| No. 18-726 | |
| Title: | Linda H. Lamone, et al., Appellants v. O. John Benisek, et al. |
| Docketed: | December 6, 2018 |
| Lower Ct: | United States District Court for the District of Maryland |
| Case Numbers: | (1:13-cv-03233-JKB) |
| Decision Date: | November 7, 2018 |
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| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Dec 03 2018 | Statement as to jurisdiction filed. (Response due January 7, 2019) |
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| Dec 11 2018 | Motion to affirm filed by appellees John Benisek, et al. |
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| Dec 18 2018 | Opposition to motion of appellants Linda Lamone, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Dec 19 2018 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/4/2019. |
| Dec 19 2018 | Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by David Trone. (Distributed) |
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| Jan 04 2019 | Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by David Trone GRANTED. |
| Jan 04 2019 | Further consideration of the question of jurisdiction is POSTPONED to the hearing of the case on the merits. The case will be set for argument in the March argument session. |
| Jan 08 2019 | Appellants' briefs on the merits are to be filed on or before Friday, February 8, 2019. Appellees' briefs on the merits are to be filed on or before Monday, March 4, 2019. Reply briefs on the merits are to be filed in accordance with Rule 25.3 of the Rules of this Court. Amicus curiae briefs in support of appellants or in support of neither party are to be filed on or before Tuesday, February 12, 2019. Amicus curiae briefs in support of appellees are to be filed on or before Friday, March 8, 2019. |
| Jan 25 2019 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, March 26, 2019 |
| Jan 25 2019 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioners, Linda Lamone, et al.. |
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| Feb 07 2019 | Blanket Consent filed by Respondents, John Benisek, et al.. |
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| Feb 08 2019 | Joint appendix (5 volumes) filed. (Statement of costs filed) |
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| Feb 08 2019 | Brief of appellants Linda Lamone, et al. filed. |
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| Feb 11 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of David Orentlicher filed (also in 18-422). |
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| Feb 12 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Representative David Trone filed. |
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| Feb 12 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Bernard Grofman and Ronald Keith Gaddie in support of neither party filed (also in 18-422). (Distributed) |
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| Feb 12 2019 | Brief amici curiae of The Wisconsin State Senate and Wisconsin State Assembly filed. (Distributed) |
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| Feb 14 2019 | CIRCULATED |
| Mar 04 2019 | Brief of appellees John Benisek, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 06 2019 | Amicus brief of Robert Lee Stone, Jr., and John Harvard Lomax, Jr. not accepted for filing. (Corrected version submitted) |
| Mar 06 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Robert Lee Stone, Jr., and John Harvard Lomax, Jr. filed. (March 8, 2018). (Distributed) |
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| Mar 06 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Stephen M. Shapiro filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 08 2019 | Brief amici curiae of First Amendment and Election Law Scholars filed (also in 18-422). (Distributed) |
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| Mar 08 2019 | Amicus brief of Floyd Abrams Institute for Freedom of Expression not accepted for filing. (March 11, 2019) |
| Mar 08 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Brennan Center for Justice at N.Y.U. School of Law filed (also in 18-422). (Distributed) |
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| Mar 08 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Bipartisan Group of Current and Former Members of the House of Representatives filed (also in 18-422). (Distributed) |
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| Mar 08 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed (also in 18-422). (Distributed) |
