Docket for 21-454

No. 21-454
Title:	Michael Sackett, et ux., Petitioners v. Environmental Protection Agency, et al.
Docketed:	September 24, 2021

Lower Ct:	United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Case Numbers:	(19-35469)
Decision Date:	August 16, 2021
Rehearing Denied:
Discretionary Court Decision Date:

Questions Presented

Date	Proceedings and Orders
Sep 22 2021	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 25, 2021)
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Sep 28 2021	Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Michael Sackett, et al.
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Oct 15 2021	Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 25, 2021 to November 24, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
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Oct 18 2021	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 24, 2021.

Oct 20 2021	Brief amicus curiae of Southeastern Legal Foundation filed.
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Oct 25 2021	Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed.
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Oct 25 2021	Brief amici curiae of State of West Virginia, et al. filed.
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Oct 25 2021	Brief amicus curiae of New England Legal Foundation filed.
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Oct 25 2021	Brief amici curiae of the Cato Institute, et al. filed.
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Oct 25 2021	Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Home Builders filed.
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Nov 24 2021	Brief of respondents U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, et al. in opposition filed.
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Nov 29 2021	Waiver of the 14-day waiting period under Rule 15.5 filed.
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Nov 30 2021	Reply of petitioners Michael Sackett, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Dec 01 2021	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/7/2022.

Jan 10 2022	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/14/2022.

Jan 18 2022	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/21/2022.

Jan 24 2022	Petition GRANTED limited to the following question: Whether the Ninth Circuit set forth the proper test for determining whether wetlands are "waters of the United States" under the Clean Water Act, 33 U. S. C. §1362(7).

Jan 28 2022	Joint motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
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Feb 04 2022	Joint motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including April 11, 2022. The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including June 10, 2022.

Feb 10 2022	Blanket Consent filed by Respondents, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, et al.
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Apr 11 2022	Brief of petitioners Michael Sackett, et al. filed.
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Apr 11 2022	Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
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Apr 13 2022	Brief amici curiae of National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association, et al. filed.
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Apr 13 2022	Brief amicus curiae of Southeastern Legal Foundation filed.
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Apr 14 2022	Brief amici curiae of Congressional Western Caucus Members filed.
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Apr 14 2022	Brief amicus curiae of Liberty Justice Center filed.
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Apr 14 2022	Brief amici curiae of Atlantic Legal Foundation, et al. filed.
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Apr 14 2022	Brief amicus curiae of Americans for Prosperity Foundation filed.
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Apr 15 2022	Brief amici curiae of Forestry Organizations filed.
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Apr 15 2022	Brief amici curiae of Fourteen National Agricultural Organizations filed.
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Apr 18 2022	Brief amici curiae of Associated Industries of Florida and Florida H2O Coalition filed.
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Apr 18 2022	Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Home Builders filed.
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Apr 18 2022	Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States filed.
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Apr 18 2022	Brief amici curiae of Wyoming Stock Growers Association, et al. filed.
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Apr 18 2022	Brief amici curiae of Savannah Economic Development Authority, et al. filed.
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Apr 18 2022	Brief amicus curiae of Claremont Institute's Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence filed.
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Apr 18 2022	Amicus brief of Farm Bureaus of Arkansas, et al. not accepted for filing. (Corrected version to be submitted-- April 20, 2022.)

Apr 18 2022	Brief amici curiae of Farm Bureaus of Arkansas, et al. filed (4/21/22.)
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Apr 18 2022	Brief amici curiae of The National Association of Counties, et al. filed.
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Apr 18 2022	Brief amicus curiae of Duarte Nursery, Inc. filed.
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Apr 18 2022	Brief amici curiae of American Exploration and Mining Association, et al. filed.
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Apr 18 2022	Brief amicus curiae of Western Urban Water Coalition in support of neither party filed.
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Apr 18 2022	Brief amici curiae of Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, et al. filed.
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Apr 18 2022	Brief amici curiae of American Petroleum Institute, et al. filed.
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Apr 18 2022	Brief amici curiae of State of West Virginia and 25 Other States filed.
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Apr 18 2022	Brief amici curiae of Cato Institute, et al. filed.
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Apr 18 2022	Brief amicus curiae of Property and Environment Research Center filed.
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Apr 18 2022	Brief amicus curiae of Association of American Railroads filed.
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Apr 18 2022	Brief amicus curiae of Freeport-McMoRan Inc. filed.
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Apr 18 2022	Brief amicus curiae of State of Alaska filed.
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Apr 18 2022	Brief amicus curiae of National Cattlemen's Beef Association filed.
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Jun 10 2022	Brief of respondents U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, et al. filed.
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Jun 14 2022	ARGUMENT SET FOR Monday, October 3, 2022.

