| No. 24A653 | |
| Title: | James R. McHenry, III, Acting Attorney General, et al., Applicants v. Texas Top Cop Shop, Incorporated, et al. |
| Docketed: | December 31, 2024 |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (24-40792) |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Dec 31 2024 | Application (24A653) for a stay of injunction issued by the United States District Court pending appeal, submitted to Justice Alito. |
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| Jan 03 2025 | Response to application (24A653) requested by Justice Alito, due by 4 p.m. (EST) on January 10, 2025. |
| Jan 09 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund filed. |
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| Jan 09 2025 | Amicus brief of West Virginia, Kansas, South Carolina, and 22 Other States submitted. |
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| Jan 10 2025 | Response to application from respondent Texas Top Cop Shop, et al. filed. |
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| Jan 10 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of National Small Business Association filed. |
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| Jan 10 2025 | Amicus brief of Associated General Contractors of America, Inc., et al. submitted. |
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| Jan 10 2025 | Amicus brief of The Buckeye Institute submitted. |
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| Jan 10 2025 | Amicus brief of National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors and The Job Creators Network Foundation submitted. |
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| Jan 10 2025 | Amicus brief of Competitive Enterprise Institute submitted. |
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| Jan 10 2025 | Amicus brief of Community Associations Institute submitted. |
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| Jan 10 2025 | Amicus brief of National Retail Federation, National Association of Convenience Stores, Restaurant Law Center submitted. |
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| Jan 10 2025 | Amicus brief of Liberty Justice Center submitted. |
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| Jan 10 2025 | Amicus brief of America's Future, Gun Owners of America, Inc., GOA Texas, Gun Owners Foundation, U.S. Constitutional Rights Legal Defense Fund, and Conservative Legal Defense and Education Fund submitted. |
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| Jan 10 2025 | Amicus brief of The Private Investor Coalition, Inc., and S Corporation Association submitted. |
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| Jan 10 2025 | Amicus brief of Advancing American Freedom submitted. |
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| Jan 10 2025 | Amicus brief of United States Senator Cynthia M. Lummis and Wyoming Secretary of State Chuck Gray submitted. |
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| Jan 13 2025 | Reply of applicant Merrick Garland, et al. filed. |
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| Jan 13 2025 | Amicus brief of New Civil Liberties Alliance submitted. |
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| Jan 13 2025 | Amicus brief of Thomas Zawistowski and We the People Convention submitted. |
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| Jan 14 2025 | Amicus brief of U.S. Senator Thom Tillis and Thirteen Other Members of Congress submitted. |
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| Jan 23 2025 | Application (24A653) referred to the Court. |
| Jan 23 2025 | Application (24A653) for stay presented to Justice Alito and by him referred to the Court is granted. The December 5, 2024 amended order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, case No. 4:24–cv–478, is stayed pending the disposition of the appeal in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari, if such a writ is timely sought. Should certiorari be denied, this stay shall terminate automatically. In the event certiorari is granted, the stay shall terminate upon the sending down of the judgment of this Court. Justice Gorsuch concurring in the grant of stay. (Detached Opinion). Justice Jackson dissenting in the grant of stay. (Detached Opinion) |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioners | ||
| Sarah M. Harris Counsel of Record | Acting Solicitor General United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530-0001 SUPREMECTBRIEFS@USDOJ.GOV | 202-514-2217 |
| Party name: Merrick Garland, et al. | ||
