No. 19-688

Wells Fargo & Co., et al. v. City of Miami, Florida

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2019-11-27
Status: Judgment Issued
Type: Paid
Amici (1) Experienced Counsel
Tags: civil-procedure civil-rights fair-housing-act legal-causation private-litigation proximate-cause standing statutory-interpretation statutory-violation tort-liability
Latest Conference: 2020-02-28
Related Cases: 19-675 (Vide)
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether proximate cause in private litigation about the Fair Housing Act requires more than a "logical bond" between the alleged statutory violation and the plaintiff's injury.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether proximate cause in private litigation about the Fair Housing Act requires more than a 'logical bond' between the alleged statutory violation and the plaintiffs injury

Docket Entries

2020-04-03
JUDGMENT ISSUED.
2020-03-02
The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted. The judgment of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit is vacated as moot. See United States v. Munsingwear, Inc., 340 U. S. 36 (1950).
2020-02-13
Reply Brief in Support of Suggestion of Mootness filed. (Distributed)
2020-02-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/28/2020.
2020-02-07
Reply of petitioners Wells Fargo & Co., et al. filed.
2020-02-03
Suggestion of Mootness filed.
2020-01-27
Brief of respondent City of Miami, Florida in opposition filed.
2019-12-26
Brief amici curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. filed.
2019-12-12
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 27, 2020.
2019-12-09
Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 27, 2019 to January 27, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-11-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 27, 2019)

Attorneys

American Bankers Association et al.
Robert Allen Long Jr.Covington & Burling, LLP, Amicus
Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, American Property Casualty Insurance Association, and Business Roundtable
Daniel Patrick Kearney Jr.Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP, Amicus
City of Miami, Florida
Robert S. PeckCenter for Constitutional Litigation, P.C., Respondent
DRI-The Voice of the Defense Bar
Matthew T. NelsonWarner Norcross + Judd LLP, Amicus
The Cato Institute
Ilya ShapiroCato Institute, Amicus
Wells Fargo & Co., et al.
Neal Kumar KatyalHogan Lovells US LLP, Petitioner