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Judgment Issued.
Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Kavanaugh, J., delivered the <a href = 'https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/23-975_m648.pdf'>opinion</a> of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Thomas, Alito, and Barrett, JJ., joined. Sotomayor, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which Kagan and Jackson, JJ., joined. Gorsuch, J., took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
Letter of the Acting Solicitor General filed. (Distributed)
Argued. For petitioners: Paul D. Clement, Alexandria, Va. For federal respondents supporting petitioners: Edwin S. Kneedler, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondents Eagle County, et al.: William M. Jay, Washington, D. C.
Letter from Clerk of Court to counsel of record noting that Justice Gorsuch will not continue to participate in this case.
Reply of petitioners Seven County Infrastructure Coalition, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Reply of federal respondents supporting petitioners filed. (Distributed)
Motion for divided argument filed by the Solicitor General GRANTED.
Motion for divided argument filed by respondents DENIED.
Record received electronically from the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and available with the Clerk.
Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed. (Distributed)
Motion for divided argument filed by respondents.
Motion of the Solicitor General for divided argument filed.
Brief amici curiae of 30 Members of the U.S. House and Senate filed. (Nov. 5, 2024) (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of Former Council on Environmental Quality Officials filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of Colorado Communities filed. (Distributed)
Brief amicus curiae of Howard University School of Law Civil Rights Clinic filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of State of Colorado, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Brief amicus curiae of The Institute for Policy Integrity at New York University School of Law filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of Former Senior Federal Officials, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
CIRCULATED
Brief of respondents Center for Biological Diversity, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Brief of respondent Eagle County, Colorado filed. (Distributed)
SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, December 10, 2024.
Brief amicus curiae of Center for American Liberty filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Anschutz Exploration Corporation filed.
Brief amicus curiae of NACCO Natural Resources Corporation filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Energy Transfer LP filed.
Brief amici curiae of the Chamber of Commerce of United States, et al. filed.
Brief amici curiae of Louisiana, et al. filed.
Brief amici curiae of Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, et al. filed.
Brief amici curiae of Law Professors filed.
Brief amici curiae of American Exploration & Mining Association, et al. filed.
Brief amicus curiae of the Center for Environmental Accountability filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Property and Environment Research Center filed.
Brief amici curiae of Americans for Prosperity Foundation, et al. filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Utah filed.
Brief amici curiae of United States Senators John Barrasso (WY), et al. filed.
Brief amici curiae of American Forest Resource Council, et al. filed.
Brief amicus curiae of NextDecade LNG, LLC filed.
Brief amici curiae of American Petroleum Institute, et al. filed.
Brief amicus curiae of American Planning Association in support of neither party filed.
Brief amici curiae of Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation, et al. filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Association of American Railroads (Sep. 5, 2024) filed.
Joint appendix (Corrected version of Volume I) (Oct. 22, 2024 filed. (Distributed)
Brief of federal respondents in support of petitioners filed.
Joint appendix (2 volumes) filed.
Brief of petitioners Seven County Infrastructure Coalition, et al. filed.
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 August 28, 2024. The time to file respondents' briefs on the merits is extended to and including October 18, 2024.
Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
Petition GRANTED.
Reply of petitioners Seven County Infrastructure Coalition, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Waiver of the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition pursuant to Rule 15.5 filed by petitioner.
Brief of federal respondents in opposition filed.
Brief of respondents Eagle County, Colorado, et al. in opposition filed.
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted in part and the time is further extended to and including May 20, 2024, for all respondents.
Response to motion to extend the time to file a response from petitioner filed.
Motion of respondent Eagle County, CO, et al. to extend the time to file a response from May 6, 2024 to June 5, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
Brief amicus curiae of NACCO Natural Resources Corporation filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Utah filed.
Brief amici curiae of TN Ranching Company, et al. filed.
Brief amici curiae of Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, et al. filed.
Brief amici curiae of Utah American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations filed.
Brief amicus curiae of American Forest Resource Council filed.
Brief amici curiae of Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation filed.
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 6, 2024, for all respondents.
Motion of the Solicitor General to extend the time to file a response from April 5, 2024 to May 6, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 5, 2024)
Seven County Infrastructure Coalition, et al., Petitioner, represented by Jay Christopher Johnson
Seven County Infrastructure Coalition, et al., Petitioner, represented by Paul D. Clement
Center for Biological Diversity, Living Rivers, Sierra Club, Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment, and WildEarth Guardians, Respondent, represented by Edward Breckenridge Zukoski
Center for Biological Diversity, Living Rivers, Sierra Club, Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment, and WildEarth Guardians, Respondent, represented by Kirti Datla
Eagle County, Colorado, Respondent, represented by William McGinley Jay
Eagle County, Colorado, et al., Respondent, represented by Nathaniel Hemmerick Hunt
United States, Respondent, represented by D. John Sauer
30 Members of the U.S. House and Senate, Amicus Curiae, represented by Xiao Wang
American Exploration & Mining Association, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Michael Robert Huston
American Forest Resource Council, Amicus Curiae, represented by Ivan Laurence London
American Petroleum Institute, National Association of Home Builders of the United States, National Association of Manufacturers, National Mining Association, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by Hadassah Marie Reimer
American Planning Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by John Michael Baker
Americans for Prosperity Foundation and the Competitive Enterprise Institute, Amicus Curiae, represented by Michael David Pepson
Anschutz Exploration Corporation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Kristina Renee Van Bockern
Association of American Railroads, Amicus Curiae, represented by Daniel Saphire
Colorado Communities, Amicus Curiae, represented by William Stewart Eubanks II
Constitutional Accountability Center, Amicus Curiae, represented by Brianne Jenna Gorod
Energy Transfer LP, Amicus Curiae, represented by William S. Scherman
Former Council on Environmental Quality Officials, Amicus Curiae, represented by Sean Hoe Donahue
Former Senior Federal Officials: Sally Jewell, Lynn Scarlett, Gregory Jaczko, Jonathan Jarvis, Dale Hall, Jamie Rappaport Clark, Thomas L. Tidwell, Dave Matsuda, Jo-Ellen Darcy, R. Lyle Laverty, and Jim Furnish, Amicus Curiae, represented by Beth Christine Neitzel
Howard University School of Law Civil Rights Clinic, Amicus Curiae, represented by Amit Jain
Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Donald P. Salzman
Law Professors, Amicus Curiae, represented by Mario Loyola
NACCO Natural Resources Corporation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Charles Turner Wehland
NextDecade LNG, LLC, Amicus Curiae, represented by Robert Mark Loeb
Property and Environment Research Center, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jonathan Calvin Wood
State of Colorado et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Shannon Wells Stevenson
The Center for Environmental Accountability, Amicus Curiae, represented by Paul E. Salamanca
The Chamber of Commerce of The United States of America and Nine Other Business Trade Associations, Amicus Curiae, represented by Kyle Douglas Hawkins
The Institute for Policy Integrity at New York University School of Law, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jason A. Schwartz
The State of Louisiana and 23 other states, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jorge Benjamin Aguinaga
TN Ranching Company, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Karen Budd-Falen
United States Senators John Barrasso (WY), et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Michael Blandford Buschbacher
Utah, Amicus Curiae, represented by Stanford Edward Purser
Utah Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, Amicus Curiae, represented by Frank D. Mylar
Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jeffrey Scott Rasmussen
Western States and Tribal Nations Natural Gas Initiative, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jeffrey Scott Rasmussen