| No. 17-1091 | |
| Title: | Tyson Timbs, Petitioner v. Indiana |
| Docketed: | February 2, 2018 |
| Lower Ct: | Supreme Court of Indiana |
| Case Numbers: | (27S04-1702-MI-70) |
| Decision Date: | November 2, 2017 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Jan 31 2018 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 5, 2018) |
| PetitionAppendixCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Feb 06 2018 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioners, Tyson Timbs, et al. and Respondent Indiana. |
| Blanket Consent | |
| Feb 22 2018 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 5, 2018 to May 4, 2018, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Main Document | |
| Feb 22 2018 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 4, 2018. |
| Mar 05 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Mar 05 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed. |
| Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count | |
| Mar 05 2018 | Brief amici curiae of The Southern Poverty Law Center and The Cato Institute filed. |
| Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count | |
| Mar 05 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed. |
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| Mar 05 2018 | Brief amici curiae of Professors filed. |
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| May 04 2018 | Brief of respondent State of Indiana in opposition filed. |
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| May 16 2018 | Reply of petitioner Tyson Timbs filed. |
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| May 22 2018 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/7/2018. |
| Jun 11 2018 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/14/2018. |
| Jun 18 2018 | Petition GRANTED. |
| Jun 26 2018 | Motion for an extension of time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits filed. |
| Main Document | |
| Jul 11 2018 | Motion to extend the time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits granted and the time is extended to and including September 4, 2018. |
| Jul 12 2018 | Blanket Consent received from counsel of record for petitioner filed. |
| Blanket Consent | |
| Jul 12 2018 | Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner Tyson Timbs. |
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| Jul 23 2018 | Blanket Consent received from counsel of record for Respondent, State of Indiana filed. |
| Blanket Consent | |
| Aug 24 2018 | Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner GRANTED. |
| Sep 04 2018 | Brief of petitioner Tyson Timbs filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Sep 05 2018 | Amicus brief of Judicial Watch, Inc.; Allied Educational Foundation not accepted for filing. (To be resubmitted with correct documentation - September 10, 2018) |
| Sep 05 2018 | Brief amici curiae of Judicial Watch, Inc. and Allied Educational Foundation filed. |
| Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count | |
| Sep 10 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of Institute for Free Speech filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Sep 10 2018 | Brief amici curiae of Eighth Amendment Scholars in support of neither party filed. |
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| Sep 10 2018 | Brief amici curiae of The American Civil Liberties Union, et al. filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Sep 11 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Sep 11 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of The Rutherford Institute filed. |
| Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count | |
| Sep 11 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of American Bar Association filed. |
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| Sep 11 2018 | Brief amici curiae of DKT Liberty Project, et al. filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Sep 11 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Sep 11 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Sep 11 2018 | Amicus brief of Indiana Criminal Defense Lawyers not accepted for filing. (Duplicate submission - September 12, 2018) |
| Sep 11 2018 | Amicus brief of Indiana Criminal Defense Lawyers not accepted for filing. (Duplicate submission - September 12, 2018) |
| Sep 11 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Sep 11 2018 | Brief amici curiae of Juvenile Law Center, et al. filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Sep 11 2018 | Brief amici curiae of Drug Policy Alliance, et al. filed. |
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| Sep 11 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Moral Law filed. |
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| Sep 11 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of American Civil Rights Union filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Sep 11 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States filed. |
| Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count | |
| Sep 11 2018 | Brief amici curiae of Scholars filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Sep 11 2018 | Brief amici curiae of Indiana Criminal Defense Lawyers filed. |
| Certificate of Word CountMain DocumentProof of Service | |
| Sep 11 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Sep 11 2018 | Amicus brief of Cause of Action Institute not accepted for filing. (To be re-submitted with correction) |
| Sep 11 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of Cause of Action Institute filed (Re-submitted with correction on September 14, 2018). |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Oct 04 2018 | Brief of respondent State of Indiana filed. |
| Main DocumentOtherCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Oct 09 2018 | SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Wednesday, November 28, 2018 |
| Oct 11 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Counties, et al. filed. |
| Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count | |
