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

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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
Discretionary Court Decision Date:
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Questions Presented

Date	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)
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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)
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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)
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Jan 05 2018	Reply of petitioner Robert L.McCoy filed. (Distributed)
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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).

NAME	ADDRESS	PHONE
Attorneys for Petitioner
Seth P. Waxman Counsel of Record	Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP 1875 Pennsylvania Ave, NW Washington, DC 20006 Seth.Waxman@wilmerhale.com	202-663-6800
Party name: Robert L. McCoy
Richard John Bourke	636 Baronne Street New Orleans, LA 70113 rbourke@thejusticecenter.org	5042582915
Party name: Robert L.McCoy
Attorneys for Respondent
John Michael Lawrence Counsel of Record	Office of the District Attorney 204 Burt Boulevard, P.O. Box 69 Benton, LA 71006	(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	225-326-6766
Party name: Louisiana
Other
Hilarie Bass Counsel of Record	American Bar Association 321 N. Clark Street Chicago, IL 60610 abapresident@americanbar.org	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	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	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	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	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	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	(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	(203) 432-9358
Party name: The Ethics Bureau at Yale