Jun 16 2022	Brief amicus curiae of Scientific Societies filed.
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Jun 16 2022	Brief amici curiae of Waterkeeper Alliance, et al. filed.
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Jun 17 2022	Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed.
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Jun 17 2022	Brief amici curiae of American Sustainable Business Network, et al. filed.
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Jun 17 2022	Brief amici curiae of Water Resource Management Organizations filed.
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Jun 17 2022	Brief amici curiae of Environmental and Community Organizations filed.
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Jun 17 2022	Brief amici curiae of Former EPA Administrators William K. Reilly, et al. filed.
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Jun 17 2022	Brief amicus curiae of Colorado filed.
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Jun 17 2022	Brief amici curiae of New York, et al. filed.
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Jun 17 2022	Brief amici curiae of Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin, et al. filed.
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Jun 17 2022	Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Clean Water Agencies filed.
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Jun 17 2022	Brief amicus curiae of Idaho Conservation League filed.
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Jun 17 2022	Brief amici curiae of Outdoor Recreation and Conservation Organizations filed.
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Jun 17 2022	Brief amicus curiae of Public Citizen filed.
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Jun 17 2022	Brief amici curiae of 167 U.S. Members of Congress filed.
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Jun 22 2022	Record requested from the 9th Circuit.

Jun 23 2022	The record from the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit is electronic and located on Pacer.

Jul 08 2022	Reply of petitioners Michael Sackett, et al. filed.
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Jul 21 2022	CIRCULATED

Oct 03 2022	Argued. For petitioners: Damien M. Schiff, Sacramento, Cal. For respondents: Brian H. Fletcher, Acting Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C.

Dec 30 2022	Letter from respondents notifying the Court of the joint final rule agreed on between the EPA and the Dept. of the Army regarding "waters of the United States" under the Clean Water Act. (Distributed)
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Jan 09 2023	Letter of petitioners in response to the December 30, 2022 letter of the Solicitor General filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 21 2023	Letter bringing the Court's attention to memorandum opinion and order granting preliminary injunction, Texas v. EPA, No. 3:23-cv-00017 (S.D. Tex. March 19, 2023) filed. (Distributed)
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Apr 13 2023	Letter bringing the Court's attention to the order granting preliminary injunction in W. Va. v. EPA, 3:23-cv-00032-DLH-ARS (D.N.D. April 12, 2023) filed. (Distributed)
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May 11 2023	Letter bringing the Court's attention to order granting preliminary injunction in Kentucky v. EPA, Nos. 23-5343/5345 (6th Cir. May 10, 2023) filed. (Distributed)
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May 25 2023	Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Alito, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Thomas, Gorsuch, and Barrett, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Gorsuch, J., joined. Kagan, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which Sotomayor and Jackson, JJ., joined. Kavanaugh, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson, JJ., joined.

