| No. 17-155 | |
| Title: | Erik Lindsey Hughes, Petitioner v. United States |
| Docketed: | August 1, 2017 |
| Linked with 16A1134 | |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (15-15246) |
| Decision Date: | February 27, 2017 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| May 19 2017 | Application (16A1134) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 28, 2017 to July 27, 2017, submitted to Justice Thomas. |
| May 22 2017 | Application (16A1134) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until July 27, 2017. |
| Jul 27 2017 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 31, 2017) |
| Aug 24 2017 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including October 2, 2017. |
| Sep 22 2017 | Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including November 1, 2017. |
| Nov 01 2017 | Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed. |
| Nov 17 2017 | Reply of petitioner Erik Hughes filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Nov 20 2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/8/2017. |
| Dec 08 2017 | Petition GRANTED. |
| Jan 11 2018 | Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner Erik Hughes. |
| Main DocumentProof of Service | |
| Jan 22 2018 | Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner GRANTED. |
| Jan 22 2018 | Brief of petitioner Erik Hughes filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Jan 24 2018 | SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Tuesday, March 27, 2018 |
| Jan 25 2018 | Brief amici curiae of Chantell and Michael Sackett, and Duarte Nursery, Inc. filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Jan 26 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of Richard M. Re in support of neither party filed. |
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| Jan 26 2018 | Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by Law Professors in support of neither party filed. |
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| Jan 29 2018 | Brief amici curiae of Agricultural Building, Forestry, Livestock, Manufacturing, Mining, and Petroleum Business Interests filed. |
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| Jan 29 2018 | Brief amici curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the National Association of Federal Defenders filed. |
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| Jan 29 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of Professor Douglas A. Berman filed. |
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| Feb 07 2018 | CIRCULATED |
| Feb 20 2018 | Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by Law Professors in support of neither party GRANTED. |
| Feb 21 2018 | Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 11th Circuit. |
| Feb 21 2018 | Brief of respondent United States filed. (Distributed) |
| Certificate of Word CountMain Document | |
| Mar 02 2018 | Record received from the U.S.D.C. Northern Dist. of Georgia. (1 Envelope, part of the record is Sealed) |
| Mar 13 2018 | Reply of petitioner Erik Hughes filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 27 2018 | Argued. For petitioner: Eric Shumsky, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Rachel P. Kovner, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. |
| Jun 04 2018 | Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Kennedy, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan, and Gorsuch, JJ., joined. Sotomayor, J., filed a concurring opinion. Roberts, C. J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Thomas and Alito, JJ., joined. |
| Jul 06 2018 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| Aug 29 2018 | The record from the U.S.D.C. Northern Dist. of Georgia has been returned. |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioner | ||
| E. Joshua Rosenkranz Counsel of Record | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP 51 West 52nd Street New York, NY 10019 jrosenkranz@orrick.com | (212)-506-5000 |
| Party name: Erik Hughes | ||
| Attorneys for Respondent | ||
| Noel J. Francisco | 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 | ||
| Jean-Claude Andre Counsel of Record | Sidley Austin LLP 555 W. Fifth Street Los Angeles, CA 90013 jcandre@sidley.com | 213-896-6007 |
| Party name: Professor Douglas A. Berman | ||
| Timothy S. Bishop Counsel of Record | Mayer Brown, LLP 71 South Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60606 tbishop@mayerbrown.com | 3127017829 |
| Party name: Agricultural Building, Forestry, Livestock, Manufacturing, Mining, and Petroleum Business Interests | ||
| Nathaniel Peardon Garrett Counsel of Record | Jones Day 555 California Street, 26th Floor San Francisco, CA 94104 ngarrett@jonesday.com | 4158755731 |
| Party name: National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the National Association of Federal Defenders | ||
| Brian Trevor Hodges Counsel of Record | Pacific Legal Foundation 930 G Street Sacramento , CA 95814 bth@pacificlegal.org | 916-419-7111 |
| Party name: Chantell and Michael Sackett and Duarte Nursery, Inc. | ||
| Richard Macdonald Re Counsel of Record | UCLA School of Law 405 Hilgard Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90095 re@law.ucla.edu | 310-825-7159 |
| Party name: Richard M. Re | ||
| Maxwell Leon Stearns Counsel of Record | University of Maryland Carey School of Law 500 W. Baltimore St. Baltimore, MD 21201 mstearns@law.umaryland.edu | 4102182804 |
| Party name: Law Professors | ||