| No. 16-980 | |
| Title: | Jon Husted, Ohio Secretary of State, Petitioner v. A. Philip Randolph Institute, et al. |
| Docketed: | February 8, 2017 |
| Linked with 16A556 | |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (16-3746) |
| Decision Date: | September 23, 2016 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Dec 02 2016 | Application (16A556) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 22, 2016 to February 6, 2017, submitted to Justice Kagan. |
| Dec 06 2016 | Application (16A556) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until February 6, 2017. |
| Feb 03 2017 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 10, 2017) |
| Feb 03 2017 | Appendix of Jon Husted, Ohio Secretary of State filed. |
| Feb 27 2017 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including March 31, 2017. |
| Mar 09 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Former Attorneys of the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice filed. |
| Mar 10 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of Landmark Legal Foundation filed. |
| Mar 10 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of Judicial Watch, Inc. filed. |
| Mar 10 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Georgia and 14 other States filed. |
| Mar 31 2017 | Brief of respondents A. Philip Randolph Institute, et al. in opposition filed. |
| Apr 17 2017 | Reply of petitioner Jon Husted, Ohio Secretary of State filed. |
| Apr 19 2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 11, 2017. |
| May 10 2017 | Rescheduled. |
| May 15 2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 18, 2017. |
| May 22 2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 25, 2017. |
| May 30 2017 | Petition GRANTED. |
| Jun 07 2017 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the Petitioner. |
| Jun 07 2017 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the Respondents. |
| Jun 22 2017 | The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including July 31, 2017. |
| Jun 22 2017 | The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including September 15, 2017. |
| Jun 29 2017 | Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by the parties. |
| Jul 31 2017 | Brief of petitioner Husted, Ohio Secretary of State filed. |
| Aug 07 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. |
| Aug 07 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of Buckeye Institute filed. |
| Aug 07 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund filed. |
| Aug 07 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Georgia and 16 Other States filed. |
| Aug 07 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of Judicial Watch, Inc. filed. |
| Aug 07 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of American Civil Rights Union filed. |
| Aug 07 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Former Attorneys of the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice filed. |
| Aug 07 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Landmark Legal Foundation, et al. filed. |
| Aug 07 2017 | Brief amici curiae of National Conference of State Legislatures, et al. filed. |
| Aug 22 2017 | Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
| Aug 25 2017 | Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by the parties GRANTED. |
| Aug 31 2017 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday November 8, 2017 |
| Sep 07 2017 | CIRCULATED |
| Sep 12 2017 | Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 6th Circuit. |
| Sep 15 2017 | Brief of respondents A. Philip Randolph Institute, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 19 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Libertarian Party of Ohio, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 22 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 22 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of American History Professors filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 22 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of Libertarian National Committee filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 22 2017 | Brief amici curiae of the League of Women Voters of the United States, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 22 2017 | Brief amici curiae of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 22 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of Senator Sherrod Brown filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 22 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Certain Members of the Congressional Black Caucus filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 22 2017 | Brief amici curiae of National Disability Rights Network, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 22 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of Common Cause filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 22 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Eric H. Holder, Jr., et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 22 2017 | Brief amici curiae of the States of New York, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 22 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 22 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of Public Citizen, Inc. filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 22 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Current and Former Ohio Elections Officials filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 22 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of VoteVets Action Fund filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 22 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 22 2017 | Brief amici curiae of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Oct 10 2017 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. |
| Oct 16 2017 | Reply of petitioner Jon Husted, Ohio Secretary of State filed. (Distributed) |
| Oct 27 2017 | Letter from counsel for respondents relating to oral argument filed. |
| Oct 27 2017 | This case is removed from the oral argument calendar for November 8, 2017. |
| Nov 17 2017 | SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Wednesday, January 10, 2018 |
| Nov 22 2017 | CIRCULATED. |
| Dec 18 2017 | Record received from the U.S.C.A. 6th Circuit is electronic. |
| Jan 10 2018 | Argued. For petitioner: Eric E. Murphy, State Solicitor for State of Ohio, Columbus, Ohio; and Noel J. Francisco, Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondents: Paul M. Smith, Washington, D. C. |
