No. 22-585
 
Title: Halima Tariffa Culley, et al., Petitioners
v.
Steven T. Marshall, Attorney General of Alabama, et al.
Docketed: December 23, 2022
Linked with: 22A428
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
   Case Numbers: (21-13805, 21-13484)
   Decision Date: July 11, 2022
   Rehearing Denied: August 30, 2022
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Nov 07 2022 Application (22A428) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 28, 2022 to January 12, 2023, submitted to Justice Thomas.
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Nov 16 2022 Application (22A428) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until December 28, 2022.
Dec 20 2022 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 23, 2023)
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Jan 03 2023 Waiver of right of respondents Steven T. Marshall, et al. to respond filed.
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Jan 03 2023 Waiver of right of respondent City of Satsuma to respond filed.
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Jan 03 2023 Waiver of right of respondent Town of Leesburg, Alabama to respond filed.
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Jan 11 2023 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/17/2023.
Jan 17 2023 Response Requested. (Due February 16, 2023)
Jan 20 2023 Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation filed.
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Feb 08 2023 Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 16, 2023 to March 2, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
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Feb 09 2023 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 2, 2023.
Feb 16 2023 Brief amicus curiae of The Rutherford Institute filed.
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Feb 16 2023 Brief amicus curiae of Restore the Fourth, Inc. filed.
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Mar 01 2023 Brief of respondents Steven T. Marshall, Attorney General of Alabama, et al. in opposition filed.
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Mar 15 2023 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/31/2023.
Mar 15 2023 Reply of petitioners Halima Tariffa Culley, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Apr 10 2023 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/14/2023.
Apr 17 2023 Petition GRANTED.
Apr 27 2023 Motion of the parties for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
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May 04 2023 Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including June 22, 2023. The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including granted and the time is extended to and including August 14, 2023.
Jun 22 2023 Brief of petitioner Halima Tariffa Culley filed.
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Jun 22 2023 Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
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Jun 28 2023 Brief amicus curiae of The Legal Aid Society filed.
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Jun 29 2023 Brief amici curiae of Institute for Justice, Stephanie Wilson and Gerardo Serrano filed.
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Jun 29 2023 Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union of Alabama, Cato Institute, and Rutherford Institute filed.
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Jun 29 2023 Brief amicus curiae of National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center, Inc. filed.
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Jun 29 2023 Brief amicus curiae of The Buckeye Institute filed.
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Jun 29 2023 Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed.
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Jun 29 2023 Brief amicus curiae of Goldwater Institute; Pacific Legal Foundation; Manhattan Institute filed.
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Jun 29 2023 Brief amicus curiae of Restore the Fourth, Inc. filed. (July 6, 2023)
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Aug 14 2023 Brief of respondents Steven T. Marshall, et al. filed.
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Aug 14 2023 Brief of respondents City of Satsuma, et al. filed.
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Aug 14 2023 Brief of Town of Leesburg, Alabama not accepted for filing.(Dupilicate submission) (August 16, 2023)
Aug 18 2023 Brief amicus curiae of Wayne County, Michigan filed.
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Aug 21 2023 Brief amici curiae of Georgia, et al. filed.
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Aug 21 2023 Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
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Aug 21 2023 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
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Aug 21 2023 Brief amici curiae of International Municipal Lawyers Association and National League of Cities filed.
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Sep 06 2023 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, October 30, 2023
Sep 06 2023 Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
Sep 06 2023 CIRCULATED.
Sep 07 2023 Record from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit available on PACER.
Sep 13 2023 Reply of petitioner Halima Tariffa Culley filed. (Distributed)
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Sep 27 2023 Record from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama received electronically and available with the Clerk.
Oct 02 2023 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Oct 30 2023 Argued. For petitioners: Shay Dvoretzky, Washington, D. C. For respondents: Edmund G. LaCour, Jr., Solicitor General, Montgomery, Ala.; and Nicole F. Reaves, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.)
May 09 2024 Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Kavanaugh, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, and Barrett, JJ., joined. Gorsuch, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Thomas, J., joined. Sotomayor, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Kagan and Jackson, JJ., joined.
Jun 10 2024 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
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Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Brian M. Clark
Wiggins, Childs, Fisher, Pantazis, & Goldfarb, LLC
301 19th Street North
Birmingham, AL 35203-3144

BCLARK@WIGGINSCHILDS.COM
Ph: (205) 314-0530
Party name: Halima Tariffa Culley


Shay Dvoretzky
Counsel of Record
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
1440 New York Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20005

