No. 19-1108
 
Title: DeRay Mckesson, Petitioner
v.
John Doe
Docketed: March 10, 2020
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
   Case Numbers: (17-30864)
   Decision Date: December 16, 2019
   Rehearing Denied: January 28, 2020
 
Proceedings and Orders
Mar 05 2020 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 9, 2020)
Petition Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Apr 09 2020 Brief of respondent Black Lives Matter Global Network, Inc. in support filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Apr 09 2020 Amicus brief of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People not accepted for filing. (April 15, 2020)
Apr 09 2020 Amicus brief of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People not accepted for filing. (April 15, 2020)
Apr 09 2020 Brief amicus curiae of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People filed.
Certificate of Word Count Main Document Proof of Service
Apr 09 2020 Brief amici curiae of Floyd Abrams, et al. filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Apr 09 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Institute for Free Speech filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Apr 09 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Howard University Human and Civil Rights Clinic filed.
Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service Main Document
Apr 09 2020 Brief amici curiae of First Amendment Scholars filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Apr 09 2020 Brief amicus curiae of The Rutherford Institute filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Apr 13 2020 Waiver of right of respondent John Doe to respond filed.
Main Document
Apr 28 2020 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/15/2020.
May 11 2020 Response Requested. (Due June 10, 2020)
May 29 2020 Brief of respondent John Doe in opposition filed.
Main Document Proof of Service
Jun 17 2020 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
Jun 19 2020 Reply of petitioner DeRay Mckesson filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Oct 05 2020 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/9/2020.
Oct 13 2020 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/16/2020.
Oct 26 2020 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/30/2020.
Nov 02 2020 Petition GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED for further proceedings consistent with this opinion. Justice Barrett took no part in the consideration or decision of this case. Justice Thomas dissents. Opinion per curiam. (Detached Opinion)
Dec 04 2020 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
David Thomas Goldberg
Counsel of Record
Donahue, Goldberg, Weaver & Littleton
109 South Fifth Street, Suite 4201
Brooklyn, NY 11249

david@donahuegoldberg.com
Ph: 2123348813
Party name: DeRay Mckesson


Attorneys for Respondents
Donna Unkel Grodner
Counsel of Record
Grodner & Associates
2223 Quail Run Drive
Suite B
Baton Rouge, LA 70808

dgrodner@grodnerlaw.com
Ph: 2257691919
Party name: John Doe


David Meir Zionts
Counsel of Record
Covington & Burlington LLP
One City Center
850 Tenth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001

dzionts@cov.com
Ph: (202) 662-6000
Party name: Black Lives Matter Global Network, Inc.


Other Attorneys
Erin Glenn Busby
Counsel of Record
University of Texas School of Law Supreme Court Clinic
727 East Dean Keeton Street
Austin, TX 78705

ebusby@law.utexas.edu
Ph: 7139660409
Party name: The Rutherford Institute


Allen Joseph Dickerson
Counsel of Record
Institute for Free Speech
1150 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Suite 801
Washington, DC 20036

adickerson@ifs.org
Ph: (202) 301-3300
Party name: Institute for Free Speech


Justin David Hansford
Counsel of Record
Howard University School of Law
2900 Van Ness St. NW
Washington, DC 20008

Justin.Hansford@law.howard.edu
Ph: 2027028538
Party name: Howard University Human and Civil Rights Clinic


Hyland Hunt
Counsel of Record
Deutsch Hunt PLLC
300 New Jersey Ave. NW
Suite 900
Washington, DC 20001

hhunt@deutschhunt.com
Ph: 2028686915
Party name: First Amendment Scholars


Hope R. Metcalf
Counsel of Record
Peter A. Gruber Rule of Law Clinic
127 Wall Street
P.O. Box 209090
New Haven, CT 06520-9090

hope.metcalf@yale.edu
Ph: 203-432-9404
Party name: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People


H. Jefferson Powell
Counsel of Record
Duke Law School
Corner of Science & Towerview
Durham, NC 27708-0360

jefferson.powell01@gmail.com
Ph: 9196137168
Party name: Floyd Abrams, Erwin Chemerinsky, Walter Dellinger, Geoffrey R. Stone, Nadine Strossen, and Kenneth P. White