No. 16-980
 
Title: Jon Husted, Ohio Secretary of State, Petitioner
v.
A. Philip Randolph Institute, et al.
Docketed: February 8, 2017
Linked with: 16A556
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
   Case Numbers: (16-3746)
   Decision Date: September 23, 2016
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Dec 02 2016 Application (16A556) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 22, 2016 to February 6, 2017, submitted to Justice Kagan.
Dec 06 2016 Application (16A556) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until February 6, 2017.
Feb 03 2017 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 10, 2017)
Feb 03 2017 Appendix of Jon Husted, Ohio Secretary of State filed.
Feb 27 2017 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including March 31, 2017.
Mar 09 2017 Brief amici curiae of Former Attorneys of the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice filed.
Mar 10 2017 Brief amicus curiae of Landmark Legal Foundation filed.
Mar 10 2017 Brief amicus curiae of Judicial Watch, Inc. filed.
Mar 10 2017 Brief amici curiae of Georgia and 14 other States filed.
Mar 31 2017 Brief of respondents A. Philip Randolph Institute, et al. in opposition filed.
Apr 17 2017 Reply of petitioner Jon Husted, Ohio Secretary of State filed.
Apr 19 2017 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 11, 2017.
May 10 2017 Rescheduled.
May 15 2017 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 18, 2017.
May 22 2017 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 25, 2017.
May 30 2017 Petition GRANTED.
Jun 07 2017 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the Petitioner.
Jun 07 2017 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the Respondents.
Jun 22 2017 The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including July 31, 2017.
Jun 22 2017 The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including September 15, 2017.
Jun 29 2017 Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by the parties.
Jul 31 2017 Brief of petitioner Husted, Ohio Secretary of State filed.
Aug 07 2017 Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
Aug 07 2017 Brief amicus curiae of Buckeye Institute filed.
Aug 07 2017 Brief amicus curiae of Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund filed.
Aug 07 2017 Brief amici curiae of Georgia and 16 Other States filed.
Aug 07 2017 Brief amicus curiae of Judicial Watch, Inc. filed.
Aug 07 2017 Brief amicus curiae of American Civil Rights Union filed.
Aug 07 2017 Brief amici curiae of Former Attorneys of the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice filed.
Aug 07 2017 Brief amici curiae of Landmark Legal Foundation, et al. filed.
Aug 07 2017 Brief amici curiae of National Conference of State Legislatures, et al. filed.
Aug 22 2017 Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Aug 25 2017 Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by the parties GRANTED.
Aug 31 2017 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday November 8, 2017
Sep 07 2017 CIRCULATED
Sep 12 2017 Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 6th Circuit.
Sep 15 2017 Brief of respondents A. Philip Randolph Institute, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Sep 19 2017 Brief amici curiae of Libertarian Party of Ohio, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Sep 22 2017 Brief amici curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed. (Distributed)
Sep 22 2017 Brief amicus curiae of American History Professors filed. (Distributed)
Sep 22 2017 Brief amicus curiae of Libertarian National Committee filed. (Distributed)
Sep 22 2017 Brief amici curiae of the League of Women Voters of the United States, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Sep 22 2017 Brief amici curiae of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Sep 22 2017 Brief amicus curiae of Senator Sherrod Brown filed. (Distributed)
Sep 22 2017 Brief amici curiae of Certain Members of the Congressional Black Caucus filed. (Distributed)
Sep 22 2017 Brief amici curiae of National Disability Rights Network, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Sep 22 2017 Brief amicus curiae of Common Cause filed. (Distributed)
Sep 22 2017 Brief amici curiae of Eric H. Holder, Jr., et al. filed. (Distributed)
Sep 22 2017 Brief amici curiae of the States of New York, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Sep 22 2017 Brief amici curiae of Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Sep 22 2017 Brief amicus curiae of Public Citizen, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
Sep 22 2017 Brief amici curiae of Current and Former Ohio Elections Officials filed. (Distributed)
Sep 22 2017 Brief amicus curiae of VoteVets Action Fund filed. (Distributed)
Sep 22 2017 Brief amici curiae of Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Sep 22 2017 Brief amici curiae of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)
Oct 10 2017 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Oct 16 2017 Reply of petitioner Jon Husted, Ohio Secretary of State filed. (Distributed)
Oct 27 2017 Letter from counsel for respondents relating to oral argument filed.
Oct 27 2017 This case is removed from the oral argument calendar for November 8, 2017.
Nov 17 2017 SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Wednesday, January 10, 2018
Nov 22 2017 CIRCULATED.
Dec 18 2017 Record received from the U.S.C.A. 6th Circuit is electronic.
Jan 10 2018 Argued. For petitioner: Eric E. Murphy, State Solicitor for State of Ohio, Columbus, Ohio; and Noel J. Francisco, Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondents: Paul M. Smith, Washington, D. C.
Jun 11 2018 Judgment REVERSED. Alito, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Kennedy, Thomas, and Gorsuch, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed a concurring opinion. Breyer, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Ginsburg, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Sotomayor, J., filed a dissenting opinion.
Jul 13 2018 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Eric E. Murphy
Counsel of Record
Ohio State Solicitor
30 East Broad Street
17th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
eric.murphy@ohioattorneygeneral.gov
Ph: 614-466-8980
Party name: Jon Husted, Ohio Secretary of State