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| Mar 08 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Senator Sheldon Whitehouse filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 08 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Political Science Professors filed (also in 18-422). (Distributed) |
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| Mar 08 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of the American Jewish Committee filed (also in 18-422). (Distributed) |
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| Mar 08 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Constitutional Law Scholars Michael C. Dorf, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 08 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Governors Arnold Schwarzenegger and Lawrence Joseph Hogan, Jr. filed (also in 18-422). (Distributed) |
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| Mar 08 2019 | Brief amici curiae of the American Civil Liberties Union, et al. filed (also in 18-422). (Distributed) |
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| Mar 08 2019 | Brief amici curiae of NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., et al. filed (also in 18-422). (Distributed) |
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| Mar 08 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Historians filed (also in 18-422). (Distributed) |
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| Mar 08 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law filed (also in 18-422). (Distributed) |
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| Mar 08 2019 | Brief amici curiae of International Municipal Lawyers Association, et al. filed (also in 18-422). (Distributed) |
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| Mar 08 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Anti-Defamation League, et al. filed (also in 18-422). (Distributed) |
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| Mar 08 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Professor Michael Kang filed (also in 18-422). (Distributed) |
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| Mar 08 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Mathematicians, Law Professors, and Students filed (also in 18-422). (Distributed) |
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| Mar 11 2019 | Amicus brief of Floyd Abrams Institute for Freedom of Expression not accepted for filing. (Corrected brief submitted). |
| Mar 11 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Floyd Abrams Institute for Freedom of Expression filed (March 18, 2019) (also in 18-422). (Distributed) |
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| Mar 15 2019 | Reply of appellants Linda Lamone, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 26 2019 | Argued. For appellants: Steven M. Sullivan, Solicitor General, Baltimore, Md. For appellees: Michael B. Kimberly, Washington, D. C. |
| Jun 27 2019 | Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED (Decided together with No. 18-422). Roberts, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined. Kagan, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Ginsburg, Breyer, and Sotomayor, JJ., joined. VIDED. |
| Jul 29 2019 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Appellants | ||
| Steven Marshall Sullivan Counsel of Record | Office of the Attorney General of Maryland 200 St. Paul Place, 20th Floor Baltimore, MD 21202 ssullivan@oag.state.md.us | 410-576-6325 |
| Party name: Linda Lamone, et al. | ||
| Attorneys for Appellees | ||
| Michael B. Kimberly Counsel of Record | Mayer Brown, LLP 1999 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20006 mkimberly@mayerbrown.com | (202) 263-3127 |
| Party name: John Benisek, et al. | ||
| Other | ||
| Floyd Abrams Counsel of Record | Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP 80 Pine Street New York, NY 10005 fabrams@cahill.com | 212-701-3621 |
| Party name: Floyd Abrams Institute for Freedom of Expression | ||
| Glenn Ephraim Bushel Counsel of Record | Tydings & Rosenberg LLP One East Pratt Street Suite 901 Baltimore, MD 21202 gbushel@tydingslaw.com | 410-752-9718 |
| Party name: Robert Lee Stone, Jr., and John Harvard Lomax, Jr. | ||
| Adriel I. Cepeda Derieux Counsel of Record | AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION 125 Broad Street New York, NY 10004 ACepedaDerieux@aclu.org | (212) 549-2500 |
| Party name: THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION, NEW YORK CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION, ACLU OF NORTH CAROLINA, AND ACLU OF MARYLAND | ||
