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Docket for 17-1428

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No. 17-1428
Title:	Ndioba Niang, et al., Petitioners v. Brittany Tomblinson, et al.
Docketed:	April 13, 2018

Lower Ct:	United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Case Numbers:	(16-3968)
Decision Date:	January 11, 2018
Rehearing Denied:
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Date	Proceedings and Orders
Apr 11 2018	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 14, 2018)
	Petition Appendix Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Apr 17 2018	Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 14, 2018 to June 13, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
	Main Document
Apr 19 2018	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including June 13, 2018.

Apr 19 2018	Blanket Consent filed by Respondents, Brittany Tomblinson, et al.
	Blanket Consent
Apr 24 2018	Blanket Consent filed by Petitioners, Ndioba Niang, et al.
	Blanket Consent
May 10 2018	Brief amicus curiae of Goldwater Institute filed.
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
May 10 2018	Brief amici curiae of Public Choice Scholars filed.
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
May 10 2018	Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation filed.
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
May 14 2018	Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed.
	Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
May 14 2018	Brief amicus curiae of The Rutherford Institute filed.
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
May 17 2018	Motion to extend the time to file a response from June 13, 2018 to August 15, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
	Main Document
May 22 2018	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including August 15, 2018.

Aug 15 2018	Waiver of right of respondents Brittany Tomblinson, et al. to respond filed.
	Main Document
Aug 22 2018	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.

Aug 29 2018	Response Requested. (Due September 28, 2018)

Sep 13 2018	Joint Suggestion of Mootness filed by petitioners Ndioba Niang, et al. and respondents Brittany Tomblinson, et al.
	Main Document Other
Sep 19 2018	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/5/2018.

Oct 09 2018	The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted. The judgment of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit is vacated and the case is remanded to that court with instructions to direct the District Court to dismiss the case as moot. See United States v. Munsingwear, Inc., 340 U. S. 36 (1950). Justice Kavanaugh took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.

Nov 13 2018	JUDGMENT ISSUED.

NAME	ADDRESS	PHONE
Attorneys for Petitioners
Daniel Lamar Alban Counsel of Record	Institute for Justice 901 N. Glebe Road, Suite 900 Arlington, VA 22203 dalban@ij.org	7036829320
Party name: Ndioba Niang, et al.
Attorneys for Respondents
Julie Marie Blake Counsel of Record	Office of the Missouri Attorney General Office of the Attorney General, Supreme Court Building 207 W. High St. P.O. Box 899 Jefferson City,, MO 65102 julie.blake@ago.mo.gov	573-751-3321
Party name: Brittany Tomblinson, et al.
Other
Anand Agneshwar Counsel of Record	Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP 250 W. 55th St. New York, NY 10019 Anand.Agneshwar@arnoldporter.com	212-836-8195
Party name: The Rutherford Institute
Chad William Pekron Counsel of Record	Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull PLLC 111 Center Street, Suite 1900 Little Rock, AR 72201 cpekron@qgtlaw.com	501-379-1726
Party name: Public Choice Scholars
Lawrence G. Salzman Counsel of Record	Pacific Legal Foundation 930 G Street Sacramento, CA 95814 lsalzman@pacificlegal.org	916-419-7111
Party name: Pacific Legal Foundation
Timothy Mason Sandefur Counsel of Record	Scharf-Norton Center for Constitutional Litigation 500 E. Coronado Road Phoenix, AZ 85004 tsandefur@goldwaterinstitute.org	602-462-5000
Party name: Goldwater Institute
Ilya Shapiro Counsel of Record	Cato Institute 1000 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington, DC 20001 ishapiro@cato.org	202-842-0200
Party name: Cato Institute