No. 17-1091
 
Title: Tyson Timbs, Petitioner
v.
Indiana
Docketed: February 2, 2018
Lower Ct: Supreme Court of Indiana
   Case Numbers: (27S04-1702-MI-70)
   Decision Date: November 2, 2017
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Jan 31 2018 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 5, 2018)
Petition Appendix Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Feb 06 2018 Blanket Consent filed by Petitioners, Tyson Timbs, et al. and Respondent Indiana.
Blanket Consent
Feb 22 2018 Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 5, 2018 to May 4, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
Main Document
Feb 22 2018 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 4, 2018.
Mar 05 2018 Brief amicus curiae of The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Mar 05 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Mar 05 2018 Brief amici curiae of The Southern Poverty Law Center and The Cato Institute filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Mar 05 2018 Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Mar 05 2018 Brief amici curiae of Professors filed.
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May 04 2018 Brief of respondent State of Indiana in opposition filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
May 16 2018 Reply of petitioner Tyson Timbs filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
May 22 2018 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/7/2018.
Jun 11 2018 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/14/2018.
Jun 18 2018 Petition GRANTED.
Jun 26 2018 Motion for an extension of time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits filed.
Main Document
Jul 11 2018 Motion to extend the time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits granted and the time is extended to and including September 4, 2018.
Jul 12 2018 Blanket Consent received from counsel of record for petitioner filed.
Blanket Consent
Jul 12 2018 Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner Tyson Timbs.
Main Document Proof of Service
Jul 23 2018 Blanket Consent received from counsel of record for Respondent, State of Indiana filed.
Blanket Consent
Aug 24 2018 Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner GRANTED.
Sep 04 2018 Brief of petitioner Tyson Timbs filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Sep 05 2018 Amicus brief of Judicial Watch, Inc.; Allied Educational Foundation not accepted for filing. (To be resubmitted with correct documentation - September 10, 2018)
Sep 05 2018 Brief amici curiae of Judicial Watch, Inc. and Allied Educational Foundation filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Sep 10 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Institute for Free Speech filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Sep 10 2018 Brief amici curiae of Eighth Amendment Scholars in support of neither party filed.
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Sep 10 2018 Brief amici curiae of The American Civil Liberties Union, et al. filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Sep 11 2018 Brief amicus curiae of NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. filed.
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Sep 11 2018 Brief amicus curiae of The Rutherford Institute filed.
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Sep 11 2018 Brief amicus curiae of American Bar Association filed.
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Sep 11 2018 Brief amici curiae of DKT Liberty Project, et al. filed.
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Sep 11 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Sep 11 2018 Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Sep 11 2018 Amicus brief of Indiana Criminal Defense Lawyers not accepted for filing. (Duplicate submission - September 12, 2018)
Sep 11 2018 Amicus brief of Indiana Criminal Defense Lawyers not accepted for filing. (Duplicate submission - September 12, 2018)
Sep 11 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Sep 11 2018 Brief amici curiae of Juvenile Law Center, et al. filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Sep 11 2018 Brief amici curiae of Drug Policy Alliance, et al. filed.
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Sep 11 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Moral Law filed.
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Sep 11 2018 Brief amicus curiae of American Civil Rights Union filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Sep 11 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Sep 11 2018 Brief amici curiae of Scholars filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Sep 11 2018 Brief amici curiae of Indiana Criminal Defense Lawyers filed.
Certificate of Word Count Main Document Proof of Service
Sep 11 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Sep 11 2018 Amicus brief of Cause of Action Institute not accepted for filing. (To be re-submitted with correction)
Sep 11 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Cause of Action Institute filed (Re-submitted with correction on September 14, 2018).
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Oct 04 2018 Brief of respondent State of Indiana filed.
Main Document Other Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Oct 09 2018 SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Wednesday, November 28, 2018
Oct 11 2018 Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Counties, et al. filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Oct 19 2018 CIRCULATED
Nov 02 2018 Record received from the Supreme Court of Indiana is electronic and complete.
Nov 05 2018 Reply of petitioners Tyson Timbs, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Nov 28 2018 Argued. For petitioner: Wesley P. Hottot, Seattle, Wash. For respondent: Thomas M. Fisher, Indiana Solicitor General, Indianapolis, Ind.
Feb 20 2019 Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Ginsburg, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined. Gorsuch, J., filed a concurring opinion. Thomas, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment.
Mar 25 2019 MANDATE ISSUED.
Mar 25 2019 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Wesley Patrick Hottot
Counsel of Record
Institute for Justice
600 University Street
Suite 1730
Seattle, WA 98101
whottot@ij.org
Ph: 206-957-1300
Party name: Tyson Timbs, et al.


