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Statistics on Amicus Briefs filed by States in the U.S. Supreme Court, NAAG (2019)
STATISTICS ON AMICUS BRIEFS FILED BY STATES IN THE U.S. SUPREME COURT
August 2018
In Support of Cert Petitions
1995 Term Total |
20 |
|
Cert Granted |
12 |
[won 12 of the cases] |
Cert Denied |
8 |
|
GVR |
1 |
|
1996 Term Total |
19 |
|
Cert Granted |
9 |
[won 8 of the cases] |
Cert Denied |
9 |
[SG views invited in 2 of the cases] |
GVR |
1 |
|
1997 Term Total |
19 |
|
Cert Granted |
6 |
[won 3 of the cases] |
Cert Denied |
12 |
[SG views invited in 3 of the cases] |
GVR |
1 |
|
1998 Term Total |
18 |
|
Cert Granted |
8 |
[won 5 of the cases] |
Cert Denied |
10 |
|
1999 Term Total |
24 |
|
Cert Granted |
9 |
[won 6 cases] |
Cert Denied |
15 |
[SG views invited in 2 of the cases] |
2000 Term Total |
12 |
|
Cert Granted |
3 |
[won 3 of the cases] |
Cert Denied |
8 |
[SG views invited in 2 of the cases] |
GVR |
1 |
[SG views invited] |
2001 Term Total |
24 |
|
Cert Granted |
9 |
[won 8 of the cases] |
Cert Denied |
14 |
|
GVR |
1 |
|
2002 Term Total |
17 |
|
Cert Granted |
11 |
[won 7 of the cases] |
Cert Denied |
6 |
|
2003 Term Total |
20 |
|
Cert Granted |
8 |
[won 6 of the cases] |
Cert Denied |
10 |
|
GVR/Held |
2 |
|
2004 Term Total |
20 |
|
Cert Granted |
9 |
[won 8 of the cases] |
Cert Denied |
11 |
[SG views invited in 1 of the cases] |
2005 Term Total |
19 |
|
Cert Granted |
5 |
[won 4 of the cases] |
Cert Denied |
12 |
[SG views invited in 2 of the cases] |
GVR/Held |
2 |
[SG views invited in 1 of the cases] |
2006 Term Total |
17 |
|
Cert Granted |
5 |
[won 4 of the cases] |
Cert Denied |
10 |
|
GVR |
1 |
|
Dismissed |
1 |
[SG views invited] |
2007 Term Total |
16 |
|
Cert Granted |
10 |
[won 8 of the cases] |
Cert Denied |
6 |
|
2008 Term Total |
12 |
|
Cert Granted |
5 |
[won 4 of the cases] |
Cert Denied |
7 |
|
2009 Term Total |
8 |
|
Cert Granted |
5 |
[won 5 of the cases] |
Cert Denied |
3 |
|
2010 Term Total |
10 |
|
Cert Granted |
6 |
[won 4 of the cases] |
Cert Denied |
4 |
[SG views invited in 2 of the cases] |
2011 Term Total |
16 |
|
Cert Granted |
7 |
[won 4 of the cases] |
Cert Denied |
9 |
|
2012 Term Total |
26 |
|
Cert Granted |
12 |
[won 7 of the cases; 2 were dismissed] |
Cert Denied |
14 |
|
2013 Term Total |
21 |
|
Cert Granted |
4 |
[won 2 of the cases] |
Cert Denied |
17 |
|
2014 Term Total |
19 |
|
Cert Granted |
10 |
[won 3 of the cases; 3 are pending] |
Cert Denied |
9 |
|
Held/GVR |
2 |
|
2015 Term Total |
29 |
|
Cert Granted |
9 |
[won 8 of the cases; 1 was 4-4] |
Cert Denied |
18 |
[SG views invited in 1 of the cases] |
Held/GVR |
2 |
|
2016 Term Total |
19 |
|
Cert Granted |
6 |
[won 4 of the cases; 1 pending] |
Cert Denied |
13 |
|
Held/GVR |
0 |
|
Other: |
1 |
[filed in support of cross-petition; underlying petition denied] |
2017 Term Total |
32 |
|
Cert Granted |
8 |
|
Cert Denied |
19 |
|
Held/GVR |
1 |
|
Pending: |
4 |
[SG views invited in 2 of the cases] |
Cert-stage success
1995: |
12 of 20 |
60% |
1996: |
9 of 18 |
50% |
1997: |
6 of 18 |
33% |
1998: |
8 of 18 |
44% |
1999: |
9 of 24 |
37.5% |
2000: |
3 of 11 |
27% |
2001: |
9 of 23 |
39% |
2002: |
11 of 17 |
65% |
2003: |
8 of 18 |
44% |
2004: |
9 of 20 |
45% |
2005: |
5 of 17 |
29% |
2006: |
5 of 15 |
33% |
2007: |
10 of 16 |
62.5% |
2008: |
5 of 12 |
42% |
2009: |
5 of 8 |
62.5% |
2010: |
6 of 10 |
60% |
2011: |
7 of 16 |
44% |
2012: |
12 of 26 |
46% |
2013: |
4 of 21 |
19% |
2014: |
10 of 19 |
50% |
2015: |
9 of 27 |
33% |
2016: |
6 of 19 |
32% |
2017: |
8 of 27 |
30% [4 pending; 2 were CVSGs] |
Total: 174 of 415 42%
Total (if CVSGs count as success): 191 of 415 46%
[note on methodology: GVR or held cases not counted]
[note on methodology: Cases are assigned a Term based on the case number only – e.g., a case with the number 08-xxx is deemed to be in the 2008 Term regardless of when the Court acted on the cert petition, or heard argument and issued its opinion in the case.]
