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No. 16-980
Title:	Jon Husted, Ohio Secretary of State, Petitioner v. A. Philip Randolph Institute, et al.
Docketed:	February 8, 2017
Linked with 16A556
Lower Ct:	United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Case Numbers:	(16-3746)
Decision Date:	September 23, 2016
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Questions Presented

Date	Proceedings and Orders
Dec 02 2016	Application (16A556) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 22, 2016 to February 6, 2017, submitted to Justice Kagan.

Dec 06 2016	Application (16A556) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until February 6, 2017.

Feb 03 2017	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 10, 2017)

Feb 03 2017	Appendix of Jon Husted, Ohio Secretary of State filed.

Feb 27 2017	Order extending time to file response to petition to and including March 31, 2017.

Mar 09 2017	Brief amici curiae of Former Attorneys of the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice filed.

Mar 10 2017	Brief amicus curiae of Landmark Legal Foundation filed.

Mar 10 2017	Brief amicus curiae of Judicial Watch, Inc. filed.

Mar 10 2017	Brief amici curiae of Georgia and 14 other States filed.

Mar 31 2017	Brief of respondents A. Philip Randolph Institute, et al. in opposition filed.

Apr 17 2017	Reply of petitioner Jon Husted, Ohio Secretary of State filed.

Apr 19 2017	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 11, 2017.

May 10 2017	Rescheduled.

May 15 2017	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 18, 2017.

May 22 2017	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 25, 2017.

May 30 2017	Petition GRANTED.

Jun 07 2017	Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the Petitioner.

Jun 07 2017	Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the Respondents.

Jun 22 2017	The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including July 31, 2017.

Jun 22 2017	The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including September 15, 2017.

Jun 29 2017	Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by the parties.

Jul 31 2017	Brief of petitioner Husted, Ohio Secretary of State filed.

Aug 07 2017	Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.

Aug 07 2017	Brief amicus curiae of Buckeye Institute filed.

Aug 07 2017	Brief amicus curiae of Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund filed.

Aug 07 2017	Brief amici curiae of Georgia and 16 Other States filed.

Aug 07 2017	Brief amicus curiae of Judicial Watch, Inc. filed.

Aug 07 2017	Brief amicus curiae of American Civil Rights Union filed.

Aug 07 2017	Brief amici curiae of Former Attorneys of the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice filed.

Aug 07 2017	Brief amici curiae of Landmark Legal Foundation, et al. filed.

Aug 07 2017	Brief amici curiae of National Conference of State Legislatures, et al. filed.

Aug 22 2017	Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.

Aug 25 2017	Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by the parties GRANTED.

Aug 31 2017	SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday November 8, 2017

Sep 07 2017	CIRCULATED

Sep 12 2017	Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 6th Circuit.

Sep 15 2017	Brief of respondents A. Philip Randolph Institute, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Sep 19 2017	Brief amici curiae of Libertarian Party of Ohio, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Sep 22 2017	Brief amici curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed. (Distributed)

Sep 22 2017	Brief amicus curiae of American History Professors filed. (Distributed)

Sep 22 2017	Brief amicus curiae of Libertarian National Committee filed. (Distributed)

Sep 22 2017	Brief amici curiae of the League of Women Voters of the United States, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Sep 22 2017	Brief amici curiae of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Sep 22 2017	Brief amicus curiae of Senator Sherrod Brown filed. (Distributed)

Sep 22 2017	Brief amici curiae of Certain Members of the Congressional Black Caucus filed. (Distributed)

Sep 22 2017	Brief amici curiae of National Disability Rights Network, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Sep 22 2017	Brief amicus curiae of Common Cause filed. (Distributed)

Sep 22 2017	Brief amici curiae of Eric H. Holder, Jr., et al. filed. (Distributed)

Sep 22 2017	Brief amici curiae of the States of New York, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Sep 22 2017	Brief amici curiae of Asian Americans Advancing Justice \| AAJC, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Sep 22 2017	Brief amicus curiae of Public Citizen, Inc. filed. (Distributed)

Sep 22 2017	Brief amici curiae of Current and Former Ohio Elections Officials filed. (Distributed)

Sep 22 2017	Brief amicus curiae of VoteVets Action Fund filed. (Distributed)

Sep 22 2017	Brief amici curiae of Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Sep 22 2017	Brief amici curiae of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)

Oct 10 2017	Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.

