| ~~~Date~~~ | ~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| Apr 22 2015 |
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 26, 2015) |
| May 22 2015 |
Order extending time to file response to petition to and including June 25, 2015. |
| May 28 2015 |
Waiver of right of respondent Police Chief James Wittig to respond filed. |
| Jun 25 2015 |
Brief of respondents City of Paterson, New Jersey, et al. in opposition filed. |
| Jul 7 2015 |
Reply of petitioner Jeffrey J. Heffernan filed. |
| Jul 15 2015 |
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 28, 2015. |
| Oct 1 2015 |
Petition GRANTED. |
| Nov 2 2015 |
Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondents. |
| Nov 12 2015 |
Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs in support of either party or of neither party received from counsel for the petitioner. |
| Nov 16 2015 |
Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed) |
| Nov 16 2015 |
Brief of petitioner Jeffrey J. Heffernan filed. |
| Nov 20 2015 |
Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Government Employees filed. |
| Nov 23 2015 |
Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. |
| Nov 23 2015 |
Brief amicus curiae of The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty filed. |
| Nov 23 2015 |
Brief amici curiae of Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression, et al. filed. |
| Nov 24 2015 |
SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, January 19, 2016 |
| Dec 4 2015 |
Record requested from U.S.C.A. 3rd Circuit. |
| Dec 15 2015 |
CIRCULATED. |
| Dec 16 2015 |
Brief of respondents City of Paterson, New Jersey, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Dec 21 2015 |
Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
| Dec 21 2015 |
Record from the U.S.C.A. 3rd Circuit is electronic. |
| Dec 21 2015 |
The record from the U.S.D.C. District of New Jersey (Newark) is electronic and located on PACER. |
| Dec 23 2015 |
Brief amicus curiae of New Jersey State League of Municipalities filed. (Distributed) |
| Dec 23 2015 |
Brief amici curiae of National Conference of State Legislatures, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 5 2016 |
Reply of petitioner Jeffrey J. Heffernan filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 8 2016 |
Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. |
| Jan 19 2016 |
Argued. For petitioner: Mark Frost, Philadelphia, Pa.; and Ginger D. Anders, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae). For respondents: Thomas C. Goldstein, Bethesda, Md. |
| Apr 26 2016 |
Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Breyer, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Kennedy, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Alito, J., joined. |
| May 31 2016 |
JUDGMENT ISSUED |