The Petitioners and Respondents in the Supreme Court Cases

The names and institutions below apply to much of what we will cover both in both 2305 and 2306. I'll add detail later.

What is a Petitioner? 

The petitioner is the party who presents a petition or motion to the court. The term is frequently used to describe the appellant in an appeal, where the petitioner is usually the party who lost in the lower court. This can be either the plaintiff or defendant from the court below, as either of the parties can present the case to a higher court for further proceedings. The opposite of the petitioner is the respondent, against whom a petition or motion is filed.

What is a Respondent? 

The respondent is the party against whom a petition is filed, especially one on appeal. The respondent can be either the plaintiff or the defendant from the court below, as either party can appeal the decision thereby making themselves the petitioner and their adversary the respondent. Formerly, in the equity courts of common law, the defendant was always called the respondent.


Acheson Hotels, LLC
Deborah Laufer
Thomas C. Alexander, in His Official Capacity as President of the South Carolina Senate
South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP
Justin Rashaad Brown
United States
Moris Esmelis Campos-Chaves
Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General
Alex Cantero, et al.
Bank of America, N.A.
Robin Carnahan
Carolyn Maloney, et al.
Jascha Chiaverini, et al.
City of Napoleon, Ohio, et al.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, et al.
Community Financial Services Association of America, Limited, et al.
Department of Agriculture Rural Development Rural Housing Service
Reginald Kirtz
Richard Devillier
State of Texas
Joseph W. Fischer
Food and Drug Administration, et al.
Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, et al.
Michael Cargill
Sylvia Gonzalez
Edward Trevino, II, et al.
Kevin Lindke
James R. Freed
Loper Bright Enterprises, et al.
Gina Raimondo, Secretary of Commerce, et al.
Damian McElrath
Georgia
Attorney General, State of Florida, et al.
NetChoice, LLC, et al.
Charles G. Moore and Kathleen F. Moore
Jatonya Clayborn Muldrow
City of St. Louis, Missouri, et al.
Vivek H. Murthy, U.S. Surgeon General, et al.
Missouri, et al.
National Rifle Association of America
Maria T. Vullo
NetChoice, LLC, et al.
Ken Paxton, In His Official Capacity as Attorney General of Texas
Michelle O’Connor-Ratcliff, et al.
Christopher Garnier, et ux.
Ohio, et al.
Environmental Protection Agency, et al.
Mark E. Pulsifer
Relentless, Inc., et al.
Department of Commerce, et al.
Securities and Exchange Commission
George R. Jarkesy, Jr., et al.
George Sheetz
County of El Dorado, California
Jason Smith
State of Arizona
James E.Snyder
Ryan Thornell, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections
Danny Lee Jones
Donald J. Trump
Norma Anderson, et al.
Katherine K. Vidal, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office
Steve Elster