| No. 13-193 | ||||
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| Docketed: | August 13, 2013 | |||
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit |
| Case Nos.: | (11-3894, 11-3925) |
| Decision Date: | May 13, 2013 |
| Rehearing Denied: | June 26, 2013 |
| Questions Presented |
| ~~~Date~~~ | ~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| Aug 9 2013 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 12, 2013) |
| Aug 21 2013 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondents John Mroczkowski, et al.. |
| Sep 6 2013 | Waiver of right of respondent Steven Driehaus to respond filed. |
| Sep 11 2013 | Waiver of right of respondents Ohio Elections Commission, Charles Calvert, Bryan Felmet, John Mroczkowski, Harvey Shapiro, Jayme Smoot, Degee Wilhelm, Larry Wolpert, Philip Richter, Jon Husted to respond filed. |
| Sep 12 2013 | Brief amici curiae of Institute for Justice, et al. filed. |
| Sep 12 2013 | Brief amici curiae of 1851 Center for Consititution Law, et al. filed. |
| Sep 25 2013 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 11, 2013. |
| Sep 26 2013 | Response Requested . (Due October 28, 2013) |
| Oct 7 2013 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including November 27, 2013, for all respondents. |
| Nov 13 2013 | Letter of November 5, 2013, from counsel for Steven Driehaus received. |
| Nov 27 2013 | Brief of State Respondents in opposition filed. |
| Dec 11 2013 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 10, 2014. |
| Dec 11 2013 | Reply of petitioners Susan B. Anthony List, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 10 2014 | Petition GRANTED. |
| Feb 11 2014 | SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Tuesday, April 22, 2014 |
| Feb 12 2014 | Record received from U.S.C.A. 6th Circuit is electronic (Not on PACER). |
| Feb 12 2014 | Record received from U.S.D.C. Southern District of Ohio Western Division at Cincinnati is electronic and located on PACER. |
| Feb 19 2014 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioners. |
| Feb 19 2014 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party , received from counsel for the State Respondents. |
| Feb 24 2014 | Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed.) |
| Feb 24 2014 | Brief of petitioners Susan B. Anthony List, et al. filed. |
| Feb 24 2014 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondent Steven Driehaus, et al. |
| Feb 28 2014 | Brief amici curiae of Institute for Justice, et al. filed. |
| Feb 28 2014 | Brief amici curiae of Cato Institute, and P.J. O'Rourke filed. |
| Feb 28 2014 | Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union, et al. filed. |
| Feb 28 2014 | Brief amicus curiae of Bioethics Defense Fund filed. |
| Feb 28 2014 | Brief amicus curiae of Southeastern Legal Foundation filed. |
| Feb 28 2014 | Brief amici curiae of American Booksellers Association, et al. filed. |
| Mar 3 2014 | Brief amicus curiae of the United States filed. |
| Mar 3 2014 | Brief amicus curiae of Alliance Defending Freedom filed. |
| Mar 3 2014 | Brief amicus curiae of Ohio Attorney General Michael DeWine in support of neither party filed. |
| Mar 3 2014 | Brief amicus curiae of Center for Competitive Politics filed. |
| Mar 3 2014 | Brief amicus curiae of Student Press Law Center filed. |
| Mar 3 2014 | Brief amici curiae of Christian Legal Society, et al. filed. |
| Mar 3 2014 | Brief amicus curiae of Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence filed. |
| Mar 3 2014 | Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Incividual Rights in Education filed. |