1996 Term total: briefs filed in 31 cases [out of 84 cases argued] 1997 Term total: briefs filed in 32 cases [out of 93 cases argued] 1998 Term total: briefs filed in 24 cases [out of 80 cases argued] 1999 Term total: briefs filed in 37 cases [out of 77 cases argued] 2000 Term total: briefs filed in 34 cases [out of 79 cases argued] 2001 Term total: briefs filed in 30 cases [out of 78 cases argued] 2002 Term total: briefs filed in 36 cases [out of 76 cases argued] 2003 Term total: briefs filed in 26 cases [out of 74 cases argued] 2004 Term total: briefs filed in 31 cases [out of 75 cases argued] 2005 Term total: briefs filed in 36 cases [out of 75 cases argued] 2006 Term total: briefs filed in 33 cases [out of 69 cases argued] 2007 Term total: briefs filed in 25 cases [out of 67 cases argued] 2008 Term total: briefs filed in 29 cases [out of 78 cases argued] 2009 Term total: briefs filed in 28 cases [out of 77 cases argued] 2010 Term total: briefs filed in 30 cases [out of 78 cases argued] 2011 Term total: briefs filed in 27 cases [out of 68 cases argued] 2012 Term total: briefs filed in 30 cases [out of 75 cases argued] 2012 Term total: briefs filed in 29 cases [out of 70 cases argued] 2013 Term total: briefs filed in 29 cases [out of 70 cases argued] 2014 Term total: briefs filed in 24 cases [out of 67 cases argued] 2015 Term total: briefs filed in 25 cases [out of 69 cases argued] 2016 Term total: briefs filed in 20 cases [out of 64 cases argued] 2017 Term total: briefs filed in 30 cases [out of 63 cases argued]
Total: briefs filed in 588 cases [out of 1492 cases argued]
1995 Term Cases
Cert Granted (12)
Ohio v. Robinette, 95-891
California Division of Labor v. Dillingham Construction, 95-789 Bennett v. Spear, 95-813
Glickman v. Wileman Brothers, 95-1184 Kansas v. Hendricks, 95-1649
Maryland v. Wilson, 95-1268 Blessing v. Freestone, 95-1441 Quill v. Vacco, 95-1858
City of Boerne v. Flores, 95-2074
DeBuono v. NYSA-ILA Medical Services, 95-1594
Arkansas v. Farm Credit Services of Central Arkansas, 95-1918 Leavitt v. Jane L., 95-1242 (June 13, 1996)
Cert Denied (8)
Bair v. Burlington Northern RR Co., 95-855 (February 20, 1996)
Meyer v. National Solid Wastes Management Ass’n, 95-1079 (April 1, 1996) McClaran v. Davis, 95-1190 (April 1, 1996)
Chiles v. United States, 95-1249 (May 13, 1996)
New Mexico Dep’t of Human Services v. Joseph A., 95-1474 (May 13, 1996) Parravano v. Babbitt, 95-1311 (June 24, 1996)
Nixon v. Carver, 95-1258 (July 1, 1996)
Texas v. Hopwood, 95-1773 (July 1, 1996)
GVR (1)
Fierro v. Gomez, 95-1830 (October 15, 1996)
Cert Granted (9)
California v. Deep Sea Research, 96-1400 South Dakota v. Yankton Sioux Tribe, 96-1581 County of Sacramento v. Lewis, 96-1337
Ohio Adult Parole Authority v. Woodard, 96-1769 Alaska v. Native Village of Venetie, 96-1577 Hopkins v. Reeves, 96-1693
Montana v. Crow Tribe, 96-1829 Lambert v. Wickland, 96-858 Mazurek v. Armstrong, 96-1104
Cert Denied (9)
Cal. Franchise Tax Board v. MacFarlane, 96-235 (March 17, 1997) [SG views invited 10/10/96]
Florida Dep’t of Revenue v. Share International, Inc., 96-647 (January 3, 1997) Arkansas v. Donovan, 96-919 (denied on February 24, 1997)
Missouri v. Futo, 96-1259 (March 24, 1997)
Kamilewicz v. Bank of Boston Corp., 96-1184 (April 28, 1997) Leavitt v. Jane L., 96-1481 (June 16, 1997)
Maryland Dep’t of Education v. U.S. Dep’t of Veterans Affairs, 96-1550 (October 6, 1997) Morris v. Wright, 96-1811 (October 6, 1997)
