| No. 18-485 | |
| Title: | Edward G. McDonough, Petitioner v. Youel Smith, Individually and as Special District Attorney for the County of Rensselaer, New York, aka Trey Smith |
| Docketed: | October 16, 2018 |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (17-296) |
| Decision Date: | August 3, 2018 |
| Rehearing Denied: | September 12, 2018 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Oct 12 2018 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 15, 2018) |
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| Nov 02 2018 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 15, 2018 to December 7, 2018, submitted to The Clerk. |
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| Nov 06 2018 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 7, 2018. |
| Nov 15 2018 | Brief amici curiae of Criminal Defense Organizations, et al. filed. |
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| Nov 15 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of Cause of Action Institute filed. |
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| Nov 15 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of Criminal Justice Institute of Harvard Law School filed. |
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| Dec 07 2018 | Brief of respondent Youel Smith in opposition filed. |
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| Dec 17 2018 | Letter waiving the 14-day waiting period under Rule 15.5 filed. |
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| Dec 18 2018 | Reply of petitioner Edward G. McDonough filed. |
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| Dec 19 2018 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/4/2019. |
| Jan 07 2019 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/11/2019. |
| Jan 11 2019 | Petition GRANTED. |
| Feb 11 2019 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, April 17, 2019 |
| Feb 25 2019 | Brief of petitioner Edward G. McDonough filed. |
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| Feb 25 2019 | Joint appendix filed. |
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| Feb 26 2019 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Edward G. McDonough. |
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| Mar 04 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Criminal Justice Institute of Harvard Law School filed. |
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| Mar 04 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Cause of Action Institute filed. |
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| Mar 04 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Criminal Defense Organizations, et al. filed. |
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| Mar 04 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed. |
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| Mar 04 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. |
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| Mar 04 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Center on the Administration of Criminal Law at NYU School of Law, et al. filed. |
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| Mar 04 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Federal Court Scholars, et al. filed. |
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| Mar 04 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of St. Thomas More Lawyers Guild of Rochester, New York filed. |
| Mar 04 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of The Innocence Network filed. |
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| Mar 20 2019 | CIRCULATED |
| Mar 21 2019 | Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 2nd Circuit. |
| Mar 27 2019 | Brief of respondent Youel Smith filed. (Distributed) |
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| Apr 02 2019 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
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| Apr 03 2019 | Record received from the U.S.D.C. Northern District of New York is electronic. |
| Apr 03 2019 | Brief amici curiae of International Municipal Lawyers Association, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Apr 03 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Indiana, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Apr 03 2019 | Motion of International Municipal Lawyers Association, et al. for leave to participate in oral argument as amici curiae and for divided argument filed. |
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| Apr 03 2019 | Motion of St. Thomas More Lawyers Guild of Rochester, New York for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
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| Apr 03 2019 | Motion of Indiana, et al. for leave to participate in oral argument as amici curiae and for divided argument filed. |
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| Apr 10 2019 | Reply of petitioner Edward G. McDonough filed. (Distributed) |
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| Apr 12 2019 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. |
| Apr 12 2019 | Motion of Indiana, et al. for leave to participate in oral argument as amici curiae and for divided argument DENIED. |
| Apr 12 2019 | Motion of International Municipal Lawyers Association, et al. for leave to participate in oral argument as amici curiae and for divided argument DENIED. |
| Apr 12 2019 | Motion of St. Thomas More Lawyers Guild of Rochester, New York for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument DENIED. |
| Apr 17 2019 | Argued. For petitioner: Neal K. Katyal, Washington, D. C.; and Jeffrey B. Wall, Principal Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondent: Thomas J. O'Connor, Albany, N. Y. |
| Jun 20 2019 | Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Sotomayor, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Kagan and Gorsuch, JJ., joined. |
| Jul 22 2019 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioner | ||
| Neal Kumar Katyal Counsel of Record | Hogan Lovells US LLP 555 Thirteenth St., N.W. Washington, DC 20004 neal.katyal@hoganlovells.com | 202 637 5600 |
| Party name: Edward G. McDonough | ||
| Attorneys for Respondent | ||
| Thomas James O'Connor Counsel of Record | Napierski, VanDenburgh, Napierski & O'Connor, LLP 296 Washington Avenue Extension, Suite 3 Albany, NY 12203 toc@nvnolaw.com | 5188629292 |
| Party name: Youel Smith | ||
| Other | ||
| Robert Stanton Jones Counsel of Record | Arnold & Porter LLP 601 Massachusetts Ave, NW Washington, DC 20001 stanton.jones@apks.com | 202-942-5855 |
| Party name: Criminal Defense Organizations, Civil Rights Organizations, and the Cato Institute | ||
| John Julian Vecchione Counsel of Record | Cause of Action Institute 1875 Eye Street, N.W., Suite 800 Washington, DC 20006 john.vecchione@causeofaction.org | 202-499-4232 |
| Party name: Cause of Action Institute | ||
| Geoffrey Paul Eaton Counsel of Record | Winston & Strawn LLP 1700 K St. NW Washington, DC 20006 geaton@winston.com | 202-282-5705 |
| Party name: International Municipal Lawyers Association, National League of Cities, and U.S. Conference of Mayors | ||
| Thomas M. Fisher Counsel of Record | Indiana AG's Office, IGC S., 5th Fl. 302 W. Washington Indianapolis, IN 46204 tom.fisher@atg.in.gov | 317-232-6255 |
| Party name: Indiana, Arkansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, Ohio, South Carolina and Texas | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Benjamin Gruenstein Counsel of Record | Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP 825 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10019 bgruenstein@cravath.com | 2124741000 |
| Party name: THE INNOCENCE NETWORK | ||
| Jonathan Loevy Counsel of Record | Loevy and Loevy 311 N. Aberdeen 3rd FL Chicago, IL 60607 jon@loevy.com | 312-243-5900 |
| Party name: Federal Court Scholars, Leah Litman, James Pfander, Suzanna Sherry, Amanda Tyler, and Stephen Vladeck | ||
| Mark W. Mosier Counsel of Record | Covington & Burling, LLP One CityCenter 850 Tenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 mmosier@cov.com | 202-662-6000 |
| Party name: Center on the Administration of Criminal Law at NYU School of Law, et al. | ||
| John M. Regan Jr. Counsel of Record | Law office of John M. Regan, Jr. 1100 University Ave., Suite 209 Rochester, NY 14607 strikelawyer@gmail.com | 585-568-9553 |
| Party name: St. Thomas More Lawyers Guild of Rochester, New York | ||
| Ronald S. Sullivan Jr. Counsel of Record | Criminal Justice Institute of Harvard Law School 6 Everett Street, Suite 516 Cambridge, MA 02138 rsullivan@law.harvard.edu | 617-496-8143 |
| Party name: Criminal Justice Institute of Harvard Law School | ||