Jun 26 2023	Judgment issued.
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NAME	ADDRESS	PHONE
Attorneys for Petitioners
Damien Michael Schiff Counsel of Record	Pacific Legal Foundation 555 Capitol Mall, Suite 1290 Sacramento, CA 95814 [email protected]	(916) 419-7111
Party name: Michael Sackett, et al.
Attorneys for Respondents
Brian Halligan Fletcher Counsel of Record	Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington, DC 20530 [email protected]	202-514-2201
Party name: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, et al.
Other
Timothy S. Bishop Counsel of Record	Mayer Brown, LLP 71 South Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60606 [email protected]	3127017829
Party name: Fourteen National Agricultural Organizations
Janette K. Brimmer Counsel of Record	Earthjustice 810 3rd Avenue Suite 610 Seattle, WA 98104-1645 [email protected]	206 504 3459
Party name: Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin and 17 Federally Recognized Indian Tribes
Beth Susan Brinkmann Counsel of Record	Covington & Burling 850 Tenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20001-4956 [email protected]	202-662-5312
Party name: Former EPA Administrators William K. Reilly and Carol M. Browner
Karen Budd-Falen Counsel of Record	Budd-Falen Law Offices, LLC 300 East 18th Street, Post Office Box 346 Cheyenne, WY 82003-0346 [email protected]	(307) 632-5105
Party name: Wyoming Stock Growers Association, Wyoming Association of Conservation Districts, and Progressive Pathways
Anthony Thomas Caso Counsel of Record	Constitutional Counsel Group 174 W. Lincoln Ave., #620 Anaheim, CA 92805 [email protected]	916-601-1916
Party name: Claremont Institute's Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence
David Yolun Chung Counsel of Record	Crowell & Moring, LLP 1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004-2595 [email protected]	202-624-2587
Party name: Forestry Organizations
Sara Anita Colangelo Counsel of Record	Georgetown University Law Center 600 New Jersey Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20001 [email protected]	2026616543
Party name: 167 U.S. Members of Congress in Support of Respondents
Terry Paul Cole Counsel of Record	Gunster Law Firm 215 S. Monroe Street, Suite 601 Tallahassee, FL 32301 [email protected]	(850) 521-1980
Party name: Associated Industries of Florida and Florida H2O Coalition
Alexandra Dapolito Dunn Counsel of Record	Baker Botts L.L.P. 700 K Street N.W. Washington, DC 20001 [email protected]	(202) 639-1324
Party name: National Association of Clean Water Agencies
Lawrence S. Ebner Counsel of Record	Atlantic Legal Foundation 1701 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Suite 200 Washington, DC 20006 [email protected]	202-729-6337
Party name: Atlantic Legal Foundation, Conservatives for Property Rights, Committee for Justice
Royal C. Gardner Counsel of Record	Stetson Univ. College of Law 1401 61st Street South Gulfport, FL 33707 [email protected]	727-562-7864
Party name: Scientific Societies
Brianne Jenna Gorod Counsel of Record	Constitutional Accountability Center 1200 18th Street, NW Suite 501 Washington, DC 20036 [email protected]	202 296 6889
Party name: Constitutional Accountability Center
Tyler Green Counsel of Record	Consovoy McCarthy PLLC 1600 Wilson Boulevard Suite 700 Arlington, VA 22209 [email protected]	(703) 243-9423
Party name: Congressional Western Caucus Members
Caitlin Joan Halligan	Selendy Gay Elsberg Pllc 1290 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10104 [email protected]	(212) 390-9000
Party name: Water Resource Management Organizations
Caleb Adam Jaffe Counsel of Record	Environmental Law and Community Engagement Clinic University of Virginia School of Law 580 Massie Road Charlottesville, VA 22903 [email protected]	4349244776
Party name: Idaho Conservation League
Thomas Michael Johnson Jr. Counsel of Record	Wiley Rein LLP 2050 M Street NW Washington, DC 20036 [email protected]	(202) 719-7000
Party name: Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, Rep. Sam Graves, and a Coalition of 199 Members of Congress
Timothy Vartkes Kassouni Counsel of Record	Kassouni Law 455 Capitol Mall Suite 604 Sacramento, CA 95814 [email protected]	916-930-0030
Party name: Duarte Nursery, Inc.
Michael B. Kimberly Counsel of Record	McDermott Will & Emery LLP 500 North Capitol Street NW The McDermott Building Washington, DC 20001 [email protected]	(202) 756-8901
Party name: Farm Bureaus of Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia
Lawrence R. Liebesman Counsel of Record	Smouse & Mason, LLC 223 Duke of Gloucester Street Annapolis, MD 21401 [email protected]	4102696620
Party name: National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association and The American Road and Transportation Builders Association
Elbert Lin Counsel of Record	Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP 951 E. Byrd Street Riverfront Plaza, East Tower Richmond, VA 23219-4074 [email protected]	804-788-7202
Party name: Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America
Jeremy Charles Marwell Counsel of Record	Vinson & Elkins LLP 2200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 500W Washington, DC 20037 [email protected]	202-639-6507
Party name: Freeport-McMoRan Inc.
Anna-Rose Mathieson Counsel of Record	California Appellate Law Group LLP 96 Jessie Street San Francisco, CA 94105 [email protected]	4156496700
