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Docket for 07-440
No. 07-440
Title:
Walter A. Rothgery, Petitioner
v.
Gillespie County, Texas
Docketed:October 2, 2007
Linked with 07A710
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
  Case Nos.:(06-50267)
  Decision Date:June 29, 2007
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sep 27 2007 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 1, 2007)
Oct 31 2007 Brief amicus curiae of Twenty-Two Professors of Law filed.
Oct 31 2007 Brief of respondent Gillespie County, Texas in opposition filed.
Nov 13 2007 Reply of petitioner Walter A. Rothgery filed. (Distributed)
Nov 14 2007 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 30, 2007.
Dec 3 2007 Petition GRANTED.
Dec 19 2007 Record received from U.S.C.A. for the 5th Circuit. (1envelope)
Dec 27 2007 Record received from U.S.D.C. for the Western District of Texas. (1 box)
Jan 4 2008 Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner Walter A. Rothgery.
Jan 16 2008 Brief of petitioner Walter A. Rothgery filed.
Jan 22 2008 Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner GRANTED.
Jan 22 2008 SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Monday, March 17, 2008.
Jan 23 2008 Brief amicus curiae of Twenty-Four Professors of Law filed.
Jan 23 2008 Brief amici curiae of Brennan Center, et al. filed.
Jan 23 2008 Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed.
Jan 23 2008 Brief amicus curiae of American Bar Association filed.
Feb 5 2008 CIRCULATED.
Feb 15 2008 Brief of respondent Gillespie County, Texas filed. (Distributed)
Feb 22 2008 Application (07A710) to file a reply brief on the merits in excess of the word limits, submitted to Justice Scalia.
Feb 22 2008 Brief amici curiae of Texas Association of Counties, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Feb 22 2008 Brief amici curiae of Texas, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Feb 22 2008 Motion of Texas, et al. for leave to participate in oral argument as amici curiae and for divided argument filed.
Feb 26 2008 Application (07A710) denied by Justice Scalia.
Mar 3 2008 Motion of Texas, et al. for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument DENIED.
Mar 10 2008 Reply of petitioner Walter A. Rothgery filed. (Distributed)
Mar 17 2008 Argued. For petitioner: Danielle Spinelli, Washington, D.C. For respondent: Gregory S. Coleman, Austin, Tex.
Jun 23 2008 Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Souter, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Stevens, Scalia, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, and Alito, JJ., joined. Roberts, C. J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Scalia, J., joined. Alito, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Roberts, C. J., and Scalia, J., joined. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion.
Jul 25 2008 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Aug 6 2008 Acknowledgement of receipt (07/28/08) of judgment from Clerk, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit received.



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
Danielle Spinelli Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP(202) 663-6000
1875 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC  20006
danielle.spinelli@wilmerhale.com
Party name: Walter A. Rothgery
 
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: Walter A. Rothgery
Attorneys for Respondent:
Gregory S. Coleman Yetter Coleman LLP(512) 533-0150
    Counsel of Record221 West Sixth Street, Suite 750
Austin, TX  78701
gcoleman@yettercoleman.com
Party name: Gillespie County, Texas
 
Charles S. Frigerio Law Offices of Charles S. Frigerio PC(210) 271-7877
Riverview Towers
111 Soledad, Suite 840
San Antonio, TX  78205
Party name: Gillespie County, Texas
Other:
R. Ted Cruz Solicitor General(512) 936-1824
Office of the Attorney General
P.O. Box 12548, MC-059
Austin, TX  78711-2548
Ted.Cruz@aog.state.tx.us
Party name: Texas, et al.
 
Alan Keith Curry Chief Prosecutor, Appelllate Division(713) 755-5826
Harris County District Attorney's Office
Criminal Justice Center
1201 Franklin, Suite 600
Houston, TX  77002
curry_alan@dao.hctx.net
Party name: Texas Association of Counties, et al.
 
Anthony J. Franze Arnold & Porter LLP(202) 942-5000
555 Twelfth Street, NW
Washington, DC  20004
anthony.franze@aporter.com
Party name: Brennan Center, et al.
 
Ian Heath Gershengorn Jenner & Block LLP(202) 639-6083
1099 New York Avenue, N.W., Suite 900
Washington, DC  20001-4412
igershengorn@jenner.com
Party name: National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
 
William H Neukom American Bar Association(312) 988-5000
321 North Clark Street
Chicago, IL  60610
Party name: American Bar Association
 
Christopher J. Wright Wiltshire & Grannis LLP(202) 730-1300
1200 Eighteenth St., N.W.
Suite 1200
Washington, DC  20036
cwright@wiltshiregrannis.com
Party name: Twenty-Two Professors of Law

 

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