U.S. Bank National Association v. Village at Lakeridge

Docket No.	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
15-1509	Oct 31, 2017	Mar 5, 2018	9-0	Kagan	OT 2017

Holding: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit was right to review the Bankruptcy Court"s determination of non-statutory insider status for clear error (rather than de novo).

Judgment: Affirmed, 9-0, in an opinion by Justice Kagan on March 5, 2018. Justice Kennedy filed a concurring opinion. Justice Sotomayor filed a concurring opinion, in which Justices Kennedy, Thomas, and Gorsuch joined.

SCOTUSblog Coverage

Opinion analysis: Justices approve deferential review of bankruptcy-court determinations on insider status (Ronald Mann, March 5, 2018)
Argument analysis: Justices unsure whether to resolve case about standard of review for findings of insider status (Ronald Mann, November 1, 2017)
Argument preview: Bankruptcy case will have justices pondering standard of review for mixed questions of law and fact (Ronald Mann, October 24, 2017)
Todays orders Two grants, one CVSG, still no Masterpiece Cakeshop (Amy Howe, March 27, 2017)
Justices issue additional orders from September 26 conference (Update) (Amy Howe, October 3, 2016)

Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
06/13/2016	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 15, 2016)
07/12/2016	Order extending time to file response to petition to and including August 15, 2016, for all respondents.
08/15/2016	Brief of respondent The Village at Lakeridge, LLC in opposition filed.
08/31/2016	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 26, 2016.
10/03/2016	The Acting Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States.
02/13/2017	Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
02/28/2017	Reply of petitioner U.S. Bank National Association, Trustee, et al. filed.
03/01/2017	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 17, 2017.
03/20/2017	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 24, 2017.
03/27/2017	Petition GRANTED limited to Question 2 presented by the petition.
04/21/2017	The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including June 12, 2017.
04/21/2017	The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including August 11, 2017.
06/12/2017	Joint appendix filed.
06/12/2017	Brief of petitioner U.S. Bank National Association, Trustee, et al. filed.
08/11/2017	Brief of respondent The Village at Lakeridge, LLC filed.
08/18/2017	Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
08/18/2017	Brief amicus curiae of the United States filed.
08/31/2017	SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, October 31, 2017.
09/07/2017	CIRCULATED
09/11/2017	Reply of petitioners U.S. Bank National Association, Trustee, et al. filed. (Distributed)
09/12/2017	Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit.
09/25/2017	Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
10/31/2017	Argued. For petitioners: Gregory A. Cross, Baltimore, Md. For respondents: Daniel L. Geyser, Dallas, Tex.; and Morgan Goodspeed, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.)
03/05/2018	Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Kagan, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court. Kennedy, J., filed a concurring opinion. Sotomayor, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Kennedy, Thomas, and Gorsuch, JJ., joined.
04/06/2018	JUDGMENT ISSUED.