| Attorneys for Respondents | ||
| Caleb Joseph Kruckenberg Counsel of Record | Center for Individual Rights 1100 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Suite 625 Washington , DC 20036 kruckenberg@cir-usa.org | 202-833-8400 |
| Party name: Texas Top Cop Shop, et al. | ||
| Other | ||
| Robert Daniel Alt Counsel of Record | The Buckeye lnstitute 88 East Broad Street, Suite 1300 Columbus, OH 43215 ROBERT@BUCKEYEINSTITUTE.ORG | 614-224-4422 |
| Party name: The Buckeye Institute | ||
| Brett Christopher Bartlett Counsel of Record | Seyfarth Shaw LLP 1075 Peachtree Street NE, Suite 2500 Atlanta, GA 30309 bbartlett@seyfarth.com | 404-888-1875 |
| Party name: National Retail Federation, National Association of Convenience Stores, Restaurant Law Center | ||
| Paul D. Clement Counsel of Record | Clement & Murphy, PLLC 706 Duke Street Alexandria, VA 22314 PAUL.CLEMENT@CLEMENTMURPHY.COM | (202) 742-8900 |
| Party name: National Small Business Association | ||
| Robert Michael Diamond | Reed Smith, LLP 7900 Westpark Drive Suite T700 McLean, VA 22102 rdiamond@reedsmith.com | 703-641-4273 |
| Party name: Community Associations Institute | ||
| Joel M. Howard III Counsel of Record | Couch White, LLP 540 Broadway P.O. Box 22222 Albany, NY 12201 jhoward@couchwhite.com | 5184264600 |
| Party name: Associated General Contractors of America, Inc.; Associated General Contractors of New York State, LLC; The Business Council of New York State, Inc.; National Roofing Contractors Association; Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors' National Association; and National Electrical Contractors Association | ||
| Jacob H. Huebert Counsel of Record | Liberty Justice Center 7500 Rialto Blvd. Suite 1-250 Austin, TX 78735 JHUEBERT@ljc.org | 512-481-4400 |
| Party name: Liberty Justice Center | ||
| Christopher Sean Land Counsel of Record | United States Senate, Senator Cynthia M. Lummis 127A Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 chris_land@lummis.senate.gov | (202) 224-3424 |
| Party name: United States Senator Cynthia M. Lummis and Wyoming Secretary of State Chuck Gray | ||
| Sheng Tao Li Counsel of Record | New Civil Liberties Alliance 4250 North Fairfax Dr. Suite 300 Arlington, VA 22203 sheng.li@ncla.legal | 202-869-5210 |
| Party name: New Civil Liberties Alliance | ||
| Ivan Laurence London Counsel of Record | Mountain States Legal Foundation 2596 South Lewis Way Denver, CO 80227 ilondon@mslegal.org | (303) 292-2021 |
| Party name: National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors and The Job Creators Network Foundation | ||
| John Cowles Neiman Jr. Counsel of Record | Maynard Nexsen PC 1901 Sixth Avenue North Suite 1700 Birmingham, AL 35203 jneiman@maynardnexsen.com | 2052541228 |
| Party name: The Private Investor Coalition, Inc., and S Corporation Association | ||
| William Jeffrey Olson Counsel of Record | William J. Olson, P.C. 370 Maple Ave. W., Suite 4 Vienna, VA 22180 WJO@MINDSPRING.COM | 7033565070 |
| Party name: America's Future, Gun Owners of America, Inc., GOA Texas, Gun Owners Foundation, U.S. Constitutional Rights Legal Defense Fund, and Conservative Legal Defense and Education Fund | ||
| Andrew L. Schlafly Counsel of Record | 939 Old Chester Road Far Hills, NJ 07931 aschlafly@aol.com | 908-719-8608 |
| Party name: Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund | ||
| Jay Alan Sekulow Counsel of Record | American Center for Law and Justice 201 Maryland Avenue, N.E. Washington, DC 20002 sekulow@aclj.org | 2025468890 |
| Party name: Thomas Zawistowski and We the People Convention | ||
| Judd Edward Stone II Counsel of Record | Stone | Hilton PLLC 600 Congress Ave. Ste. 2350 Austin, TX 78701 judd@stonehilton.com | (737) 465-7248 |
| Party name: U.S. Senator Thom Tillis and Thirteen Other Members of Congress | ||
| Charles Devin Watkins Counsel of Record | Competitive Enterprise Institute 1310 L Street NW, 7th Floor Washington, DC 20005 devin.watkins@cei.org | (202) 331-1010 |
| Party name: Competitive Enterprise Institute | ||
| John Marc Wheat Counsel of Record | Advancing American Freedom, Inc. 801 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Suite 930 Washington, DC 20004-2729 MWHEAT@ADVANCINGAMERICANFREEDOM.COM | (202) 780-4848 |
| Party name: Advancing American Freedom | ||
| Michael Ray Williams Counsel of Record | Office of the West Virginia Attorney General State Capitol Complex, Bldg. 1, Rm E-26 1900 Kanawha Blvd. E Charleston, WV 25305 michael.r.williams@wvago.gov | 304-558-2021 |
| Party name: West Virginia, Kansas, South Carolina, and 22 Other States | ||