Decided

No. 16-1498

Washington State Department of Licensing v. Cougar Den, Inc.

from the Supreme Court of Washington

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Docket Entries

MANDATE ISSUED.

JUDGMENT ISSUED.

Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Breyer, J., announced the judgment of the Court and delivered an opinion, in which Sotomayor and Kagan, JJ., joined. Gorsuch, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which Ginsburg, J., joined. Roberts, C. J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Thomas, Alito, and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined. Kavanaugh, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Thomas, J., joined.

Argued. For petitioner: Noah Purcell, Washington State Solicitor General, Olympia, Wash.; and Ann O'Connell, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondent: Adam G. Unikowsky, Washington, D. C.

Record received from the Supreme Court of Washington is electronic and located on PACER.

Reply of petitioner Washington State Department of Licensing filed. (Distributed)

Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. Justice Kavanaugh took no part in the consideration or decision of this motion.

Brief amici curiae of Confederated Tribes and Band of the Yakama Nation filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Nez Perce Tribe, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of National Congress of American Indians filed. (Distributed)

Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.

Brief of respondent Cougar Den, Inc. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Sacred Ground Legal Services filed. (Distributed)

Motion to extend the time to file respondent's brief on the merits granted and the time is extended to and including September 17, 2018.

SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, October 30, 2018

Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.

Brief amici curiae of The Washington Oil Marketers Association and the Washington Association of Neighborhood Stores filed.

Joint appendix filed.

Brief of petitioner Washington State Department of Licensing filed.

Petition GRANTED.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/21/2018.

Supplemental brief of respondent Cougar Den, Inc. filed. (Distributed)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/14/2018.

Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.

The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/25/2017.

Reply of petitioner Washington State Department of Licensing filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation filed.

Brief of respondent Cougar Den, Inc. in opposition filed.

Brief amici curiae of Washington Oil Marketers Association, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of The States of Idaho, et al. filed.

Order extending time to file response to petition to and including August 16, 2017.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 17, 2017)

Parties

Washington State Department of Licensing, Petitioner, represented by Noah Guzzo Purcell

Cougar Den, Inc., Respondent, represented by Adam G. Unikowsky

Cougar Den, Inc., Respondent, represented by Mathew Lane Harrington

Amici Curiae

Confederated Tribes and Band of the Yakama Nation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Ethan Andrew Jones

Multistate Tax Commission and Federation of Tax Administrators, Amicus Curiae, represented by Helen Hecht

National Congress of American Indians, Amicus Curiae, represented by Virginia Anne Seitz

Nez Perce Tribe, Amicus Curiae, represented by David James Cummings

The States of Idaho, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Clay R. Smith

The Washington Oil Marketers Association and the Washington Association of Neighborhood Stores, Amicus Curiae, represented by Philip Albert Talmadge

United States, Amicus Curiae, represented by Noel J. Francisco

Washington Oil Marketers Association, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Philip Albert Talmadge

 
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