Oct 16 2017	Reply of petitioner Jon Husted, Ohio Secretary of State filed. (Distributed)

Oct 27 2017	Letter from counsel for respondents relating to oral argument filed.

Oct 27 2017	This case is removed from the oral argument calendar for November 8, 2017.

Nov 17 2017	SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Wednesday, January 10, 2018

Nov 22 2017	CIRCULATED.

Dec 18 2017	Record received from the U.S.C.A. 6th Circuit is electronic.

Jan 10 2018	Argued. For petitioner: Eric E. Murphy, State Solicitor for State of Ohio, Columbus, Ohio; and Noel J. Francisco, Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondents: Paul M. Smith, Washington, D. C.

Jun 11 2018	Judgment REVERSED. Alito, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Kennedy, Thomas, and Gorsuch, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed a concurring opinion. Breyer, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Ginsburg, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Sotomayor, J., filed a dissenting opinion.

Jul 13 2018	JUDGMENT ISSUED.

NAME	ADDRESS	PHONE
Attorneys for Petitioner
Eric E. Murphy Counsel of Record	Ohio State Solicitor 30 East Broad Street 17th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 eric.murphy@ohioattorneygeneral.gov	(614) 466-8980
Party name: Jon Husted, Ohio Secretary of State
Attorneys for Respondents
Brenda Wright Counsel of Record	DEMOS 1340 Centre Street, Suite 209 Newton, MA 02459 bwright@demos.org	(617) 232-5885
Party name: A. Philip Randolph Institute, et al.
Other
J. Christian Adams Counsel of Record	Public Interest Legal Foundation 32 E.Washington Street Ste. 4620 Indianapolis, IN 46204	317-203-5599
Party name: American Civil Rights Union
Samuel Robert Bagenstos Counsel of Record	625 S. State St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 sbagen@gmail.com	734-647-7584
Party name: Eric H. Holder, Jr., et al.
Brigida Benitez Counsel of Record	Steptoe & Johnson LLP 1330 Connecticut Ave., N. W. Washington, DC 20036 bbenitez@steptoe.com	202-429-3000
Party name: Asian Americans Advancing Justice \| AAJC, et al.
Rachel Sarah Bloomekatz Counsel of Record	Gupta Wessler PLLC 1900 L Street, NW, Suite 312 Washington, DC 20036 Rachel@guptawessler.com	202-888-1741
Party name: Current and Former Ohio Elections Officials
Emmet J Bondurant Counsel of Record	Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP 3900 One Atlantic Center 1201 W. Peachtree Street Atlanta, GA 30309 bondurant@bmelaw.com	(404) 881-4100
Party name: Common Cause
Thomas Mark Bondy Counsel of Record	Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP 1152 15th Street NW Washington, DC 20005 tbondy@orick.com	202 339-8400
Party name: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., et al.
Richard P. Bress Counsel of Record	Latkins & Watkins, LLP 555 11th Street, NW Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20004 richard.bress@lw.com	202-637-2200
Party name: American History Professors
Gorod Brianne Counsel of Record	Constitutional Accountability Center 1200 18th Street, NW, Suite 501 Washington, DC 20036 brianne@theusconstition.org	292-296-6889
Party name: Constitutional Accountability Center
Mark R. Brown Counsel of Record	303 East Broad Street Columbus, OH 43215-3200 mbrown@law.capital.edu	6142366590
Party name: Libertarian Party of Ohio, et al.
Michael A. Carvin Counsel of Record	Jones Day 51 Louisiana Ave., N.W. Washington, DC 20001 macarvin@jonesday.com	202-879-3939
Party name: Buckeye Institute
William Spencer Consovoy Counsel of Record	Consovoy McCarthy PLLC 3033 Wilson Boulevard Suite 700 Arlington, VA 22201 will@consovoymccarthy.com	703-243-9423
