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Docket for 18-525

No. 18-525

Title:	Fort Bend County, Texas, Petitioner v. Lois M. Davis
Docketed:	October 19, 2018
Lower Ct:	United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Case Numbers:	(16-20640)
Decision Date:	June 20, 2018
Rehearing Denied:	July 20, 2018
Questions Presented

Proceedings and Orders

Oct 18 2018

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 19, 2018)
Petition Appendix Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

Nov 12 2018

Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 19, 2018 to December 19, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
Main Document

Nov 14 2018

Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 19, 2018.

Dec 19 2018

Brief of respondent Lois Davis in opposition filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count

Dec 21 2018

Letter waiving the 14-day waiting period under Rule 15.5 filed.
Main Document

Dec 26 2018

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/11/2019.

Dec 26 2018

Reply of petitioner Fort Bend County filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

Jan 11 2019

Petition GRANTED.

Jan 29 2019

Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Lois Davis.
Blanket Consent

Feb 04 2019

Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Fort Bend County.
Blanket Consent

Feb 11 2019

SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, April 22, 2019

Feb 25 2019

Brief of petitioner Fort Bend County filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

Feb 25 2019

Joint appendix filed.
Main Document Proof of Service

Feb 27 2019

Brief amicus curiae of Professor Scott Dodson in support of neither party filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

Mar 04 2019

Brief amici curiae of Center for Workplace Compliance, et al. filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

Mar 04 2019

Brief amici curiae of National Conference of State Legislatures, et al. filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

Mar 20 2019

CIRCULATED

Mar 21 2019

Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 5th Circuit.

Mar 27 2019

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

Apr 03 2019

Brief amicus curiae of NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

Apr 03 2019

Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

Apr 03 2019

Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Certificate of Word Count

Apr 03 2019

Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Proof of Service Main Document

Apr 03 2019

Brief amici curiae of National Employment Lawyers Association and The Employee Rights Advocacy Institute for Law & Policy filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count

Apr 12 2019

Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.

Apr 12 2019

Reply of petitioner Fort Bend County filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

Apr 22 2019

Argued. For petitioner: Colleen E. Roh Sinzdak, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Raffi Melkonian, Houston, Tex.; and Jonathan C. Bond, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.)

Jun 03 2019

Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Ginsburg, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.

Jul 05 2019

JUDGMENT ISSUED.

Attorneys

Attorneys for Petitioners

Colleen Elizabeth Roh Sinzdak
Counsel of Record

Hogan Lovells LLP
555 13th Street NW
Washington, DC 20004
colleen.sinzdak@hoganlovells.com
Ph: 202-637-5600
Party name: Fort Bend County

Neal Kumar Katyal

Hogan Lovells US LLP
555 Thirteenth St., N.W.
Washington, DC 20004
neal.katyal@hoganlovells.com
Ph: 202 637 5528
Party name: Fort Bend County

Attorneys for Respondents

Raffi Melkonian
Counsel of Record

Wright, Close & Barger LLP
1 Riverway, Suite 2200
Houston, TX 77056
melkonian@wrightclose.com
Ph: 713-572-4321
Party name: Lois Davis

Other Attorneys

Scott William Dodson
Counsel of Record

UC Hastings College of the Law
Professor of Law
200 McAlister Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
dodson@alumni.duke.edu
Ph: 925-285-1445
Party name: Scott Dodson

Michael L. Foreman
Counsel of Record

Penn State Law - Civil Rights Appellate Clinic
329 Innovation Blvd. , Suite 118
University Park, PA 16803
mlf25@psu.edu
Ph: 814-865-3832
Party name: National Employment Lawyers Association and The Employee Rights Advocacy Institute for Law & Policy

Noel John Francisco

Solicitor General
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001
SUPREMECTBRIEFS!USDOJ.GOV
Ph: 202-514-2217
Party name: United States of America

Brianne Jenna Gorod
Counsel of Record

Constitutional Accountability Center
1200 18th Street, NW
Suite 501
Washington, DC 20036
brianne@theusconstitution.org
Ph: 202 296 6889
Party name: Constitutional Accountability Center

Samuel Spital
Counsel of Record

NAACP Legal Defense And Educational Fund, Inc.
40 Rector Street
5th Floor
NEW YORK, NY 10006
sspital@naacpldf.org
Ph: (212) 965-2200
Party name: NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.

Collin O'Connor Udell
Counsel of Record

Jackson Lewis P.C.
90 State House Square, 8th Floor
Hartford, CT 06103-3708
collin.udell@jacksonlewis.com
Ph: 8605220404
Party name: NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF STATE LEGISLATURES, et al.

Rae Thiesfield Vann
Counsel of Record

NT Lakis, LLP
1501 M Street, NW
Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20005
rvann@ntlakis.com
Ph: 2026295600
Party name: Center for Workplace Compliance, NFIB Small Business Legal Center, Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, and National Retail Federation