Party name: Waterkeeper Alliance, San Francisco Baykeeper, Bayou City Waterkeeper, and 47 Other Waterkeeper Organizations
Jonathan Gerard Andre Monette Counsel of Record	Best Best & Krieger, LLP 1800 K Street, NW Suite 725 Washington, DC 20006 [email protected]	(202) 785-0600
Party name: The National Association of Counties, National League of Cities, United States Conference of Mayors, International City/County Management Association, International Municipal Lawyers Association, et al.
Scott Lawrence Nelson Counsel of Record	Public Citizen Litigation Group 1600 20th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20009 [email protected]	202-588-1000
Party name: Public Citizen
Eric Reuel Olson Counsel of Record	Solicitor General 1300 Broadway 10th Floor Denver, CO 80203 [email protected]	7205086548
Party name: Colorado
John Pagliaro Counsel of Record	The New England Legal Foundation 150 Lincoln Street Boston, MA 02111 [email protected]	617-695-3660
Party name: New England Legal Foundation
Michael David Pepson Counsel of Record	Americans for Prosperity Foundation 1310 N. Courthouse Rd., Ste. 700 Arlington, VA 22201 [email protected]	5713294529
Party name: Americans for Prosperity Foundation
Max Ephraim Rodriguez Counsel of Record	Pollock Cohen LLP 111 Broadway Suite 1804 New York, NY 10006 [email protected]	6462907509
Party name: American Sustainable Business Network, National Latino Farmers and Ranchers Trade Association, Ecological Restoration Business Association, and Craft Brewers
Jay Remington Schweikert Counsel of Record	The Cato Institute 1000 Massachusetts Ave. NW Washington, DC 20001 [email protected]	2022161461
Party name: Cato Institute
Lindsay Sara See Counsel of Record	Office of the West Virginia Attorney General 1900 Kanawha Blvd E, Bldg 1 Rm 26E Charleston, WV 25305 [email protected]	3045582021
Party name: State of West Virginia and 25 Other States
Ilya Shapiro Counsel of Record	Cato Institute 1000 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington, DC 20001 [email protected]	2028420200
Party name: The Cato Institute
Max Harris Siegel Counsel of Record	Selendy Gay Elsberg PLLC 1290 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10104 [email protected]	2123909063
Party name: Water Resource Management Organizations
Jennifer Anne Simon Counsel of Record	Kazmarek Mowrey Cloud Laseter LLP 1230 Peachtree Street N.E., Suite 900 Atlanta, GA 30309 [email protected]	4048120126
Party name: Southeastern Legal Foundation
Catherine Emily Stetson Counsel of Record	Hogan Lovells US LLP 555 13th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20004-1109 [email protected]	2026375491
Party name: American Petroleum Institute, Association of Oil Pipe Lines, and American Gas Association
Daniel Robert Suhr Counsel of Record	Liberty Justice Center 440 N. Wells St. Suite 200 Chicago, IL 60654 [email protected]	312-637-2280
Party name: Liberty Justice Center
Christopher D. Thomas Counsel of Record	Perkins Coie, LLP 2901 North Central Avenue, Suite 2000 Phoenix, AZ 85012 [email protected]	6023518045
Party name: American Exploration and Mining Association et al.
Nicholas Steele Torrey Counsel of Record	Southern Environmental Law Center 601 W. Rosemary St., Suite 220 Chapel Hill, NC 27516 [email protected]	9199671450
Party name: Environmental and Community Organizations
Misha Tseytlin Counsel of Record	Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP 227 W. Monroe, Suite 3900 Chicago, IL 60606 [email protected]	(608) 999-1240
Party name: Savannah Economic Development Authority, Greenland Developers, LLC, and Resource & Land Consultants LLC
Barbara Dale Underwood Counsel of Record	Solicitor General Office of the Attorney General 28 Liberty Street New York, NY 10005-1400 [email protected]	212-416-8016
Party name: New York, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaiʻi, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, and the District of Columbia
Fred R. Wagner Counsel of Record	Venable LLP 600 Mass. Ave., NW Washington, DC, DC 20001 [email protected]	2023444032
Party name: Association of American Railroads
Thomas Jon Ward Counsel of Record	National Association of Home Builders 1201 15th Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 [email protected]	202 266-8230
Party name: National Association of Home Builders
Meredith R. Weinberg Counsel of Record	Perkins Coie LLP 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900 Seattle, WA 98101 [email protected]	2063593229
Party name: Western Urban Water Coalition
David Andrew Wilkinson Counsel of Record	State of Alaska, Department of Law 1031 West 4th Avenue, Suite 200 Anchorage, AK 99501-1994 [email protected]	907-269-5100
Party name: State of Alaska
Jennifer Suzanne Windom Counsel of Record	Kramer Levin Robbins Russell LLP 2000 K Street, NW, 4th Floor Washington, DC 20006 [email protected]	202-775-4500
Party name: Outdoor Recreation and Conservation Organizations
Jonathan Calvin Wood Counsel of Record	Property and Environment Research Center 2048 Analysis Dr Ste A Bozeman, MT 59718 [email protected]	9722179306
Party name: Property and Environment Research Center
Scott Jonathan Yager Counsel of Record	National Cattlemen's Beef Association 1275 Pennsylvania Ave NW Suite 801 Washington, DC 20004 [email protected]	2023470228
Party name: National Cattlemen's Beef Association