Party name: Former Attorneys of the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice
Gilda R. Daniels Counsel of Record	Advancement Project 1220 L Street, NW, Suite 850 Washington, DC 20005 gdaniels@advancementproject.org	202-728-9557
Party name: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, et al.
Joshua Paul Davis Counsel of Record	Reed Smith LLP 811 Main Street Suite 1700 Houston, TX 77002 jpdavis@reedsmith.com	713-469-3800
Party name: National Conference of State Legislatures, et al.
Noel J. Francisco Counsel of Record	Solicitor General United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530-0001 SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov	202-514-2217
Party name: United States
Aderson Bellegarde Francois Counsel of Record	Institute for Public Representation, Georgetown Univ. Law 600 New Jersey Ave., N.W. Washington, DC 20001 Abf48@law.georgetown.edu	202-662-9535
Party name: VoteVets Action Fund
John Arak Freedman Counsel of Record	Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, LLP 601 Mass. Ave., NW Washington, DC 20001 john.freedman@apks.com	202-942-5000
Party name: The League of Women Voters of the United States, et al.
Linda Ceilia Goldstein Counsel of Record	Dechert, LLP 1095 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036 linda.goldstein@dechert.com	212-698-3500
Party name: Certain Members of the Congressional Black Caucus
Jason David Hirsch Counsel of Record	Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale & Dorr, LLP 7 World Trade Center, 250 Grenwich Street New York, NY 10007 jason.hirsch@wilmerhale.com	(212)-230-8800
Party name: Libertarian National Committee
Steven A. Hirsch Counsel of Record	Keker, Van Nest & Peters, LLP 633 Battery Street San Francisco, CA 94111-1809 shirsch@keker.com	(415)-391-5400
Party name: Senator Sherrod Brown
Richard Peter Hutchison Counsel of Record	3100 Broadway Suite 1200 Kansas City, MO 64111 rpetehutch@aol.com	816-931-5559
Party name: Landmark Legal Foundation, et al.
Lawrence J. Joseph Counsel of Record	1250 Connecticut Avenue Suite 200 Washington, DC 20036 lj@larryjoseph.com	202-355-9452
Party name: Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund
Michael Courtney Keats Counsel of Record	Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP 180 Maiden Lane New York, NY 10038 mkeats@stroock.com	212-806-5400
Party name: Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, et al.
Scott Lawrence Nelson Counsel of Record	Public Citizen Litigation Group 1600 20th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20009 snelson@citizen.org	202-588-1000
Party name: Public Citizen, Inc.,
Andrew Alan Pinson Counsel of Record	Deputy Solicitor 40 Capital Square SW Atlanta, GA 30334-1300 apinson@law.ga.gov	404-651-9365
Party name: Georgia and 16 Other States
Paul March Smith Counsel of Record	Campaign Legal Center 1411 K Street, NW, Suite 1400 Washington, DC 20005 psmith@campaignlegalcenter.org	202-736-2200
Party name: National Disability Rights Network, et al.
Barbara Dale Underwood Counsel of Record	Office of the Attorney General 120 Broadway New York, NY 10271 barbara.underwood@ag.ny.gov	(212) 416-8962
Party name: for the States of New York, et al.
Timothy Allen Butler	Office of the Attorney General 40 Capitol Square, SW Atlanta, GA 30334 tbutler@law.ga.gov	(404) 656-3300
Party name: Georgia and 14 other States
Robert D. Popper	Judicial Watch, Inc. 425 Third Street, SW Washington, DC 20024	202-646-5172
Party name: Judicial Watch, Inc.