No. 14-7955     *** CAPITAL CASE ***  
Title:
Richard E. Glossip, et al., Petitioners
v.
Kevin J. Gross, et al.
Docketed:January 14, 2015
Linked with 14A761
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
  Case Nos.:(14-6244)
  Decision Date:January 12, 2015
Discretionary Court  
  Decision Date:December 22, 2014
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jan 13 2015 Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 13, 2015)
Jan 13 2015 Application (14A761) for stays of execution of sentences of death, submitted to Justice Sotomayor.
Jan 14 2015 Brief of respondent Kevin J. Gross, et al. in opposition filed.
Jan 14 2015 Response to application (14A761) from respondent Kevin J. Gross, et al. filed.
Jan 15 2015 Reply of petitioner Charles F. Warner, et al. filed.
Jan 15 2015 Reply of applicant Charles F. Warner, et al. filed.
Jan 15 2015 Application (14A761) referred to the Court.
Jan 15 2015 Application (14A761) denied by the Court. JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR, with whom JUSTICE GINSBURG, JUSTICE BREYER, and JUSTICE KAGAN join, dissents. (Detached Opinion)
Jan 20 2015 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 23, 2015.
Jan 23 2015 Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED.
Jan 26 2015 Application (14A796) of Kevin J. Gross, et al. for stays of execution of sentences of death, submitted to Justice Sotomayor.
Jan 26 2015 Response in support of application filed.
Jan 28 2015 Application (14A796) referred to the Court.
Jan 28 2015 Application (14A796) granted by the Court. Respondents’ application for stays of execution of sentences of death presented to Justice Sotomayor and by her referred to the Court is granted and it is hereby ordered that petitioners’ executions using midazolam are stayed pending final disposition of this case.
Mar 4 2015 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for petitioners.
Mar 6 2015 SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Wednesday, April 29, 2015
Mar 6 2015 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for respondents.
Mar 9 2015 Brief of petitioners Richard E. Glossip, et al. filed.
Mar 9 2015 Joint appendix filed.
Mar 9 2015 Joint motion for leave to file volume II of the joint appendix under seal with redacted copies for the public record filed.
Mar 11 2015 Motion DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 27, 2015.
Mar 16 2015 Brief amicus curiae of Former State Attorneys General filed.
Mar 16 2015 Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed.
Mar 16 2015 CIRCULATED.
Mar 16 2015 Brief amicus curiae of Louis Stein Center for Law and Ethics at Fordham University School of Law filed. (Distributed).
Mar 16 2015 Brief amicus curiae of National Consensus Project The Promise of Justice Initiative filed. (Distributed)
Mar 16 2015 Brief amicus curiae of The Innocence Project filed. (Distributed)
Mar 16 2015 Brief amicus curiae of National Catholic Reporter filed. (Distributed)
Mar 16 2015 Brief amici curiae of Sixteen Professors of Pharmacology in support of neither party filed. (Distributed)
Mar 16 2015 Brief amicus curiae of The Rutherford Institute filed. (Distributed)
Mar 16 2015 Motion rescheduled.
Mar 16 2015 Brief amicus curiae of Advocates for Human Rights filed. (Distributed).
Mar 17 2015 Record requested from U.S.C.A. 10th Circuit.
Mar 24 2015 Record received from U.S.C.A. 10th Circuit is electronic.
Apr 1 2015 Motion DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 17, 2015.
Apr 8 2015 Brief of respondents Kevin J. Gross, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Apr 14 2015 Brief amicus curiae of Criminal Justice Legal Foundation filed. (Distributed)
Apr 15 2015 Brief amicus curiae of Florida filed. (Distributed)
Apr 15 2015 Brief amici curiae of Alabama, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Apr 20 2015 Motion for leave to file volume II of the joint appendix under seal with redacted copies for the public record GRANTED.
Apr 22 2015 Reply of petitioners Richard E. Glossip, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Apr 29 2015 Argued. For petitioners: Robin C. Konrad, Phoenix, Ariz. For respondents: Patrick R. Wyrick, Solicitor General, Oklahoma City, Okla.
May 13 2015 Letter from counsel for the respondent received. (Distributed)
Jun 4 2015 Letter from counsel for amici The National Consensus Project The Promise of Justice Initiative received.
Jun 29 2015 Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Alito, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Scalia, Kennedy, and Thomas, JJ., joined. Scalia, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Thomas, J., joined. Thomas, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Scalia, J., joined. Breyer, J. filed a dissenting opinion, in which Ginsburg, J., joined. Sotomayor, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Ginsburg, Breyer, and Kagan, JJ., joined.
Jul 24 2015 Petition for Rehearing filed.
Aug 6 2015 DISTRIBUTED.
Aug 28 2015 Rehearing DENIED.
Aug 28 2015 JUDGMENT ISSUED.



