Carnahan v. Maloney
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| Carnahan v. Maloney | |
| Docket number: 22-425 | |
| Term: 2023 | |
| Court: United States Supreme Court | |
| Important dates | |
| Dismissed: June 26, 2023 | |
| Court membership | |
| Chief Justice John Roberts • Clarence Thomas • Samuel Alito • Sonia Sotomayor • Elena Kagan • Neil Gorsuch • Brett Kavanaugh • Amy Coney Barrett • Ketanji Brown Jackson | |
Carnahan v. Maloney is a case that was scheduled for argument before the Supreme Court of the United States during the court's October 2023-2024 term. The case concerned whether members of Congress have Article III standing to sue executive agencies regarding the disclosure of information. The judgment was vacated and the case was remanded to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit with instructions to dismiss the case on June 26, 2023, following a voluntary dismissal of the case by the plaintiffs in the district court.[1]
The case came on a writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. To review the lower court's opinion, click here.
Why it matters: The case was an example of the U.S. Supreme Court considering whether members of Congress had standing to sue executive agencies.
Timeline
The following timeline details key events in this case:
- June 26, 2023: The U.S. Supreme Court vacated the judgment and remanded the case to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit with instructions to dismiss the case.
- May 15, 2023: The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear the case.
- November 4, 2022: Robin Carnahan appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
- December 29, 2020: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit reversed and remanded the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia's ruling.
Background
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A group of Democratic members of the United States House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Accountability requested the disclosure of information from the General Services Administration (GSA) regarding an agreement from 2013 between the GSA and a company owned by President Donald Trump (R). The GSA had reportedly leased a government-owned building in Washington D.C. to the company which required congressional oversight, according to the group.
Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 2954, the group in 2017 requested the GSA to disclose information regarding the agreement. The members of Congress argued that 5 U.S.C. § 2954 requires executive agencies to respond to information requests from seven or more members of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability or five or more members of the United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. The GSA complied with sharing some of the documents requested but argued that other information requested was protected under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
In response, the members of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability filed a lawsuit against the GSA in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, which was dismissed on the basis that the members of Congress did not have Article III standing.
The group appealed the decision to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The divided court reversed and remanded the decision, arguing that the members of Congress did have standing to take legal action against the GSA.
The United States Supreme Court agreed to hear the case in the October 2023-2024 term.[3][4]
Questions presented
The petitioner presented the following questions to the court:[2]
Questions presented:
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Oral argument
The case was dismissed before oral argument.[6]
Outcome
The judgment was vacated and the case was remanded to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit with instructions to dismiss the case.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented from the decision to vacate the lower court’s decision, arguing instead to “dismiss the writ of certiorari as improvidently granted.”[6]
October term 2023-2024
The Supreme Court began hearing cases for the term on October 2, 2023. The court's yearly term begins on the first Monday in October and lasts until the first Monday in October the following year. The court generally releases the majority of its decisions in mid-June.[7]
See also
External links
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- U.S. Supreme Court docket file - Carnahan v. Maloney (petitions, motions, briefs, opinions, and attorneys)
- SCOTUSblog case file for Carnahan v. Maloney
Footnotes
- ↑ SCOTUSblog, "Justices take up cases on veterans' education benefits and 16th Amendment," June 26, 2023
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 SupremeCourt.gov, "22-425 CARNAHAN V. MALONEY," accessed May 15, 2023
- ↑ SCOTUSblog, "Justices take up challenge to purported racial gerrymander in South Carolina's congressional map," May 15, 2023
- ↑ Supreme Court of the United States, "Petition for a Writ of Certiorari," accessed May 18, 2023
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 SCOTUSblog, "Carnahan v. Maloney," accessed June 28, 2023
- ↑ SupremeCourt.gov, "The Supreme Court at Work: The Term and Caseload," accessed January 24, 2022
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