No. 18-525
 
Title: Fort Bend County, Texas, Petitioner
v.
Lois M. Davis
Docketed: October 19, 2018
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
   Case Numbers: (16-20640)
   Decision Date: June 20, 2018
   Rehearing Denied: July 20, 2018
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Oct 18 2018 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 19, 2018)
Petition Appendix Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Nov 12 2018 Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 19, 2018 to December 19, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
Main Document
Nov 14 2018 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 19, 2018.
Dec 19 2018 Brief of respondent Lois Davis in opposition filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Dec 21 2018 Letter waiving the 14-day waiting period under Rule 15.5 filed.
Main Document
Dec 26 2018 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/11/2019.
Dec 26 2018 Reply of petitioner Fort Bend County filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Jan 11 2019 Petition GRANTED.
Jan 29 2019 Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Lois Davis.
Blanket Consent
Feb 04 2019 Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Fort Bend County.
Blanket Consent
Feb 11 2019 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, April 22, 2019
Feb 25 2019 Brief of petitioner Fort Bend County filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Feb 25 2019 Joint appendix filed.
Main Document Proof of Service
Feb 27 2019 Brief amicus curiae of Professor Scott Dodson in support of neither party filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Mar 04 2019 Brief amici curiae of Center for Workplace Compliance, et al. filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Mar 04 2019 Brief amici curiae of National Conference of State Legislatures, et al. filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Mar 20 2019 CIRCULATED
Mar 21 2019 Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 5th Circuit.
Mar 27 2019 Brief of respondent Lois Davis filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Apr 03 2019 Brief amicus curiae of NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Apr 03 2019 Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Apr 03 2019 Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Certificate of Word Count
Apr 03 2019 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Proof of Service Main Document
Apr 03 2019 Brief amici curiae of National Employment Lawyers Association and The Employee Rights Advocacy Institute for Law & Policy filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Apr 12 2019 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Apr 12 2019 Reply of petitioner Fort Bend County filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Apr 22 2019 Argued. For petitioner: Colleen E. Roh Sinzdak, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Raffi Melkonian, Houston, Tex.; and Jonathan C. Bond, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.)
Jun 03 2019 Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Ginsburg, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.
Jul 05 2019 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Colleen Elizabeth Roh Sinzdak
Counsel of Record
Hogan Lovells LLP
555 13th Street NW
Washington, DC 20004

colleen.sinzdak@hoganlovells.com
Ph: 202-637-5600
Party name: Fort Bend County


Neal Kumar Katyal
Hogan Lovells US LLP
555 Thirteenth St., N.W.
Washington, DC 20004

neal.katyal@hoganlovells.com
Ph: 202 637 5528
Party name: Fort Bend County


Attorneys for Respondents
Raffi Melkonian
Counsel of Record
Wright, Close & Barger LLP
1 Riverway, Suite 2200
Houston, TX 77056

melkonian@wrightclose.com
Ph: 713-572-4321
Party name: Lois Davis


Other Attorneys
Scott William Dodson
Counsel of Record
UC Hastings College of the Law
Professor of Law
200 McAlister Street
San Francisco, CA 94102

dodson@alumni.duke.edu
Ph: 925-285-1445
Party name: Scott Dodson


Michael L. Foreman
Counsel of Record
Penn State Law - Civil Rights Appellate Clinic
329 Innovation Blvd. , Suite 118
University Park, PA 16803

mlf25@psu.edu
Ph: 814-865-3832
Party name: National Employment Lawyers Association and The Employee Rights Advocacy Institute for Law & Policy


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 of America


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


Samuel Spital
Counsel of Record
NAACP Legal Defense And Educational Fund, Inc.
40 Rector Street
5th Floor
NEW YORK, NY 10006

sspital@naacpldf.org
Ph: (212) 965-2200
Party name: NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.


Collin O'Connor Udell
Counsel of Record
Jackson Lewis P.C.
90 State House Square, 8th Floor
Hartford, CT 06103-3708

collin.udell@jacksonlewis.com
Ph: 8605220404
Party name: NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF STATE LEGISLATURES, et al.


Rae Thiesfield Vann
Counsel of Record
NT Lakis, LLP
1501 M Street, NW
Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20005

rvann@ntlakis.com
Ph: 2026295600
Party name: Center for Workplace Compliance, NFIB Small Business Legal Center, Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, and National Retail Federation