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
  Discretionary Court Decision Date:
Questions Presented

DateProceedings and Orders
Oct 18 2018Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 19, 2018)
PetitionAppendixCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
Nov 12 2018Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 19, 2018 to December 19, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
Main Document
Nov 14 2018Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 19, 2018.
Dec 19 2018Brief of respondent Lois Davis in opposition filed.
Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count
Dec 21 2018Letter waiving the 14-day waiting period under Rule 15.5 filed.
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Dec 26 2018DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/11/2019.
Dec 26 2018Reply of petitioner Fort Bend County filed. (Distributed)
Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
Jan 11 2019Petition GRANTED.
Jan 29 2019Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Lois Davis.
Blanket Consent
Feb 04 2019Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Fort Bend County.
Blanket Consent
Feb 11 2019SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, April 22, 2019
Feb 25 2019Brief of petitioner Fort Bend County filed.
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Feb 25 2019Joint appendix filed.
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Feb 27 2019Brief amicus curiae of Professor Scott Dodson in support of neither party filed.
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Mar 04 2019Brief amici curiae of Center for Workplace Compliance, et al. filed.
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Mar 04 2019Brief amici curiae of National Conference of State Legislatures, et al. filed.
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Mar 20 2019CIRCULATED
Mar 21 2019Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 5th Circuit.
Mar 27 2019Brief of respondent Lois Davis filed. (Distributed)
Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
Apr 03 2019Brief amicus curiae of NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
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Apr 03 2019Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed. (Distributed)
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Apr 03 2019Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. (Distributed)
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Apr 03 2019Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Proof of ServiceMain Document
Apr 03 2019Brief amici curiae of National Employment Lawyers Association and The Employee Rights Advocacy Institute for Law & Policy filed. (Distributed)
Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count
Apr 12 2019Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Apr 12 2019Reply of petitioner Fort Bend County filed. (Distributed)
Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
Apr 22 2019Argued. 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 2019Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Ginsburg, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.
Jul 05 2019JUDGMENT ISSUED.

NAMEADDRESSPHONE
Attorneys for Petitioner
Colleen Elizabeth Roh Sinzdak
    Counsel of Record
Hogan Lovells LLP
555 13th Street NW
Washington, DC 20004

colleen.sinzdak@hoganlovells.com
202-637-5600
Party name: Fort Bend County
Neal Kumar KatyalHogan Lovells US LLP
555 Thirteenth St., N.W.
Washington, DC 20004

neal.katyal@hoganlovells.com
202 637 5528
Party name: Fort Bend County
Attorneys for Respondent
Raffi Melkonian
    Counsel of Record
Wright, Close & Barger LLP
1 Riverway, Suite 2200
Houston, TX 77056

melkonian@wrightclose.com
713-572-4321
Party name: Lois Davis
Other
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
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
814-865-3832
Party name: National Employment Lawyers Association and The Employee Rights Advocacy Institute for Law & Policy
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001

SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov
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
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
(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
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
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