| No. 16-1027 | |
| Title: | Ryan Austin Collins, Petitioner v. Virginia |
| Docketed: | February 24, 2017 |
| Lower Ct: | Supreme Court of Virginia |
| Case Numbers: | (151277) |
| Decision Date: | September 15, 2016 |
| Rehearing Denied: | November 22, 2016 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Feb 21 2017 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 27, 2017) |
| Mar 20 2017 | Waiver of right of respondent Virginia to respond filed. |
| Mar 27 2017 | Brief amici curiae of United States Justice Foundation, et al. filed. |
| Apr 05 2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 21, 2017. |
| Apr 12 2017 | Response Requested. (Due May 12, 2017) |
| Apr 24 2017 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including June 12, 2017. |
| Jun 07 2017 | Brief of respondent Virginia in opposition filed. |
| Jun 21 2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 25, 2017. |
| Jun 22 2017 | Reply of petitioner Ryan Austin Collins filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 28 2017 | Petition GRANTED. |
| Nov 13 2017 | Brief of petitioner Ryan A. Collins filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Nov 13 2017 | Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed) |
| Main DocumentProof of Service | |
| Nov 17 2017 | SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Tuesday, January 9, 2018 |
| Nov 17 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of Institute for Justice filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Nov 17 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of Restore the Fourth, Inc. filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Nov 20 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of Fourth Amendment Scholars filed. (Distributed) |
| Main DocumentOtherCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Nov 20 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of The National Rifle Association Freedom Action Foundation filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Nov 20 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of The Rutherford Institute filed. (Distributed) |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Nov 20 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Nov 20 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Conservative Legal Defense and Education Fund, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Nov 20 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of American Motorcyclist Association filed. (Distributed) |
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| Nov 20 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of The Cato Institute filed. |
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| Nov 22 2017 | CIRCULATED. |
| Dec 13 2017 | Brief of respondent Virginia filed. |
| Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count | |
| Dec 18 2017 | Record requested from the Supreme Court of Virginia. |
| Jan 02 2018 | Reply of petitioner Ryan A. Collins filed. (Distributed) |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Jan 04 2018 | Record received from the Commonwealth of Virginia in the Circuit Court of the county of Albemarle. (1 Envelope). |
| Jan 05 2018 | Record received from the Court of Appeals of Virginia. (1 Envelope). |
| Jan 09 2018 | Argued. For petitioner: Matthew A. Fitzgerald, Richmond, Va. For respondent: Trevor S. Cox, Acting Solicitor General of Virginia, Richmond, Va. |
| Jan 17 2018 | Record received from the Supreme Court of Virginia is electronic. |
| May 29 2018 | Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Sotomayor, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan, and Gorsuch, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed a concurring opinion. Alito, J., filed a dissenting opinion. |
| Jul 02 2018 | MANDATE ISSUED. |
| Jul 02 2018 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| Aug 28 2018 | The record from the Supreme Court of Virginia has been returned. |
| Aug 29 2018 | The record from the Supreme Court of Virginia has been returned (2nd record). |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioner | ||
| Matthew Allen Fitzgerald Counsel of Record | 800 East Canal St. Richmond, VA 23219 mfitzgerald@mcguirewoods.com | (804) 775-4716 |
| Party name: Ryan A. Collins | ||
| Attorneys for Respondent | ||
| Trevor Stephen Cox Counsel of Record | Office of the Attorney General 202 North Ninth Street Richmond, VA 23219 tcox@oag.state.va.us | (804) 786-7704 |
| Party name: Virginia | ||
| Matthew Robert McGuire | Office of the Attorney General 202 North Ninth Street Richmond, VA 23219 mmcguire@oag.state.va.us | 804-786-7773 |
| Party name: Virginia | ||
| Other | ||
| Anand Agneshwar Counsel of Record | Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP 250 W. 55th St. New York, NY 10019 anand.agneshwar@apks.com | 212-836-8000 |
| Party name: The Rutherford Institute | ||
| Douglas Harry Hallward-Driemeier Counsel of Record | Ropes & Gray, LLP 2099 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20006-6807 Douglas.Hallward-Driemeier@ropesgray.com | 202-508-4776 |
| Party name: National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers | ||
| William Robert Peterson Counsel of Record | Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 1000 Louisiana Street Suite 4000 Houston, TX 77002 william.peterson@morganlewis.com | 7138905188 |
| Party name: American Motorcyclist Association | ||
| Andrew John Pincus Counsel of Record | Mayer Brown LLP 1999 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20006 apincus@mayerbrown.com | 202-263-3000 |
| Party name: The Cato Institute | ||
| Anthony Brian Sanders Counsel of Record | Institute for Justice 520 Nicollet Mall Suite 550 Minneapolis, MN 55402 asanders@ij.org | 612-435-3451 |
| Party name: Institute for Justice | ||
| Leslie A. Shoebotham Counsel of Record | Loyola University New Orleans College of Law 7214 St. Charles Avenue Campus Box 901 New Orleans, LA 70118 shoeboth@loyno.edu | 5048615683 |
| Party name: Fourth Amendment Scholars | ||
| Mahesha Padmanabhan Subbaraman Counsel of Record | Subbaraman PLLC 222 S. 9th St., Suite 1600 Minneapolis, MN 55402 mps@subblaw.com | 612-315-9210 |
| Party name: Restore the Fourth, Inc. | ||
| David H. Thompson Counsel of Record | Cooper & Kirk, PLLC 1523 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20036 dthompson@cooperkirk.com | 202-220-9600 |
| Party name: The National Rifle Association Freedom Action Foundation | ||
| Herbert William Titus Counsel of Record | 2400 Carolina Road Cheasapeake, VA 23322 jmorgan@mindspring.com | 7033565070 |
| Party name: Conservative Legal Defense and Education Fund, et al. | ||
| Robert Jeffrey Olson | William J. Olson PC 370 Maple Avenue West, Suite 4 Vienna, VA 22180-5615 wjo@mindspring.com | 703-356-5070 |
| Party name: United States Justice Foundation, et al. | ||