| Mar 3 2014 | Brief amici curiae of General Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists, et al. filed. |
| Mar 3 2014 | Brief amici curiae of Citizens United, et al. filed. |
| Mar 3 2014 | Brief amicus curiae of 1851 Center for Consititutional Law filed. |
| Mar 3 2014 | Brief amicus curiae of First Amendment Lawyers Association filed. |
| Mar 3 2014 | Brief amicus curiae of Republican National Committee filed. |
| Mar 3 2014 | Brief amicus curiae of The Government Integrity Fund filed. |
| Mar 3 2014 | Brief amicus curiae of Justice and Freedom Fund filed. |
| Mar 10 2014 | CIRCULATED. |
| Mar 10 2014 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
| Mar 26 2014 | Brief of respondents State Respondents filed. (Distributed) |
| Apr 9 2014 | Reply of petitioners Susan B. Anthony List, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Apr 18 2014 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. |
| Apr 22 2014 | Argued. For petitioners: Michael A. Carvin, Washington, D. C. For the United States, as amicus curiae: Eric J. Feigin, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondents: Eric E. Murphy, State Solicitor, Columbus, Ohio. |
| Jun 16 2014 | Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Thomas, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court. |
| Jul 18 2014 | JUDGMENT ISSUED |
| ~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ~~Phone~~~ |
| Attorneys for Petitioners: | ||
| Michael A. Carvin | Jones Day | (202) 879-3939 |
| 51 Louisiana Avenue, N.W. | ||
| Washington, DC 20001 | ||
| macarvin@jonesday.com | ||
| Party name: Susan B. Anthony List, et al. | ||
| Attorneys for Respondents: | ||
| Paul M. De Marco | Markovits, Stock & De Marco | (513) 651-3700 |
| Counsel of Record | 119 East Court Street, Suite 530 | |
| Cincinnati, OH 45202 | ||
| pdemarco@msdlegal.com | ||
| Party name: Steven Driehaus | ||
| Eric E. Murphy | State Solicitor | (614) 466-8980 |
| Counsel of Record | Office of the Attorney General | |
| 30 East Broad Street, 17th Fl. | ||
| Columbus, OH 43215-3428 | ||
| eric.murphy@ohioattorneygeneral.gov | ||
| Party name: State Respondents | ||
| Stephen P. Carney | Office of the Attorney General | (614) 466-8980 |
| 30 East Broad Street, 17th Floor | ||
| Columbus, OH 43215-3428 | ||
| Party name: Steven Driehaus, et al. | ||
| Other: | ||
| Michael A. Bamberger | Dentons US LLP | (212) 768-6700 |
| 1221 Ave. of the Americas | ||
| New York, NY 10020 | ||
| michael.bamberger@dentons.com | ||
| Party name: American Booksellers Association, et al. | ||
| Dorinda C. Bordlee | Bioethics Defense Fund | (504) 231-7234 |
| 6811 E. Voltaire Avenue | ||
| Scottsdale, AZ 85254 | ||
| dbordlee.bdfund.org | ||
| Party name: Bioethics Defense Fund | ||
| Frederick W. Claybrook Jr. | Crowell & Moring LLP | (202) 624-2500 |
| 1001 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. | ||
| Washington, DC 20004 | ||
| rclaybrook@crowell.com | ||
| Party name: Christian Legal Society, et al. | ||
| David A. Cortman | Alliance Defending Freedom | (770) 339-0774 |
| 1000 Hurricane Shoals Road, N.E., Suite D-1100 | ||
| Lawrenceville, GA 30043 | ||
| dcortman@alliancedefendingfreedom.org | ||
| Party name: Alliance Defending Freedom | ||
| Allen Joseph Dickerson | Center for Competitive Politics | (703) 894-6800 |
| 124 S. West Street, Suite 201 | ||
| Alexandria, VA 22314 | ||
| adickerson@campaignfreedom.org | ||
| Party name: Center for Competitive Politics | ||
| Richard D. Dietz | Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, LLP | (336) 607-7300 |
| 1001 West Fourth Street | ||
