No. 25-246
 
Title: Kenneth J. Jouppi, Petitioner
v.
Alaska
Docketed: September 3, 2025
Linked with: 24A1287
Lower Ct: Supreme Court of Alaska
   Case Numbers: (S-18598, S-18637)
   Decision Date: April 18, 2025
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Jun 24 2025 Application (24A1287) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 17, 2025 to September 2, 2025, submitted to Justice Kagan.
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Jun 26 2025 Application (24A1287) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until September 2, 2025.
Aug 29 2025 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 3, 2025)
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Sep 04 2025 Waiver of right of respondent Alaska to respond filed.
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Sep 10 2025 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
Sep 17 2025 Response Requested. (Due October 17, 2025)
Sep 26 2025 Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 17, 2025 to November 17, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
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Sep 29 2025 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 17, 2025.
Oct 17 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed.
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Oct 17 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Professor Beth A. Colgan filed.
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Oct 17 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Tyson Timbs filed.
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Nov 17 2025 Brief of respondent Alaska in opposition filed.
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Nov 20 2025 Waiver of the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition pursuant to Rule 15.5 filed by petitioners.
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Nov 24 2025 Reply of petitioner Kenneth Jouppi filed. (Distributed)
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Nov 25 2025 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/12/2025.
Jun 25 2026 Supplemental brief of petitioner Kenneth Jouppi filed.
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Jun 29 2026 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/29/2026.
Jul 20 2026 Petition GRANTED.
Jul 27 2026 Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner Kenneth Jouppi.
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Sep 03 2026 Brief of petitioner Kenneth Jouppi filed.
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Sep 04 2026 Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner GRANTED.
Sep 04 2026 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, December 1, 2026.
Sep 09 2026 Brief amicus curiae of Fair and Just Prosecution filed.
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Sep 09 2026 Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation filed.
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Sep 10 2026 Amicus brief of National Air Transportation Association submitted.
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Sep 10 2026 Amicus brief of National Taxpayers Union Foundation submitted.
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Sep 10 2026 Amicus brief of American Free Enterprise Chamber of Commerce submitted.
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Sep 10 2026 Amicus brief of Cato Institute and Fines and Fees Justice Center submitted.
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Sep 10 2026 Amicus brief of Professor Beth A. Colgan submitted.
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Sep 10 2026 Amicus brief of The Buckeye Institute submitted.
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Sep 10 2026 Amicus brief of Oklahoma Governor J. Kevin Stitt submitted.
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Sep 10 2026 Amicus brief of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers submitted.
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Sep 10 2026 Amicus brief of Roderick & Solange MacArthur Justice Center and Southern Poverty Law Center submitted.
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Sep 10 2026 Amicus brief of Tyson Timbs submitted.
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Sep 10 2026 Amicus brief of Peter Flores, Kelsey Shepherd, Stacey Johnson submitted.
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Sep 10 2026 Amicus brief of Professors Stephanie H. Didwania and Matthew B. Kugler submitted.
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Sep 10 2026 Amicus brief of Chamber of Commerce of the United States and the National Association of Manufacturers submitted.
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Sep 10 2026 Amicus brief of The Institute for Free Speech submitted.
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Sep 10 2026 Amicus brief of Eighth Amendment Scholars submitted.
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Sep 10 2026 Amicus brief of Juvenile Law Center, Ubuntu Village, and the Youth Sentencing and Reentry Project submitted.
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Sep 10 2026 Amicus brief of Professors Jessica Asbridge, Julia D. Mahoney, and Shelley Ross Saxer submitted.
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Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioner
Samuel Bracken Gedge
Counsel of Record
Institute for Justice
901 N. Glebe Road, Suite 900
Arlington, VA 22203

SGEDGE@IJ.ORG
Ph: (703) 682-9320
Party name: Kenneth Jouppi


Attorneys for Respondent
Donald Earl Soderstrom
Counsel of Record
State of Alaska, Office of Criminal Appeals
310 K Street
Suite 702
Anchorage, AK 99501

donald.soderstrom@alaska.gov
Ph: 9072696260
Party name: Alaska


Other Attorneys
Deborah Joyce La Fetra
Counsel of Record
Pacific Legal Foundation
3100 Claredon Blvd.
Suite 1000
Arlington, VA 22201

DLAFETRA@PACIFICLEGAL.ORG
Ph: 2028886881
Party name: Pacific Legal Foundation


Hassan Ahmad
Counsel of Record
Covington & Burling LLP
850 10th St. NW
Washington, DC 20001

hahmad@cov.com
Ph: 734-968-3359
Party name: National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers


