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Docket for 15-797
No. 15-797     *** CAPITAL CASE ***  
Title:
Bobby James Moore, Petitioner
v.
Texas
Docketed:December 18, 2015
Lower Ct:Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
  Case Nos.:(WR-13,374-05)
  Decision Date:September 16, 2015
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dec 15 2015 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 19, 2016)
Jan 19 2016 Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed.
Jan 19 2016 Brief amici curiae of The National Religious Campaign Against Torture, et al. filed.
Jan 19 2016 Brief amici curiae of International Organizations Interested in Medical Expertise, Psychiatry and Criminal Justice filed.
Jan 19 2016 Brief amici curiae of International Law and Human Rights Institutes, Societies, Practitioners and Scholars filed.
Jan 19 2016 Brief amici curiae of The American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, et al. filed.
Jan 20 2016 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including February 18, 2016.
Feb 18 2016 Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including March 18, 2016.
Mar 18 2016 Brief of respondent Texas in opposition filed.
Apr 1 2016 Reply of petitioner Bobby James Moore filed.
Apr 6 2016 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 22, 2016.
Apr 25 2016 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 29, 2016.
Apr 27 2016 Record Requested .
May 6 2016 Record received from the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas. The record is electronic.
May 9 2016 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 12, 2016.
May 16 2016 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 19, 2016.
May 23 2016 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 26, 2016.
May 31 2016 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 2, 2016.
Jun 6 2016 Petition GRANTED limited to Question 1 presented by the petition.
Jun 14 2016 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondent.
Jun 28 2016 Consent to the filing of amicus curiiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner.
Jul 11 2016 The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including July 28, 2016.
Jul 11 2016 The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including September 6, 2016.
Jul 28 2016 Brief of petitioner Bobby James Moore filed.
Jul 28 2016 Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed.)
Aug 3 2016 Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union, and the ACLU of Texas filed.
Aug 4 2016 Brief amici curiae of International Organizations and Individuals Interested in Medical Expertise and Psychiatry filed.
Aug 4 2016 Brief amici curiae of American Psychological Assocation, et al. filed.
Aug 4 2016 Brief amicus curiae of The American Bar Association filed.
Aug 4 2016 Brief amici curiae of The American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, et al. filed.
Aug 4 2016 Brief amicus curiae of The Constitution Project filed.
Sep 6 2016 Brief of respondent Texas filed.
Sep 13 2016 Brief amici curiae of Arizona, et al. filed.
Sep 13 2016 Brief amicus curiae of Criminal Justice Legal Foundation filed.
Oct 6 2016 Proposal of counsel for petitioner to lodge copies of opinions, cited in the reply brief, which are not available electronically.
Oct 6 2016 Reply of petitioner Bobby James Moore filed.
Oct 21 2016 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, November 29, 2016
Oct 26 2016 CIRCULATED.
Nov 1 2016 Record requested from the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Nov 4 2016 Record received from the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas is electronic.
Nov 29 2016 Argued. For petitioner: Clifford M. Sloan, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Scott A. Keller, Solicitor General, Austin, Tex.
Mar 28 2017 Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Ginsburg, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Kennedy, Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Roberts, C. J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Thomas and Alito, JJ., joined.
May 1 2017 MANDATE ISSUED.
May 1 2017 JUDGMENT ISSUED.



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
Clifford M. Sloan Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom(202) 371-7000
    Counsel of Record1440 New York Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20005
cliff.sloan@skadden.com
Party name: Bobby James Moore
Attorneys for Respondent:
Scott A. Keller Solicitor General(512) 936-1700
    Counsel of Record Office of the Attorney General
P.O. Box 12548 Capitol Station (MC 059)
Austin, TX  78711-2548
scott.keller@oag.texas.gov
Party name: Texas
 
Jeremy C. Greenwell Assistant Attorney General(512) 936-1400
P.O. Box 12548
Austin, TX  78711-2548
jeremy.greenwell@oag.state.tx.us
Party name: Texas
Other:
Paulette Brown President(312) 988-5000
American Bar Association
321 North Clark Association
Chicago, IL  60654-7598
abapresident@americanbar.org
Party name: The American Bar Association
 
Constance De la Vega University of San Francisco School of Law(415) 422-2296
2130 Fulton Street
San Francisco, CA  94117-1080
delavega@usfca.edu
Party name: International Law and Human Rights Institutes, Societies, Practitioners and Scholars
 
James W. Ellis 1117 Stanford Drive, NE(505) 277-2146
Albuquerque, NM  87131
ellis@law.unm.edu
Party name: The American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, et al.
 
Meir Feder Jones Day(212) 326-3755
222 East 41st Street
New York, NY  10017
mfeder@jonesday.com
Party name: The American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, et al.
 
Meir Feder Jones Day(212) 326-3939
250 Vesey Street
New York, NY  10281
mfeder@jonesday.com
Party name: The Constitution Project
 
Lacey S. Gard Assistant Attorney General(602) 542-4686
Office of the Arizona Attorney General
1275 W. Washington Street
Phoenix, AZ  85007-2997
cadocket@azag.gov
Party name: Arizona, et al.
 
Paul Stephen Hessler Linklaters, LLP212-903-9132
1345 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY  10105
paul.hessler@linklaters.com
Party name: International Organizations and Individuals Interested in Medical Expertise and Psychiatry
 
Eric L. Lewis Lewis Baach PLLC(202) 833-8900
1899 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Suite 600
Washington, DC  20006
eric.lewis@lewisbaach.com
Party name: The National Religious Campaign Against Torture, 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
 
Paul M. Smith Campaign Legal Center(202) 736-2200
1411 K Street NW
Suite 1400
Washington, DC  20005
psmith@campaignlegalcenter.org
Party name: American Psychological Assocation, et al.
 
Brian W. Stull American Civil Liberties Union Foundation(919) 682-9469
201 W. Main Street, Suite 402
Durham, NC  27707
bstull@aclu.org
Party name: American Civil Liberties Union, and the ACLU of Texas
 
Elizabeth B. Wydra Constitutional Accountability Center(202) 296-6889
1200 18th St., N.W., Suite 501
Washington, DC  20036
elizabeth@theusconstitution.org
Party name: Constitutional Accountability Center

 

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