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Docket for 12-1117
No. 12-1117
Title:
Officer Vance Plumhoff, et al., Petitioners
v.
Whitne Rickard, a Minor Child, Individually, and as Surviving Daughter of Donald Rickard, Deceased, By and Through Her Mother Samantha Rickard, as Parent and Next Friend
Docketed:March 14, 2013
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
  Case Nos.:(11-5266)
  Decision Date:November 14, 2012
  Rehearing Denied:December 13, 2012
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mar 12 2013 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 15, 2013)
Apr 30 2013 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 16, 2013.
May 8 2013 Response Requested . (Due June 7, 2013)
Jun 7 2013 Brief of respondent Whitne Rickard, a Minor Child, Individually, and as Surviving Daughter of Donald Rickard, Deceased, By and Through Her Mother Samantha Rickard, as Parent and Next Friend in opposition filed.
Jun 19 2013 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 30, 2013.
Aug 13 2013 Record Requested .
Aug 14 2013 Record received from the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Aug 21 2013 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 30, 2013.
Aug 21 2013 Reply of petitioners Officer Vance Plumhoff, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Aug 22 2013 Record Requested .
Sep 27 2013 Record received from the United States District Court Western District of Tennessee (3 DVDs).
Oct 2 2013 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 18, 2013.
Oct 28 2013 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 1, 2013.
Nov 4 2013 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 8, 2013.
Nov 12 2013 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 15, 2013.
Nov 15 2013 Petition GRANTED.
Nov 25 2013 SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Tuesday, March 4, 2014
Dec 17 2013 Record received from U.S.C.A. 6th Circuit, the record is electronic.
Dec 30 2013 Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
Dec 30 2013 Brief of petitioners Officer Vance Plumhoff, et al. filed.
Dec 31 2013 Record received from U.S.D.C. Western District of Tennessee Western Division. (1 Box)
Jan 6 2014 Brief amicus curiae of the United States filed.
Jan 6 2014 Brief amici curiae of Ohio and 21 Other States filed.
Jan 6 2014 Brief amici curiae of National Conference of State Legislatures, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jan 7 2014 Record received from U.S.D.C. Western District of Tennessee (Memphis)
Jan 9 2014 CIRCULATED
Jan 29 2014 Brief of respondent Whitne Rickard, a Minor Child, Individually, and as Surviving Daughter of Donald Rickard, Deceased, By and Through Her Mother Samantha Rickard, as Parent and Next Friend filed. (Distributed)
Jan 31 2014 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Feb 4 2014 Brief amicus curiae of Professor Jonathan R. Nash filed. (Distributed).
Feb 5 2014 Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed. (Distributed)
Feb 5 2014 Brief amici curiae of National Police Accountability Project, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Feb 20 2014 Reply of petitioners Officer Vance Plumhoff, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Feb 21 2014 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Mar 4 2014 Argued. For petitioners: Michael Mosley, North Little Rock, Ark.; and John F. Bash, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondent: Gary K. Smith, Memphis, Tenn.
May 27 2014 Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Alito, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined, in which Ginsburg, J., joined as to the judgment and Parts I, II, and III-C, and in which Breyer, J., joined except as to Part III-B-2.
Jun 30 2014 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Jul 2 2014 Record Returned for U.S.D.C. Western District of Tennessee.



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioners:
Michael A. Mosley P.O. Box 38(501)-978-6131
    Counsel of Record301 W. 2nd Street
North Little Rock, AR  72115
mmosley@arml.org
Party name: Officer Vance Plumhoff, et al.
 
Philip W. Savrin Freeman, Mathis & Gary LLP(770) 818-1405
100 Galleria Parkway, Suite 1600
Atlanta, GA  30339-5959
psavrin@fmglaw.com
Party name: Officer Vance Plumhoff, et al.
Attorneys for Respondent:
Gary K. Smith Apperson Crump PLC(901)-756-6300
    Counsel of Record6070 Poplar Avenue, Sixth Floor
Memphis, TN  38119
gsmith@appersoncrump.com
Party name: Whitne Rickard, a Minor Child, Individually, and as Surviving Daughter of Donald Rickard, Deceased, By and Through Her Mother Samantha Rickard, as Parent and Next Friend
Other:
John F. Bash Assistant to the Solicitor General
Department of Justice
Washington, DC  20530
Party name: the United States
 
Peter Julian Keith San Francisco City Attorney's Office(415)-554-3908
1390 Market Street, 6th Floor
San Francisco, CA  94102
peter.keith@sfgov.org
Party name: National Conference of State Legislatures, et al.
 
Eric E. Murphy State Solicitor(614) 466-8980
Office of the Attorney General
30 East Broad Street, 17th Fl.
Columbus, OH  43215-3428
eric.murphy@ohioattorneygeneral.gov
Party name: Ohio and 21 Other States
 
Jonathan Remy Nash Emory University School of Law(404) 712-1715
1301 Clifton Road Northeast
Atlanta, GA  30322
jonathan.nash@emory.edu
Party name: Professor Jonathan R. Nash
 
Eric Schnapper University of Washington(206) 616-3167
School of Law
P.O. Box 353020
Seattle, WA  98195
schnapp@u.washington.edu
Party name: National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
 
Donald B. Verrilli Jr. Solicitor General(202) 514-2217
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20530-0001
SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov
Party name: the United States
 
Christopher Wimmer Emergent Legal(415) 894-9284
25 Taylor Street
San Francisco, CA  94104
cwimmer@emergentlegal.com
Party name: National Police Accountability Project, et al.

 

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