No. 10-63     *** CAPITAL CASE ***  
Title:
Cory R. Maples, Petitioner
v.
Kim T. Thomas, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections
Docketed:July 12, 2010
Linked with 09A974
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
  Case Nos.:(07-15187)
  Decision Date:October 26, 2009
  Rehearing Denied:February 9, 2010
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Apr 16 2010 Application (09A974) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 10, 2010 to July 9, 2010, submitted to Justice Thomas.
Apr 19 2010 Application (09A974) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until July 9, 2010.
Jul 9 2010 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 11, 2010)
Aug 2 2010 Consent to the filing of amicus briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondent.
Aug 9 2010 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including September 10, 2010.
Aug 9 2010 Brief amicus curiae of The Constitution Project filed.
Aug 10 2010 Brief amicus curiae of Alabama Criminal Defense Lawyers Association filed.
Aug 11 2010 Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed.
Aug 11 2010 Brief amici curiae of Alabama Appellate Court Justices and Bar Presidents filed.
Aug 20 2010 Brief of respondent Richard F. Allen, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections in opposition filed.
Sep 1 2010 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 27, 2010.
Sep 1 2010 Reply of petitioner Cory R. Maples filed. (Distributed)
Jan 12 2011 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 14, 2011.
Feb 23 2011 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 25, 2011.
Feb 24 2011 Supplemental brief of petitioner Cory R. Maples filed. (Distributed)
Feb 28 2011 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 4, 2011.
Mar 2 2011 Supplemental brief of respondent Kim T. Thomas, Interim Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections filed. (Distributed)
Mar 3 2011 Supplemental brief of petitioner Cory R. Maples filed. (Distributed)
Mar 10 2011 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 18, 2011.
Mar 21 2011 Petition GRANTED limited to Question 2 presented by the petition.
Mar 29 2011 Consent to the filing of amicus briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner.
Mar 29 2011 Consent to the filing of amicus briefs, in support of either party or ofneither party, received from counsel for the respondent.
Apr 6 2011 The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including May 18, 2011.
Apr 6 2011 The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including June 30, 2011.
May 18 2011 Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
May 18 2011 Brief of petitioner Cory R. Maples filed.
May 25 2011 Brief amicus curiae of Deborah A. DeMott filed.
May 25 2011 Brief amici curiae of The Constitution Project and Cato Institute filed.
May 25 2011 Brief amicus curiae of Alabama Criminal Defense Lawyers Association filed.
May 25 2011 Brief amici curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, et al. filed.
May 25 2011 Brief amicus curiae of NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. filed.
May 25 2011 Brief amici curiae of Alabama Appellate Court Justices and Bar Presidents filed.
May 25 2011 Brief amici curiae of Legal Ethics Professors and Practitioners, et al. filed.
Jun 30 2011 Brief of respondent Kim T. Thomas, Interim Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections filed.
Jul 7 2011 Brief amicus curiae of Criminal Justice Legal Foundation filed.
Jul 7 2011 Brief amici curiae of Texas, et al. filed.
Jul 19 2011 SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Tuesday , October 4, 2011.
Aug 1 2011 Reply of petitioner Cory R. Maples filed.
Aug 2 2011 CIRCULATED.
Aug 19 2011 Record received from U.S.C.A. for the 11th Circuit. (1 envelope)
Aug 29 2011 Record received from U.S.D.C. for the District of Alabama. (3 boxes)
Oct 4 2011 Argued. For petitioner: Gregory G. Garre, Washington, D. C. For respondent: John C. Neiman, Jr., Solicitor General, Montgomery, Ala.
Jan 18 2012 Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Ginsburg, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Kennedy, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Alito, J., filed a concurring opinion. Scalia, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Thomas, J., joined.
Feb 21 2012 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
May 21 2012 Record returned to U.S.C.A. for 11th Circuit.
May 21 2012 Record returned to U.S.D.C. for Northern District of Alabama.



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
Gregory G. Garre Latham & Watkins, LLP(202) 637-2207
    Counsel of Record555 11th Street, N.W.
Suite 1000
Washington, DC  20004
gregory.garre@lw.com
Party name: Cory R. Maples
Attorneys for Respondent:
John C. Neiman Jr. Solicitor General(334) 242-7300
    Counsel of Record Office of the Alabama Attorney General
501 Washington Avenue
Montgomery, AL  36104
jneiman@ago.state.al.us
Party name: Kim T. Thomas, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections
 
Other:
Adam W. Aston Assistant Solicitor General(512) 936-0596
Office of Attorney General
P.O. Box 12548 (MC 059)
Austin, TX  78711
adam.aston@texasattorneygeneral.gov
Party name: Texas, et al.
 
Lisa S. Blatt Arnold & Porter LLP(202) 942-5000
555 12th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20004
Lisa.Blatt@aporter.com
Party name: National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
 
Lisa W. Borden Baker Donelson Bearman Cladwell & Berkowitz PC(205) 244-3803
1600 Wachovia Tower
420 North 20th Street
Birmingham, AL  35203
lborden@bakerdonelson.com
Party name: Alabama Appellate Court Justices and Bar Presidents
 
Walter Dellinger O'Melveny & Myers LLP(202) 383-5319
1625 Eye Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20006
wdellinger@omm.com
Party name: Deborah A. DeMott
 
Lawrence J. Fox Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP(215) 988-2700
One Logan Square, Suite 2000
Philadelphia, PA  19103
Lawrence.Fox@dbr.com
Party name: Legal Ethics Professors and Practitioners, et al.
 
Jonathan S. Franklin Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.(202) 662-0466
801 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20004
jonathan.franklin@nortonrosefullbright.com
Party name: The Constitution Project
 
Wayne Morse Jr. Waldrep Stewart & Kendrick LLC(205) 254-3216
2323 2nd Avenue, North
Birmingham, AL  35203
morse@wskllc.com
Party name: Alabama Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
 
John A. Payton NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.(212) 965-2200
99 Hudson Street, 16th Floor
New York, NY  10013
jpayton@naacpldf.org
Party name: NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.
 
Kent S. Scheidegger Criminal Justice Legal Foundation(916) 446-0345
2131 L Street
Sacramento, CA  95816
brfs@cjlf.org
Party name: Criminal Justice Legal Foundation