| Oct 19 2018 | CIRCULATED |
| Nov 02 2018 | Record received from the Supreme Court of Indiana is electronic and complete. |
| Nov 05 2018 | Reply of petitioners Tyson Timbs, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Nov 28 2018 | Argued. For petitioner: Wesley P. Hottot, Seattle, Wash. For respondent: Thomas M. Fisher, Indiana Solicitor General, Indianapolis, Ind. |
| Feb 20 2019 | Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Ginsburg, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined. Gorsuch, J., filed a concurring opinion. Thomas, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment. |
| Mar 25 2019 | MANDATE ISSUED. |
| Mar 25 2019 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioners | ||
| Wesley Patrick Hottot Counsel of Record | Institute for Justice 600 University Street Suite 1730 Seattle, WA 98101 whottot@ij.org | 206-957-1300 |
| Party name: Tyson Timbs, et al. | ||
| Attorneys for Respondent | ||
| Thomas M. Fisher Counsel of Record | Office of the Indiana Attorney General Indiana AG's Office, IGC S., 5th Fl. 302 W. Washington Indianapolis, IN 46204 tom.fisher@atg.in.gov | 317-232-6255 |
| Party name: State of Indiana | ||
| Other | ||
| 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: DKT Liberty Project, Cato Institute, Goldwater Institute, Due Process Institute, Federal Bar Association Civil Rights Law Section, and Texas Public Policy Foundation | ||
| Robert M. Carlson Counsel of Record | Corette Pohlman, et al. 129 W. Park Butte, MT 59701 abapresident@americanbar.org | 312-988-5000 |
| Party name: American Bar Association | ||
| Nusrat Jahan Choudhury Counsel of Record | American Civil Liberties Union Foundation 125 Broad Street New York, NY 10004 nchoudhury@aclu.org | 212-519-7876 |
| Party name: The American Civil Liberties Union, et al. | ||
| Allen Joseph Dickerson Counsel of Record | Institute for Free Speech 124 S. West Street Suite 201 Alexandria, VA 22314 adickerson@ifs.org | 703-894-6846 |
| Party name: Institute for Free Speech | ||
| John Allen Eidsmoe Counsel of Record | Foundation for Moral Law One Dexter Avenue Montgomery, AL 36104 eidsmoeja@juno.com | 334-262-1245 |
| Party name: Foundation for Moral Law | ||
| Chris Fedeli Counsel of Record | Judicial Watch, Inc. 425 Third Street SW Suite 800 Washington, DC 22204 cfedeli@judicialwatch.org | 202-646-5185 |
| Party name: Judicial Watch, Inc.; Allied Educational Foundation | ||
| Brianne Jenna Gorod Counsel of Record | Constitutional Accountability Center 1200 18th Street, NW Suite 501 Washington, DC 20036 brianne@theusconstitution.org | 202 296 6889 |
| Party name: Constitutional Accountability Center | ||
| Jeffrey T. Green Counsel of Record | Sidley Austin 1501 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 jgreen@sidley.com | 202 736 8291 |
| Party name: National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers | ||
| Daniel Scott Harawa Counsel of Record | NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund 700 14th Street NW Suite 600 Washington, DC 20005 dharawa@naacpldf.org | 202-216-5563 |
| Party name: NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. | ||
| Dorothy Alicia Hickok Counsel of Record | Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP One Logan Square Philadelphia, PA 19103 alicia.hickok@dbr.com | 215-988-3364 |
| Party name: The Rutherford Institute | ||
| Kenneth Alan Klukowski Counsel of Record | American Civil Rights Union 3213 Duke Street #625 Alexandria, VA 22314 kklukowski@theacru.org | 469-440-7584 |
| Party name: American Civil Rights Union | ||
| Marsha Levick Counsel of Record | Juvenile Law Center 1315 Walnut Street, 4th Fl. Philadelphia, PA 19107 mlevick@jlc.org | 215-625-0551 |
| Party name: Juvenile Law Center et al. | ||
| Christina Marie Martin Counsel of Record | Pacific Legal Foundation 4440 PGA Blvd., Suite 307 Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410 cmartin@pacificlegal.org | 561-691-5000 |
| Party name: Pacific Legal Foundation | ||
| Bert W. Rein Counsel of Record | WILEY REIN LLP 1776 K Street NW Washington, DC 20006 brein@wileyrein.com | 202- 719-7000 |
| Party name: The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America | ||
| Lawrence Rosenthal Counsel of Record | Chapman University, Fowler School of Law One University Drive Orange, CA 92866 rosentha@chapman.edu | 714-628-2650 |
| Party name: National League of Cities et al. | ||
| Averil Budge Rothrock Counsel of Record | Schwabe. Williamson & Wyatt. P.C. 1420 Fifth Avenue. Suite*3400 Seattle, WA 98101 arothrock@schwabe.com | 206-622-1711 |
| Party name: The Southern Poverty Law Center and The Cato Institute | ||
| David Schulmeister Counsel of Record | Cades Schutte, LLP 1000 Bishop Street, 12th Floor Honolulu, HI 96813 nmclean@cades.com | 808 521 9392 |
| Party name: Eighth Amendment Scholars | ||
| William Bruce Shields Counsel of Record | Blank Rome 1825 Eye St NW Washington, DC 20006 wshields@blankrome.com | 202-772-5817 |
| Party name: Indiana Criminal Defense Lawyers | ||
| Daniel Martin Sullivan Counsel of Record | Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP 425 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10017 dsullivan@hsgllp.com | 646-837-5151 |
| Party name: DRUG POLICY ALLIANCE, THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE, AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY, THE BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE AT NYU SCHOOL OF LAW, FREEDOMWORKS FOUNDATION, THE LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTION PARTNERSHIP, AND OTHERS | ||
| John Julian Vecchione Counsel of Record | Cause of Action Institute 1875 Eye Street, N.W., Suite 800 Washington, DC 20006 john.vecchione@causeofaction.org | 202-499-2415 |
| Party name: Cause of Action Institute | ||
| Eugene Volokh Counsel of Record | Scott & Cyan Banister Clinic UCLA School of Law 405 Hilgard Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90095 volokh@law.ucla.edu | 310-206-3926 |
| Party name: Scholars | ||