No. 13-604
Title:
Nicholas Brady Heien, Petitioner
v.
North Carolina
Docketed:November 18, 2013
Lower Ct:Supreme Court of North Carolina
  Case Nos.:(380A11-2)
  Decision Date:November 8, 2013
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Nov 13 2013 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 18, 2013)
Dec 6 2013 Waiver of right of respondent North Carolina to respond filed.
Dec 6 2013 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, rreceived from counsel for the respondent.
Dec 18 2013 Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed. (Distributed)
Dec 24 2013 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 10, 2014.
Jan 6 2014 Response Requested . (Due February 5, 2014)
Jan 29 2014 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including March 7, 2014.
Mar 7 2014 Brief of respondent North Carolina in opposition filed.
Mar 18 2014 Reply of petitioner Nicholas Brady Heien filed.
Mar 19 2014 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 4, 2014.
Apr 7 2014 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 18, 2014.
Apr 21 2014 Petition GRANTED.
May 13 2014 The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including June 9, 2014.
May 13 2014 The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including July 14, 2014.
May 22 2014 Order further extending time to file respondent's brief on the merits to and including July 21, 2014.
May 22 2014 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner.
May 28 2014 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondent.
Jun 9 2014 Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed.)
Jun 9 2014 Brief of petitioner Nicholas Brady Heien filed.
Jun 16 2014 Brief amicus curiae of Gun Owners Foundation, et al. filed.
Jun 16 2014 Brief amici curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, et al. filed.
Jun 16 2014 Brief amici curiae of Professors Charles E. MacLean & Adam Lamparello filed.
Jun 16 2014 Brief amicus curiae of Rutherford Institute filed.
Jul 9 2014 Record requested from Supreme Court of North Carolina.
Jul 14 2014 Record received from the Supreme Court of North Carolina. The record is electronic.
Jul 18 2014 SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Monday, October 6, 2014
Jul 21 2014 Brief of respondent North Carolina filed.
Jul 28 2014 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Jul 28 2014 Brief amicus curiae of the United States filed.
Jul 28 2014 Brief amici curiae of Wisconsin, et al. filed.
Jul 28 2014 Brief amici curiae of The Association of Prosecuting Attorneys, et al. filed.
Aug 7 2014 CIRCULATED.
Aug 20 2014 Reply of petitioner Nicholas Brady Heien filed. (Distributed)
Aug 29 2014 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Oct 6 2014 Argued. For petitioner: Jeffrey L. Fisher, Stanford, Cal. For respondent: Robert C. Montgomery, Senior Deputy Attorney General, Raleigh, N. C.; and Rachel P. Kovner, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.)
Dec 15 2014 Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Roberts, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Kagan, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Ginsburg, J., joined. Sotomayor, J., filed a dissenting opinion.
Jan 16 2015 JUDGMENT ISSUED.



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
Jeffrey L. Fisher Stanford Law School(650) 724-7081
    Counsel of RecordSupreme Court Litigation Clinic
559 Nathan Abbott Way
Stanford, CA  94305-8610
jlfisher@law.stanford.edu
Party name: Nicholas Brady Heien
Attorneys for Respondent:
Robert C. Montgomery Senior Deputy Attorney General(919) 716-6500
    Counsel of Record North Carolina Department of Justice
P.O. Box 629
Raleigh, NC  27602
rmont@ncdoj.gov
Party name: North Carolina
Other:
James J. Berles Assistant Professor of Law(855) 832-4529
Indiana Tech Law School
1600 E. Washington Blvd.
Fort Wayne, IN  46803
JJBerles@indianatech.edu
Party name: Professors Charles E. MacLean & Adam Lamparello
 
Gaetan Gerville-Reache Warner Norcross & Judd LLP(616) 752-2000
900 Fifth Third Center
111 Lyon Street, NW
Grand Rapids, MI  49503
greache@wnj.com
Party name: The Association of Prosecuting Attorneys, et al.
 
Rachel Peter Kovner 950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW (202) 514-8469
Washington, DC  20530
rachel.kovner@usdoj.gov
Party name: United States
 
Noah A. Levine Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP(212)-230-8875
7 World TradeCenter
250 Greenwich Street
New York, NY  10007
noah.levine@wilmerhale.com
Party name: National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, et al.
 
William J. Olson William J.Olson, P.C.(703) 356-5070
370 Maple Avenue West, Suite 4
Vienna, VA  22180-5615
wjo@mindspring.com
Party name: Gun Owners Foundation, et al.
 
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
 
Maura FJ Whelan Wisconsin Department of Justice(608)266-3859
P.O. Box 7857
Madison, WI  53707-7857
whelanmf@doj.state.wi.us
Party name: Wisconsin, et al.
 
John W. Whitehead The Rutherford Institute(434) 978-3888
923 Gardens Blvd.
Charlottesville, VA  22901
johnw@rutherford.org
Party name: Rutherford Institute