| ~~~Date~~~ | ~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| Dec 22 2003 |
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 29, 2004) |
| Dec 30 2003 |
Application (03A544) for a stay of mandate, submitted to Justice Kennedy. |
| Dec 31 2003 |
Application (03A544) denied by Justice Kennedy without prejudice to petitioner's right to renew the application in the event further state proceedings are scheduled during the pendency of the petition for writ of certiorari. |
| Dec 31 2003 |
Brief of respondent Joe Elton Nixon in opposition to the application filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 29 2004 |
Brief of respondent Joe Elton Nixon in opposition to petition for writ of certiorari filed. |
| Feb 4 2004 |
Reply of petitioner Florida filed. |
| Feb 11 2004 |
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 27, 2004. |
| Mar 1 2004 |
Petition GRANTED. |
| Apr 8 2004 |
Order extending time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits to and including May 17, 2004. |
| May 7 2004 |
Extension of time within which to file respondent's brief on the merits to and including July 21, 2004. |
| May 12 2004 |
Brief amicus curiae of Criminal Justice Legal Foundation filed. |
| May 14 2004 |
Brief of petitioner Florida filed. |
| May 14 2004 |
Joint appendix filed. |
| May 17 2004 |
Brief amicus curiae of the United States filed. |
| Jul 21 2004 |
Brief of respondent Joe Elton Nixon filed. |
| Aug 5 2004 |
Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
| Aug 23 2004 |
CIRCULATED. |
| Aug 25 2004 |
Reply of petitioner Florida filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 1 2004 |
SET FOR ARGUMENT Tuesday, November 2, 2004. |
| Sep 28 2004 |
Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. |
| Oct 4 2004 |
Record received from Supreme Court of Florida. (2 boxes) |
| Nov 2 2004 |
Argued. For petitioner: George S. Lemieux, Deputy Attorney General, Tallahassee, Fla.; and for the United States, as amicus curiae, Irving L. Gornstein, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. For respondents: Edward H. Tillinghast, III, New York, N.Y. |
| Dec 13 2004 |
Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED Ginsburg, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which all other Members joined, except Rehnquist, C. J., who took no part in the decision of the case. |
| Jan 14 2005 |
MANDATE ISSUED. |
| Mar 7 2005 |
Record returned to Supreme Court of Florida. |