ATLANTIC RICHFIELD CO. v. CHRISTIAN

No. 17-1498.

140 S.Ct. 1335 (2020)

ATLANTIC RICHFIELD COMPANY, Petitioner v. Gregory A. CHRISTIAN, et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 20, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa S. Blatt , Washington, DC, for the petitioner.

Christopher G. Michel , for the United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the petitioner.

Joseph R. Palmore , Washington, D.C., for the respondents.

Robert J. Katerberg , Elisabeth S. Theodore , Stephen K. Wirth , Arnold & Porter, Kaye Scholer LLP, 601 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington, DC, Jonathan W. Rauchway , Shannon W. Stevenson , Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP, 1550 17th St., Suite 500, Denver, CO, Lisa S. Blatt , John S. Williams , Sarah M. Harris , Charles L. McCloud , Meng Jia Yang , Thomas S. Chapman , Williams & Connolly LLP, 725 Twelfth St., NW, Washington, DC, for Petitioner.

Monte D. Beck , Justin P. Stalpes , Beck, Amsden & Stalpes, PLLC, 1946 Stadium Dr., Suite 1, Bozeman, MT, J. David Slovak , Mark M. Kovacich , Ross Johnson , Kovacich Snipes, PC, 21 3rd St. North, Suite 301, Great Falls, MT, Joseph R. Palmore , Deanne E. Maynard , Dustin C. Elliott , Samuel B. Goldstein ,* Morrison & Foerster LLP, 2000 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C., James R. Sigel , William F. Tarantino , Morrison & Foerster LLP, 425 Market St., San Francisco, CA 94105, for Respondents.


For U.S. Supreme Court Briefs, see: 2019 WL 6045344 (Reply.Brief) 2019 WL 3987626 (Pet.Brief) 2019 WL 5260152 (Reply.Brief)

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