| No. 18-877 | |
| Title: | Frederick L. Allen, et al., Petitioners v. Roy A. Cooper, III, Governor of North Carolina, et al. |
| Docketed: | January 8, 2019 |
| Linked with 18A412 | |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (17-1522, 17-1602) |
| Decision Date: | July 10, 2018 |
| Rehearing Denied: | August 9, 2018 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Oct 18 2018 | Application (18A412) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 7, 2018 to January 6, 2019, submitted to The Chief Justice. |
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| Oct 19 2018 | Application (18A412) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until January 6, 2019. |
| Jan 04 2019 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 7, 2019) |
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| Feb 04 2019 | Waiver of right of respondents Roy A. Cooper, III, Governor of North Carolina, et al. to respond filed. |
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| Feb 07 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Ralph Oman filed. |
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| Feb 07 2019 | Brief amici curiae of David Nimmer, et al. filed. |
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| Feb 07 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Recording Industry Association of America filed. |
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| Feb 13 2019 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/1/2019. |
| Feb 19 2019 | Response Requested. (Due March 21, 2019) |
| Feb 20 2019 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 21, 2019 to April 22, 2019, submitted to The Clerk. |
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| Feb 25 2019 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 22, 2019. |
| Apr 22 2019 | Brief of respondents Roy A. Cooper, III, Governor of North Carolina, et al. in opposition filed. |
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| May 02 2019 | Reply of petitioners Frederick L. Allen, et al. filed. |
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| May 07 2019 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/23/2019. |
| May 28 2019 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/30/2019. |
| Jun 03 2019 | Petition GRANTED. |
| Jun 18 2019 | Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioners Frederick L. Allen, et al. |
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| Jun 18 2019 | Joint motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed. |
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| Jun 24 2019 | Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioners GRANTED. |
| Jun 24 2019 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioners, Frederick L. Allen, et al. |
| Blanket Consent | |
| Jun 24 2019 | Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Roy A. Cooper, III, Governor of North Carolina, et al. |
| Blanket Consent | |
| Jun 26 2019 | Joint motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including August 6, 2019. The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including September 20, 2019. |
| Jul 08 2019 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, November 5, 2019. |
| Aug 06 2019 | Brief of petitioners Frederick L. Allen, et al. filed. |
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| Aug 12 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of The Association of the Bar of the City of New York in support of neither party filed. |
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| Aug 13 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Oracle America, Inc. filed. |
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| Aug 13 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Ralph Oman filed. |
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| Aug 13 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Public Law Scholars filed. |
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| Aug 13 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed. |
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| Aug 13 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed. |
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| Aug 13 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Software & Information Industry Association. |
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| Aug 13 2019 | Brief amici curiae of American Society of Media Photographers, et al. filed. |
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| Aug 13 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Recording Industry Association of America, et al. filed. |
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| Aug 13 2019 | Brief amici curiae of The Copyright Alliance; The Chamber of Commerce of the United States filed. |
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| Aug 13 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago filed. |
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| Aug 13 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Dow Jones & Company, Inc. filed. |
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| Aug 13 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Law Professors filed. |
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| Sep 03 2019 | CIRCULATED |
| Sep 16 2019 | Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 4th Circuit. |
| Sep 17 2019 | Record received from the U.S.C.A. 4th Circuit is electronic and located on PACER. The record is complete, there are no sealed materials, paper filings, or exhibits in this record. |
| Sep 20 2019 | Brief of respondents Roy A. Cooper, III, Governor of North Carolina, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Sep 26 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Law Professors filed. (Distributed) |
