No. 07-320
Title:
Jack Davis, Appellant
v.
Federal Election Commission
Docketed:September 11, 2007
Lower Ct:United States District Court for the District of Columbia
  Case Nos.:(06-01185)
  Decision Date:August 9, 2007
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sep 7 2007 Statement as to jurisdiction filed. (Response due October 11, 2007)
Oct 9 2007 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including November 13, 2007.
Nov 13 2007 Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including December 4, 2007.
Dec 4 2007 Motion to dismiss or affirm filed by appellee Federal Election Commission.
Dec 19 2007 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 11, 2008.
Jan 11 2008 Further consideration of the question of jurisdiction is POSTPONED to the hearing of the case on the merits. The brief of appellant is to be filed on or before Wednesday, February 20, 2008. The brief of appellee is to be filed on or before Wednesday, March 19, 2008. A reply brief, if any, is to be filed in accordance with Rule 25.3 of the Rules of this Court.
Jan 30 2008 SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Tuesday, April 22, 2008.
Feb 20 2008 Joint appendix filed. Statement of costs received.
Feb 20 2008 Brief of appellant Jack Davis, Appellant filed.
Feb 27 2008 Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed.
Feb 27 2008 Brief amici curiae of Gene DeRossett, and J. Edgar Broyhill II filed.
Feb 27 2008 Brief amicus curiae of Center for Competitive Politics filed.
Feb 27 2008 Brief amici curiae of James Madison Center for Free Speech and Citizens United filed.
Mar 11 2008 Record received from U.S.D.C. for the District of Columbia Circuit. (1 box)
Mar 19 2008 Brief of appellee Federal Election Commission filed.
Mar 20 2008 CIRCULATED.
Mar 26 2008 Brief amicus curiae of Common Cause filed. (Distributed)
Mar 26 2008 Brief amici curiae of Democracy 21, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Apr 11 2008 Reply of appellant Jack Davis, Appellant filed. (Distributed)
Apr 22 2008 Argued. For appellant: Andrew D. Herman, Washington, D.C. For appellee: Paul D. Clement, Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.
Jun 26 2008 Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Alito, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Scalia, Kennedy, and Thomas, JJ., joined, and in which Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg, and Breyer, JJ., joined as to Part II. Stevens, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part, in which Souter, Ginsburg, and Breyer, JJ., joined as to Part II. Ginsburg, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part, in which Breyer, J., joined.
Jul 28 2008 JUDGMENT ISSUED.



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Appellant:
Andrew D. Herman Brand Law Group, PC(202) 662-9700
    Counsel of Record923 15th Street NW
Washington, DC  20005
aherman@brandlawgroup.com
Party name: Jack Davis, Appellant
Attorneys for Appellee:
Gregory G. Garre Solicitor General(202) 514-2217
    Counsel of Record United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20530-0001
Party name: Federal Election Commission
 
Kathleen M. Sullivan Stanford Constitutional Law Center(650) 725-9875
Stanford Law School
559 Nathan Abbott Way
Stanford, CA  94305-8610
Party name: Gene DeRossett, and J. Edgar Broyhill II
Other:
James Bopp Jr. The Bopp Law Firm(812) 232-2434
1 South 6th Street
Terre Haute, IN  47807-3510
jboppjr@aol.com
Party name: James Madison Center for Free Speech and Citizens United
 
Erik S. Jaffe Erik S. Jaffe P.C.(202) 237-8165
5101 34th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20008
jaffe@esjpc.com
Party name: Center for Competitive Politics
 
Bradley S. Phillips Munger Tolles & Olson LLP(213) 683-9100
355 South Grand Avenue, 35th Floor
Los Angeles, CA  90071-1560
brad.phillips@mto.com
Party name: Common Cause
 
Seth P. Waxman Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP(202) 663-6000
1875 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20006
seth.waxman@wilmerhale.com
Party name: Democracy 21, et al.
 
Benjamin D. Wood Patton Boggs LLP(202)-457-6000
2550 M Street, NW
Washington, DC  20037
www.pattonboggs.com
Party name: Cato Institute