Thomas Arthur Berry
Counsel of Record
Cato Institute
1000 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20001

tberry@cato.org
Ph: 443-254-6330
Party name: Cato Institute


Hampton Hunter Bruton
Counsel of Record
Smith Anderson
150 Fayetteville Street
Suite 2300
Raleigh, NC 27601

hbruton@smithlaw.com
Ph: 919-821-6701
Party name: Professor Beth A. Colgan


Michael Blandford Buschbacher
Counsel of Record
Boyden Gray PLLC
800 Connecticut Ave. NW
Suite 900
Washington, DC 20006

mbuschbacher@boydengray.com
Ph: (202) 955-0620
Party name: American Free Enterprise Chamber of Commerce


Matthew P. Cavedon
Counsel of Record
Cato Institute
1000 Massachusetts Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20001

mcavedon@cato.org
Ph: 706-309-2859
Party name: Cato Institute and Fines and Fees Justice Center


Jessica Rachel Feierman
Counsel of Record
Juvenile Law Center
1800 John F. Kennedy Blvd
Ste 1900B
Philadelphia, PA 19103

jfeierman@jlc.org
Ph: (215) 625-0551
Party name: Juvenile Law Center, Ubuntu Village, and the Youth Sentencing and Reentry Project


Noel John Francisco
Counsel of Record
Jones Day
51 Louisiana Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001

NJFRANCISCO@JONESDAY.COM
Ph: (202) 879-3939
Party name: Chamber of Commerce of the United States and the National Association of Manufacturers


Jeffrey T. Green
Counsel of Record
Green Lauerman Chartered P.L.L.C.
1050 30th Street NW
Washington, DC 20007

jeff@glclaw.net
Ph: 240-286-5686
Party name: Professors Stephanie H. Didwania and Matthew B. Kugler


Benjamin Gruenstein
Counsel of Record
Gruenstein Law PLLC
1185 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036

bgruenstein@gruensteinlaw.com
Ph: 212-379-4910
Party name: The Institute for Free Speech


Bradley George Hubbard
Counsel of Record
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP
2001 Ross Avenue
Suite 2100
Dallas, TX 75201

BHubbard@gibsondunn.com
Ph: 214-698-3326
Party name: Oklahoma Governor J. Kevin Stitt


William McGinley Jay
Counsel of Record
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
2001 K Street NW
Washington, DC 20006

wjay@paulweiss.com
Ph: 202-223-7300
Party name: Professors Jessica Asbridge, Julia D. Mahoney, and Shelley Ross Saxer


Lars Howard Liebeler
Counsel of Record
Lars Liebeler PC
900 7th Street, N.W.
Suite 725
Washington, DC 20001

LLiebeler@LHL-LawFirm.com
Ph: 703-216-2120
Party name: National Air Transportation Association


Tyler Leandro Martinez
Counsel of Record
National Taxpayers Union Foundation
122 C Street, NW
Suite 700
Washington, DC 20001

TMARTINEZ@NTU.ORG
Ph: 703-683-5700
Party name: National Taxpayers Union Foundation


Raffi Melkonian
Counsel of Record
Wright, Close Barger & Guzman LLP
1 Riverway, Suite 2200
Houston, TX 77056

melkonian@wrightclose.com
Ph: 713-572-4321
Party name: Tyson Timbs


Devi Maheswari Rao
Counsel of Record
Roderick & Solange MacArthur Justice Center
501 H St. NE
Suite 275
Washington, DC 20002

DEVI.RAO@MACARTHURJUSTICE.ORG
Ph: 202-869-3490
Party name: Roderick & Solange MacArthur Justice Center and Southern Poverty Law Center


Daniel G. Solomon
Counsel of Record
Husch Blackwell LLP
1801 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20006-3606

danny.solomon@huschblackwell.com
Ph: 202-378-2391
Party name: Fair and Just Prosecution


Rylee Kate Sommers-Flanagan
Counsel of Record
Upper Seven Law
P.O. Box 31
Helena, MT 59624

rylee@uppersevenlaw.com
Ph: 4069986067
Party name: Peter Flores, Kelsey Shepherd, Stacey Johnson


Jillian Sheridan Stonecipher
Counsel of Record
Sidley Austin LLP
1501 K St. NW
Washington, DC 20005

jstonecipher@sidley.com
Ph: (202) 736-8000
Party name: Eighth Amendment Scholars


David Christian Tryon
Counsel of Record
The Buckeye Institute
88 East Broad Street, Suite 1300
Columbus, OH 43215

d.tryon@buckeyeinstitute.org
Ph: 6142244422
Party name: The Buckeye Institute