| ~~~Date~~~ | ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | 
| Mar 24 2014 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 28, 2014) | 
| Apr 25 2014 | Waiver of right of respondents Naranjibhai Patel, et al. to respond filed. | 
| May 6 2014 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 22, 2014. | 
| May 19 2014 | Response Requested . (Due June 18, 2014) | 
| May 28 2014 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including July 18, 2014. | 
| Jul 10 2014 | Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including August 18, 2014. | 
| Aug 12 2014 | Brief of respondents Naranjibhai Patel, et al. in opposition filed. | 
| Aug 25 2014 | Reply of petitioner City of Los Angeles, California filed. | 
| Aug 27 2014 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 29, 2014. | 
| Oct 6 2014 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 10, 2014. | 
| Oct 14 2014 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 17, 2014. | 
| Oct 16 2014 | Letter from counsel for the respondents received. (Distributed) | 
| Oct 16 2014 | Letter from counsel for the petitioner received. (Distributed) | 
| Oct 20 2014 | Petition GRANTED. | 
| Nov 5 2014 | The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including December 15, 2014. | 
| Nov 5 2014 | The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including January 23, 2015. | 
| Nov 17 2014 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner. | 
| Nov 18 2014 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondents. | 
| Dec 15 2014 | Joint appendix filed.  (Statement of costs filed.) | 
| Dec 15 2014 | Brief of petitioner City of Los Angeles, California filed. | 
| Dec 19 2014 | Brief amici curiae of County of Los Angeles, et al. filed. | 
| Dec 19 2014 | Brief amici curiae of California State Sheriffs' Association, et al. filed. | 
| Dec 22 2014 | SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Tuesday, March 3, 2015 | 
| Dec 22 2014 | Brief amici curiae of National League of Cities, et al., filed. | 
| Dec 22 2014 | Brief amicus curiae of Manhattan Institute for Policy Research filed. | 
| Dec 22 2014 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. | 
| Dec 22 2014 | Brief amici curiae of California, et al. filed. | 
| Dec 22 2014 | Brief amicus curiae of Love146  in support of neither party filed. | 
| Dec 22 2014 | Brief amici curiae of Drug Free America Foundation, Inc., et al. filed. | 
| Dec 22 2014 | Record requested from U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit. | 
| Dec 22 2014 | Record from U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit is electronic and located on PACER. | 
| Jan 5 2015 | Record received from U.S.D.C. Central Dist. of California Western Division.  (1 - Box) | 
| Jan 7 2015 | CIRCULATED. | 
| Jan 9 2015 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. | 
| Jan 23 2015 | Brief of respondents Naranjibhai Patel, et al. filed.  (Distributed) | 
| Jan 29 2015 | Brief amici curiae of Professors Adam Lamparello and Charles E. MacLean filed.  (Distributed) | 
| Jan 30 2015 | Brief amici curiae of Gun Owners of America, Inc., et al. filed.  (Distributed) | 
| Jan 30 2015 | Brief amicus curiae of Asian American Hotel Owners Association filed.  (Distributed) | 
| Jan 30 2015 | Brief amicus curiae of United States Chamber of Commerce filed.  (Distributed) | 
| Jan 30 2015 | Brief amicus curiae of Institute for Justice filed.  (Distributed) | 
| Jan 30 2015 | Brief amici curiae of Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), et al. filed.  (Distributed) | 
| Jan 30 2015 | Brief amicus curiae of Electronic Frontier Foundation filed.  (Distributed) | 
| Jan 30 2015 | Brief amicus curiae of The Rutherford Institute filed.  (Distributed) | 
| Jan 30 2015 | Brief amicus curiae of The Cato Institute filed.  (Distributed) | 
| Jan 30 2015 | Brief amicus curiae of Google Inc. filed.  (Distributed) | 
| Feb 18 2015 | Reply of petitioner City of Los Angeles, California filed.  (Distributed) | 
| Feb 20 2015 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. | 
| Mar 3 2015 | Argued.  For petitioner: E. Joshua Rosenkranz, New York, N. Y.; and Michael R. Dreeben, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.)  For respondents:  Thomas C. Goldstein, Bethesda, Md. | 
| Jun 22 2015 | Adjudged to be AFFIRMED.  Sotomayor, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, and Kagan, JJ., joined.  Scalia, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Roberts, C. J., and Thomas, J., joined.  Alito, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Thomas, J., joined. | 
| Jul 23 2015 | Record (1-box) returned to the United States District Court for the Central District of California, Western Division. | 
| Jul 24 2015 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |