~~~Date~~~ | ~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
Jan 5 2008 |
Additional record received from U.S.C.A. for the 9th Circuit. (1 envelope) |
Jun 27 2008 |
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 31, 2008) |
Jul 10 2008 |
Waiver of right of respondent William G. Osborne to respond filed. |
Jul 23 2008 |
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 29, 2008. |
Jul 25 2008 |
Response Requested . (Due August 25, 2008) |
Aug 7 2008 |
Order extending time to file response to petition to and including September 24, 2008. |
Sep 24 2008 |
Brief of respondent William G. Osborne in opposition filed. |
Oct 8 2008 |
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 31, 2008. |
Oct 17 2008 |
Reply of petitioners District Attorney's Office for the Third Judicial District, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
Nov 3 2008 |
Petition GRANTED. |
Nov 25 2008 |
The time within which to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including December 24, 2008. |
Dec 8 2008 |
SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Monday, March 2, 2009 |
Dec 19 2008 |
Record received from the U.S.C.A. for the Ninth Circuit. |
Dec 22 2008 |
Record received from the U.S.D.C. for the District of Alaska. (1 box) |
Dec 23 2008 |
Consent to the filing of amicus briefs, in support of either party or neither party, received from counsel for the respondent. |
Dec 24 2008 |
Joint appendix filed. Statement of costs received. |
Dec 24 2008 |
Brief of petitioners District Attorney's Office for the Third Judicial District and Adrienne Bachman, District Attorney filed. |
Dec 24 2008 |
Brief amici curiae of K.G. and The National Crime Victim Law Institute filed. |
Dec 29 2008 |
Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs in support of either or neither party received from counsel for the petitioners. |
Dec 29 2008 |
Brief amicus curiae of City of New York filed. |
Dec 31 2008 |
Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. |
Dec 31 2008 |
Brief amici curiae of California, et al. filed. |
Dec 31 2008 |
Brief amici curiae of
Council of State Governments, et al.
filed. |
Jan 7 2009 |
The time within which to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including January 26, 2009 |
Jan 9 2009 |
CIRCULATED. |
Jan 9 2009 |
Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
Jan 26 2009 |
Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. |
Jan 26 2009 |
Brief of respondent William G. Osborne filed. (Distributed) |
Jan 30 2009 |
Record request to C.A. 9th Circuit for No. 04-35126. |
Feb 2 2009 |
Brief amici curiae of Jeanette Popp, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
Feb 2 2009 |
Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
Feb 2 2009 |
Brief amici curiae of Current and Former Prosecutors filed. (Distributed) |
Feb 2 2009 |
Brief amici curiae of Individuals Exonerated by Post-Conviction DNA Testing filed. (Distributed) |
Feb 2 2009 |
Brief amici curiae of Eleven Individuals Who Have Received Clemency Through DNA Testing filed. (Distributed) |
Feb 23 2009 |
Reply of petitioner District Attorney's Office for the Third Judicial District, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
Mar 2 2009 |
Argued. For petitioners: Kenneth M. Rosenstein, Assistant Attorney General, Anchorage, Alaska; and Neal K. Katyal, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondent: Peter Neufeld, New York, N.Y. |
Jun 18 2009 |
Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Roberts, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, and Alito, JJ., joined. Alito, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Kennedy, J., joined, and in which Thomas, J., joined as to Part II. Stevens, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Ginsburg and Breyer, JJ., joined, and in which Souter, J., joined as to Part I. Souter, J., filed a dissenting opinion. |
Jul 20 2009 |
JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
Aug 3 2009 |
Record returned to U.S.D.C. of Alaska. |