SHAY.DVORETZKY@SKADDEN.COM
Ph: 202-371-7370
Party name: Halima Tariffa Culley


Attorneys for Respondents
Thomas Octavius Gaillard III
Helmsing, Leach, Herlong, Newman & Rouse
150 Government Street, Suite 2000
Mobile, AL 36602

tog@helmsinglaw.com
Ph: 251-342-5521
Party name: City of Satsuma


Howard Edgar Howard
Ford, Howard & Cornett, P.C.
Post Office Box 388
140 South 9th Street
Gadsden, AL 35902

ed@fordhowardcornett.com
Ph: 256-546-5432
Party name: Town of Leesburg, Alabama


Edmund Gerard LaCour Jr.
Counsel of Record
Office of the Attorney General
501 Washington Ave
Montgomery, AL 36130

edmund.lacour@alabamaag.gov
Ph: 334-242-7300
Party name: Steven T. Marshall, et al.


Edgar Robert Haden
Counsel of Record
Balch & Bingham LLP
1901 Sixth Avenue North
Suite 1500
Birmingham, AL 35203

ehaden@balch.com
Ph: 205-226-8795
Party name: Town of Leesburg, Alabama


Edgar Robert Haden
Counsel of Record
Balch & Bingham LLP
1901 Sixth Avenue North
Suite 1500
Birmingham, AL 35203

ehaden@balch.com
Ph: 205-226-8795
Party name: City of Satsuma


Other Attorneys
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Counsel of Record
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


Jay Randall Carson
Counsel of Record
The Buckeye Institute
88 East Broad Street
Suite 1300
Columbus, OH 43215

j.carson@buckeyeinstitute.org
Ph: 614-224-4422
Party name: The Buckeye Institute


Gilbert Charles Dickey
Counsel of Record
Consovoy McCarthy, PLLC
1600 Wilson Boulevard
Suite 700
Arlington, VA 22209

gilbert@consovoymccarthy.com
Ph: (703) 243-9423
Party name: International Municipal Lawyers Association and National League of Cities


Gregory James DuBoff
Counsel of Record
McGuireWoods LLP
800 E Canal St
Richmond, VA 23219

GDUBOFF@MCGUIREWOODS.COM
Ph: 8047751154
Party name: The Rutherford Institute


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


Robert Everett Johnson
Counsel of Record
Institute for Justice
16781 Chagrin Blvd. #256
Shaker Heights, OH 44120

rjohnson@ij.org
Ph: (703) 682-9320
Party name: Institute for Justice, Stephanie Wilson and Gerardo Serrano


Deborah Joyce La Fetra
Counsel of Record
Pacific Legal Foundation
555 Capitol Mall, Suite 1290
Sacramento, CA 95814

DLAFETRA@PACIFICLEGAL.ORG
Ph: (916) 419-7111
Party name: Pacific Legal Foundation


Elizabeth Gaudio Milito
Counsel of Record
National Federation of Independent Business Legal
555 12th Street NW
Ste 1001
Washington, DC 20004

elizabeth.milito@nfib.org
Ph: (202) 406-4443
Party name: National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center, Inc.


Thomas M. O'Brien
Counsel of Record
The Legal Aid Society
199 Water Street, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10038

tmobrien@legal-aid.org
Ph: 2125773551
Party name: The Legal Aid Society


Abram J. Pafford
Counsel of Record
Appellate Justice Initiative at McGuire Woods LLP
888 16th Street N.W.
Suite 500
Washington, DC 20006

apafford@mcguirewoods.com
Ph: 2028571725
Party name: American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union of Alabama, Cato Institute, and Rutherford Institute


Stephen John Petrany
Counsel of Record
Georgia Department of Law
40 Capitol Square SW
Atlanta, GA 30334

SPETRANY@LAW.GA.GOV
Ph: 404-458-3408
Party name: State of Georgia, et al.


Timothy Mason Sandefur
Counsel of Record
Goldwater Institute
500 E. Coronado Road
Phoenix, AZ 85004

TSANDEFUR@GOLDWATERINSTITUTE.ORG
Ph: 6024625000
Party name: Goldwater Institute; Pacific Legal Foundation; Manhattan Institute


Davidde Alessandro Stella
Counsel of Record
Wayne County Corporation Counsel
500 Griswold St.
Floor 30
Detroit, MI 48226

dstella@waynecounty.com
Ph: 3132245030
Party name: Wayne County, Michigan


Mahesha Padmanabhan Subbaraman
Counsel of Record
Subbaraman PLLC
222 S. 9th St., Suite 1600
Minneapolis, MN 55402

MPS@SUBBLAW.COM
Ph: 612-315-9210
Party name: Restore the Fourth, Inc.