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Judgment and Mandate Issued.
Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Judgment in No. 24-1113 AFFIRMED and case REMANDED. Sotomayor, J., delivered the <a href = 'https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-1021_p860.pdf'>opinion</a> for a unanimous Court. VIDED.
Argued. For New Jersey Transit Corporation, et al.: Michael Zuckerman, Deputy Solicitor General, Trenton, N. J. For Galette and Colt, et al.: Michael B. Kimberly, Washington, D. C. VIDED.
Record received from the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Eastern District and available with the Clerk (one envelope).
Reply of respondent New Jersey Transit Corporation filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
CIRCULATED
Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed. VIDED.
Brief amici curiae of Professor William Baude, et al. filed. VIDED.
Brief amicus curiae of Public Citizen filed. VIDED.
Brief amici curiae of Federal Courts Scholars filed. VIDED.
Brief amicus curiae of American Association for Justice filed. VIDED.
Amicus brief of Cedric Galette not accepted for filing. (November 18, 2025) (to be corrected with proper amicus party and attachments)
Brief amicus curiae of New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers filed. VIDED.
Record requested from the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Eastern District.
Response brief of Cedric Galette filed. VIDED.
Response brief of Jeffrey Colt, et al. filed. (as to 24-1113)
SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, January 14, 2026. VIDED.
Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by respondents GRANTED. VIDED.
Order entered by Justice Sotomayor: Upon consideration of the application of counsel for the applicants, it is ordered that the trial in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County, Index No. 158309/2017, is hereby stayed pending further order of Justice Sotomayor or of the Court. (As to 24-1113).
Application for a stay (25A287), submitted to Justice Sotomayor. (As to 24-1113).
Brief amicus curiae of Commuter Rail Coalition filed. VIDED.
Brief amici curiae of Texas, et al. filed. VIDED.
Brief amici curiae of State of Missouri, et al. filed. VIDED.
Brief amicus curiae of National Governors Association filed. VIDED.
Opening brief on the merits of New Jersey Transit Corporation, et al. filed. VIDED.
Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by New Jersey Transit Corporation, et al. VIDED.
Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. New Jersey Transit Corporation will serve as the petitioners in these cases, and the time to file the joint appendix and the opening brief on the merits is extended to and including September 3, 2025. The time to file the response briefs on the merits of Cedric Galette and Jeffrey Colt, et al. is extended to and including November 12, 2025. VIDED. (Corrected - August 8, 2025.)
Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed. VIDED.
Petition GRANTED and consolidated with No. 24-1113, limited to the following question: Whether the New Jersey Transit Corporation is an arm of the State of New Jersey for interstate sovereign immunity purposes. A total of one hour is allotted for oral argument.
Because the Court has consolidated these cases for briefing and oral argument, future filings and activity in the cases will now be reflected on the docket of No. 24-1021. Subsequent filings in these cases must therefore be submitted through the electronic filing system in No. 24-1021. Each document submitted in connection with one or more of these cases must include on its cover the case number and caption for each case in which the filing is intended to be submitted. Where a filing is submitted in fewer than all of the cases, the docket entry will reflect the case number(s) in which the filing is submitted; a document filed in all of the consolidated cases will be noted as “VIDED.”
Supplemental brief of petitioner Cedric Galette filed. (Distributed)
Rescheduled.
Brief amici curiae of Texas, 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.
Reply of petitioner Cedric Galette filed. (Distributed)
Brief of respondent New Jersey Transit Corporation in support filed.
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 24, 2025)
Cedric Galette, Petitioner, represented by Michael B. Kimberly
Jeffrey Colt, et al., Respondent, represented by Brian J. Shoot
Jeffrey Colt, et al., Respondent, represented by Easha Anand
Jeffrey Colt, et al., Respondent, represented by Jeffrey L. Fisher
New Jersey Transit Corporation, Respondent, represented by Jeremy Michael Feigenbaum
New Jersey Transit Corporation, Respondent, represented by Michael Louis Zuckerman
American Association for Justice, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jeffrey Robert White
Commuter Rail Coalition, Amicus Curiae, represented by Nathaniel Hemmerick Hunt
Constitutional Accountability Center, Amicus Curiae, represented by Brianne Jenna Gorod
Federal Courts Scholars, Amicus Curiae, represented by Eric F. Citron
Higher Education Loan Authority of the State of Missouri, Amicus Curiae, represented by Daniel Jacob Feith
National Governors Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by R. Trent McCotter
New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers, Amicus Curiae, represented by Michael John Hutter Jr.
Professors William Baude and Stephen E. Sachs, Amicus Curiae, represented by Stephen Edward Sachs
Public Citizen, Amicus Curiae, represented by Nandan Maheshchandra Joshi
Texas, Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia, and Wyoming, Amicus Curiae, represented by William Robert Peterson
The State of Texas, Amicus Curiae, represented by William Robert Peterson
The States of Texas, Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and Wyoming, Amicus Curiae, represented by Aaron Lloyd Nielson