No. 16-1027
 
Title: Ryan Austin Collins, Petitioner
v.
Virginia
Docketed: February 24, 2017
Lower Ct: Supreme Court of Virginia
   Case Numbers: (151277)
   Decision Date: September 15, 2016
   Rehearing Denied: November 22, 2016
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Feb 21 2017 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 27, 2017)
Mar 20 2017 Waiver of right of respondent Virginia to respond filed.
Mar 27 2017 Brief amici curiae of United States Justice Foundation, et al. filed.
Apr 05 2017 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 21, 2017.
Apr 12 2017 Response Requested. (Due May 12, 2017)
Apr 24 2017 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including June 12, 2017.
Jun 07 2017 Brief of respondent Virginia in opposition filed.
Jun 21 2017 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 25, 2017.
Jun 22 2017 Reply of petitioner Ryan Austin Collins filed. (Distributed)
Sep 28 2017 Petition GRANTED.
Nov 13 2017 Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
Nov 13 2017 Brief of petitioner Ryan A. Collins filed.
Nov 17 2017 SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Tuesday, January 9, 2018
Nov 17 2017 Brief amicus curiae of Institute for Justice filed.
Nov 17 2017 Brief amicus curiae of Restore the Fourth, Inc. filed.
Nov 20 2017 Brief amicus curiae of The National Rifle Association Freedom Action Foundation filed.
Nov 20 2017 Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed.
Nov 20 2017 Brief amicus curiae of The Cato Institute filed.
Nov 20 2017 Brief amicus curiae of Fourth Amendment Scholars filed. (Distributed)
Nov 20 2017 Brief amicus curiae of American Motorcyclist Association filed. (Distributed)
Nov 20 2017 Brief amici curiae of Conservative Legal Defense and Education Fund, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Nov 20 2017 Brief amicus curiae of The Rutherford Institute filed. (Distributed)
Nov 22 2017 CIRCULATED.
Dec 13 2017 Brief of respondent Virginia filed.
Dec 18 2017 Record requested from the Supreme Court of Virginia.
Jan 02 2018 Reply of petitioner Ryan A. Collins filed. (Distributed)
Jan 04 2018 Record received from the Commonwealth of Virginia in the Circuit Court of the county of Albemarle. (1 Envelope).
Jan 05 2018 Record received from the Court of Appeals of Virginia. (1 Envelope).
Jan 09 2018 Argued. For petitioner: Matthew A. Fitzgerald, Richmond, Va. For respondent: Trevor S. Cox, Acting Solicitor General of Virginia, Richmond, Va.
Jan 17 2018 Record received from the Supreme Court of Virginia is electronic.
May 29 2018 Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Sotomayor, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan, and Gorsuch, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed a concurring opinion. Alito, J., filed a dissenting opinion.
Jul 02 2018 MANDATE ISSUED.
Jul 02 2018 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Aug 28 2018 The record from the Supreme Court of Virginia has been returned.
Aug 29 2018 The record from the Supreme Court of Virginia has been returned (2nd record).
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Matthew Allen Fitzgerald
Counsel of Record
McGuireWoods LLP
Gateway Plaza
800 East Canal Street
Richmond, VA 23219
MFITZGERALD@MCGUIREWOODS.COM
Ph: 804-775-4716
Party name: Ryan A. Collins


Attorneys for Respondents
Trevor Stephen Cox
Counsel of Record
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
Riverfront Plaza - East Tower 951 East Byrd Street
Richmond, VA 23219
TCox@HuntonAK.com
Ph: (804) 788-8200
Party name: Virginia


Matthew Robert McGuire

Office of the Attorney General
202 North Ninth Street
Richmond, VA 23219
mmcguire@oag.state.va.us
Ph: 804-786-7773
Party name: Virginia


Other Attorneys
Anand Agneshwar
Counsel of Record
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP
250 W. 55th St.
New York, NY 10019
Anand.Agneshwar@arnoldporter.com
Ph: 2128368000
Party name: The Rutherford Institute


Douglas Harry Hallward-Driemeier
Counsel of Record
Ropes & Gray, LLP
2099 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20006-6807
DOUGLAS.HALLWARD-DRIEMEIER@ROPESGRAY.COM
Ph: 202-508-4776
Party name: National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers


William Robert Peterson
Counsel of Record
Office of the Texas Attorney General
P.O. Box 12548 (MC-059)
Austin, TX 78711-2548
william.peterson@oag.texas.gov
Ph: 512-936-1700
Party name: American Motorcyclist Association


Andrew John Pincus
Counsel of Record
Mayer Brown LLP
1999 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
APINCUS@MAYERBROWN.COM
Ph: 202-263-3000
Party name: The Cato Institute


Anthony Brian Sanders
Counsel of Record
Institute for Justice
520 Nicollet Mall
Suite 550
Minneapolis, MN 55402
asanders@ij.org
Ph: 612-435-3451
Party name: Institute for Justice


Leslie A. Shoebotham
Counsel of Record
Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
7214 St. Charles Avenue
Campus Box 901
New Orleans, LA 70118
shoeboth@loyno.edu
Ph: 5048615683
Party name: Fourth Amendment Scholars


Mahesha Padmanabhan Subbaraman
Counsel of Record
Subbaraman PLLC
80 S. 8th St., Suite 900
Minneapolis, MN 55402
MPS@SUBBLAW.COM
Ph: 612-315-9210
Party name: Restore the Fourth, Inc.


David H. Thompson
Counsel of Record
Cooper & Kirk, PLLC
1523 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
DTHOMPSON@COOPERKIRK.COM
Ph: 202-220-9600
Party name: The National Rifle Association Freedom Action Foundation


Herbert William Titus
Counsel of Record
William J. Olson, P.C.
370 Maple Ave W Suite 4
Vienna, VA 22180
htitus@cox.net
Ph: 703-356-5070
Party name: Conservative Legal Defense and Education Fund, et al.


Robert Jeffrey Olson
William J. Olson PC
370 Maple Avenue West, Suite 4
Vienna, VA 22180-5615
wjo@mindspring.com
Ph: 703-356-5070
Party name: United States Justice Foundation, et al.