| No. 16-424 | |
| Title: | Rodney Class, Petitioner v. United States |
| Docketed: | September 30, 2016 |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (15-3015) |
| Decision Date: | July 5, 2016 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Sep 30 2016 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 31, 2016) |
| Oct 27 2016 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including November 30, 2016. |
| Nov 16 2016 | Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including December 20, 2016. |
| Dec 20 2016 | Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed. |
| Jan 03 2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 19, 2017. |
| Jan 03 2017 | Reply of petitioner Rodney Class filed. (Distributed) |
| Feb 06 2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 17, 2017. |
| Feb 21 2017 | Petition GRANTED. |
| Mar 15 2017 | The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including May 12, 2017. |
| Mar 15 2017 | The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including July 17, 2017. |
| May 12 2017 | Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs received.) |
| May 12 2017 | Brief of petitioner Rodney Class filed. |
| May 12 2017 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs in support of either party or of neither party from counsel for the petitioner. |
| May 19 2017 | Brief amici curiae of The National Association of Criminal Lawyers, et al. filed. |
| May 19 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of Albert W. Alschuler filed. |
| May 19 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of The Innocence Project filed. |
| Jul 17 2017 | Brief of respondent United States filed. |
| Jul 19 2017 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, October 4, 2017. |
| Aug 01 2017 | Record requested from the U.S.C.A. District of Columbia Circuit. |
| Aug 09 2017 | CIRCULATED |
| Aug 16 2017 | Reply of petitioner Rodney Class filed. (Distributed) |
| Oct 04 2017 | Argued. For petitioner: Jessica R. Amunson, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Eric J. Feigin, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. |
| Feb 21 2018 | Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Breyer, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan, and Gorsuch, JJ., joined. Alito, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Kennedy and Thomas, JJ., joined. |
| Mar 26 2018 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioner | ||
| Jessica Ring Amunson Counsel of Record | Jenner & Block LLP 1099 New York Avenue, NW Suite 900 Washington, DC 20001 jamunson@jenner.com | (202)-639-6023 |
| Party name: Rodney Class | ||
| R. Trent McCotter | Jenner & Block LLP 1099 New York Ave., NW., Suite 900 Washington, DC 20001 trent.mccotter@jenner.com | 202-637-6333 |
| Party name: RodneyClass | ||
| Attorneys for Respondent | ||
| Noel J. Francisco Counsel of Record | Solicitor General United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530-0001 SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov | 202-514-2217 |
| Party name: United States | ||
| Other | ||
| Albert Alschuler | 220 Tuttle Road Cumberland, ME 04021 a-alschuler@law.northwestern.edu | (207) 829-3963 |
| Party name: Albert W. Alschuler | ||
| James C. Dugan | Willkie Farr & Gallagher, LLP 787 Seventh Avenue New York, NY 10019 jdugan@willkie.com | (212) 728-8000 |
| Party name: The Innocence Project | ||
| Daniel N. Lerman | Robbins Russell Englert Orseck & Sauber LLP 1801 K Street, NW, Suite 411L Washington, DC 20006 dlerman@robbinsrussell.com | (202)-775-4500 |
| Party name: The National Association of Criminal Lawyers, et al. | ||