828 N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2024

Issue: Whether the Supreme Court of Guam"s advisory opinion that a Guam abortion law passed in 1990 had been impliedly repealed constitutes a permissible exercise of the "judicial authority" that Congress has vested in that court under 48 U.S.C. §1424(a)(1).

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DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
01/29/2024Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 4, 2024)
02/13/2024Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 4, 2024 to April 3, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
02/23/2024Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 3, 2024.
02/23/2024Waiver of right of respondent Lourdes A. Leon Guerrero, Governor of Guam to respond filed.
03/13/2024Motion of The Thirty-Seventh Guam Legislature to extend the time to file a response from April 3, 2024 to June 3, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
03/18/2024Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted in part and the time is extended to and including May 13, 2024.
04/19/2024Waiver of right of respondent The Thirty-Seventh Guam Legislature to respond filed.
04/30/2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/16/2024.
05/07/2024Response Requested. (Due June 6, 2024)
05/13/2024Motion of Lourdes Aflague Leon Guerrero to extend the time to file a response from June 6, 2024 to July 8, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
05/14/2024Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including July 8, 2024, for all respondents.
07/02/2024Motion of The Thirty-Seventh Guam Legislature to extend the time to file a response from July 8, 2024 to July 23, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
07/03/2024Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including July 23, 2024, for all respondents.
07/23/2024Brief of respondent Lourdes A. Leon Guerrero, Governor of Guam in opposition filed.
07/23/2024Brief of respondent The Thirty-Seventh Guam Legislature in opposition filed.
08/07/2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
08/07/2024Reply of petitioner Douglas B. Moylan, Attorney General of Guam filed. (Distributed)
10/07/2024Petition DENIED.