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No. 20-603
 
Title: Le Roy Torres, Petitioner
v.
Texas Department of Public Safety
Docketed: November 5, 2020
Lower Ct: Court of Appeals of Texas, Thirteenth District
   Case Numbers: (13-17-00659-CV)
   Decision Date: November 20, 2018
   Rehearing Denied: December 19, 2018
Discretionary Court Decision Date: June 5, 2020
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Nov 02 2020 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 7, 2020)
Petition Appendix Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Nov 03 2020 Waiver of right of respondent Texas Department of Public Safety to respond filed.
Main Document
Nov 17 2020 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/4/2020.
Nov 24 2020 Response Requested. (Due December 28, 2020)
Dec 01 2020 Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 28, 2020 to January 27, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
Main Document
Dec 02 2020 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 27, 2021.
Dec 23 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Professor Jeffrey M. Hirsch filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Dec 23 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Reserve Organization of America filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Dec 23 2020 Brief amici curiae of Philip C. Bobbitt, Michael C. Dorf, and H. Jefferson Powell filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Jan 27 2021 Brief of respondent Texas Department of Public Safety in opposition filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Feb 10 2021 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/26/2021.
Feb 10 2021 Reply of petitioner Le Roy Torres filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Mar 01 2021 The Acting Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States.
Nov 09 2021 Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
Main Document Proof of Service
Nov 23 2021 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/10/2021.
Nov 23 2021 Supplemental brief of petitioner Le Roy Torres filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Dec 15 2021 Petition GRANTED.
Dec 22 2021 Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Texas Department of Public Safety
Blanket Consent
Dec 29 2021 Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Le Roy Torres
Blanket Consent
Dec 30 2021 Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner Le Roy Torres.
Main Document Proof of Service
Jan 18 2022 Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner GRANTED.
Jan 26 2022 Record requested from the Court of Appeals of Texas 13th District.
Jan 28 2022 ARGUMENT SET FOR Tuesday, March 29, 2022.
Jan 31 2022 The record received from the Court of Appeals of Texas 13th District is electronic and located on the Court of Appeals of Texas web site. Also one envelope containing the Notice of Appeal, Clerk's Record, and Reporter's Record.
Jan 31 2022 Brief of petitioner Le Roy Torres filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Feb 07 2022 Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count
Feb 07 2022 Brief amici curiae of Scholars of Constitutional Law and The Law of Federal and State Courts filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Feb 07 2022 Brief amicus curiae of Professor Jeffrey M. Hirsch filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Feb 07 2022 Brief amici curiae of War Powers Scholars filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Feb 07 2022 Brief amicus curiae of Reserve Organization of America filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Feb 07 2022 Brief amici curiae of National Veterans Legal Services Program, et al. filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Feb 07 2022 Brief amici curiae of Philip C. Bobbitt, Michael C. Dorf, and H. Jefferson Powell filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Feb 07 2022 Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Feb 07 2022 Brief amici curiae of Former Members of Congress filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Feb 07 2022 Brief amicus curiae of Bipartisan Members of Congress filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Feb 11 2022 CIRCULATED
Mar 02 2022 Brief of respondent Texas Department of Public Safety filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Mar 03 2022 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
Mar 09 2022 Brief amici curiae of State of Montana and 14 Other States filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Mar 09 2022 Brief amicus curiae of Professor Philip A. Pucillo filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Mar 09 2022 Brief amicus curiae of Separation of Powers Clinic at Antonin Scalia Law School filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Mar 18 2022 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae, for divided argument, and for enlargement of time for oral argument GRANTED.
Mar 18 2022 Reply of petitioner Le Roy Torres filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Mar 29 2022 Argued. For petitioner: Andrew T. Tutt, Washington, D. C.; and Christopher G. Michel, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondent: Judd E. Stone, II, Solicitor General, Austin, Tex.
Jun 29 2022 Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Breyer, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Sotomayor, Kagan, and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined. Kagan, J., filed a concurring opinion. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Alito, Gorsuch, and Barrett, JJ., joined.
Aug 01 2022 JUDGMENT ISSUED
Aug 01 2022 MANDATE ISSUED
Jun 30 2023 Record has been returned.
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Andrew Timothy Tutt
Counsel of Record
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer
601 Massachusetts Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20001
andrew.tutt@arnoldporter.com
Ph: 202-942-5000
Party name: Le Roy Torres


Attorneys for Respondents
Judd Edward Stone II
Counsel of Record
Texas Attorney General's Office
P.O. Box 12548 (MC 059)
Austin, TX 78711-2548
judd.stone@oag.texas.gov
Ph: 512-936-1700
Party name: Texas Department of Public Safety


Other Attorneys
David Morgan Steven Dewhirst
Counsel of Record
Office of the Solicitor General
P.O. Box 201401
215 North Sanders
Helena, MT 59620-1401
David.Dewhirst@mt.gov
Ph: 406-444-2026
Party name: State of Montana and 14 Other States


Brendan Benjamin Gants
Counsel of Record
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
601 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Suite 500 E
Washington, DC 20001
brendan.gants@mto.com
Ph: 202-220-1100
Party name: Philip C. Bobbitt, et al.


Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Counsel of Record
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


Matthew James Dowd
Counsel of Record
Dowd Scheffel PLLC
1717 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Suite 1025
Washington, DC 20006
mdowd@dowdscheffel.com
Ph: 202-559-9175
Party name: Former Members of Congress


Michael R. Dreeben
Counsel of Record
O’Melveny & Myers LLP
1625 I St. NW
Washington, DC 20006
mdreeben@omm.com
Ph: 202-383-5400
Party name: Scholars of Constitutional Law and The Law of Federal and State Courts


Adele Marie El-Khouri
Counsel of Record
Munger Tolles & Olson LLP
601 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Suite 500E
Washington, DC 20001-5369
adele.el-khouri@mto.com
Ph: 2022977027
Party name: Philip C. Bobbitt, Michael C. Dorf, and H. Jefferson Powell


Alec Winfield Farr
Counsel of Record
Perkins Coie LLP
700 13th Street, NW
Suite 800
Washington, DC 20005
AFarr@perkinscoie.com
Ph: 202-654-6200
Party name: National Veterans Legal Services Program, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, Paralyzed Veterans of America, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and Vietnam Veterans of America


Scott William Gaylord
Counsel of Record
Elon University School of Law
201 North Greene Street
Greensboro, NC 27401
sgaylord@elon.edu
Ph: 3362799331
Party name: Philip A. Pucillo


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


Theodore Augustus Howard
Counsel of Record
Wiley Rein LLP
2050 M Street NW
Washington, DC 20036
thoward@wiley.law
Ph: (202) 719-7120
Party name: Reserve Organization of America


R. Trent McCotter
Counsel of Record
Separation of Powers Clinic, Gray Center
Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University
3301 Fairfax Drive
Arlington, VA 22201
rmccotte@gmu.edu
Ph: 202-706-5488
Party name: Separation of Powers Clinic at Antonin Scalia Law School


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: Bipartisan Members of Congress


Matthew David Rowen
Counsel of Record
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
1301 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20004
matthew.rowen@kirkland.com
Ph: (202) 389-5000
Party name: War Powers Scholars


Richard A. Simpson
Counsel of Record
Wiley Rein, LLP
2050 M Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
rsimpson@wiley.law
Ph: 202-719-7314
Party name: Professor Jeffrey M. Hirsch

 

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