| No. 16-8255 *** CAPITAL CASE *** | |
| Title: | Robert Leroy McCoy, Petitioner v. Louisiana |
| Docketed: | March 9, 2017 |
| Lower Ct: | Supreme Court of Louisiana |
| Case Numbers: | (2014-KA-1449) |
| Decision Date: | October 19, 2016 |
| Rehearing Denied: | December 6, 2016 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Mar 06 2017 | Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 10, 2017) |
| Mar 24 2017 | Brief of respondent Louisiana in opposition filed. |
| Apr 10 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of The Ethics Bureau at Yale filed. |
| Apr 10 2017 | Brief amici curiae of The Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, et al. filed. |
| Apr 11 2017 | Reply of petitioner Robert Leroy McCoy filed. (Distributed) |
| Apr 13 2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 28, 2017. |
| Apr 24 2017 | Record Requested. |
| Jun 12 2017 | Record received from the Supreme Court of Louisiana (6 boxes). |
| Jun 15 2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 25, 2017. |
| Sep 28 2017 | Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED limited to Question 1 presented by the petition. |
| Nov 13 2017 | Brief of petitioner Robert L.McCoy filed (to be corrected and reprinted). |
| Nov 13 2017 | Joint appendix filed (2 volumes). (Statement of costs filed) |
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| Nov 13 2017 | Brief of petitioner Robert L. McCoy filed (Corrected brief received 1/10/18). (Distributed) |
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| Nov 17 2017 | SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Wednesday, January 17, 2018 |
| Nov 17 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed. |
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| Nov 20 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed. |
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| Nov 20 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Ten Law School Professors and the Ethics Bureau at Yale filed. (Distributed) |
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| Nov 20 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of The Criminal Bar Association of England & Wales filed. (Distributed) |
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| Nov 20 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of American Bar Association filed. (Distributed) |
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| Nov 22 2017 | CIRCULATED. |
| Dec 13 2017 | Brief of respondent Louisiana filed. (Distributed) |
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| Dec 18 2017 | Record requested from the Supreme Court of Louisiana. |
| Dec 20 2017 | Brief amici curiae of States of Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Montana, Nevada, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, and Wyoming filed. (Distributed) |
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| Jan 05 2018 | Reply of petitioner Robert L.McCoy filed. (Distributed) |
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| Jan 17 2018 | Argued. For petitioner: Seth P. Waxman, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Elizabeth Murrill, Solicitor General of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, La. |
| May 14 2018 | Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Ginsburg, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Kennedy, Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Alito, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Thomas and Gorsuch, JJ., joined. |
| Jun 15 2018 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| Jun 15 2018 | MANDATE ISSUED. |
| Jun 20 2018 | Record returned to the Supreme Court of Louisiana (6 boxes). |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioner | ||
| Seth P. Waxman Counsel of Record | Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP 1875 Pennsylvania Ave, NW Washington, DC 20006 Seth.Waxman@wilmerhale.com | 202-663-6800 |
| Party name: Robert L. McCoy | ||
| Richard John Bourke | 636 Baronne Street New Orleans, LA 70113 rbourke@thejusticecenter.org | 5042582915 |
| Party name: Robert L.McCoy | ||
| Attorneys for Respondent | ||
| John Michael Lawrence Counsel of Record | Office of the District Attorney 204 Burt Boulevard, P.O. Box 69 Benton, LA 71006 | (318)-965-2332 |
| Party name: Louisiana | ||
| Elizabeth Baker Murrill Counsel of Record | Office of the Louisiana Attorney General P.O. Box 94005 Baton Rouge, LA 70084-9005 murrille@ag.louisiana.gov | 225-326-6766 |
| Party name: Louisiana | ||
| Other | ||
| Hilarie Bass Counsel of Record | American Bar Association 321 N. Clark Street Chicago, IL 60610 abapresident@americanbar.org | 312-988-5109 |
| Party name: American Bar Association | ||
| Lawrence J. Fox Counsel of Record | Yale Law School 127 Wall Street New Haven,, CT 06511 lawrence.fox@yale.edu | 203-432-9358 |
| Party name: Ten Law School Professors and the Ethics Bureau at Yale | ||
| Clark M. Neily III Counsel of Record | Cato Institute 1000 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington, DC 20002 cneily@cato.org | 2028420200 |
| Party name: Cato Institute | ||
| Jenay Aretha Nurse-Guilford Counsel of Record | Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP 30 Rockefeller Plaza New York, NY 10112 jenay.nurse@squirepb.com | 2012133137 |
| Party name: THE CRIMINAL BAR ASSOCIATION OF ENGLAND & WALES | ||
| Lauren Ashley Simpson Counsel of Record | Office of the Attorney General State of Alabama 501 Washington Avenue Montgomery, AL 36130 lsimpson@ago.state.al.us | 3343531209 |
| Party name: States of Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Montana, Nevada, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, and Wyoming | ||
| Clifford M. Sloan Counsel of Record | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP 1440 New York Avenue NW Washington, DC 20005 cliff.sloan@skadden.com | 202-371-7040 |
| Party name: The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers | ||
| G. Ben Cohen | The Promise of Justice Initiative 636 Baronne Street New Orleans, LA 70113 bcohen@thejusticecenter.org | (504) 529-5955 |
| Party name: The Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, et al. | ||
| Lawrence J. Fox | Visiting Lecturer in Law Yale Law School 127 Wall Street New Haven, CT 06511 lawrence.fox@yale.edu | (203) 432-9358 |
| Party name: The Ethics Bureau at Yale | ||