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Docket for 16-8255 *** CAPITAL CASE ***

No. 16-8255 * CAPITAL CASE *

Title:	Robert Leroy McCoy, Petitioner v. Louisiana
Docketed:	March 9, 2017
Lower Ct:	Supreme Court of Louisiana
Case Numbers:	(2014-KA-1449)
Decision Date:	October 19, 2016
Rehearing Denied:	December 6, 2016
Questions Presented

Proceedings and Orders

Mar 06 2017

Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 10, 2017)

Mar 24 2017

Brief of respondent Louisiana in opposition filed.

Apr 10 2017

Brief amicus curiae of The Ethics Bureau at Yale filed.

Apr 10 2017

Brief amici curiae of The Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, et al. filed.

Apr 11 2017

Reply of petitioner Robert Leroy McCoy filed. (Distributed)

Apr 13 2017

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 28, 2017.

Apr 24 2017

Record Requested.

Jun 12 2017

Record received from the Supreme Court of Louisiana (6 boxes).

Jun 15 2017

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 25, 2017.

Sep 28 2017

Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED limited to Question 1 presented by the petition.

Nov 13 2017

Brief of petitioner Robert L.McCoy filed (to be corrected and reprinted).

Nov 13 2017

Joint appendix filed (2 volumes). (Statement of costs filed)
Main Document Main Document

Nov 13 2017

Brief of petitioner Robert L. McCoy filed (Corrected brief received 1/10/18). (Distributed)
Main Document Proof of Service Other

Nov 17 2017

SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Nov 17 2017

Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

Nov 20 2017

Brief amicus curiae of The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

Nov 20 2017

Brief amici curiae of Ten Law School Professors and the Ethics Bureau at Yale filed. (Distributed)
Proof of Service Proof of Service Main Document

Nov 20 2017

Brief amicus curiae of The Criminal Bar Association of England & Wales filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

Nov 20 2017

Brief amicus curiae of American Bar Association filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count

Nov 22 2017

CIRCULATED.

Dec 13 2017

Brief of respondent Louisiana filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

Dec 18 2017

Record requested from the Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Dec 20 2017

Brief amici curiae of States of Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Montana, Nevada, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, and Wyoming filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

Jan 05 2018

Reply of petitioner Robert L.McCoy filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

Jan 17 2018

Argued. For petitioner: Seth P. Waxman, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Elizabeth Murrill, Solicitor General of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, La.

May 14 2018

Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Ginsburg, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Kennedy, Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Alito, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Thomas and Gorsuch, JJ., joined.

Jun 15 2018

JUDGMENT ISSUED.

Jun 15 2018

MANDATE ISSUED.

Jun 20 2018

Record returned to the Supreme Court of Louisiana (6 boxes).

Attorneys

Attorneys for Petitioners

Seth P. Waxman
Counsel of Record

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
1875 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20006
Seth.Waxman@wilmerhale.com
Ph: 202-663-6800
Party name: Robert L. McCoy

Richard John Bourke

636 Baronne Street
New Orleans, LA 70113
rbourke@thejusticecenter.org
Ph: 5042582915
Party name: Robert L.McCoy

Attorneys for Respondents

John Michael Lawrence
Counsel of Record

Office of the District Attorney
204 Burt Boulevard, P.O. Box 69
Benton, LA 71006
Ph: (318)-965-2332
Party name: Louisiana

Elizabeth Baker Murrill
Counsel of Record

Office of the Louisiana Attorney General
P.O. Box 94005
Baton Rouge, LA 70084-9005
murrille@ag.louisiana.gov
Ph: 225-326-6766
Party name: Louisiana

Other Attorneys

Hilarie Bass
Counsel of Record

American Bar Association
321 N. Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60610
abapresident@americanbar.org
Ph: 312-988-5109
Party name: American Bar Association

Lawrence J. Fox
Counsel of Record

Yale Law School
127 Wall Street
New Haven,, CT 06511
lawrence.fox@yale.edu
Ph: 203-432-9358
Party name: Ten Law School Professors and the Ethics Bureau at Yale

Clark M. Neily III
Counsel of Record

Cato Institute
1000 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20002
cneily@cato.org
Ph: 2028420200
Party name: Cato Institute

Jenay Aretha Nurse-Guilford
Counsel of Record

Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY 10112
jenay.nurse@squirepb.com
Ph: 2012133137
Party name: THE CRIMINAL BAR ASSOCIATION OF ENGLAND & WALES

Lauren Ashley Simpson
Counsel of Record

Office of the Attorney General State of Alabama
501 Washington Avenue
Montgomery, AL 36130
lsimpson@ago.state.al.us
Ph: 3343531209
Party name: States of Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Montana, Nevada, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, and Wyoming

Clifford M. Sloan
Counsel of Record

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
1440 New York Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20005
cliff.sloan@skadden.com
Ph: 202-371-7040
Party name: The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

G. Ben Cohen

The Promise of Justice Initiative
636 Baronne Street
New Orleans, LA 70113
bcohen@thejusticecenter.org
Ph: (504) 529-5955
Party name: The Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, et al.

Lawrence J. Fox

Visiting Lecturer in Law
Yale Law School
127 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
lawrence.fox@yale.edu
Ph: (203) 432-9358
Party name: The Ethics Bureau at Yale