| No. 18-525   | 
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| 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 | |
| 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.  |