No. 17-155
 
Title: Erik Lindsey Hughes, Petitioner
v.
United States
Docketed: August 1, 2017
Linked with: 16A1134
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
   Case Numbers: (15-15246)
   Decision Date: February 27, 2017
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
May 19 2017 Application (16A1134) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 28, 2017 to July 27, 2017, submitted to Justice Thomas.
May 22 2017 Application (16A1134) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until July 27, 2017.
Jul 27 2017 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 31, 2017)
Aug 24 2017 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including October 2, 2017.
Sep 22 2017 Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including November 1, 2017.
Nov 01 2017 Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
Nov 17 2017 Reply of petitioner Erik Hughes filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Nov 20 2017 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/8/2017.
Dec 08 2017 Petition GRANTED.
Jan 11 2018 Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner Erik Hughes.
Main Document Proof of Service
Jan 22 2018 Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner GRANTED.
Jan 22 2018 Brief of petitioner Erik Hughes filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Jan 24 2018 SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Tuesday, March 27, 2018
Jan 25 2018 Brief amici curiae of Chantell and Michael Sackett, and Duarte Nursery, Inc. filed.
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Jan 26 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Richard M. Re in support of neither party filed.
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Jan 26 2018 Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by Law Professors in support of neither party filed.
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Jan 29 2018 Brief amici curiae of Agricultural Building, Forestry, Livestock, Manufacturing, Mining, and Petroleum Business Interests filed.
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Jan 29 2018 Brief amici curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the National Association of Federal Defenders filed.
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Jan 29 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Professor Douglas A. Berman filed.
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Feb 07 2018 CIRCULATED
Feb 20 2018 Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by Law Professors in support of neither party GRANTED.
Feb 21 2018 Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 11th Circuit.
Feb 21 2018 Brief of respondent United States filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 02 2018 Record received from the U.S.D.C. Northern Dist. of Georgia. (1 Envelope, part of the record is Sealed)
Mar 13 2018 Reply of petitioner Erik Hughes filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Mar 27 2018 Argued. For petitioner: Eric Shumsky, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Rachel P. Kovner, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C.
Jun 04 2018 Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Kennedy, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan, and Gorsuch, JJ., joined. Sotomayor, J., filed a concurring opinion. Roberts, C. J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Thomas and Alito, JJ., joined.
Jul 06 2018 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Aug 29 2018 The record from the U.S.D.C. Northern Dist. of Georgia has been returned.
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
E. Joshua Rosenkranz
Counsel of Record
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
51 West 52nd Street
New York, NY 10019

jrosenkranz@orrick.com
Ph: (212)-506-5000
Party name: Erik Hughes


Attorneys for Respondents
Noel John Francisco
Solicitor General
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001

SUPREMECTBRIEFS!USDOJ.GOV
Ph: 202-514-2217
Party name: United States


Other Attorneys
Jean-Claude Andre
Counsel of Record
Sidley Austin LLP
555 W. Fifth Street
Los Angeles, CA 90013

jcandre@sidley.com
Ph: 213-896-6007
Party name: Professor Douglas A. Berman


Timothy S. Bishop
Counsel of Record
Mayer Brown, LLP
71 South Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606

tbishop@mayerbrown.com
Ph: 3127017829
Party name: Agricultural Building, Forestry, Livestock, Manufacturing, Mining, and Petroleum Business Interests


Nathaniel Peardon Garrett
Counsel of Record
Jones Day
555 California Street, 26th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94104

ngarrett@jonesday.com
Ph: 4158755731
Party name: National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the National Association of Federal Defenders


Brian Trevor Hodges
Counsel of Record
Pacific Legal Foundation
930 G Street
Sacramento , CA 95814

bth@pacificlegal.org
Ph: 916-419-7111
Party name: Chantell and Michael Sackett and Duarte Nursery, Inc.


Richard Macdonald Re
Counsel of Record
UCLA School of Law
405 Hilgard Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90095

re@law.ucla.edu
Ph: 310-825-7159
Party name: Richard M. Re


Maxwell Leon Stearns
Counsel of Record
University of Maryland Carey School of Law
500 W. Baltimore St.
Baltimore, MD 21201

mstearns@law.umaryland.edu
Ph: 4102182804
Party name: Law Professors