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Thacker v. Tennessee Valley Authority

Docket No. Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
17-1201 Jan 14, 2019 Apr 29, 2019 9-0 Kagan OT 2018

Holding: Title 16 U.S.C. §831c(b), which serves to waive the Tennessee Valley Authority"s sovereign immunity from suit, is not subject to a discretionary function exception of the kind in the Federal Tort Claims Act.

Judgment: Reversed and remanded, 9-0, in an opinion by Justice Kagan on April 29, 2019.

DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
02/26/2018Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 29, 2018)
03/20/2018Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 29, 2018 to April 30, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
03/21/2018Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 30, 2018.
04/25/2018Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 30, 2018 to May 30, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
04/26/2018Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including May 30, 2018.
05/23/2018Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 30, 2018 to June 29, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
05/24/2018Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including June 29, 2018.
06/29/2018Brief of respondent Tennessee Valley Authority in opposition filed.
07/13/2018Reply of petitioner Gary Thacker, et ux filed.
07/18/2018DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
09/27/2018Petition GRANTED.
09/28/2018The order granting the petition for a writ of certiorari is amended as follows: The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted limited to Question 1 presented by the petition.
11/13/2018Brief of petitioners Gary Thacker, et ux filed.
11/19/2018Joint appendix filed.
11/28/2018SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Monday, January 14, 2019
11/30/2018CIRCULATED
12/11/2018Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 11th Circuit.
12/13/2018Brief of respondent Tennessee Valley Authority filed. (Distributed)
12/18/2018Record received from the U.S.C.A. 11th Circuit is electronic and located on PACER.
12/26/2018Record from the U.S.D.C. Northern Dist. of Alabama is electronic and located on the District courts web site.
01/04/2019Reply of petitioners Gary Thacker, et ux filed. (Distributed)
01/14/2019Argued. For petitioners: Franklin Taylor Rouse, Huntsville, Ala. For respondent: Ann O'Connell Adams, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C.
04/29/2019Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Kagan, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.
05/31/2019JUDGMENT ISSUED.