Belshe v. Orthopaedic Hospital, 96-1742 (January 12, 1998) [SG views invited June 27, 1997]
GVR (1)
Giuliani v. Yourman, 96-152 (February 24, 1997)
1997 Term Cases
Cert Granted (5)
Cass County v. Leech Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, 97-174 Stewart v. Martinez-Villareal, 97-300
Pennsylvania Board of Probation v. Scott, 97-581 Pennsylvania Dep’t of Corrections v. Yeskey, 97-634 City of Chicago v. Morales, 97-1121
New Mexico ex rel. Ortiz v. Reed, 97-1217 Cert Denied (12)
Larsen v. American Medical Society, 97-218 (June 22, 1998) [SG views invited 11/10/97] Schuykill v. Pennsylvania Power and Lighting, 97-387 (November 10, 1997)
North Carolina v. FERC, 97-836 (February 23, 1998)
Premo v. Martin, 97-641 (March 2, 1998)
Voinovich v. Women’s Medical Professional Corp., 97-934 (March 23, 1998) Schultz v. U.S. Dep’t of the Army, 97-1117 (April 20, 1998)
Pinal Creek v. Newmont Mining Corp., 97-795 (June 22, 1998) [SG views invited 2/23/ 98] Blumenthal v. Philip Morris, 97-1399 (June 22, 1998)
West v. Lynn, 97-1892 (October 5, 1998)
Montana v. EPA, 97-1929 (October 5, 1998)
Colorado v. Romero, 97-1688 (October 13, 1998)
Coates v. Strahan, 97-1485 (November 2, 1998) [SG views invited May 18, 1998]
GVR (1)
Doherty v. Pennington, 97-58 (October 14, 1997)
1998 Term Cases
Cert Granted (8)
Anderson v. Roe, 98-97
Casey v. Blissett, 98-527 [cert granted in related case of Johnson v. Hadix] Olmstead v. L.C. and E.W., 98-536
Florida Prepaid v. College Savings Bank, 98-531
Board of Regents of State of Tennessee v. Coger, 98-821 [cert granted in related case of Kimel] FDA v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., 98-1152
Vermont Agency of Natural Resources v. U.S. ex rel. Stevens, 98-1828 Edwards v. Carpenter, 98-2060
Cert Denied (10)
North Carolina v. Jackson, 98-203 (October 13, 1998)
Wyoming v. Straight, 98-418 (November 9, 1998)
Cincinnati v. Kruse, 98-454 (November 16, 1998)
Anne Arundel County v. West, 98-266 (December 7, 1998)
Hannigan v. Stansbury, 98-367 (November 14, 1998)
Marshall v. Suster, 98-737 (January 19, 1999)
State Board of Equalization v. Southern Pacific Transp. Co., 98-584 (January 18, 2000) Kansas v. Brandau, 98-1705 (May 24, 1999)
Washington v. United States, 98-1026 (April 5, 1999)
Maryland and City Council of Baltimore v. One 1995 Corvette, 98-1886 (October 12, 1999)
Cert Granted (9)
Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe, 99-62 Natsios v. National Foreign Trade Council, 99-474 United States v. Morrison, 99-5
Stenberg v. Carhart, 99-830 Seling v. Young, 99-1185 Texas v. Cobb, 99-1702
Director of Revenue v. CoBank, 99-1792
The Good News Club v. Milford Central School, 99-2036
Garcia v. Jones, 99-1730 [cert granted in related case Booth v. Churner] Cert Denied (15)
Hatch v. Minnesota Twins Partnership, 99-414 (November 15, 1999)
Topinka v. Commonwealth Edison Co., 99-102 (October 4, 1999)
Virginia v. Collins, 99-380 (January 10, 2000)
New York v. Seneca Nation of Indians, 99-269 (January 10, 2000) Stewart v. Wallace, 99-689 (January 10, 2000)
Hill v. Rumbles, 99-537 (January 10, 2000)
Pennsylvania Dep’t of Corrections v. Nigro, 99-663 (January 10, 2000) Pennsylvania v. Chmiel, 99-826 (January 18, 2000)
Arkansas v. Farm Credit Services of Central Arkansas, 99-993 (March 27, 2000) Hull v. Fallon, 99-1083 (February 28, 2000)
