| No. 19-351 | |
| Title: | Federal Republic of Germany, et al., Petitioners v. Alan Philipp, et al. |
| Docketed: | September 18, 2019 |
| Linked with 19A118 | |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (17-7064, 17-7117) |
| Decision Date: | July 10, 2018 |
| Rehearing Denied: | June 18, 2019 |
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| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Jul 26 2019 | Application (19A118) for a stay pending the filing and disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari, submitted to The Chief Justice. |
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| Jul 30 2019 | Application (19A118) denied by The Chief Justice. The application is denied without prejudice to petitioners filing a new application after seeking relief in the district court. |
| Sep 16 2019 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 18, 2019) |
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| Oct 17 2019 | Brief of respondents Alan Philipp, et al. in opposition filed. |
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| Dec 27 2019 | Reply of petitioners Federal Republic of Germany, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Dec 30 2019 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/17/2020. |
| Jan 21 2020 | The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States. |
| May 26 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. VIDED. |
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| Jun 08 2020 | Supplemental brief of respondents Alan Philipp, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
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| Jun 09 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/25/2020. |
| Jun 29 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 7/1/2020. |
| Jul 02 2020 | Petition GRANTED. |
| Jul 29 2020 | Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed. |
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| Jul 30 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including September 4, 2020. The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including October 22, 2020. |
| Jul 31 2020 | Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Alan Philipp, et al. |
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| Jul 31 2020 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Federal Republic of Germany, et al. |
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| Sep 04 2020 | Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed) |
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| Sep 04 2020 | Brief of petitioners Federal Republic of Germany, et al. filed. |
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| Sep 04 2020 | Proposal of petitioners to lodge materials under Rule 32.3 filed. |
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| Sep 10 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Davis R. Robinson, et al. in support of neither party filed. |
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| Sep 10 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Foreign International Law Scholars and Jurists filed. |
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| Sep 11 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. |
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| Sep 11 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Professors Samuel Estreicher and Thomas H. Lee in support of neither party filed (also in 18-1447). VIDED. |
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| Sep 11 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Societe Nationale SNCF SA in support of neither party filed (also in 18-1447). VIDED |
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| Sep 11 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Holocaust and Nuremberg Historians in support of neither part filed. |
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| Sep 16 2020 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, December 7, 2020. |
| Oct 08 2020 | Record requested from the U.S.C.A. District of Columbia Circuit. |
| Oct 19 2020 | Brief amici curiae of National Jewish Commission on Law and Public Affairs (COLPA), et al. filed. |
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| Oct 19 2020 | Record received from the U.S.C.A. D.C. Circuit is electronic and located on PACER. |
| Oct 22 2020 | Brief of respondents Alan Philipp, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Oct 22 2020 | Proposal of Respondents to lodge materials under Rule 32.3 filed. |
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| Oct 27 2020 | CIRCULATED |
| Oct 27 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Florida Holocaust Museum, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Oct 28 2020 | Brief amici curiae of The 1939 Society, et al. filed (also in 18-1447) filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
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| Oct 28 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of The Holocaust Art Restitution Project, Inc. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Oct 29 2020 | Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
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| Oct 29 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Members of the United States House of Representatives filed (also in 18-1447). VIDED. (Distributed) |
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| Oct 29 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Professor William S. Dodge and Professor Maggie Gardner filed (also in 18-1447). VIDED. (Distributed) |
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| Oct 29 2020 | Brief amici curiae of The World Jewish Congress, Commission for Art Recovery, and Ambassador Ronald S. Lauder filed (also in 18-1447). VIDED. (Distributed) |