Attorneys for Respondents
Thomas M. Fisher
Counsel of Record
Office of the Indiana Attorney General
Indiana AG's Office, IGC S., 5th Fl.
302 W. Washington
Indianapolis, IN 46204
tom.fisher@atg.in.gov
Ph: 317-232-6255
Party name: State of Indiana


Other Attorneys
Jessica Ring Amunson
Counsel of Record
Jenner & Block LLP
1099 New York Avenue NW
Suite 900
Washington, DC 20001
JAmunson@jenner.com
Ph: 202-639-6023
Party name: DKT Liberty Project, Cato Institute, Goldwater Institute, Due Process Institute, Federal Bar Association Civil Rights Law Section, and Texas Public Policy Foundation


Robert M. Carlson
Counsel of Record
Corette Pohlman, et al.
129 W. Park
Butte, MT 59701
abapresident@americanbar.org
Ph: 312-988-5000
Party name: American Bar Association


Nusrat Jahan Choudhury
Counsel of Record
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation
125 Broad Street
New York, NY 10004
nchoudhury@aclu.org
Ph: 212-519-7876
Party name: The American Civil Liberties Union, et al.


Allen Joseph Dickerson
Counsel of Record
Institute for Free Speech
124 S. West Street
Suite 201
Alexandria, VA 22314
adickerson@ifs.org
Ph: 703-894-6846
Party name: Institute for Free Speech


John Allen Eidsmoe
Counsel of Record
Foundation for Moral Law
One Dexter Avenue
Montgomery, AL 36104
eidsmoeja@juno.com
Ph: 334-262-1245
Party name: Foundation for Moral Law


Chris Fedeli
Counsel of Record
Judicial Watch, Inc.
425 Third Street SW
Suite 800
Washington, DC 22204
cfedeli@judicialwatch.org
Ph: 202-646-5185
Party name: Judicial Watch, Inc.; Allied Educational Foundation


Brianne Jenna Gorod
Counsel of Record
Constitutional Accountability Center
1200 18th Street, NW
Suite 501
Washington, DC 20036
brianne@theusconstitution.org
Ph: 202 296 6889
Party name: Constitutional Accountability Center


Jeffrey T. Green
Counsel of Record
Sidley Austin
1501 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
jgreen@sidley.com
Ph: 202 736 8291
Party name: National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers


Daniel Scott Harawa
Counsel of Record
NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund
700 14th Street NW
Suite 600
Washington, DC 20005
dharawa@naacpldf.org
Ph: 202-216-5563
Party name: NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.


Dorothy Alicia Hickok
Counsel of Record
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
One Logan Square
Philadelphia, PA 19103
alicia.hickok@dbr.com
Ph: 215-988-3364
Party name: The Rutherford Institute


Kenneth Alan Klukowski
Counsel of Record
American Civil Rights Union
3213 Duke Street #625
Alexandria, VA 22314
kklukowski@theacru.org
Ph: 469-440-7584
Party name: American Civil Rights Union


Marsha Levick
Counsel of Record
Juvenile Law Center
1315 Walnut Street, 4th Fl.
Philadelphia, PA 19107
mlevick@jlc.org
Ph: 215-625-0551
Party name: Juvenile Law Center et al.


Christina Marie Martin
Counsel of Record
Pacific Legal Foundation
4440 PGA Blvd., Suite 307
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410
cmartin@pacificlegal.org
Ph: 561-691-5000
Party name: Pacific Legal Foundation


Bert W. Rein
Counsel of Record
WILEY REIN LLP
1776 K Street NW
Washington, DC 20006
brein@wileyrein.com
Ph: 202- 719-7000
Party name: The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America


Lawrence Rosenthal
Counsel of Record
Chapman University, Fowler School of Law
One University Drive
Orange, CA 92866
rosentha@chapman.edu
Ph: 714-628-2650
Party name: National League of Cities et al.


Averil Budge Rothrock
Counsel of Record
Schwabe. Williamson & Wyatt. P.C.
1420 Fifth Avenue. Suite*3400
Seattle, WA 98101
arothrock@schwabe.com
Ph: 206-622-1711
Party name: The Southern Poverty Law Center and The Cato Institute


David Schulmeister
Counsel of Record
Cades Schutte, LLP
1000 Bishop Street, 12th Floor
Honolulu, HI 96813
nmclean@cades.com
Ph: 808 521 9392
Party name: Eighth Amendment Scholars


William Bruce Shields
Counsel of Record
Blank Rome
1825 Eye St NW
Washington, DC 20006
wshields@blankrome.com
Ph: 202-772-5817
Party name: Indiana Criminal Defense Lawyers


Daniel Martin Sullivan
Counsel of Record
Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017
dsullivan@hsgllp.com
Ph: 646-837-5151
Party name: DRUG POLICY ALLIANCE, THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE, AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY, THE BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE AT NYU SCHOOL OF LAW, FREEDOMWORKS FOUNDATION, THE LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTION PARTNERSHIP, AND OTHERS


John Julian Vecchione
Counsel of Record
Cause of Action Institute
1875 Eye Street, N.W., Suite 800
Washington, DC 20006
john.vecchione@causeofaction.org
Ph: 202-499-2415
Party name: Cause of Action Institute


Eugene Volokh
Counsel of Record
Scott & Cyan Banister Clinic
UCLA School of Law
405 Hilgard Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90095
volokh@law.ucla.edu
Ph: 310-206-3926
Party name: Scholars