Kansas State University v. Innes, 99-1048 (March 37, 2000)
Mack v. Paris, 99-1184 (May 1, 2000)
Foster v. Bank One, 99-1294 (April 24, 2000)
Hahnaman Albrecht, Inc. v. Potash Corp., 99-1844 (October 2, 2000)
Columbus America Discovery Group v. Atlantic Mutual Ins. Co., 99-1935 (October 2, 2000)
Cert granted (3)
Atkinson Trading Co. v. Shirley, 00-454 Kansas v. Crane, 00-957
Zelman v. Simmons-Harris, 00-1751 Cert denied (8)
Johnson v. J.C. Penney, 00-205 (October 10, 2000)
Bagley v. Combs, 00-312 (December 12, 2000)
Yarnell v. Cuffley, 00-289 (March 5, 2001) [SG views invited] Pierce v. Sac & Fox Indian Nation, 00-566 (February 20, 2001)
Atlantic Richfield v. Union Oil Co., 00-249 (February 20, 2001) [SG views invited] Cayetano v. Chevron, 00-1198 (March 26, 2001)
City of Elkart v. Books, 00-1407 (May 29, 2001)
Mehler v. Terminix, 00-1564 (June 11, 2001)
GVR/Held (1)
Montemayor v. Corporate Health Ins., 00-665 [SG views invited] [held for Rush Prudential]
Cert granted (9)
City of Columbus v. Ours Garage and Wrecker Service, 01-419 Smith v. Doe, 01-729
Scheidler v. NOW, 01-1118
Connecticut Department of Public Safety v. Poe, 01-1231 Washington State Dept. of SHS v. Keffeler, 01-1240 Nevada Dep’t of Human Resources v. Hibbs, 01-1368 Virginia v. Black, 01-1107
Pierce County v. Guillen, 01-1229
Ryan v. Telemarketing Associates, 01-1806 Cert denied (14)
Nebraska v. Central Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Comm’n, 01-87 (Oct. 1, 2001) California v. Shulman, 01-128 (Oct. 29, 2001)
Rylander v. Dow Chemical Co., 01-442 (Oct. 29, 2001)
Wilkinson v. Flagner, 01-324 (Dec. 10, 2001)
Vernon v. Gomez, 01-606 (Dec. 10, 2001)
Building Industry Ass’n of Superior California v. Norton, 01-620 (Jan. 14, 2002) Iowa v. Anthony, 01-790 (Feb. 17, 2002)
O’Bannon v. ICLU, 01-966 (Feb. 25, 2002)
Wisconsin v. EPA, 01-1247 (June 3, 2002)
Atwood v. Burlington Northern RR, 01-1617 (June 28, 2002) Court of Common Pleas v. Popovich, 01-1503 (Oct. 7, 2002)
Puerto Rico v. Arecibo Community Health Care, 01-1545 (Oct. 7, 2002) California Interscholastic Federation v. Barrios, 01-1763 (Oct. 7, 2002)
Maryland v. Drury, 01-1774 (Oct. 7, 2002)
GVR (1)
Face v. NHEMA, 01-1827 (GVR’ed on October 7, 2002)
Cert granted (11)
Franchise Tax Board of California v. Hyatt, 02-42 Grutter v. Bollinger, 02-241
Overton v. Bazzetta, 02-94
Inyo County v. Paiute-Shoshone Indians, 02-281 Alaska v. EPA, 02-658
Maryland v. Pringle, 02-809 Illinois v. Lidster, 02-1060 Baldwin v. Reese, 02-964 TSAC v. Hood, 02-1606
Hibbs v. Winn, 02-1809
Elk Grove School Dist. v. Newdow, 02-1624 Cert denied (6)
Moore v. Chamber of Commerce, 02-305 (Nov. 14, 2002)
Golightly v. Montoya, 02-796 (Jan. 13, 2003)
Building and Construction Trades Dep’t, AFL-CIO v. Allbaugh, 02-527 (Jan. 27, 2003) Russ v. Adland, 02-1241 (April 28, 2003)
Corporation of the Presiding Bishop v. First Unitarian Church, 02-1350 (June 23, 2003) Alameida v. Mayweathers, 02-1655 (Oct. 6, 2003)
Cert Granted (8)
Schiro v. Summerlin, 03-526 Wilkinson v. Dotson, 03-287
Devenpeck v. Alford, 03-710 [California-only amicus brief] Granholm v. Heald, 03-1116
Veneman v. Livestock Marketing, 03-1164
City of Rancho Palos Verdes v. Abrams, 03-1601 Van Orden v. Perry, 03-1500
Brosseau v. Haugen, 03-1261 Cert Denied (10)
Infineon Tech. v. Rambus, 03-37 (Oct. 6, 2003)
Arizona v. Pandeli (Oct. 14, 2003)
Davis v. Judy, 03-608 (Dec. 8, 2003) Dodge v. Cotter Corp. (Nov. 10, 2003)
