No. 20-157
 
Title: Edward A. Caniglia, Petitioner
v.
Robert F. Strom, et al.
Docketed: August 13, 2020
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
   Case Numbers: (19-1764)
   Decision Date: March 13, 2020
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Aug 10 2020 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 14, 2020)
Sep 02 2020 Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 14, 2020 to October 14, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
Sep 03 2020 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 14, 2020.
Oct 14 2020 Brief of respondents Robert Strom, et al. in opposition filed.
Oct 27 2020 Reply of petitioner Edward A. Caniglia filed. (Distributed)
Oct 27 2020 Supplemental brief of respondents Robert Strom, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Oct 28 2020 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/13/2020.
Nov 16 2020 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/20/2020.
Nov 20 2020 Petition GRANTED.
Dec 02 2020 Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
Dec 08 2020 Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including January 8, 20201. The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including February 11, 2021.
Dec 16 2020 Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Robert Strom, et al.
Jan 08 2021 Brief of petitioner Edward A. Caniglia filed.
Jan 08 2021 Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
Jan 13 2021 Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation filed.
Jan 14 2021 Brief amicus curiae of Second Amendment Foundation filed.
Jan 14 2021 Amicus brief of American Association of Suicidology not accepted for filing. (January 28, 2021)
Jan 15 2021 Brief amici curiae of Gun Owners of America, Inc., Gun Owners Foundation, The Heller Foundation, and Conservative Legal Defense and Education Fund filed.
Jan 15 2021 Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed.
Jan 15 2021 Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed.
Jan 15 2021 Brief amicus curiae of The Rutherford Institute filed.
Jan 15 2021 Brief amici curiae of Second Amendment Law Center, Inc., California Rifle and Pistol Association, Gun Owners of California filed.
Jan 15 2021 Brief amicus curiae of Institute for Justice filed.
Jan 15 2021 Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union et al. filed.
Jan 15 2021 Brief amici curiae of Firearms Policy Coalition, et al. filed.
Jan 15 2021 Brief amici curiae of Project for Privacy and Surveillance Accountability and Restore the Fourth Inc. filed.
Jan 15 2021 Brief amicus curiae of American Association of Suicidology filed.
Feb 01 2021 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, March 24, 2021.
Feb 04 2021 Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 1st Circuit.
Feb 11 2021 Brief of respondents Robert Strom, et al. filed.
Feb 17 2021 Amicus brief of The National Association of Counties, et al. not accepted for filing. (Dupilicate submission - February 25, 2021)
Feb 17 2021 Brief amici curiae of The National Association of Counties, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Feb 18 2021 Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Feb 18 2021 Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
Feb 18 2021 Brief amici curiae of Iowa, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Feb 22 2021 CIRCULATED.
Mar 08 2021 Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Mar 12 2021 Reply of petitioner Edward A. Caniglia filed. (Distributed)
Mar 24 2021 Argued. For petitioner: Shay Dvoretzky, Washington, D. C. For respondents: Marc DeSisto, Providence, R. I.; and Morgan L. Ratner, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.)
May 17 2021 Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Thomas, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court. Roberts, C. J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Breyer, J., joined. Alito, J., and Kavanaugh, J., filed concurring opinions.
Jun 18 2021 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Shay Dvoretzky
Counsel of Record
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
1440 New York Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20005
SHAY.DVORETZKY@SKADDEN.COM
Ph: 202-371-7000
Party name: Edward A. Caniglia


Thomas William Lyons III
Strauss, Factor, Laing & Lyons
One State Street, Suite 600
Providence, RI 02908
tlyons@straussfactor.com
Ph: 4014560700
Party name: Edward A. Caniglia


Attorneys for Respondents
Marc DeSisto
Counsel of Record
DeSisto Law
60 Ship Street
Providence, RI 02903
marc@desistolaw.com
Ph: (401) 272-4442
Party name: Robert Strom, et al.


Other Attorneys
Lisa S. Blatt
Williams & Connolly LLP
680 Maine Avenue SW
Washington, DC 20024
LBLATT@WC.COM
Ph: 202-434-5050
Party name: American Civil Liberties Union et al.


Joshua Lewis Dratel
29 Broadway
Suite 1412
New York, NY 10006
jdratel@joshuadratel.com
Ph: 2127320707
Party name: National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers


Brian H. Fletcher
Acting 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


Christopher S. Gontarz
Lynch & Pine
26 Washington Square
Newport, RI 02840
cgontarz@lynchpine.com
Ph: 401 846 3306
Party name: American Association of Suicidology


Brianne Jenna Gorod
Constitutional Accountability Center
1730 Rhode Island Ave. NW
Suite 1200
Washington, DC 20036
BRIANNE@THEUSCONSTITUTION.ORG
Ph: 202 296 6889
Party name: Constitutional Accountability Center


Joseph Gary Samuel Greenlee
NRA-ILA
11250 Waples Mill Road
Fairfax, VA 22030
jgreenlee@nrahq.org
Ph: (703) 267-1161
Party name: Firearms Policy Coalition, et al.


Stephen Porter Halbrook
Stephen P. Halbrook, PH.D.Attorney at Law
3925 Chain Bridge Road Suite 403
Fairfax, VA 22030
protell@aol.com
Ph: 703-352-7276
Party name: Second Amendment Law Center, Inc., California Rifle and Pistol Association, Gun Owners of California


Melissa Ann Holyoak
Utah Attorney General's Office
350 N. State Street Suite 230
Salt Lake City, UT 84114
MELISSAHOLYOAK@AGUTAH.GOV
Ph: 8015389600
Party name: Iowa, Louisiana, Minnesota, Montana, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, and Utah


Donald E. J. Kilmer Jr.
Law Offices of Donald Kilmer, P.C.
14085 Silver Ridge Road
Caldwell, ID 83607
don@dklawoffice.com
Ph: (408) 264-8489
Party name: Second Amendment Foundation


John J. Korzen
Wake Forest University School of Law
PO Box 7206
Winston-Salem, NC 27109
korzenjj@wfu.edu
Ph: 3367585832
Party name: The National Association of Counties et al.


Michael J. Lockerby
Foley & Lardner LLP
3000 K Street, N.W., Suite 600
951 East Byrd Street
Washington, DC 20007
mlockerby@foley.com
Ph: 202-945-6079
Party name: The Rutherford Institute


William Jeffrey Olson
William J. Olson, P.C.
370 Maple Ave. W., Suite 4
Vienna, VA 22180
WJO@MINDSPRING.COM
Ph: 7033565070
Party name: Gun Owners of America, Inc., Gun Owners Foundation, The Heller Foundation, and Conservative Legal Defense and Education Fund


Gene Clayton Schaerr
Schaerr | Jaffe
1717 K Street NW, Suite 900
Washington, DC 20006
GSCHAERR@SCHAERR-JAFFE.COM
Ph: 202-787-1060
Party name: Project for Privacy and Surveillance Accountability and Restore the Fourth Inc.


Joshua Aaron Windham
Institute for Justice
901 N. Glebe Road, Suite 900
Arlington, VA 22203
jwindham@ij.org
Ph: 7047121490
Party name: Institute for Justice


Daniel Thayer Woislaw
Pacific Legal Foundation
3100 Clarendon Blvd, #610
Arlington, VA 22201
dwoislaw@pacificlegal.org
Ph: 6108884293
Party name: Pacific Legal Foundation