| ~~~Date~~~ | ~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| Nov 13 2013 |
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 18, 2013) |
| Dec 6 2013 |
Waiver of right of respondent North Carolina to respond filed. |
| Dec 6 2013 |
Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, rreceived from counsel for the respondent. |
| Dec 18 2013 |
Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed. (Distributed) |
| Dec 24 2013 |
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 10, 2014. |
| Jan 6 2014 |
Response Requested . (Due February 5, 2014) |
| Jan 29 2014 |
Order extending time to file response to petition to and including March 7, 2014. |
| Mar 7 2014 |
Brief of respondent North Carolina in opposition filed. |
| Mar 18 2014 |
Reply of petitioner Nicholas Brady Heien filed. |
| Mar 19 2014 |
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 4, 2014. |
| Apr 7 2014 |
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 18, 2014. |
| Apr 21 2014 |
Petition GRANTED. |
| May 13 2014 |
The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including June 9, 2014. |
| May 13 2014 |
The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including July 14, 2014. |
| May 22 2014 |
Order further extending time to file respondent's brief on the merits to and including July 21, 2014. |
| May 22 2014 |
Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner. |
| May 28 2014 |
Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondent. |
| Jun 9 2014 |
Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed.) |
| Jun 9 2014 |
Brief of petitioner Nicholas Brady Heien filed. |
| Jun 16 2014 |
Brief amicus curiae of Gun Owners Foundation, et al. filed. |
| Jun 16 2014 |
Brief amici curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, et al. filed. |
| Jun 16 2014 |
Brief amici curiae of Professors Charles E. MacLean & Adam Lamparello filed. |
| Jun 16 2014 |
Brief amicus curiae of Rutherford Institute filed. |
| Jul 9 2014 |
Record requested from Supreme Court of North Carolina. |
| Jul 14 2014 |
Record received from the Supreme Court of North Carolina. The record is electronic. |
| Jul 18 2014 |
SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Monday, October 6, 2014 |
| Jul 21 2014 |
Brief of respondent North Carolina filed. |
| Jul 28 2014 |
Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
| Jul 28 2014 |
Brief amicus curiae of the United States filed. |
| Jul 28 2014 |
Brief amici curiae of Wisconsin, et al. filed. |
| Jul 28 2014 |
Brief amici curiae of The Association of Prosecuting Attorneys, et al. filed. |
| Aug 7 2014 |
CIRCULATED. |
| Aug 20 2014 |
Reply of petitioner Nicholas Brady Heien filed. (Distributed) |
| Aug 29 2014 |
Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. |
| Oct 6 2014 |
Argued. For petitioner: Jeffrey L. Fisher, Stanford, Cal. For respondent: Robert C. Montgomery, Senior Deputy Attorney General, Raleigh, N. C.; and Rachel P. Kovner, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) |
| Dec 15 2014 |
Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Roberts, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Kagan, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Ginsburg, J., joined. Sotomayor, J., filed a dissenting opinion. |
| Jan 16 2015 |
JUDGMENT ISSUED. |