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Docket for 13-983
No. 13-983
Title:
Anthony Douglas Elonis, Petitioner
v.
United States
Docketed:February 19, 2014
Linked with 13A695
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
  Case Nos.:(12-3798)
  Decision Date:September 19, 2013
  Rehearing Denied:October 17, 2013
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dec 20 2013 Application (13A695) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 15, 2014 to March 7, 2014, submitted to Justice Alito.
Jan 6 2014 Application (13A695) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until February 14, 2014.
Feb 14 2014 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 21, 2014)
Mar 12 2014 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including April 21, 2014.
Mar 21 2014 Brief amici curiae of Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression, et al. filed.
Apr 21 2014 Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
May 5 2014 Reply of petitioner Anthony Douglas Elonis filed.
May 6 2014 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 22, 2014.
May 27 2014 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 29, 2014.
Jun 2 2014 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 5, 2014.
Jun 9 2014 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 12, 2014.
Jun 16 2014 Petition GRANTED In addition to the question presented by the petition, the parties are directed to brief and argue the following question: "Whether, as a matter of statutory interpretation, conviction of threatening another person under 18 U. S. C. �875(c) requires proof of the defendant's subjective intent to threaten."
Jul 7 2014 The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including August 15, 2014.
Jul 7 2014 The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including September 29, 2014.
Jul 8 2014 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner.
Jul 30 2014 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondent.
Aug 15 2014 Joint appendix (2 volumes) filed. (Statement of costs filed.)
Aug 15 2014 Brief of petitioner Anthony Douglas Elonis filed.
Aug 18 2014 Brief amici curiae of Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project, et al. filed.
Aug 22 2014 Brief amici curiae of People for Ethical Treatment of Animals, Inc. (PETA), et al. filed.
Aug 22 2014 Brief amicus curiae of Center for Individual Rights filed.
Aug 22 2014 Brief amici curiae of Student Press Law Center, et al. filed.
Aug 22 2014 Brief amici curiae of Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, et al. filed.
Aug 22 2014 Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union, et al. filed.
Aug 22 2014 Brief amici curiae of Rutherford Institute, et al. filed.
Aug 22 2014 Brief amici curiae of Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression, et al. filed.
Sep 4 2014 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, December 1, 2014.
Sep 22 2014 Brief amicus curiae of National Center for Victims of Crime filed.
Sep 22 2014 Record requested from U.S.C.A. 3rd Circuit.
Sep 29 2014 Brief of respondent United States filed.
Oct 2 2014 Brief amici curiae of Wisconsin, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Oct 6 2014 Brief amici curiae of National Network to End Domestic Violence, et al. filed.
Oct 6 2014 Brief amicus curiae of Anti-Defamation League filed.
Oct 6 2014 Brief amici curiae of Domestic Violence Legal Empowerment and Appeals Project, et al. filed.
Oct 6 2014 Brief amicus curiae of Criminal Justice Legal Foundation filed. (Distributed)
Oct 27 2014 CIRCULATED.
Oct 29 2014 Reply of petitioner Anthony Douglas Elonis filed. (Distributed)
Nov 3 2014 Record received from U.S.C.A. 3rd Circuit. The record is electronic.
Dec 1 2014 Argued. For petitioner: John P. Elwood, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Michael R. Dreeben, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C.
Jun 1 2015 Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Roberts, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Scalia, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Alito, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion.
Jul 6 2015 JUDGMENT ISSUED.



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
John P. Elwood Vinson & Elkins LLP(202) 639-6500
2200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Suite 500 West
Washington, DC  20037
jelwood@velaw.com
Party name: Anthony Douglas Elonis
Attorneys for Respondent:
Donald B. Verrilli Jr. Solicitor General(202) 514-2217
    Counsel of Record United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20530-0001
SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov
Party name: United States
 
Michael R. Dreeben Deputy Solicitor General(202) 514-2201
Department of Justice
Washington, DC  20530
michael.r.dreeben@usdoj.gov
Party name: United States
Other:
Thomas C. Bellavia Assistant Attorney General(608) 266-8690
Wisconsin Department of Justice
Post Office Box 7857
Madison, WI  53707-7857
bellaviatc@doj.state.wi.us
Party name: Wisconsin, et al.
 
Bruce D. Brown The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press(703) 807-2101
1101 Wilson Blvd., Ste1100
Arlington, VA  22209-2100
bbrown@rcfp.org
Party name: Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, et al.
 
Clay Calvert Marion B. Brechner(352)-273-1096
First Amendment Project
2060 Weimer Hall
Gainesville, FL  32611
ccalvert@jou.ufl.edu
Party name: Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project, et al.
 
Helen Gerostathos Guyton Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo PC(202)-434-7300
701 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Suite 900
Washington, DC  20004
hgguyton@mintz.com
Party name: National Network to End Domestic Violence, et al.
 
Sean D. Jordan One American Center(512) 721-2679
600 Congress Ave., Suite 2000
Austin, TX  78701
sean.jordan@sutherland.com
Party name: Student Press Law Center, et al.
 
Brian J. Murray Jones Day(312) 782-3939
77 West Wacker Dr., Suite 3500
Chicago, IL  60601
bjmurray@jonesday.com
Party name: People for Ethical Treatment of Animals, Inc. (PETA), et al.
 
Rebecca J. Roe Schroeter Goldmark & Bender(206) 622-8000
810 3rd Avenue, Suite 500
Seattle, WA  98104
roe@sgb-law.com
Party name: National Center for Victims of Crime
 
Michael E. Rosman Center for Individual Rights(202) 833-8400
1233 20th St., NW, Suite 300
Washington, DC  20036
rosman@cir-usa.org
Party name: Center for Individual Rights
 
David B. Salmons Bingham McCutchen LLP(202) 373-6000
2020 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20006
david.salmons@bingham.com
Party name: Domestic Violence Legal Empowerment and Appeals Project, et al.
 
Kent S. Scheidegger Criminal Justice Legal Foundation(916) 446-0345
2131 L Street
Sacramento, CA  95816
briefs@cjlf.org
Party name: Criminal Justice Legal Foundation
 
Steven R. Shapiro American Civil Liberties Union Foundation(212) 549-2500
125 Broad Street
New York, NY  10004
sshapiro@aclu.org
Party name: American Civil Liberties Union, et al.
 
J. Joshua Wheeler The Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression(434) 295-4784
400 Worrell Drive
Charlottesville, VA  22911
jjw@tjcenter.org
Party name: Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression, et al.
 
John W. Whitehead The Rutherford Institute(434) 978-3888
923 Garden Boulevard
Charlottesville, VA  22901
johnw@rutherford.org
Party name: Rutherford Institute, et al.
 
Christopher Wolf Hogan Lovells US LLP(202) 637-5719
555 Thirteenth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20004
christopher.wolf@hoganlovells.com
Party name: Anti-Defamation League

 

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