No. 19-1189 In the Supreme Court of the United States BP P.L.C., et al., PETITIONERS v. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT BRIEF FOR THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS AMICUS CURIAE IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONERS STEVEN P. LEHOTSKY ZACHARY D. TRIPP MICHAEL B. SCHON Counsel of Record U.S. CHAMBER WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP LITIGATION CENTER 2001 M Street NW 1615 H Street NW Washington, DC 20036 Washington, DC 20062 (202) 682-7000 [email protected] SARAH M. STERNLIEB WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP 767 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10153 TABLE OF CONTENTS Interest of amicus curiae ................................................ 1 Summary of argument .................................................... 4 Argument ......................................................................... 6 I. The Court may review the entirety of a remand order in a case removed under Sections 1442 or 1443 ............................................ 6 A. The plain language of Section 1447(d) authorizes full review ....................................... 6 B. Complete review corrects important errors without delay or encouraging baseless removal .............................................................. 9 C. Complete review accords with federal appellate procedure in similar contexts ........ 13 D. Complete review is important to the business community and accords with congressional policy ........................................ 18 II. If this Court addresses the validity of the remand order, the Court should hold that this case belongs in federal court ............................... 22 Conclusion ..................................................................... 26 (i) (ii) TABLE OF AUTHORITIES Page(s) Cases Am. Elec. Power Co. v. Connecticut, 564 U.S. 410 (2011) ........................................ 23, 24 Asher v. Baxter Int’l Inc., 505 F.3d 736 (7th Cir. 2007) ................................ 16 Bd. of Cnty. Comm’rs of Boulder Cnty. v. Suncor Energy (U.S.A.) Inc., 965 F.3d 792 (10th Cir. 2020) ................................ 2 Bell v. Hood, 327 U.S. 678 (1946) .............................................. 12 BMW of N. Am., Inc. v. Gore, 517 U.S. 559 (1996) .............................................. 24 Boyle v. United Techs. Corp., 487 U.S. 500 (1988) ................................................ 2 Boys Mkts., Inc. v. Retail Clerks Union, Local 770, 398 U.S. 235 (1970) .............................................. 21 Brill v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., 427 F.3d 446 (7th Cir. 2005) ................................ 16 California v. BP P.L.C., 2018 WL 1064293 (N.D. Cal. Feb. 27, 2018), vacated and remanded sub nom. City of Oakland v. BP PLC, 969 F.3d 895 (9th Cir. 2020) .......................... 23, 24 California v. Rooney, 483 U.S. 307 (1987) .................................................... 13 Camreta v. Greene, 563 U.S. 692 (2011) .............................................. 13 Coffey v. Freeport McMoran Copper & Gold, 581 F.3d 1240 (10th Cir. 2009) ............................ 16 (iii) Cases—Continued Coopers & Lybrand v. Livesay, 437 U.S. 463 (1978) .............................................. 15 Cnty. of San Mateo v. Chevron Corp., 960 F.3d 586 (9th Cir. 2020) .................................. 2 Cupp v. Naughten, 414 U.S. 141 (1973) ................................................ 9 Decatur Hosp. Auth. v. Aetna Health, Inc., 854 F.3d 292 (5th Cir. 2017) ................................ 20 Deckert v. Indep. Shares Corp., 311 U.S. 282 (1940) .............................................. 15 Eisen v. Carlisle & Jacquelin, 417 U.S. 156 (1974) .............................................. 15 Encino Motorcars, LLC v. Navarro, 138 S. Ct. 1134 (2018) .......................................... 18 Grable & Sons Metal Prods., Inc. v. Darue Eng’g & Mfg., 545 U.S. 308 (2005) .............................................. 21 Henry Schein, Inc. v. Archer & White Sales, Inc., 139 S. Ct. 524 (2019) ............................................ 11 Herb v. Pitcairn, 324 U.S. 117 (1945) .............................................. 13 Hertz Corp. v. Friend, 559 U.S. 77 (2010) ................................................ 21 Illinois v. Milwaukee, 406 U.S. 91 (1972) .......................................... 23, 24 Int’l Paper Co. v. Ouellette, 479 U.S. 481 (1987) .............................................. 25 Kircher v. Putnam Funds Trust, 547 U.S. 633 (2006) .............................................. 10 Lu Junhong v. Boeing Co., 792 F.3d 805 (7th Cir. 2015) ................ 8, 10, 12, 20 (iv) Cases—Continued Martin v. Franklin Cap. Corp., 546 U.S. 132 (2005) .............................................. 