| Richard Wayland Clary Counsel of Record | Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP 825 Eighth Avenue Worldwide Plaza New York, NY 10019 rclary@cravath.com | 2124741000 |
| Party name: Historians | ||
| 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 | ||
| Jon M. Greenbaum Counsel of Record | Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law 1500 K Street, NW 9th Floor Washington, DC 20005 jgreenbaum@lawyerscommittee.org | 202-662-8315 |
| Party name: Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law | ||
| Deepak Gupta Counsel of Record | Gupta Wessler PLLC 1900 L Street, NW Suite 312 Washington, DC 20036 deepak@guptawessler.com | (202) 888-1741 |
| Party name: Mathematicians, Law Professors, and Students | ||
| David Edward Leit Counsel of Record | Lowenstein Sandler, LLP One Lowenstein Drive Roseland, NJ 07068 dleit@lowenstein.com | 9735972340 |
| Party name: Anti-Defamation League, et al. | ||
| Justin Michael Levitt Counsel of Record | Loyola Law School 919 Albany Street Los Angeles, CA 90015 justin.levitt@lls.edu | 213-736-7417 |
| Party name: NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATIONAL FUND, INC., et al. | ||
| Anton Metlitsky Counsel of Record | O'Melveny & Myers, LLP Times Square Tower, 7 Times Square New York, NY 10036 ametlitsky@omm.com | 2123262000 |
| Party name: Brennan Center for Justice at N.Y.U. School of Law | ||
| Alan B. Morrison Counsel of Record | George Washington Law School 2000 H Street NW Washington, DC 20052 abmorrison@law.gwu.edu | 2029947120 |
| Party name: Stephen M. Shapiro | ||
| Mark W. Mosier Counsel of Record | Covington & Burling, LLP One CityCenter 850 Tenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 mmosier@cov.com | 202-662-5435 |
| Party name: Senator Sheldon Whitehouse | ||
| Gary Michael Parsons Jr. Counsel of Record | 245 Sullivan Street New York, NY 10012 michael.parsons@nyu.edu | 212-992-8196 |
| Party name: International Municipal Lawyers Association, et al. | ||
| Bradley S. Phillips Counsel of Record | Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP 350 South Grand Avenue 50th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90071 brad.phillips@mto.com | 213-683-9100 |
| Party name: FIRST AMENDMENT AND ELECTION LAW SCHOLARS | ||
| Richard A. Rosen Counsel of Record | Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP 1285 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10019 rrosen@paulweiss.com | 212-373-3000 |
| Party name: THE AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE | ||
| James Paul Rouhandeh Counsel of Record | Davis Polk and Wardwell 450 Lexington Ave. New York, NY 10017 james.rouhandeh@davispolk.com | 212-450-4000 |
| Party name: Professor Michael Kang | ||
| David Abba Schwarz Counsel of Record | Irell & Manella LLP 1800 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 900 Los Angeles, CA 90067 dschwarz@irell.com | 310-277-1010 |
| Party name: GOVERNORS ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER AND LAWRENCE JOSEPH HOGAN JR. | ||
| Brian Adair Sutherland Counsel of Record | Reed Smith, LLP 101 2nd Street San Francisco, CA 94105 bsutherland@reedsmith.com | 4156594843 |
| Party name: Political Science Professors Allison P. Harris, et al. | ||
| Anne Margaret Voigts Counsel of Record | King & Spalding LLP 601 S. California Ave., Ste. 100 Palo Alto, CA 94304 avoigts@kslaw.com | (650) 422-6710 |
| Party name: Constitutional Law Scholars Michael C. Dorf, Joshua S. Sellers, Andrew M. Siegel, and Joseph T. Thai | ||
| Seth P. Waxman Counsel of Record | Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP 1875 Pennsylvania Ave, NW Washington, DC 20006 Seth.Waxman@wilmerhale.com | 202-663-6800 |
| Party name: Bipartisan Group of Current and Former Members of the House of Representatives | ||
| Adam Karl Mortara Counsel of Record | Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar and Scott LLP 54 W. Hubbard Street Chicago, IL 60654 adam.mortara@bartlit-beck.com | 7737507154 |
| Party name: The Wisconsin State Senate and Wisconsin State Assembly | ||
| William James Murphy Counsel of Record | Zuckerman Spaeder LLP 100 East Pratt Street Suite 2440 Baltimore, MD 21202-1031 wmurphy@zuckerman.com | 410-332-0444 |
| Party name: David Trone | ||
| David Orentlicher Counsel of Record | UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law 4505 S. Maryland Parkway Box 451003 Las Vegas, NV 89154-1003 dorentli@gmail.com | 702-895-2333 |
| Party name: David Orentlicher | ||
| E. Joshua Rosenkranz Counsel of Record | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP 51 West 52nd Street New York, NY 10019 jrosenkranz@orrick.com | 212-506-5380 |
| Party name: Bernard Grofman and Ronald Keith Gaddie | ||