| Jun 11 2018 | Judgment REVERSED. Alito, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Kennedy, Thomas, and Gorsuch, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed a concurring opinion. Breyer, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Ginsburg, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Sotomayor, J., filed a dissenting opinion. |
| Jul 13 2018 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioner | ||
| Eric E. Murphy Counsel of Record | Ohio State Solicitor 30 East Broad Street 17th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 eric.murphy@ohioattorneygeneral.gov | (614) 466-8980 |
| Party name: Jon Husted, Ohio Secretary of State | ||
| Attorneys for Respondents | ||
| Brenda Wright Counsel of Record | DEMOS 1340 Centre Street, Suite 209 Newton, MA 02459 bwright@demos.org | (617) 232-5885 |
| Party name: A. Philip Randolph Institute, et al. | ||
| Other | ||
| J. Christian Adams Counsel of Record | Public Interest Legal Foundation 32 E.Washington Street Ste. 4620 Indianapolis, IN 46204 | 317-203-5599 |
| Party name: American Civil Rights Union | ||
| Samuel Robert Bagenstos Counsel of Record | 625 S. State St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 sbagen@gmail.com | 734-647-7584 |
| Party name: Eric H. Holder, Jr., et al. | ||
| Brigida Benitez Counsel of Record | Steptoe & Johnson LLP 1330 Connecticut Ave., N. W. Washington, DC 20036 bbenitez@steptoe.com | 202-429-3000 |
| Party name: Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC, et al. | ||
| Rachel Sarah Bloomekatz Counsel of Record | Gupta Wessler PLLC 1900 L Street, NW, Suite 312 Washington, DC 20036 Rachel@guptawessler.com | 202-888-1741 |
| Party name: Current and Former Ohio Elections Officials | ||
| Emmet J Bondurant Counsel of Record | Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP 3900 One Atlantic Center 1201 W. Peachtree Street Atlanta, GA 30309 bondurant@bmelaw.com | (404) 881-4100 |
| Party name: Common Cause | ||
| Thomas Mark Bondy Counsel of Record | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP 1152 15th Street NW Washington, DC 20005 tbondy@orick.com | 202 339-8400 |
| Party name: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., et al. | ||
| Richard P. Bress Counsel of Record | Latkins & Watkins, LLP 555 11th Street, NW Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20004 richard.bress@lw.com | 202-637-2200 |
| Party name: American History Professors | ||
| Gorod Brianne Counsel of Record | Constitutional Accountability Center 1200 18th Street, NW, Suite 501 Washington, DC 20036 brianne@theusconstition.org | 292-296-6889 |
| Party name: Constitutional Accountability Center | ||
| Mark R. Brown Counsel of Record | 303 East Broad Street Columbus, OH 43215-3200 mbrown@law.capital.edu | 6142366590 |
| Party name: Libertarian Party of Ohio, et al. | ||
| Michael A. Carvin Counsel of Record | Jones Day 51 Louisiana Ave., N.W. Washington, DC 20001 macarvin@jonesday.com | 202-879-3939 |
| Party name: Buckeye Institute | ||
| William Spencer Consovoy Counsel of Record | Consovoy McCarthy PLLC 3033 Wilson Boulevard Suite 700 Arlington, VA 22201 will@consovoymccarthy.com | 703-243-9423 |
| Party name: Former Attorneys of the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice | ||
| Gilda R. Daniels Counsel of Record | Advancement Project 1220 L Street, NW, Suite 850 Washington, DC 20005 gdaniels@advancementproject.org | 202-728-9557 |
| Party name: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, et al. | ||
| Joshua Paul Davis Counsel of Record | Reed Smith LLP 811 Main Street Suite 1700 Houston, TX 77002 jpdavis@reedsmith.com | 713-469-3800 |
| Party name: National Conference of State Legislatures, et al. | ||
| 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 | ||
| Aderson Bellegarde Francois Counsel of Record | Institute for Public Representation, Georgetown Univ. Law 600 New Jersey Ave., N.W. Washington, DC 20001 Abf48@law.georgetown.edu | 202-662-9535 |
| Party name: VoteVets Action Fund | ||
| John Arak Freedman Counsel of Record | Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, LLP 601 Mass. Ave., NW Washington, DC 20001 john.freedman@apks.com | 202-942-5000 |
| Party name: The League of Women Voters of the United States, et al. | ||
| Linda Ceilia Goldstein Counsel of Record | Dechert, LLP 1095 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036 linda.goldstein@dechert.com | 212-698-3500 |
| Party name: Certain Members of the Congressional Black Caucus | ||
| Jason David Hirsch Counsel of Record | Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale & Dorr, LLP 7 World Trade Center, 250 Grenwich Street New York, NY 10007 jason.hirsch@wilmerhale.com | (212)-230-8800 |
| Party name: Libertarian National Committee | ||
| Steven A. Hirsch Counsel of Record | Keker, Van Nest & Peters, LLP 633 Battery Street San Francisco, CA 94111-1809 shirsch@keker.com | (415)-391-5400 |
| Party name: Senator Sherrod Brown | ||
| Richard Peter Hutchison Counsel of Record | 3100 Broadway Suite 1200 Kansas City, MO 64111 rpetehutch@aol.com | 816-931-5559 |
| Party name: Landmark Legal Foundation, et al. | ||
| Lawrence J. Joseph Counsel of Record | 1250 Connecticut Avenue Suite 200 Washington, DC 20036 lj@larryjoseph.com | 202-355-9452 |
| Party name: Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund | ||
| Michael Courtney Keats Counsel of Record | Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP 180 Maiden Lane New York, NY 10038 mkeats@stroock.com | 212-806-5400 |
| Party name: Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, et al. | ||
| Scott Lawrence Nelson Counsel of Record | Public Citizen Litigation Group 1600 20th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20009 snelson@citizen.org | 202-588-1000 |
| Party name: Public Citizen, Inc., | ||
| Andrew Alan Pinson Counsel of Record | Deputy Solicitor 40 Capital Square SW Atlanta, GA 30334-1300 apinson@law.ga.gov | 404-651-9365 |
| Party name: Georgia and 16 Other States | ||
| Paul March Smith Counsel of Record | Campaign Legal Center 1411 K Street, NW, Suite 1400 Washington, DC 20005 psmith@campaignlegalcenter.org | 202-736-2200 |
| Party name: National Disability Rights Network, et al. | ||
| Barbara Dale Underwood Counsel of Record | Office of the Attorney General 120 Broadway New York, NY 10271 barbara.underwood@ag.ny.gov | (212) 416-8962 |
| Party name: for the States of New York, et al. | ||
| Timothy Allen Butler | Office of the Attorney General 40 Capitol Square, SW Atlanta, GA 30334 tbutler@law.ga.gov | (404) 656-3300 |
| Party name: Georgia and 14 other States | ||
| Robert D. Popper | Judicial Watch, Inc. 425 Third Street, SW Washington, DC 20024 | 202-646-5172 |
| Party name: Judicial Watch, Inc. | ||