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| Sep 27 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Sep 27 2019 | Brief amici curiae of American Library Association, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Sep 27 2019 | Brief amici curiae of State of West Virginia and 30 Other States filed. (Distributed) |
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| Sep 27 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Professor Simone Rose filed. (Distributed) |
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| Oct 18 2019 | Reply of petitioners Frederick L. Allen, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Nov 05 2019 | Argued. For petitioners: Derek L. Shaffer, Washington, D. C. For respondents: Ryan Park, Deputy Solicitor General, Raleigh, N. C. |
| Mar 23 2020 | Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Kagan, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Alito, Sotomayor, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined, and in which Thomas, J., joined except for the final paragraph in Part II-A and the final paragraph in Part II-B. Thomas, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment. Breyer, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which Ginsburg, J., joined. |
| Apr 24 2020 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioners | ||
| Derek L. Shaffer Counsel of Record | Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP 1300 I Street NW, Suite 900 Washington, DC 20005 derekshaffer@quinnemanuel.com | (202) 538-8000 |
| Party name: Frederick L. Allen, et al. | ||
| Attorneys for Respondents | ||
| Matthew W. Sawchak Counsel of Record | North Carolina Dept. of Justice P.O. Box 629 Raleigh, NC 27602 msawchak@ncdoj.gov | (919) 716-6400 |
| Party name: Roy A. Cooper, III, Governor of North Carolina, et al. | ||
| Ryan Park | Deputy Solicitor General P.O. Box 629 Raleigh, NC 27602 rpark@ncdoj.gov | 919-716-6400 |
| Party name: Roy A. Cooper, III, Governor of North Carolina, et al. | ||
| Other | ||
| Elaine Janet Goldenberg Counsel of Record | Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP 1155 F Street, NW 7th Floor Washington, DC 20004 elaine.goldenberg@mto.com | 202-220-1100 |
| Party name: Recording Industry Association of America | ||
| William Scott Hastings Counsel of Record | Locke Lord LLP 2200 Ross Ave. Suite 2800 Dallas, TX 75201-6776 shastings@lockelord.com | (214) 740-8537 |
| Party name: David Nimmer, Ernest Young, and Michael Bynum | ||
| Melissa Arbus Sherry Counsel of Record | Latham & Watkins LLP 555 Eleventh Street, NW Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20004 melissa.sherry@lw.com | 202-637-2200 |
| Party name: Ralph Oman | ||
| Cory L. Andrews Counsel of Record | Washington Legal Foundation 2009 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20036 candrews@wlf.org | 2025880302 |
| Party name: Washington Legal Foundation | ||
| Jonathan Band Counsel of Record | Jonathan Band PLLC 21 Dupont Circle NW Suite 800 Washington, DC 20036 jband@policybandwidth.com | 2022965675 |
| Party name: American Library Association, Association of College and Research Libraries, Association of Research Libraries, Society of American Archivists, Software Preservation Network | ||
| Beth Susan Brinkmann Counsel of Record | Covington & Burling 850 Tenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20001-4956 bbrinkmann@cov.com | 202-662-5312 |
| Party name: The Copyright Alliance; The Chamber of Commerce of the United States | ||
| Kelsi Brown Corkran Counsel of Record | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP 1152 15th Street NW Washington, DC 20005 kcorkran@orrick.com | 202-339-8400 |
| Party name: Oracle America, Inc. | ||
| Trevor Stephen Cox Counsel of Record | Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP Riverfront Plaza - East Tower 951 East Byrd Street Richmond, VA 23219 TCox@HuntonAK.com | 804-788-7221 |
| Party name: Law Professors | ||
| Andrew Harry Erteschik Counsel of Record | Poyner Spruill LLP P.O. Box 1801 Raleigh, NC 27602-1801 aerteschik@poynerspruill.com | 919-783-2895 |
| Party name: Simone Rose | ||
| 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 | ||
| Scott A. Keller Counsel of Record | Baker Botts LLP 1299 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, DC 20004 scott.keller@bakerbotts.com | 2026397700 |
| Party name: Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities and Association of American Universities | ||
| James Robert Klaiber Counsel of Record | Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP One Battery Park Plaza - 12th Floor New York, NY 10004 james.klaiber@hugheshubbard.com | 212-837-6000 |
| Party name: The Association of The Bar of the City of New York | ||
| Robert P. LoBue Counsel of Record | Patterson, Belknap, Webb et al 1133 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036 rplobue@pbwt.com | 2123362000 |
| Party name: Dow Jones & Company, Inc. | ||
| Thomas Blake Maddrey | Maddrey PLLC 901 Main Street, Suite 6530 Dallas, TX 75202 tbm@maddreypllc.com | 214-969-2539 |
| Party name: American Society of Media Photographers; National Press Photographers Association | ||
| Donald William Rupert Counsel of Record | Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP 6300 Willis Tower 233 South Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60606 drupert@marshallip.com | 3124746300 |
| Party name: Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago | ||
| Lindsay Sara See Counsel of Record | Office of the West Virginia Attorney General 1900 Kanawha Blvd E, Bldg 1 Rm 26E Charleston, WV 25305 lindsay.s.see@wvago.gov | 3045582021 |
| Party name: State of West Virginia and 30 Other States | ||
| John Matthew DeWeese Williams Counsel of Record | Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP 1818 N. Street NW, 8th Floor Washington, DC 20036 mxw@msk.com | 202-355-7900 |
| Party name: Software & Information Industry Association | ||
| Ernest A. Young Counsel of Record | 3208 Fox Terrace Drive. Apex, NC 27502 young@law.duke.edu | 9193607718 |
| Party name: Public Law Scholars | ||