| ~~~Date~~~ | ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | 
| Feb 2 2011 | Application (10A760) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 17, 2011 to March 19, 2011, submitted to The Chief Justice. | 
| Feb 3 2011 | Application (10A760) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until March 18, 2011. | 
| Mar 7 2011 | Application (10A760) to extend further the time from March 18, 2011 to April 15, 2011, submitted to The Chief Justice. | 
| Mar 8 2011 | Application (10A760) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until April 15, 2011. | 
| Apr 15 2011 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 16, 2011) | 
| May 3 2011 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including June 15, 2011. | 
| May 16 2011 | Brief amici curiae of Gun Owners of America, Inc., et al. filed. | 
| Jun 7 2011 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 23, 2011. | 
| Jun 7 2011 | Brief of respondent Antoine Jones in opposition filed.  (Distributed) | 
| Jun 9 2011 | Reply of petitioner United States filed.  (Distributed) | 
| Jun 27 2011 | Petition GRANTED In addition to the question presented by the petition, the parties are directed to brief and argue the following question:  “Whether the government violated respondent’s Fourth Amendment rights by installing the GPS tracking device on his vehicle without a valid warrant and without his consent.”. | 
| Aug 4 2011 | The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including September 26, 2011 | 
| Aug 8 2011 | SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Tuesday, November 8, 2011. | 
| Aug 11 2011 | Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed.) | 
| Aug 11 2011 | Brief of petitioner United States filed. | 
| Aug 16 2011 | Record received from U.S.C.A. for District of Columbia Circuit.  (1 box) | 
| Aug 16 2011 | Record for U.S.D.C. for the Dustruct of Columbia Circuit is electronic.. | 
| Aug 17 2011 | Transcripts received from U.S.D.C. for the District of Columbia. | 
| Aug 18 2011 | Brief amicus curiae of Center on the Administration of Criminal Law filed.  (Distributed) | 
| Aug 19 2011 | CIRCULATED. | 
| Sep 26 2011 | Brief of respondent Antoine Jones filed.  (Distributed) | 
| Oct 3 2011 | Brief amici curiae of Electronic Privacy Information Center, et al. filed.  (Distributed) | 
| Oct 3 2011 | Brief amici curiae of Gun Owners of America, Inc., et al. filed.  (Distributed) | 
| Oct 3 2011 | Brief amici curiae of Center for Democracy & Technology, et al. filed.  (Distributed) | 
| Oct 3 2011 | Brief amici curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, et al. filed.  (Distributed) | 
| Oct 3 2011 | Brief amici curiae of Yale Law School Information Society Project Scholars, et al. filed.  (Distributed) | 
| Oct 3 2011 | Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed.  (Distributed) | 
| Oct 3 2011 | Brief amicus curiae of Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, Inc. filed.  (Distributed) | 
| Oct 3 2011 | Brief amicus curiae of Constitution Project filed.  (Distributed) | 
| Oct 3 2011 | Brief amicus curiae of Council on American-Islamic Relations filed. (Distributed). | 
| Oct 3 2011 | Brief amicus curiae of Fourth Amendment Historians filed.  (Distributed) | 
| Oct 3 2011 | Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union, et al. filed.  (Distributed) | 
| Oct 3 2011 | Brief amici curiae of The Rutherford Institute and the National Motorists Association filed.  (Distributed) | 
| Oct 26 2011 | Reply of petitioner United States filed.  (Distributed) | 
| Nov 8 2011 | Argued.  For petitioner:  Michael R. Dreeben, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C.  For respondent:  Stephen C. Leckar, Washington, D. C. | 
| Jan 23 2012 | Adjudged to be AFFIRMED.  Scalia, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Kennedy, Thomas, and Sotomayor, JJ., joined.  Sotomayor, J., filed a concurring opinion.  Alito, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which Ginsburg, Breyer, and Kagan, JJ., joined. | 
| Feb 24 2012 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. | 
| Mar 1 2012 | Record returned to U.S.C.A. for District of Columbia Circuit. | 
| Mar 1 2012 | Transcripts returned to U.S.D.C. for District of Columbia. |