| Winston-Salem, NC 27101 | ||
| rdietz@kilpatrickstockton.com | ||
| Party name: Student Press Law Center | ||
| John C. Eastman | Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence | (714) 628-2587 |
| c/o Chapman University School of Law | ||
| One University Drive | ||
| Orange, CA 92886 | ||
| jeastman@chapman.edu | ||
| Party name: Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence | ||
| Eric J. Feigin | Assistant to the Solicitor General | (202)-305-2452 |
| Department of Justice | ||
| 950 Pennsylvania Ave. NW | ||
| Washington, DC 20530 | ||
| eric.feigin@usdoj.gov | ||
| Party name: United States | ||
| Shannon Lee Goessling | Southeastern Legal Foundation, Inc. | (770) 977-2131 |
| 2255 Sewell Mill Rd., Suite 320 | ||
| Marietta, GA 30062 | ||
| shannon@southeasternlegal.org | ||
| Party name: Southeastern Legal Foundation | ||
| James L. Hirsen | 505 S. Villa Real Drive | (714) 283-8880 |
| Suite 208 | ||
| Anaheim Hills, CA 92807 | ||
| hirsen@earthlink.net | ||
| Party name: Justice and Freedom Fund | ||
| Erik S. Jaffe | Erik S. Jaffe, P.C. | (202) 237-8165 |
| 5101 34th Street, N.W. | ||
| Washington, DC 20008 | ||
| jaffe@esjpc.com | ||
| Party name: Attorney General Michael DeWine in support of neither party | ||
| Gregory Allen Keyser | 6657 Hitching Post Lane | 859-630-8079 |
| Cincinnati, OH 45230 | ||
| gregkeyser@gmail.com | ||
| Party name: 1851 Center for Consititutional Law | ||
| Jennifer M. Kinsley | Assistant Professor of Law | (859) 572-7998 |
| Northern Kentucky University | ||
| Salmon P. Chase College of Law | ||
| Nunn 507 | ||
| Highland Heights, KY 41099 | ||
| Kinsleyj@nku.edu | ||
| Party name: First Amendment Lawyers Association | ||
| Michael T. Morley | 223 Pawnee Rd. | (850) 778-3883 |
| Cranford, NJ 07016 | ||
| michaelmorleyesq@ hotmail.com | ||
| Party name: Republican National Committee | ||
| Jeffrey A. Rosen | Kirkland & Ellis LLP | (202) 879-5000 |
| 655 Fifteenth Street, NW | ||
| Washington, DC 20005 | ||
| jeffrey.rosen@kirkland.com | ||
| Party name: Foundation for Incividual Rights in Education | ||
| Gene C. Schaerr | Law Offices of Gene C. Schaerr | (202) 361-1061 |
| 322 Constitution Avenue NE | ||
| Washington, DC 20002 | ||
| gschaerr@gmail | ||
| Party name: General Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists, et al. | ||
| Ilya Shapiro | Cato Institute | (202) 842-0200 |
| 1000 Massachusetts Ave., NW | ||
| Washington, DC 20001 | ||
| ishapiro@cato.org | ||
| Party name: Cato Institute, and P.J. O'Rourke | ||
| Steven R. Shapiro | American Civil Liberties Union Foundation | (212) 549-2500 |
| 125 Broad Street | ||
| New York, NY 10004 | ||
| sshapiro@aclu.org | ||
| Party name: American Civil Liberties Union, et al. | ||
| Paul Michael Sherman | Institute for Justice | (703)-682-9320 |
| 901 North Glebe Road, Suite 900 | ||
| Arlington, VA 22203 | ||
| psherman@ij.org | ||
| Party name: Institute for Justice, et al. | ||
| Herbert W. Titus | William J. Olson, PC | (703) 356-5070 |
| 370 Maple Avenue West, Suite 4 | ||
| Vienna, VA 22180 - 5615 | ||
| wjo@mindspring.com | ||
| Party name: Citizens United, et al. | ||
| William M. Todd | 137 East State St. | (614) 545-6311 |
| Columbus, OH 432215 | ||
| wtodd@williammtodd.com | ||
| Party name: The Government Integrity Fund | ||
| Donald B. Verrilli Jr. | Solicitor General | (202) 514-2217 |
| United States Department of Justice | ||
| 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. | ||
| Washington, DC 20530-0001 | ||
| SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov | ||
| Party name: the United States | ||