Supreme Court Grants Amicus Motions in Cisco, Monsanto Cases; Allocates Oral Argument Time in Consolidated Immigration Cases
Summary
The Supreme Court granted the Solicitor General amicus participation and divided argument in Cisco Systems v. Doe (patent) and Monsanto v. Durnell (Roundup/Paraquat), while denying the same relief to the MDL Leadership in Monsanto v. Durnell. In consolidated cases Mullin v. Doe and Trump v. Miot, the Court granted petition jointly to file in 8½-by-11 format and allotted 80 minutes of oral argument split between petitioners (40 minutes) and respondents (20 minutes each).
“The motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument is granted.”
What changed
The Court granted two amicus motions by the Solicitor General — allowing SG participation and divided oral argument in Cisco Systems v. Doe and Monsanto v. Durnell — while denying identical relief to the MDL Leadership in Monsanto v. Durnell. The Court separately granted a petition-format request and established a 40/20/20 oral argument time allocation in the consolidated Mullin/Trump v. Miot immigration cases.
Parties appearing before the Supreme Court should note that the Court distinguishes between the Solicitor General and private amici when granting oral argument access. Counsel in similar MDL proceedings before SCOTUS should not assume MDL leadership status translates to amicus argument rights — the Court applied different treatment here. The consolidated argument time structure (40 minutes petitioners, 20 minutes per respondent group) signals a complex multi-party case with bifurcated respondent interests.
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(ORDER LIST: 608 U.S.)
FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 2026
ORDERS IN PENDING CASES
24-856 CISCO SYS., INC., ET AL. V. DOE I, ET AL. The motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument is granted. 24-1068 MONSANTO CO. V. DURNELL, JOHN L. The motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument is granted. The motion of Roundup and Paraquat MDL Court-appointed Leadership for leave to participate in oral argument as amici
curiae and for divided argument is denied. 25-1083 ) MULLIN, SEC., DHS, ET AL. V. DOE, DAHLIA, ET AL. ) 25-1084 ) TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF U.S., ET AL. V. MIOT, FRITZ E. L., ET AL. The motion of petitioners for leave to file the joint appendix in an 8½- by 11-inch format is granted. The motion of respondents for divided argument and for enlargement of time for oral argument is granted in part, a total of 80 minutes is allotted, and the time is divided as follows: 40 minutes for petitioners, 20 minutes for respondents in No. 25-1083, and 20 minutes for respondents in No. 25-1084.
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