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| Oct 29 2020 | Brief amici curiae of American Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists and other advocates for Holocaust restitution filed. (Distributed) |
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| Oct 29 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Holocaust Survivors Foundation, USA, Inc., et al. (also in 19-351) filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
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| Oct 29 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Peter Toren filed. (Distributed) |
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| Oct 29 2020 | Proposal of amici curiae the World Jewish Congress, Commission for Art Recovery, and Ambassador Ronald S. Lauder to lodge materials under Rule 32.3 filed. |
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| Nov 09 2020 | Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. |
| Nov 23 2020 | Reply of petitioners Federal Republic of Germany, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Dec 07 2020 | Argued. For petitioners: Jonathan M. Freiman, New Haven, Conn.; and Edwin S. Kneedler, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondents: Nicholas M. O'Donnell, Boston, Mass. |
| Feb 03 2021 | Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Roberts, C. J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court. |
| Mar 08 2021 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioners | ||
| Jonathan M. Freiman Counsel of Record | Wiggin & Dana LLP One Century Tower P.O. Box 1832 New Haven, CT 06508-1832 jfreiman@wiggin.com | 203-498-4584 |
| Party name: Federal Republic of Germany, et al. | ||
| Attorneys for Respondents | ||
| Nicholas Michael O'Donnell Counsel of Record | Sullivan & Worcester LLP One Post Office Square Boston, MA 02109 nodonnell@sullivanlaw.com | 617-338-2814 |
| Party name: Alan Philipp, et al. | ||
| Other | ||
| John Bellinger Bellinger III Counsel of Record | Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP 601 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20001 john.bellinger@arnoldporter.com | 202-942-6599 |
| Party name: Societe Nationale SNCF SA | ||
| Donald S Burris Counsel of Record | Burris & Schoenberg, LLP 12121 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 800 Los Angeles, CA 90025 don@bslaw.net | 310-442-5559 |
| Party name: Florida Holocaust Museum, et al. | ||
| Pierre Ciric Counsel of Record | The Ciric Law Firm, PLLC 335 East 14th Street Suite # 1171 New York, NY 10009 pciric@ciriclawfirm.com | (212) 260-6090 |
| Party name: The Holocaust Art Restitution Project, Inc. | ||
| Samuel J. Dubbin Counsel of Record | Dubbin & Kravetz, LLP 1200 Anastasia Ave., #300 Coral Gables, FL 33134 sdubbin@dubbinkravetz.com | 305 815-8060 |
| Party name: Holocaust Survivors Foundation, USA, Inc., Renee Firestone, David Mermelstein, David Schaecter, Klaire Firestone, Thomas Weiss, M.D., And Naomi Vilko, M.D. | ||
| Lisa Marie Geary Counsel of Record | RMP, LLP 5519 Hackett Rd. Springdale, AR 72762 lgeary@rmp.law | 4794432705 |
| Party name: Foreign International Law Scholars and Jurists | ||
| James Harold Hulme Counsel of Record | Arent Fox LLP 1717 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20006-5342 james.hulme@arentfox.com | 2028576144 |
| Party name: Davis R. Robinson, Abraham D. Sofaer, David P. Stewart and Edwin Williamson | ||
| Thomas Russell Kline Counsel of Record | Cultural Heritage Partners, PLLC 2101 L Street, NW Suite 800 Washington, DC 20037 tom@culturalheritagepartners.com | (202) 567-7594 |
| Party name: The World Jewish Congress, Commission for Art Recovery, and Ambassador Ronald S. Lauder | ||
| Geoffrey Morris Klineberg Counsel of Record | Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C. 1615 M Street, NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20036 gklineberg@kellogghansen.com | 2023267928 |
| Party name: Professor William S. Dodge and Professor Maggie Gardner | ||
| Nathan Lewin Counsel of Record | Lewin & Lewin, LLP 888 17th St. NW, 4th Floor Washington, DC 20006 nat@lewinlewin.com | 2028281000 |
| Party name: National Jewish Commission on Law and Public Affairs (COLPA), et al. | ||
| Owen C. Pell Counsel of Record | White & Case LLP 1221 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020-1095 opell@whitecase.com | 212-819-8891 |
| Party name: Holocaust and Nuremberg Historians | ||
| Elizabeth B. Prelogar | Acting Solicitor General United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530-0001 SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov | 202-514-2217 |
| Party name: United States | ||
| Lawrence Saul Robbins Counsel of Record | Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck, Untereiner & Sauber LLP 2000 K Street NW 4th Floor Washington, DC 20006 lrobbins@robbinsrussell.com | (202) 775-4501 |
| Party name: Peter Toren | ||
| Amelia Lynn Borrego Sargent Counsel of Record | Willenken LLP 707 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 3850 Los Angeles, CA 90017 asargent@willenken.com | 2139559240 |
| Party name: Professors Samuel Estreicher And Thomas H. Lee | ||
| Akiva Shapiro Counsel of Record | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP 200 Park Avenue New York, NY 10166 ashapiro@gibsondunn.com | (212) 351-4000 |
| Party name: Members of the United States House of Representatives | ||
| Benjamin Gross Shatz Counsel of Record | Manatt, Phelps, & Phillips, LLP 2049 Century Park East Suite 1700 Los Angeles, CA 90067-3119 bshatz@manatt.com | 3103124383 |
| Party name: The 1939 Society, Michael Bazyler, Bet Tzedek, Center for the Study of Law & Genocide at LMU Loyola Law School, and The Holocaust Education Center in the Desert, Inc. d/b/a Tolerance Education Center | ||
| Arthur Richter Traldi Counsel of Record | Andreozzi & Foote 4503 N. Front Street Harrisburg, PA 18042 traldilaw2018@gmail.com | 6104287179 |
| Party name: American Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists and other advocates for Holocaust restitution | ||