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioners:
Robin C. Konrad Federal Public Defender(602) 382-2816
    Counsel of Record850 West Adams Street, Suite 201
Phoenix, AZ  85007
robin_konrad@fd.org
Party name: Richard E. Glossip, et al.
Attorneys for Respondents:
Patrick R. Wyrick Solicitor General(405) 521-4274
    Counsel of Record Office of the Attorney General
313 NE 21st Street
Oklahoma City, OK  73105
patrick.wyrick@oag.ok.gov
Party name: Kevin J. Gross, et al.
 
John David Hadden Oklahoma Office of the Attorney General(405) 522-3921
313 N.E. 21st Street
Oklahoma City, OK  73105
John.hadden@oag.ok.gov
Party name: Kevin J. Gross, et al.
Other:
Anand Agneshwar Arnold & Porter LLP(212) 715-1000
399 Park Avenue
New York, NY  10022
anand.agneshwar@aporter.com
Party name: The Rutherford Institute
 
Amy Bergquist Advocates for Human Rights(612) 242-3302
330 Second Avenue South
Suite 800
Minneapolis, MN  55402
berg0512@umn.edu
Party name: Advocates for Human Rights
 
Gia L. Cincone Kilkpatrick Townsend and Stockton LLP415-576-0200
Two Embarcadero Center, 8th Floor
San Francisco, CA  94111
gcincone@kilpatricktownsend.com
Party name: National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
 
G. Ben Cohen 636 Baronne Street (504) 529-5955
New Orleans, LA  70113
bcohen@thejusticecenter.org
Party name: The National Consensus Project The Promise of Justice Initiative
 
James C. Dugan 787 Seventh Avenue (212)-728-8654
New York, NY  10019-6099
jdugan@willkie.com
Party name: The Innocence Project
 
Faith E. Gay Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP(212) 859-7000
51 Madison Avenue, 22nd Floor
New York, NY  10010
faithgay@quinnemanuel.com
Party name: The Louis Stein Center for Law and Ethics at Fordham University School of Law
 
Matthew S. Hellman Jenner & Block LLP(202) 639-6000
1099 New York Ave., N.W., Suite 900
Washington, DC  20001
mhellman@jenner.com
Party name: Former State Attorneys General
 
Megan A. Kirkpatrick Deputy Solicitor General(334) 353-2188
Office of Alabama Attorney General
501 Washington Avenue
Montgomery, AL  36130
mkirkpatrick@ago.state.al.us
Party name: Alabama, et al.
 
Robert P. LoBue Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler(212) 336-2000
1133 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY  10036
rplobue@pbwt.com
Party name: National Catholic Reporter
 
Kent S. Scheidegger Criminal Justice Legal Foundation(916) 446-0345
2131 L Street
Sacramento, CA  95816
briefs@cjlf.org
Party name: Criminal Justice Legal Foundation
 
Carolyn M. Snurkowski Associate Deputy Attorney General(850) 414-3500
Office of the Attorney General
Capital Appeals
The Capitol, PL-01
Tallahassee, FL  32399-1050
carolyn.snurkowski@myfloridalegal.com
Party name: Florida
 
James K. Stronski Cromwell & Moring LLP(212) 223-4000
590 Madison Ave., 20th Fl.
New York, NY
jstronski@crowell.com
Party name: Sixteen Professors of Pharmacology in support of neither party