| May 19 2017 | Application (16A1134) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 28, 2017 to July 27, 2017, submitted to Justice Thomas. |
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| May 22 2017 | Application (16A1134) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until July 27, 2017. |
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| Jul 27 2017 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 31, 2017) |
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| Aug 24 2017 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including October 2, 2017. |
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| Sep 22 2017 | Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including November 1, 2017. |
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| Nov 01 2017 | Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed. |
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| Nov 17 2017 | Reply of petitioner Erik Hughes filed. |
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| Nov 20 2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/8/2017. |
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| Dec 08 2017 | Petition GRANTED. |
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| Jan 11 2018 | Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner Erik Hughes. |
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| Jan 22 2018 | Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner GRANTED. |
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| Jan 22 2018 | Brief of petitioner Erik Hughes filed. |
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| Jan 24 2018 | SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Tuesday, March 27, 2018 |
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| Jan 25 2018 | Brief amici curiae of Chantell and Michael Sackett, and Duarte Nursery, Inc. filed. |
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| Jan 26 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of Richard M. Re in support of neither party filed. |
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| Jan 26 2018 | Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by Law Professors in support of neither party filed. |
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| Jan 29 2018 | Brief amici curiae of Agricultural Building, Forestry, Livestock, Manufacturing, Mining, and Petroleum Business Interests filed. |
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| Jan 29 2018 | Brief amici curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the National Association of Federal Defenders filed. |
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| Jan 29 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of Professor Douglas A. Berman filed. |
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| Feb 07 2018 | CIRCULATED |
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| Feb 20 2018 | Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by Law Professors in support of neither party GRANTED. |
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| Feb 21 2018 | Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 11th Circuit. |
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| Feb 21 2018 | Brief of respondent United States filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 02 2018 | Record received from the U.S.D.C. Northern Dist. of Georgia. (1 Envelope, part of the record is Sealed) |
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| Mar 13 2018 | Reply of petitioner Erik Hughes filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 27 2018 | Argued. For petitioner: Eric Shumsky, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Rachel P. Kovner, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. |
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| Jun 04 2018 | Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Kennedy, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan, and Gorsuch, JJ., joined. Sotomayor, J., filed a concurring opinion. Roberts, C. J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Thomas and Alito, JJ., joined. |
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| Jul 06 2018 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
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| Aug 29 2018 | The record from the U.S.D.C. Northern Dist. of Georgia has been returned. |
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