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Docket for 06-10119
No. 06-10119     *** CAPITAL CASE ***  
Title:
Allen Snyder, Petitioner
v.
Louisiana
Docketed:March 20, 2007
Lower Ct:Supreme Court of Louisiana
  Case Nos.:(1998-KA-1078)
  Decision Date:September 6, 2006
  Rehearing Denied:December 15, 2006
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mar 14 2007 Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 19, 2007)
Apr 18 2007 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including May 21, 2007.
May 17 2007 Consent to the filing of amicus briefs in support of either party received from counsel for the respondent.
May 18 2007 Brief amicus curiae of Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed.
May 21 2007 Brief amicus curiae of Cornell Death Penalty Project filed.
May 21 2007 Brief of respondent Louisiana in opposition filed.
Jun 6 2007 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 21, 2007.
Jun 8 2007 Reply of petitioner Allen Snyder filed. (Distributed)
Jun 25 2007 Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED.
Aug 1 2007 The time within which to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including September 5, 2007.
Aug 30 2007 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs in support of either or neither party received from counsel for the petitioner.
Sep 5 2007 Joint appendix filed. (2 Volumes) (Statement of costs received)
Sep 5 2007 Brief of petitioner Allen Snyder filed.
Sep 5 2007 Brief amicus curiae of Constitution Project filed.
Sep 5 2007 Brief amici curiae of Nine Jefferson Parish Ministers filed.
Sep 13 2007 The time within which to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including November 5, 2007.
Oct 12 2007 CIRCULATED.
Oct 15 2007 SET FOR ARGUMENT Tuesday, December 4, 2007.
Nov 5 2007 Brief of respondent Louisiana filed. (Distributed)
Nov 26 2007 Reply of petitioner Allen Snyder filed. (Distributed)
Nov 28 2007 Record received from Supreme Court of Louisiana. ( 1 box)
Dec 4 2007 Argued. For petitioner: Stephen B. Bright, Atlanta, Ga. For respondent: Terry M. Boudreaux, Assistant Attorney General, Gretna, La.
Mar 19 2008 Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Alito, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Stevens, Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, and Breyer, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Scalia, J., joined.
Apr 21 2008 MANDATE ISSUED.
Apr 29 2008 Record returned to the Supreme Court of Louisiana.
May 6 2008 Acknowledgement of receipt (04/25/08) of judgment from Clerk, Supreme Court of Louisiana received.



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
Stephen B. Bright Southern Center for Human Rights(404) 688-1202
    Counsel of Record83 Poplar Street, N.W.
Atlanta, GA  30303-2122
sbright@schr.org
Party name: Allen Snyder
 
Marcia A. Widder 303 Elizabeth Street NE(404) 222-9202
Atlanta, GA  30307
marcy.widder@garesource.org
Party name: Allen Snyder
Attorneys for Respondent:
Terry M. Boudreaux Assistant District Attorney(504) 368-1020
    Counsel of Record Jefferson Parish District Attorney's Office
200 Derbigny St.
Courthouse Annex, 4th Floor
Gretna, LA  70053
tboudreaux@jpda.org
Party name: Louisiana
Other:
Samuel Dalton 2001 Jefferson Hwy.(504) 835-4289
New Orleans, LA  70121
ssdalton@bellsouth.net
Party name: Nine Jefferson Parish Ministers
 
Sheri Lynn Johnson Professor of Law(607) 255-6478
Cornell Law School
108 Myron Taylor Hall
Ithaca, NY  14853
slj8@cornell.edu
Party name: Cornell Deaths Penalty Project
 
Timothy A. Meche 700 Camp Street(504) 528-9500
New Orleans, LA  70113
Party name: Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
 
Seth P. Waxman Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP(202) 663-6000
1875 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20006
seth.waxman@wilmerhale.com
Party name: Constitution Project

 

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