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Nos. 21A240, 21A241

In the Supreme Court of the United States
JOSEPH R. BIDEN, JR., President of the United States, et al.,
Applicants,
V.

STATE OF MISSOURI, et al.,
Respondents.

XAVIER BECERRA, Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, et al.,
Applicants,
V.

STATE OF LOUISIANA, et al.,
Respondents.

ON APPLICATIONS FOR STAYS OF THE INJUNCTIONS ISSUED BY THE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTS FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF
MISSOURI AND THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUSIANA

JOINT MOTION FOR DIVIDED ARGUMENT

Eric S. Schmitt Jeff Landry
Missouri Attorney General Louisiana Attorney General
D. John Sauer Elizabeth B. Murrill
Solicitor General Solicitor General
Counsel of Record Counsel of Record
Jesus A. Osete J. Scott St. John
Deputy Solicitor General Deputy Solicitor General
OFFICE OF THE MISSOURI Morgan Brungard
ATTORNEY GENERAL Josiah Kollmeyer
Post Office Box 899 Assistant Solicitors General
Jefferson City, MO 65102 LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF
(573) 751-1800 JUSTICE
1885 N. Third Street
Counsel for Respondents in No. 21A240 Baton Rouge, LA 70804
(225) 326-6766
*Additional counsel listed
on signature page Counsel for Respondents in No. 21A241
In accordance with Rules 21 and 28.4, Respondents in Case No. 21A240

(“Missouri”) and in Case No. 21A241 (“Louisiana”) jointly move for divided argument.

Respondents request to divide their 30 minutes of argument time equally, or 15

minutes per Respondent. At the time of filing, counsel for Applicants had not

communicated to counsel for Respondents Applicants’ position on this motion.

1. The two groups of Respondents have been represented by different

counsel throughout this litigation. They filed separate complaints in separate district

courts that brought separate claims and alleged separate factual predicates for their

irreparable injuries. For example, Louisiana alone brought a claim under the

Congressional Review Act and alleged an irreparable injury from the deprivation of

its procedural rights. And the two groups won relief on different bases. In Missouri’s

case, the district court held that Missouri was likely to win on the merits of its

statutory-authority claim, its arbitrary-and-capricious claim, and its notice-and-

comment claim. Missouri v. Biden, No. 4:21-cv-01329, 2021 WL 5564501 (E.D. Mo.

Nov. 29, 2021). In Louisiana’s case, the district court held that Louisiana was likely

to win on the merits of those claims, but also on the merits of its claims under the

Tenth Amendment, the Non-Delegation Doctrine, and its claims arising under 42

U.S.C. §1395, 42 U.S.C. §1395z, and 42 U.S.C. § 1302(b)(1). See Louisiana v. Becerra,

No. 3:21-CV-03970, 2021 WL 5609846 (W.D. La. Nov. 30, 2021).

2. The two groups of Respondents anticipate making different arguments

to this Court. For example, Louisiana anticipates raising potentially dispositive

waiver claims that Missouri will not be positioned to raise. And Missouri intends to
highlight the district court’s review of over thirty declarations to show the

devastating effects the vaccine mandate will have on rural healthcare if it is not

enjoined. Allowing Louisiana and Missouri to argue separately in this case would

enable the Court to hear from two groups with distinct insights on the matters before

it.

3. In sum, the two groups of applicants have been consistently represented

by different attorneys, and have made and will continue to make different arguments.

Given the distinctive differences in how each case has been litigated and decided

below and because this case is being argued in under two weeks, it would be difficult

for counsel for one group to fully fairly represent the interests of the other.

4. For all the reasons discussed above, Missouri and Louisiana believe that

allowing both to participate in oral argument would materially aid in the resolution

of this case. Counsel will coordinate such that the arguments are not repetitive on

matters of law that are of common concern. Therefore, they jointly move to divide

their 30 minutes of argument time equally, with 15 minutes for the Missouri

Respondents and 15 minutes for the Louisiana respondents. Counsel for the Missouri

Respondents shall argue first, with counsel for the Louisiana Respondents to follow.

December 28, 2021 Respectfully submitted,

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ATTORNEY GENERAL Josiah Kollmeyer
Post Office Box 899 Assistant Solicitors General
Jefferson City, MO 65102 LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF
(573) 751-1800 JUSTICE
1885 N. Third Street
Counsel for Respondents in No. 21A240 Baton Rouge, LA 70804
(225) 326-6766
*Additional counsel listed
on the next page Counsel for Respondents in No. 21A241