20 Massachusetts v. E.P.A., 549 U.S. 497 (2007) .............................................. 24 Mueller v. Auker, 576 F.3d 979 (9th Cir. 2009) ................................ 16 Nevada v. Bank of Am. Corp., 672 F.3d 661 (9th Cir. 2012) ................................ 16 Nielsen v. Preap, 139 S. Ct. 954 (2019) .............................................. 8 North Dakota v. Heydinger, 825 F.3d 912 (8th Cir. 2016) .................................. 2 Opati v. Republic of Sudan, 140 S. Ct. 1601 (2020) .......................................... 18 Ortiz v. Jordan, 562 U.S. 180 (2011) .............................................. 17 Pearson v. Callahan, 555 U.S. 223 (2009) .............................................. 11 Rivet v. Regions Bank of La., 522 U.S. 470 (1998) .............................................. 25 S. Pac. Co. v. Denton, 146 U.S. 202 (1892) .............................................. 20 Savoie v. Huntington Ingalls, Inc., 817 F.3d 457 (5th Cir. 2016), overruled on other grounds by Latiolais v. Huntington Ingalls, Inc., 951 F.3d 286 (5th Cir. 2020) (en banc) ............................................................... 21 Smith v. Vulcan Iron Works, 165 U.S. 518 (1897) .............................................. 15 (v) Cases—Continued Thermtron Prods., Inc. v. Hermansdorfer, 423 U.S. 336 (1976), abrogated in part on other grounds by Quackenbush v. Allstate Ins. Co., 517 U.S. 706 (1996) ................................. 6 Thornburgh v. Am. Coll. of Obstetricians & Gynecologists, 476 U.S. 747 (1986), overruled on other grounds by Planned Parenthood of Se. Pa. v. Casey, 505 U.S. 833 (1992) .................................. 15 United States v. Rice, 327 U.S. 742, 751 (1946) ...................................... 10 United States v. Scharton, 285 U.S. 518 (1932) .............................................. 17 Walker v. La. Dep’t of Tranps. & Dev., 877 F.3d 563 (5th Cir. 2017) ................................ 16 Watson v. Philip Morris Cos., 551 U.S. 142 (2007) .............................................. 19 Yamaha Motor Corp., U.S.A. v. Calhoun, 516 U.S. 199 (1996) .................................... 5, 14, 17 Statutes & Rules 28 U.S.C. 1292(a)(1) .................................................. 15 28 U.S.C. 1292(b) ............................................. 5, 14, 17 28 U.S.C. 1331 ........................................................... 22 28 U.S.C. 1441(a) ....................................................... 22 28 U.S.C. 1442 ................................................... passim 28 U.S.C. 1443 ................................................... passim 28 U.S.C. 1442(a)(1) .................................................. 19 28 U.S.C. 1446(a) ....................................................... 12 28 U.S.C. 1447(c) ....................................................... 12 28 U.S.C. 1447(d) ............................................... passim 28 U.S.C. 1927 ........................................................... 12 (vi) Statutes & Rules—Continued 28 U.S.C. 2101 ........................................................... 11 Class Action Fairness Act, 28 U.S.C. 1453 ...................................................... 16 Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. ........................................... 24 Defense Production Act, 50 U.S.C. 4502(a)(1) ............................................. 20 Fed. R. App. P. 31(a) ................................................. 11 Fed. R. Civ. P. 11(b)................................................... 12 Fed. R. Civ. P. 11(c) ................................................... 12 Miscellaneous Black’s Law Dictionary (11th ed. 2019) ...................... 7 Cong. Rsch. Serv., R44010, Defense Acquisi- tions: How and Where DOD Spends Its Con- tracting Dollars (Apr. 2015) ................................. 19 Richard H. Fallon Jr., et al., Hart & Wechsler’s Federal Courts and the Federal System (7th ed. 2015) ............................................................... 25 Fed. Acct. Standards Advisory Bd., Public- Private Partnerships Disclosure Requirements (Oct. 1, 2014) ................................. 19 Fed. Judicial Ctr, U.S. Court of Appeals— Judicial Caseload Profile, https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/ data_tables/ fcms_na_appprofile0630.2020.pdf (June 2020) ..................................................................... 10 (vii) Miscellaneous—Continued Moiz Syed & David Willis, ProPublica, Tracking Federal Purchases to Fight the Coronavirus, https://projects.propublica.org/coronavirus- contracts/ (May 27, 2020, last updated Nov. 20, 2020) ............................................................... 19 Oxford English Dictionary (3d ed. 2004) .................... 8 U.S. Dep’t of Veteran Affairs,