Rancho Viejo v. Norton, 03-761 (March 1, 2004)
Ashcroft v. Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma, 03-740 (March 1, 2004) Boy Scouts of America v. Wyman, 03-956 (March 8, 2004)
Bunting v. Mellen, 03-863 (April 26, 2004)
Nelson v. S.D. Farm Bureau, 03-1111 (May 3, 2004)
South Dakota Dep’t of Revenue v. Pourier, 03-1401 (May 24, 2004) GVR or Held (2)
GDF Realty Investments v. Norton, 03-1619 [Held in light of Ashcroft v. Raich] Foubert v. Lyons, 03-1622 [GVRed in light of Brosseau v. Haugen]
Cert Granted (9)
Lingle v. Chevron USA, Inc., 04-163 MGM, Inc. v. Grokster, 04-480 Shaffer v. Weast, 04-698
Richards v. Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, 04-631 Central Virginia Community College v. Katz, 04-885 Scheidler v. NOW, 04-1244
Vermont Republican State Committee v. Sorrell, 04-1528 Wilkins v. Cuno, 04-1724
Schriro v. Smith, 04-1475 Cert Denied (11)
City of Albuquerque v. Homans, 04-413 (Nov. 29, 2004)
Rahn v. Robb, 04-629 (Jan. 10, 2005)
Hammond v. Coeur d'Alene Tribe, 04-624 (Feb. 28, 2005)
McBride v. Ortiz, 04-668 (Feb. 28, 2005)
California v. Dynegy Power Marketing, Inc., 04-1028 (April 18, 2005)
Baltimore City Dep’t of Social Services v. Teresa B., 04-1054 (May 16, 2005) Montana v. Anyan, 04-1318 (June 6, 2005)
Cooper v. United States, 04-1507/1508 (June 27, 2005)
PUD No. 1 v. Dynegy Power Marketing, 04-621 (June 27, 2005) [SG views invited] Maine v. Patterson, 04-1491 (Oct. 3, 2005)
N.J. Dep’t of Labor v. Reconstituted Committee, 04-1487 (Oct. 3, 2005)
Granted (5)
Brigham County v. Stuart, 05-502 Woodford v. Ngo, 05-416 Gonzales v. Carhart, 05-380
Environmental Defense v. Duke Energy, 05-848 Watters v. Wachovia Bank, 05-1342
Cert Denied (12)
Beretta USA v. D.C., 05-118 (Oct. 3, 2005)
Peabody Western Coal Co. v. EEOC, 05-353 (Jan. 23, 2006) Dmick v. Republican Party of Minnesota, 05-566 (Jan. 23, 2006)
FTC v. Schering-Plough Corp., 05-273 [SG views invited on October 31, 2005] Gregory v. Lee, 05-344 (Feb. 27, 2006)
North Dakota v. Army Corps of Engineers, 05-628 (March 20, 2006) North Dakota v. Army Corp of Engineers, 05-611 (April 24, 2006) Drogin v. Lee, 05-969 (June 5, 2006)
Blackletter v. Tarabochia, 05-1061 (May 30, 2006)
Minnesota v. Allen, 05-1078 (April 24, 2006)
Utah v. Shivwits Band of Paiute Indians, 05-1160 (Oct. 2, 2006)
Hatch v. Cellco Partnership, 05-1159 [SG views invited on June 12, 2006] GVR (1)
Lingle v. Arakaki, 05-988 [GVR’ed on June 12, 2006]
Held (1)
Burke v. Wachovia Bank, 05-431 [SG views invited on December 5, 2005]
[Held in light of Watters v. Wachovia Nat’l Bank]
Granted (5)
Hein v. Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc., 06-157 Rowe v. N.H. Motor Transport Ass’n, 06-457
Virginia v. Moore, 06-1082
Kentucky Retirement Systems v. EEOC, 06-1037 Allen v. Siebert, 06-1680
Denied (10)
Tilton v. Remeidio, 06-167 (Oct. 10, 2006)
Anderson v. Town of Durham, 06-132 (Dec. 4, 2006)
Montana Board of Investments v. Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc., 06-291 (Dec. 11, 2006) Lundeen v. Canadian Pacific Railway, 06-528 (Jan. 22, 2007)
University of Puerto Rico v. Toledo, 06-779 (March 19, 2007) Belleque v. Kephart, 06-1015 (March 26, 2007)
Michigan High School Athletic Ass’n v. Communities for Equity, 06-1038 (April 2, 2007) Gale v. Jones, 06-1045 (April 2, 2007)
Texas v. Meyers, 06-462 (April 30, 2007)
Idaho v. Estrada, 06-1410 (Oct. 1, 2007)
GVR (1)
