No. 20-601

Daniel Cameron, Attorney General of Kentucky v. EMW Women's Surgical Center, P.S.C., et al.

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-11-05
Status: Judgment Issued
Type: Paid
Amici (5)Relisted (2) Experienced Counsel
Tags: attorney-general civil-rights due-process federal-appeals-court intervention judicial-procedure june-medical standing state-law statutory-interpretation
Latest Conference: 2021-03-26 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether a state attorney general vested with the power to defend state law should be permitted to intervene after a federal court of appeals invalidates a state statute when no other state actor will defend the law.

And if so, whether the Court should vacate the judgment below and remand for further consideration in light of June Medical.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a state attorney general vested with the power to defend state law should be permitted to intervene after a federal court of appeals invalidates a state statute when no other state actor will defend the law

Docket Entries

2022-04-04
JUDGMENT ISSUED.
2022-03-03
Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Alito, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Thomas, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed a concurring opinion. Kagan, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which Breyer, J., joined. Sotomayor, J., filed a dissenting opinion.
2021-10-12
Argued. For petitioner: Matthew F. Kuhn, Principal Deputy Solicitor General, Frankfort, Ky. For respondents: Alexa Kolbi-Molinas, New York, N. Y.
2021-09-13
Reply of petitioner Daniel Cameron, Attorney General of Kentucky filed. (Distributed)
2021-08-20
Brief amici curiae of Federal Courts Scholars filed. (Distributed)
2021-08-13
Brief of respondents EMW Women's Surgical Center, P.S.C., et al. filed. (Distributed)
2021-08-03
CIRCULATED
2021-07-28
Record received from the U.S.C.A. 6th Circuit has been electronically filed.
2021-07-28
Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 6th Circuit.
2021-07-13
ARGUMENT SET FOR Tuesday, October 12, 2021.
2021-06-21
Brief amici curiae of Philip E. Berger, President Pro Tempore of the North Carolina Senate, et al. filed.
2021-06-21
Brief amicus curiae of Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund filed.
2021-06-21
Brief amici curiae of Arizona, et al. filed.
2021-06-14
Joint appendix filed. (Statement of cost filed)
2021-06-14
Brief of petitioner Daniel Cameron, Attorney General of Kentucky filed.
2021-04-27
Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including June 14, 2021. The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including August 13, 2021.
2021-04-06
Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
2021-03-29
Petition GRANTED limited to Question 1 presented by the petition.
2021-03-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/26/2021.
2021-02-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/19/2021.
2021-02-19
Reply of petitioner Daniel Cameron, Attorney General of Kentucky filed. (Distributed)
2021-02-05
Brief of respondents EMW Women's Surgical Center, P.S.C., et al. in opposition filed.
2020-12-07
Brief amici curiae of The States of Arizona, et al. filed.
2020-11-13
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 5, 2021.
2020-11-12
Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 7, 2020 to February 5, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-10-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 7, 2020)

Attorneys

Daniel Cameron, Attorney General of Kentucky
Matthew Franklin KuhnOffice of Attorney General of Kentucky, Petitioner
Barry Lee DunnOffice of the Kentucky Attorney General, Petitioner
Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund
Lawrence J. JosephLaw Office of Lawrence J. Joseph, Amicus
EMW Women's Surgical Center, P.S.C., et al.
Alexa Kolbi-MolinasAmerican Civil Liberties Union Federation, Respondent
Andrew David BeckAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Respondent
Federal Courts Scholars
Adam Scott GershensonCooley LLP, Amicus
Philip E. Berger, President Pro Tempore of the North Carolina Senate, and Timothy K. Moore, Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives
David H. ThompsonCooper & Kirk, PLLC, Amicus
The States of Arizona, Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and West Virginia
Brunn Wall Roysden IIIOffice of the Arizona Attorney General, Amicus