Supreme Court Advocacy – Richard Lazarus

Recent Supreme Court Merits Litigation

Counsel of Record for Respondent St. Croix County, Joseph P. Murr, et al., v. State of Wisconsin and St. Croix County, 137 S. Ct 1993 (2017)
Co-Counsel, Los Angeles County Flood Control Dist. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., 568 U.S. 78 (2013)
Co-Counsel for Respondents, Monsanto v. Geertson Seed Farms, 561 U.S. 139 (2010)
Counsel of Record for Environmental Respondent Riverkeeper, Entergy Corp. v. Riverkeeper, 556 U.S. 208 (2009)
Co-Counsel for Petitioners, Massachusetts v. U.S. Envt’l Prot. Agency, 549 U.S. 497 (2007) (jurisdictional stage only)
Counsel of Record for Respondents American River and Friends of the Presumpscot River, S.D. Warren v. Maine Department of Environmental Protection, 547 U.S. 370 (2006)

Supreme Court Cases Briefed (and Argued)

Agins v. City of Tiburon, 447 U.S. 255 (1980)
Clover Leaf Creamery v. State of Minnesota, 449 U.S. 456 (1980)
San Diego Gas & Electric v. City of San Diego, 450 U.S. 621 (1981)
Commonwealth Edison v. State of Montana, 453 U.S. 609 (1981)
Metropolitan Edison v. People Against Nuclear Energy, 460 U.S. 766 (1983)
Summa Corp. v. State of California ex rel. State Lands Comm’n, 466 U.S. 198 (1984)
North Carolina Dept. of Transportation v. Crest Street Community Council, 479 U.S. 6 (1986) (argued)
Ansonia Board of Education v. Philbrook, 479 U.S. 60 (1986)
California Federal Savings & Loan Ass’n v. Guerra, 479 U.S. 2727 (1987)
Colorado v. Bertine, 479 U.S. 367 (1987) (argued)
International Paper Co. v. Ouellette, 479 U.S. 481 (1987)
School Bd. of Nassau County v. Arline, 480 U.S. 273 (1987)
Amoco Production Co. v. Village of Gambell, 480 U.S. 531 (1987)
Tanner v. United States, 483 U.S. 107 (1987) (argued)
Nollan v. California Coastal Comm’n, 483 U.S. 825 (1987)
Bowen v. Galbreath, 485 U.S. 74 (1988) (argued)
Bennett v. Arkansas, 485 U.S. 395 (1988) (argued only)
EEOC v. Commercial Office Products, 486 U.S. 107 (1988) (argued)
Mississippi River Power & Light v. State of Mississippi, 487 U.S. 354 (1988)
United States v. Kozminski, 487 U.S. 931 (1988)
Shell Oil Co. v. State of Iowa, 488 U.S. 19 (1988)
Bowen v. Georgetown University Hospital, 488 U.S. 204 (1988) (argued)
Chan v. Korean Air Lines, 490 U.S. 122 (1989) (argued)
Gomez v. United States, 490 U.S. 858 (1989)
Lorance v. AT&T, 490 U.S. 900 (1989)
New Orleans Public Service Commission v. Council of City of New Orleans, 491 U.S. 350 (1989) (argued)
California v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 495 U.S. 490 (1990)
Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council, 505 U.S. 1003 (1992)
City of Chicago v. Environmental Defense Fund, 511 U.S. 328 (1994) (argued)
PUD No. 1 of Jefferson County v. State of Washington, 511 U.S. 700 (1994)
Dolan v. City of Tigard, 512 U.S. 374 (1994)
Suitum v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, 520 U.S. 725 (1997) (argued)
American Trucking Ass’n v. Whitman, 531 U.S. 457 (2001)
Palazzolo v. Rhode Island, 533 U.S. 606 (2001)
Tahoe-Sierra Preservation Council v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, 535 U.S. 302 (2002)
Norfolk & Western Ry v. Ayers, 538 U.S. 135 (2003) (argued)
South Florida Water Management District v. Miccosukee Tribe, 541 U.S. 95 (2004)
Safe Air for Everyone v. Meyer, 544 U.S. 1018 (2005) (jurisdictional stage only)
S.D. Warren v. Maine Department of Environmental Protection, 547 U.S. 370 (2006)
Entergy Corp. v. Riverkeeper, 556 U.S. 208 (2010) (argued)
Monsanto v. Geertson Seed Farms, 561 U.S. 139 (2010)
Los Angeles County Flood Control Dist. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., 568 U.S. 78 (2013)
Joseph P. Murr, et al., v. State of Wisconsin and St. Croix County, 137 S. Ct 1993 (2017) (argued)