University of Notre Dame v. Laskowski, 06-582 [GVR’ed on June 29, 2007] Dismissed (1)
Selig v. Pediatric Specialty Care, 06-415 [SG views invited on February 20, 2007]
Granted (10)
District of Columbia v. Heller, 07-290 Indiana v. Edwards, 07-208
Florida Dep’t of Revenue v. Piccadilly Cafeterias, 07-312 Pacific Bell v. Linkline Communications, 07-512 Carcieri v. Kempthorne, 07-526
Pleasant Grove v. Summum, 07-665 Bartlett v. Strickland, 07-689
Utility Water Group v. Riverkeeper, Inc., 07-597 Kansas v. Ventris, 07-1356
Hawaii v. Office of Hawaiian Affairs, 07-1372 Denied (6)
Maryland v. Paulino, 07-284 (Dec. 3, 2007)
Jennings v. Jones, 07-654 (Jan. 22, 2008)
Phelps v. Stevenson, 07-575 (Feb. 19, 2008)
Iowa v. Bentley, 07-886 (March 17, 2008)
Smith v. Al-Amin, 07-1485 (Oct. 6, 2008)
Wilcox v. United States ex rel. Stoner, 07-1336 (Oct. 6, 2008)
Granted (5)
Cuomo v. Clearing House Ass’n, 08-453
Graham County Soil & Water Dist. v. U.S. ex rel. Wilson, 08-304 [CVSG’ed on 12/8/08] United Student Aid Funds v. Espinosa, 08-1134
Berghuis v. Smith, 08-1402
McDonald v. City of Chicago, 08-1521
Denied (7)
Beard v. Hannon, 08-326 (Dec. 8, 2008)
Alabama v. Pope, 08-345 (Dec. 15, 2008)
Brewer v. Nader, 08-648 (March 6, 2009)
Virginia v. Jaynes, 08-765 (March 30, 2009)
Kight v. Turner, 08-849 (April 20, 2009)
Broad v. Weigel, 08-1128 (May 28, 2009)
Zurich American Ins. Co. v. Lexington Coal Co., 08-1254 (June 29, 2009)
Granted (5)
Levin v. Commerce Energy, Inc., 09-223 Garriott v. Winn, 09-991
Kentucky v. King, 09-1272 Camreta v. Green, 09-1454
Maxwell-Jolly v. Independent Living Center, 09-958
Denied (3)
Haskell County Bd. of Comm’rs v. Green, 09-531 (March 1, 2010) John J. Kane Regional Centers v. Grammer, 09-696 (Feb. 22, 2010) Mills v. Midwest Title Loans, Inc., 09-1325 (Oct. 4, 2010)
Granted (6)
Madison County v. Oneida Indian Nation, 10-72 American Elec. Power Co. v. Connecticut, 10-174 Lafler v. Cooper, 10-209
Missouri v. Frye, 10-444
Howe v. Fields, 10-680 [amicus brief filed in support of petition raising identical issue, Sheets
v. Simpson, 10-458] Ryan v. Gonzales, 10-930
Denied (4)
Friends of the Everglades v. South Fla. Water Mgmt. Dist., 10-196, 10-252 (Nov. 29, 2010) Louisiana Wholesale Drug Co. v. Bayer AG, 10-762 (March 7, 2011)
Aquino v. Suiza Dairy, Inc., 10-74 (May 16, 2011) [SG views invited on 10/12/10] Davenport v. American Atheists, Inc., 10-1297 (Oct. 31, 2011)
Settled (1)
North Carolina v. TVA, 10-977
Granted (7)
Arizona v. United States, 11-182 Reichle v. Howards, 11-262 Decker v. NEDC, 11-338 Florida v. Jardines, 11-564
Arkansas Game & Fish Comm’n v. United States, 11-597 Florida v. Harris, 11-817
Tarrant Regional Water District v. Herrmann, 11-889
Denied (9)
Forsyth County v. Joyner, 11-546 (Jan. 16, 2012)
Warner v. Ocampo, 11-614 (June 29, 2012)
Alabama v. Lane, 11-627 (Jan. 23, 2012)
King v. Kansas Judicial Watch, 11-829 (March 5, 2012)
Mount Soledad Memorial Ass’n v. Trunk, 11-998 (June 25, 2012) Micci v. Aleman, 11-1062 (June 25, 2012)
Virginia v. Banks, 11-1071 (April 30, 2012)
American Tradition Partnership, Inc. v. Bullock, 11-1179 (June , 2012) Wyoming v. U.S. Dep’t of Agriculture, 11-1378
Granted (12)
Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, 12-71 Shelby County v. Holder, 12-96
McQuiggin v. Perkins, 12-126
Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group v. Gill, 12-13 [cert granted on same issue in United States v.