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AUSTIN KNUDSEN CHRISTOPHER M. CARR
Montana Attorney General Georgia Attorney General
David Dewhirst Drew F. Waldbeser
Solicitor General Deputy Solicitor General
215 North Sanders Street Ross W. Bergethon
Helena, MT 59601 Deputy Solicitor General
David.dewhirst@mt.gov Office of the Attorney General
40 Capitol Square, S.W.
Counsel for the State of Montana Atlanta, Georgia 30334
dwaldbeser@law.ga.gov
MARK BRNOVICH
Arizona Attorney General Counsel for the State of Georgia
Robert J. Makar
Assistant Attorney General THEODORE M. ROKITA
2005 North Central Avenue Indiana Attorney General
Phoenix, AZ 85004 Thomas M. Fisher
Robert.makar@azag.gov Solicitor General
Indiana Government Center South
Counsel for the State of Arizona 302 W. Washington St., 5th Floor
Indianapolis, IN 46204
STATE OF ALABAMA Tom.fisher@atg.in.gov
Office of the Attorney General Steve
Marshall Counsel for the State of Indiana
Edmund G. LaCour Jr.
Solicitor General JOHN M. O’CONNOR
Thomas A. Wilson Attorney General of Oklahoma
Deputy Solicitor General Mithun Mansinghani
Office of the Attorney General Solicitor General
501 Washington Ave. 313 NE 21st Street
Montgomery, AL 36130 Oklahoma City, OK 73105
Tel.: (334) 353-2196 (405) 521-3921
Fax: (334) 353-8400
Edmund.LaCour@AlabamaAG.gov Counsel for the State of Oklahoma
Thomas.Wilson@AlabamaAG.gov
ALAN WILSON
Counsel for the State of Alabama South Carolina Attorney General
Thomas T. Hydrick
LAWRENCE G. WASDEN Assistant Deputy Solicitor General
Attorney General Office of the Attorney General
State of Idaho Post Office Box 11549
Brian Kane Columbia, SC 29211
Chief Deputy Attorney General thomashydrick@scag.gov
Leslie M. Hayes
Megan A. Larrondo Counsel for the State of South Carolina

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Deputy Attorneys General
700 W. Jefferson Street, Ste. 210 PATRICK MORRISEY
P.O. Box 83720 West Virginia Attorney General
Boise, Idaho 83720-0010 Lindsay S. See
Telephone: 208-334-2400 Solicitor General
Facsimile: 208-854-8071 State Capitol, Bldg 1, Room E-26
brian.kane@ag.idaho.gov Charleston, WV 25305
leslie.hayes@ag.idaho.gov Lindsay.s.see@wvago.gov
megan.larrondo@ag.idaho.gov
Counsel for the State of West Virginia
Counsel for the State of Idaho
SEAN D. REYES
LYNN FITCH Utah Attorney General
Attorney General of Mississippi Melissa A. Holyoak
Whitney H. Lipscomb Solicitor General
Deputy Attorney General 350 N. State Street, Suite 230
John V. Coghlan Salt Lake City, UT 84114
Deputy Solicitor General melissaholyoak@agutah.gov
State of Mississippi
Office of the Attorney General Counsel for the State of Utah
550 High Street
Jackson, MS 39201
Tel: (601) 359-3680

Counsel for the State of Mississippi

LESLIE RUTLEDGE BRIDGET HILL
Attorney General of Arkansas Attorney General of Wyoming
Dylan L. Jacobs Ryan Schelhaas
Assistant Solicitor General Chief Deputy Attorney General
Dylan.Jacobs@arkansasag.gov Ryan.Schelhaas@wyo.gov
Office of the Attorney General Office of the Attorney General
323 Center St., Suite 200 109 State Capitol
Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002
Tel.: (501) 682-2007 Tel.: (307) 777-5786
DEREK SCHMIDT TREG R. TAYLOR
Attorney General of Kansas Attorney General of Alaska
Kurtis Wiard Cori M. Mills
Assistant Solicitor General Deputy Attorney General
Kurtis.Wiard@ag.ks.gov Cori.Mills@alaska.gov
Office of the Attorney General Alaska Department of Law
120 SW 10th Avenue, 2nd Floor

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Topeka, Kansas 66612 1031 W. 4th Avenue, Suite 200
Tel.: (785) 296-2215 Anchorage, Alaska 99502
Fax: (785) 296-6296 Tel.: (907) 269-5100
JEFFREY S. THOMPSON JASON R. RAVNSBORG
Solicitor General of Iowa South Dakota Attorney General
Samuel P. Langholz David M. McVey
Assistant Solicitor General Assistant Attorney General
Sam.Langholz@ag.iowa.gov David.McVey@state.sd.us
Office of the Attorney General Office of the Attorney General
1305 E. Walnut Street 1302 E. Highway 14, Suite 1
Des Moines, Iowa 50319 Pierre, South Dakota 57501-8501
Tel.: (515) 281-5164 Tel.: (605) 773-3215
WAYNE STENEHJEM JOHN M. FORMELLA
North Dakota Attorney General New Hampshire Attorney General
Matthew A. Sagsveen Anthony J. Galdieri
Solicitor General Solicitor General
Masagsve@nd.gov Anthony.J.Galdieri@doj.nh.gov
Office of Attorney General New Hampshire Department of Justice
500 North 9th Street 33 Capitol Street
Bismarck, ND 58501-4509 Concord, NH 03301
Tel.: (701) 328-3640 Tel.: (603) 271-3658
Fax: (701) 328-4300

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