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Moore v. United States

Docket No.22-800
Op. Below9th Cir.
ArgumentDec 5, 2023

Holding

The Mandatory Repatriation Tax, "which attributes the realized and undistributed income of an American-controlled foreign corporation to the entity's American shareholders, and then taxes the American shareholders on their portions of that income" does not exceed Congress's constitutional authority.

Judgment

Affirmed, 7-2, in an opinion by Brett Kavanaugh on Jun 20, 2024. Justice Jackson files a concurring opinion. Justice Barrett filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which Justice Alito joined. Justice Thomas filed a dissenting opinion, in which Justice Gorsuch joined.

Proceedings & orders timeline

Feb 21, 2023
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 27, 2023)
Mar 16, 2023
Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 27, 2023 to April 26, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
Mar 17, 2023
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 26, 2023.
Mar 27, 2023
Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed.
Mar 27, 2023
Brief amicus curiae of Landmark Legal Foundation filed.
Mar 27, 2023
Brief amicus curiae of The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed.
Mar 27, 2023
Brief amici curiae of The Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, et al. filed.
Mar 27, 2023
Brief amicus curiae of Southeastern Legal Foundation filed.
Mar 27, 2023
Brief amicus curiae of The Buckeye Institute filed.
Mar 27, 2023
Brief amici curiae of The Pacific Research Institute, et al. filed.
Mar 27, 2023
Brief amicus curiae of Americans for Tax Reform filed.
Apr 17, 2023
Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 26, 2023 to May 16, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
Apr 18, 2023
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including May 16, 2023.
May 16, 2023
Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
May 30, 2023
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/15/2023.
May 30, 2023
Reply of petitioners Charles Moore, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jun 20, 2023
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/22/2023.
Jun 26, 2023
Petition GRANTED.
Jul 10, 2023
Motion for an extension of time within which to file the briefs on the merits filed.
Jul 10, 2023
Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner Charles G. Moore, et ux.
Jul 18, 2023
Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits is granted. The time to file petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including August 30, 2023. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including October 16, 2023.
Aug 30, 2023
Brief of petitioners Charles G. Moore, et ux. filed.
Sep 5, 2023
Brief amicus curiae of Professor Hank Adler filed.
Sep 5, 2023
Brief amicus curiae of Southern Policy Law Institute filed.
Sep 5, 2023
Brief amici curiae of Stop Extraterritorial American Taxation and Association of Americans Resident Overseas filed.
Sep 6, 2023
Brief amicus curiae of Independent Women's Law Center filed.
Sep 6, 2023
Brief amicus curiae of Liberty Justice Center filed.
Sep 6, 2023
Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Research Institute filed.
Sep 6, 2023
Brief amicus curiae of Atlantic Legal Foundation filed.
Sep 6, 2023
Brief amici curiae of West Virginia, et al. filed.
Sep 6, 2023
Brief amicus curiae of Landmark Legal Foundation filed.
Sep 6, 2023
Brief amici curiae of The Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, et al. filed.
Sep 6, 2023
Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed.
Sep 6, 2023
Brief amicus curiae of Mark E. Berg filed.
Sep 6, 2023
Brief amici curiae of Saving America's Family Enterprises, et al. filed.
Sep 6, 2023
Brief amicus curiae of Philanthropy Roundtable filed.
Sep 6, 2023
Brief amicus curiae of The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed.
Sep 6, 2023
Brief amici curiae of Individual Taxpayers filed.
Sep 6, 2023
Brief amicus curiae of Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council in support of neither party filed.
Sep 6, 2023
Brief amici curiae of Professors of Law and Linguistics in support of neither party filed.
Sep 6, 2023
Brief amicus curiae of Americans for Tax Reform filed.
Sep 6, 2023
Brief amici curiae of Sixteenth Amendment Insights, LLC and Jeffrey N. Schwartz filed.
Sep 6, 2023
Brief amicus curiae of FreedomWorks, Inc. filed.
Sep 6, 2023
Brief amici curiae of Southeastern Legal Foundation and Young America’s Foundation filed.
Sep 6, 2023
Brief amici curiae of The Buckeye Institute and National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center, Inc. filed.
Sep 6, 2023
Amicus brief of National Taxpayers Union Foundation not accepted for filing. (Corrected version submitted September 11, 2023.)
Sep 6, 2023
Brief amicus curiae of National Taxpayers Union Foundation in support of neither party (September 7, 2023) filed.
Sep 6, 2023
Brief amici curiae of Former Attorney General Edwin Meese III, et al. filed.
Sep 8, 2023
Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioners GRANTED. Statement of Justice Alito. (Detached Opinion)
Sep 8, 2023
Brief amicus curiae of Calvin H. Johnson filed.
Oct 11, 2023
Brief amicus curiae of Theodore P. Seto filed.
Oct 11, 2023
Brief amicus curiae of L.E. Simmons filed.
Oct 12, 2023
SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, December 5, 2023.
Oct 16, 2023
Brief of respondent United States filed.
Oct 17, 2023
Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Oct 17, 2023
Record received from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The record is electronic and is available on PACER.
Oct 19, 2023
Brief amici curiae of Reuven Avi-Yonah, Clinton G. Wallace & Bret Wells filed. (Distributed)
Oct 19, 2023
Brief amicus curiae of American Tax Policy Institute filed. (Distributed)
Oct 19, 2023
CIRCULATED
Oct 20, 2023
Brief amici curiae of Tax Professors Donald B. Tobin and Ellen P. Aprill filed. (Distributed)
Oct 20, 2023
Brief amici curiae of Professors Bruce Ackerman, Joseph Fishkin and William E. Forbath filed. (Distributed)
Oct 23, 2023
Brief amici curiae of John R. Brooks and David Gamage filed. (Distributed)
Oct 23, 2023
Brief amicus curiae of Amandeep S. Grewal filed.(11/6/2023) (Distributed)
Oct 23, 2023
Brief amici curiae of George A. Callas and Mindy Herzfeld filed. (Distributed)
Oct 23, 2023
Brief amicus curiae of The American College of Tax Counsel filed. (Distributed)
Oct 23, 2023
Brief amici curiae of Tax Economists filed. (Distributed)
Oct 23, 2023
Brief amici curiae of Main Street Alliance, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Oct 23, 2023
Brief amici curiae of Professors Akhil Reed Amar, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Oct 23, 2023
Brief amici curiae of Tax Law Center at NYU Law, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Oct 23, 2023
Brief amici curiae of Professors of Tax Law, Legal History, and Computational Science filed. (Distributed)
Oct 23, 2023
Brief amicus curiae of Alex Zhang filed. (Distributed)
Oct 23, 2023
Brief amici curiae of Arizona, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Nov 15, 2023
Reply of petitioners Charles G. Moore, et ux. filed. (Distributed)
Dec 5, 2023
Argued. For petitioners: Andrew M. Grossman, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Elizabeth B. Prelogar, Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C.
Jun 20, 2024
Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Kavanaugh, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson, JJ., joined. Jackson, J., filed a concurring opinion. Barrett, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which Alito, J., joined. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Gorsuch, J., joined.
Jul 22, 2024
Judgment Issued.

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