Windsor, 12-307] Hollingsworth v. Perry, 12-144 Burt v. Titlow, 12-414
FTC v. Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 12-416 Metrish v. Lancaster, 12-547
Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, 12-682 Nevada v. Jackson, 12-694
Town of Greece v. Galloway, 12-696 Madigan v. Levin, 12-872
Denied (14)
Thaler v. McGowan, 12-82 (Nov. 26, 2012)
Chafee v. United States, 12-223 (Jan. 14, 2013) Wolfenbarger v. Foster, 12-420
Alexander v. Lewis, 12-470 (Jan. 14, 2013)
Brown v. Henley, 12-532 (Jan. 7, 2013) Cassens Transport Co. v. Brown, 12-622 Butts v. Hall, 12-813
Kachalsky v. Cacaces, 12-845 Alabama v. United States, 12-884 Arnone v. Ebron, 12-924
Director of Department of Revenue of Montana v. U.S. Dep't of Treasury, 12-926 Indiana Family & Social Services Administration v. Bontrager, 12-1037 Secretary of the Indiana FSSA v. Planned Parenthood of Indiana, Inc., 12-1039 Big Sky Colony, Inc. v. Montana Department of Labor & Industry, 12-1191 Luminent Generation v. EPA, 12, 1484
Held (2)
Brewer v. Diaz, 12-23
Elmbrook School District v. Doe, 12-755
Granted (4)
Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp. v. Sebelius, 13-356 Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., 13-354
N.C. State Board of Dental Examiners v. FTC, 13-534 Ohio v. Clark, 13-1352
Denied (17)
National Rifle Association v. ATF, 13-137 Judd v. Libertarian Party of Virginia, 13-321 Dzurenda v. Gonzalez, 13-204
Horne v. Isaacson, 13-402 Alaska v. Jewell, 13-562
Elane Photography v. Willock, 13-585 Mingo Logan v. EPA, 13-599
Montana Shooting Sports Ass'n v. Holder, 13-634 Drake v. Jerejian, 13-827
Scott v. AFSCME, 13-841
Campbell v. Kovacic, 13-933 North Dakota v. EPA, 13-940
Mount Soledad Memorial Association v. Trunk, 13-1061 Rocky Mountain Farmers Union v. Corey, 13-1148
Association des Eleveurs de Canards et D’Oies du Quebec v. Harris, 13-1313 Nebraska v. Mantich, 13-1348
Kalamazoo County Road Commission v. Deleon, 13-1516
Granted (10)
Glebe v. Frost, 14-95 King v. Burwell, 14-114
Gobeille v. Liberty Mutual Ins. Co., 14-181 Sturgeon v. Masica, 14-1209 (Alaska only) Carroll v. Carman, 14-212
Horne v. Dep’t of Agriculture, 14-275 (Texas only) Friedrichs v. California Teachers Ass’n, 14-915 Franchise Tax Board of California v. Hyatt, 14-1175 Utah v. Strieff, 14-1373
Hughes v. PPL EnergyPlus, LLC, 14-614; Denied (9)
Herbert v. Kitchen, 14-124 Colorado v. Schaufele, 14-266
Humble v. Planned Parenthood, 14-284 State Water Contractors v. Jewell, 14-402 Oklahoma ex rel. Pruitt v. Burwell, 14-586 Jackson v. City of San Francisco, 14-704 Holbrook v. Woods, 14-931
Arizona v. Ashton Co., 14-1019
Nevada v. Superior Court of California, 14-1073
Held/GVR (2)
Hickenlooper v. Kerr, 14-460 [GVR] Fiordaliso v. PPL EnergyPlus, 14-694 [Held]
Granted (9)
Houston Baptist Univ. v. Burwell, 15-35; Little Sisters of the Poor v. Burwell, 15-105 Whole Woman's Health v. Cole, 15-274
Sheriff v. Gillie, 15-338 Ross v. Blake, 15-339
Trinity Lutheran Church v. Pauley, 15-577 Czyzewski v. Jevic Holding Corp., 15-649 United States v. Texas, 15-674
Johnson v. Lee, 15-789
District of Columbia v. Wesby, 15-1485
Denied (18)
Friedman v. Highland Park, Illinois, 15-133 Center for Competitive Politics v. Harris, 15-152 Gentry v. Rudin, 15-324
American Farm Bureau Federation v. EPA, 15-599 Stormans, Inc. v. Wiesman, 15-682
Home Care Ass’n of America v. Weil, 15-683 Ohio v. Sierra Club, 15-684
