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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

Schedule of Oral Arguments

for

Monday, December 18, 2017

Arguments commence promptly at 10 a.m.

Courtroom, RDB 1009

Patchak v. Zinke, No. 17-1227

On Certiorari from the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

Issues Presented: Whether a federal statute directing the federal courts to “promptly dismiss” a pending lawsuit following substantive determinations by the court (including this court’s determination that the “suit may proceed”)—without amending the underlying substantive or procedural laws—violates the Constitution’s separation of powers principles of United States v. Klein and its progeny.

Before: Nunchuck, C.J., and Shuford and Wasserman, JJ.

Counsel for Petitioner: Paige Bennett

Counsel for Respondent: Yosef Kudan

Casey v. Denton, No. 17-0423

On Certiorari from the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (before judgment)

Issue Presented: Whether a state-law claim of legal malpractice arises under federal law and is removable from state court, where the alleged malpractice involved defendants’ conduct as lead or liaison counsel in a federal Multi-District Litigation convened under 28 U.S.C. § 1407.

Before: Basch, C.J., and Heim and Wasserman, JJ.

Counsel for Petitioner: Simone Graff

Counsel for Respondent: Christian Cantos

Hayes v. Allstate Insurance Co., No. 17-0526

On Certiorari from the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Issue Presented: Whether the “first-to-file” requirement for a qui tam action under the False Claims Act is a limitation on the jurisdiction of the federal district court or whether it goes to the substantive merits of the relator’s claim.

Before: Diaz-Espinosa, C.J., and Balthazor and Wasserman, JJ.

Counsel for Petitioner: Jackson Shuford

Counsel for Respondent: Shannon Crosby

Flanigan’s Enterprises, Inc. of Georgia v. City of Sandy Springs, No. 17-0520

On Certiorari from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Issue Presented: Whether a claim for nominal damages for past harm prevents a civil action from becoming moot when the challenged municipal ordinance has been repealed.

Before: Bennett, C.J., and Cantos and Wasserman, JJ.

Counsel for Petitioner: Sandra Ramirez

Counsel for Respondent: Vincent Nunchuck

202 North Monroe, LLC v. Sower, No. 17-0303

On Certiorari from the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Issue Presented: Whether a federal action to enjoin a state-court proceeding challenging settlement of a prior lawsuit falls within the “relitigation exception” to the Anti-Injunction Act, giving the federal court jurisdiction.

Before: Graff, C.J., and Gordon and Wasserman, JJ.

Counsel for Petititoner: Rachel Heim

Counsel for Respondent: Samuel Basch

Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District v. SolarCity Corp., No. 16-0428

On Certiorari from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Issues Presented: Whether the district court’s denial of state-action immunity from federal antitrust liability is immediately appealable under the collateral order doctrine of Cohen v. Beneficial Indus. Loan Corp.

Before: Ramirez, C.J., and Crosby and Wasserman, JJ.

Counsel for Petitioner: Andrew Balthazor

Counsel for Respondent: Allison Gordon

Stinnie v. Holcomb No. 16-0515

On Certiorari from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (before judgment)

Issues Presented: Whether Rooker-Feldman strips district court of jurisdiction over challenge to administrative order suspending drivers licenses of individuals owing debts to state courts.

Before: Balthazor, C.J., and Kudan and Wasserman, JJ.

Counsel for Respondent: Stefan Diaz-Espinosa