Attorneys for Respondents
Brenda Wright
Counsel of Record

1340 Centre Street, Suite 209
Newton, MA 02459
bwright@demos.org
Ph: (617) 232-5885
Party name: A. Philip Randolph Institute, et al.


Other Attorneys
J. Christian Adams
Counsel of Record
Public Interest Legal Foundation
32 E. Washington Street, Suite 1675
Indianapolis, IN 46204
adams@publicinterestlegal.org
Ph: 317-203-5599
Party name: American Civil Rights Union


Samuel Robert Bagenstos
Counsel of Record
625 S. State St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
sbagen@gmail.com
Ph: 857-231-1663
Party name: Eric H. Holder, Jr., et al.


Brigida Benitez
Counsel of Record
Steptoe & Johnson LLP
1330 Connecticut Ave., N. W.
Washington, DC 20036
bbenitez@steptoe.com
Ph: 2024293000
Party name: Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC, et al.


Rachel Sarah Bloomekatz
Counsel of Record
Bloomekatz Law LLC
1148 Neil Avenue
Columbus, OH 43201
rachel@bloomekatzlaw.com
Ph: 614-259-7611
Party name: Current and Former Ohio Elections Officials


Emmet J Bondurant II
Counsel of Record
Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP
3900 One Atlantic Center
1201 W. Peachtree Street
Atlanta, GA 30309
bondurant@bmelaw.com
Ph: 404-421-0837
Party name: Common Cause


Thomas Mark Bondy
Counsel of Record
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
1152 15th Street NW
Washington, DC 20005
tbondy@orrick.com
Ph: 202-339-8406
Party name: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., et al.


Richard P. Bress
Counsel of Record
Latham & Watkins LLP
555 11th Street, NW Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20004
rick.bress@lw.com
Ph: 202-637-2137
Party name: American History Professors


Gorod Brianne
Counsel of Record
Constitutional Accountability Center
1200 18th Street, NW, Suite 501
Washington, DC 20036
brianne@theusconstition.org
Ph: 292-296-6889
Party name: Constitutional Accountability Center


Mark R. Brown
Counsel of Record
303 East Broad Street
Columbus, OH 43215-3200
MBROWN@LAW.CAPITAL.EDU
Ph: 614-236-6590
Party name: Libertarian Party of Ohio, et al.


Michael A. Carvin
Counsel of Record
Jones Day
51 Louisiana Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC 20001
macarvin@jonesday.com
Ph: (202) 879-7643
Party name: Buckeye Institute


William Spencer Consovoy
Counsel of Record
Consovoy McCarthy PLLC
1600 Wilson Boulevard Suite 700
Arlington, VA 22209
will@consovoymccarthy.com
Ph: (703) 243-9423
Party name: Former Attorneys of the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice


Gilda R. Daniels
Counsel of Record
Advancement Project
1220 L Street, NW, Suite 850
Washington, DC 20005
gdaniels@advancementproject.org
Ph: 202-728-9557
Party name: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, et al.


