No. 15-1194
Title:
Lester Gerard Packingham, Petitioner
v.
North Carolina
Docketed:March 23, 2016
Linked with 15A757
Lower Ct:Supreme Court of North Carolina
  Case Nos.:(366PA13)
  Decision Date:November 6, 2015
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jan 15 2016 Application (15A757) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 4, 2016 to March 21, 2016, submitted to The Chief Justice.
Jan 20 2016 Application (15A757) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until March 21, 2016.
Mar 21 2016 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 22, 2016)
Apr 6 2016 Waiver of right of respondent North Carolina to respond filed.
Apr 19 2016 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 12, 2016.
Apr 20 2016 Brief amici curiae of Profs. Ashutosh Bhagwat, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Apr 28 2016 Response Requested . (Due May 31, 2016)
May 26 2016 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including June 30, 2016.
Jun 30 2016 Brief of respondent North Carolina in opposition filed.
Jul 20 2016 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 26, 2016.
Jul 22 2016 Reply of petitioner Lester Gerard Packingham filed. (Distributed)
Oct 3 2016 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 7, 2016.
Oct 11 2016 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 14, 2016.
Oct 24 2016 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 28, 2016.
Oct 28 2016 Petition GRANTED.
Nov 16 2016 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs in support of either party or of neither party from counsel for the respondent.
Nov 18 2016 The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including December 15, 2016.
Dec 12 2016 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs in support of either party or of neither party from counsel for the petitioner.
Dec 15 2016 Brief of petitioner Lester Gerard Packingham filed.
Dec 15 2016 Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
Dec 21 2016 Brief amici curiae of The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and the Thomas Jefferson Center for Protection of Free Expression filed.
Dec 22 2016 Brief amicus curiae of The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed.
Dec 22 2016 Brief amici curiae of Cato Institute, et al. filed.
Dec 22 2016 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, February 27, 2017.
Dec 22 2016 Brief amici curiae of Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, et al. filed.
Dec 22 2016 Brief amici curiae of Electronic Frontier Foundation, et al. filed.
Dec 22 2016 Brief amici curiae of Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), et al. filed.
Dec 30 2016 Record requested from the Supreme Court of North Carolina
Jan 17 2017 Brief of respondent North Carolina filed. (Distributed)
Jan 18 2017 CIRCULATED.
Jan 23 2017 Brief amici curiae of State of Louisiana,and Twelve Other States filed. (Distributed)
Jan 24 2017 Brief amici curiae of Stop Child Predators, and Shared Hope International filed. (Distributed)
Jan 24 2017 Brief amici curiae of Council of State Governments, et al. filed.
Jan 31 2017 Record received from the Supreme Court of North Carolina and North Carolina Court of Appeals. The record is electronic.
Feb 16 2017 Reply of petitioner Lester Gerard Packingham filed. (Distributed)
Feb 27 2017 Argued. For petitioner: David T. Goldberg, Stanford, Cal. For respondent: Robert C. Montgomery, Senior Deputy Attorney General, Raleigh, N. C.
Jun 19 2017 Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Kennedy, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Alito, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which Roberts, C. J., and Thomas, J., joined. Gorsuch, J., took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
Jul 21 2017 MANDATE ISSUED.
Jul 21 2017 JUDGMENT ISSUED.



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
David T. Goldberg Stanford Law School(650) 498-8229
    Counsel of RecordSupreme Court Litigation Clinic
559 Nathan Abbott Way
Stanford, CA  94305
dgoldberg@law.stanford.edu
Party name: Lester Gerard Packingham
 
G. Glenn Gerding Office of the Appellate Defender(919) 354-7210
123 West Main Street, Suite 500
Durham, NC  27701
glenn.gerding@nccourts.org
Party name: Lester Gerard Packingham
Attorneys for Respondent:
Anne Murray Middleton Department of Justice(919) 716-6585
    Counsel of RecordPost Office Box 629
Raleigh, NC  27602
amiddleton@ncdoj.com
Party name: North Carolina
 
Robert C. Montgomery Senior Deputy Attorney General(919) 716-6500
North Carolina Department of Justice
P.O. Box 629
Raleigh, NC  27602
rmont@ncdoj.gov
Party name: North Carolina
Other:
Bruce D. Brown The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press(202) 795-9300
1156 15th St., NW, Suite 1250
Washington, DC  20005
bbrown@rcfp.org
Party name: Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and the Thomas Jefferson Center for Protection of Free Expression
 
Colin A. Clark Deputy Solicitor General(225) 326-6200
Louisiana State Attorney General's Office
1885 N. Third Street
Baton Rouge, LA  70802
clarkc@ag.louisiana.gov
Party name: State of Louisiana and Twelve Other States
 
Mark C. Fleming Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP(617) 526-6000
60 State Street
Boston, MA  02109
mark.fleming@wilmerhale.com
Party name: Cato Institute, et al.
 
Jonathan D. Hacker O'Melveny & Myers LLP(202) 383-5300
1625 Eye Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20006
jhacker@omm.com
Party name: The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
 
John J. Korzen Wake Forest University School of Law(336) 758-5832
Appellate Advocacy Clinic
P.O. Box 7206 Reynolda Station
Winston-Salem, NC  27109-7206
korzenjj@wfu.edu
Party name: Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, et al.
 
John C. Neiman Jr. Solicitor General(334) 242-7300
Office of the Alabama Attorney General
501 Washington Avenue
Montgomery, AL  36104
jneiman@ago.state.al.us
Party name: Council of State Governments, et al.
 
Marc Rotenberg Electronic Privacy Information Center(202) 483-1140
1718 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Suite 200
Washington, DC  20009
rotenberg@epic.org
Party name: Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), et al.
 
Jonathan Sherman Boies Schiller & Flexner LLP(510) 874-1000
1401 New York Avenue, NW
Washington, DC  20005
jsherman@bsfllp.com
Party name: Electronic Frontier Foundation, et al.
 
Melissa Arbus Sherry Latham & Watkins LLP(202) 637-2200
555 Eleventh Street, NW
Suite 1000
Washington, DC  20004
melissa.sherry@lw.com
Party name: Stop Child Predators, and Shared Hope International
 
Eugene Volokh Scott & Cyan Banister(310) 206-3926
First Amendment Clinic
UCLA School of Law
405 Hilgard Ave.
Los Angeles, CA  90095
volokh@law.ucla.edu
Party name: Profs. Ashutosh Bhagwat, et al.