New Jersey v. Maltese, 15-772 Baynes v. Cleland, 15-852
United Student Aid Fund v. Bible, 15-861
International Franchise Ass’n v. City of Seattle, 15-958
Little River Band of Ottawa Indians Tribal Government v. NLRB, 15-1024 [and Soaring Eagle Casino v. NLRB, 15-1034]
Michigan v. EPA, 15-1152
DeJoria v. Maghreb Petroleum Exploration, S.A., 15-1033
Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency v. Pele, 15-1044 [CVSG on 5/16/16] [and PHEAA v. U.S. ex rel. Oberg, 15-1045]
Ryan v. McKinney, 15-1222
Building Industry Ass’n v. Department of Commerce, 15-1350
Gillette Co. v. Franchise Tax Board of California, 15-1442 (Ohio only)
GVR or Held (2)
Nevada v. Torres, 15-5 (held)
Colorado State Bd. of Ed. v. Taxpayers for Public Ed., 15-558 (held)
Granted (6)
California Public Employees’ Retirement System v. Moody Investors Services, Inc., 16-373 Christie v. NCAA, 16-476
Husted v. Ohio A. Philip Randolph Institute, 16-980
Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, 16-1466 Washington State Department of Licensing v. Cougar Den, Inc., 16-1498
Gill v. Whitford, 16-1611
Denied (13)
Jane Doe No. 1 v. Backpage.com, LLC, 16-276 Abbott v. Veasey, 16-393
Bennie v. Munn, 16-452 Alaska v. Zinke, 16-596 Binno v. ABA, 16-796
Sterling v. United States, 16-814 Connecticut v. Dickson, 16-866 Peruta v. San Diego County, 16-894 Filson v. Tarango, 16-1000
Florida Department of Revenue v. Gonzalez, 16-1013 Brewer v. Arizona Dream Act, 16-1180 [CVSG] New Jersey v. Zuber, 16-1496
Robinson v. United States, 16-1532
Other
Brohl v. Direct Marketing Association, 16-458 [supporting conditional cross-petition; petition was denied, making the conditional cross-petition irrelevant]
Granted (8)
United States v. Microsoft, 17-2
Weyerhaeuser Co. v. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, 17-71; 17-74 Washington v. United States, 17-269
South Dakota v. Wayfair, 17-494 Abbott v. Perez, 17-626
Sturgeon v. Frost, 17-949 (Alaska only) Frank v. Gaos, 17-961
Franchise Tax Bd. of Cal. v. Hyatt, 17-1299
Denied (19)
Glisson v. D.O., 17-17
Coachella Valley Water Dist. v. Agua Caliente Band, 17-40; 17-42 City of Bloomfield v. Felix, 17-60
Alaska v. Ross, 17-118 Kolbe v. Hogan, 17-127
Great Plains Lending, LLC v. CFPB, 17-184
Garco Construction, Inc. v. Secretary of the Army, 17-225 Evans v. Georgia Regional Hospital, 17-370
Byrd v. Budder, 17-405
Window Rock Unified School Dist. v. Reeves, 17-447
People for the Ethical Treatment of Property Owners v. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, 17-465 March v. Mills, 17-689
Louisiana Dep’t of Corrections v. Ware, 17-930 Wyoming v. Sam, 17-952
U.S. Dep’t of Homeland Security v. Regents of Univ. of Calif., 17-1003 Colorado v. Fuentes-Espinoza, 17-1084
Connecticut v. Torres, 17-1112
Sierra Pacific Industries v. United States, 17-1153 Ryan v. Poyson, 17-1274
Pending
Kansas v. Garcia, 17-834 [CVSG]
Association des Eleveurs de Canards et d’Oies du Quebec v. Becerra, 17-1285 [CVSG] Scarnati v. Agre, 17-1368
California Sea Urchin Comm'n v. Combs, 17-1636
Held
Nevada Department of Wildlife v. Smith, 17-1348
Granted
Denied
Pending
Kennedy v. Bremerton School District, 18-12 Kiser v. Wilkie, 18-15
Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Comm’n v. American Humanist Ass’n, 18-18
Statistics on Amicus Briefs filed by States in the U.S. Supreme Court, NAAG (2019) (Links to an external site.)
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