Joshua Paul Davis
Counsel of Record
Reed Smith LLP
811 Main Street
Suite 1700
Houston, TX 77002
jpdavis@reedsmith.com
Ph: 713-469-3800
Party name: National Conference of State Legislatures, et al.


Noel John Francisco
Counsel of Record
Jones Day
51 Louisiana Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001
NJFRANCISCO@JONESDAY.COM
Ph: (202) 879-3939
Party name: United States


Aderson B. Francois
Counsel of Record
Georgetown University Law Center
Civil Rights & Voting Rights Clinic
600 New Jersey Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20001
aderson.francois@georgetown.edu
Ph: (202) 661-6721
Party name: VoteVets Action Fund


John Arak Freedman
Counsel of Record
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, LLP
601 Mass. Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20001
JOHN.FREEDMAN@ARNOLDPORTER.COM
Ph: 202-942-5316
Party name: The League of Women Voters of the United States, et al.


Linda Ceilia Goldstein
Counsel of Record
Dechert, LLP
1095 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
linda.goldstein@dechert.com
Ph: 212-698-3817
Party name: Certain Members of the Congressional Black Caucus


Jason David Hirsch
Counsel of Record
Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale & Dorr, LLP
7 World Trade Center, 250 Grenwich Street
New York, NY 10007
jason.hirsch@wilmerhale.com
Ph: (212)-230-8800
Party name: Libertarian National Committee


Steven A. Hirsch
Counsel of Record
Keker, Van Nest & Peters, LLP
633 Battery Street
San Francisco, CA 94111-1809
shirsch@keker.com
Ph: 4153915400
Party name: Senator Sherrod Brown


Richard Peter Hutchison
Counsel of Record
Landmark Legal Foundation
3100 Broadway
Suite 1200
Kansas City, MO 64111
pete.hutch@landmarklegal.org
Ph: 8169315559
Party name: Landmark Legal Foundation, et al.


Lawrence J. Joseph
Counsel of Record
Law Office of Lawrence J. Joseph
1250 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Suite 700 PMB 5155
Washington, DC 20036
LJOSEPH@LARRYJOSEPH.COM
Ph: 2028992987
Party name: Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund


Michael Courtney Keats
Counsel of Record
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
One New York Plaza
New York, NY 10004
michael.keats@friedfrank.com
Ph: (212) 859-8914
Party name: Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, et al.


Scott Lawrence Nelson
Counsel of Record
Public Citizen Litigation Group
1600 20th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20009
SNELSON@CITIZEN.ORG
Ph: 202-588-1000
Party name: Public Citizen, Inc.,


Andrew Alan Pinson
Counsel of Record
Office of the Georgia Attorney General
40 Capital Square SW
Atlanta, GA 30334-1300
apinson@law.ga.gov
Ph: 404-458-3409
Party name: Georgia and 16 Other States


Paul March Smith
Counsel of Record
Campaign Legal Center
1101 14th Street, NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC 20005
psmith@campaignlegalcenter.org
Ph: 202-736-2200
Party name: National Disability Rights Network, et al.


Barbara Dale Underwood
Counsel of Record
Solicitor General
Office of the Attorney General
28 Liberty Street
New York, NY 10005-1400
BARBARA.UNDERWOOD@AG.NY.GOV
Ph: 212-416-8016
Party name: for the States of New York, et al.


Timothy Allen Butler
Office of the Attorney General
40 Capitol Square, SW
Atlanta, GA 30334
tbutler@law.ga.gov
Ph: (404) 656-3300
Party name: Georgia and 14 other States


Robert D. Popper
Judicial Watch, Inc.
425 Third Street, SW
Washington, DC 20024
rpopper@judicialwatch.org
Ph: 202-646-5172
Party name: Judicial Watch, Inc.