| No. 19-1108 | |
| Title: | DeRay Mckesson, Petitioner v. John Doe |
| Docketed: | March 10, 2020 |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (17-30864) |
| Decision Date: | December 16, 2019 |
| Rehearing Denied: | January 28, 2020 |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Mar 05 2020 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 9, 2020) |
| PetitionCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Apr 09 2020 | Brief of respondent Black Lives Matter Global Network, Inc. in support filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Apr 09 2020 | Amicus brief of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People not accepted for filing. (April 15, 2020) |
| Apr 09 2020 | Amicus brief of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People not accepted for filing. (April 15, 2020) |
| Apr 09 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People filed. |
| Certificate of Word CountMain DocumentProof of Service | |
| Apr 09 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Floyd Abrams, et al. filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Apr 09 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Institute for Free Speech filed. |
| Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count | |
| Apr 09 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Howard University Human and Civil Rights Clinic filed. |
| Certificate of Word CountProof of ServiceMain Document | |
| Apr 09 2020 | Brief amici curiae of First Amendment Scholars filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Apr 09 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of The Rutherford Institute filed. |
| Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count | |
| Apr 13 2020 | Waiver of right of respondent John Doe to respond filed. |
| Main Document | |
| Apr 28 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/15/2020. |
| May 11 2020 | Response Requested. (Due June 10, 2020) |
| May 29 2020 | Brief of respondent John Doe in opposition filed. |
| Main DocumentProof of Service | |
| Jun 17 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020. |
| Jun 19 2020 | Reply of petitioner DeRay Mckesson filed. (Distributed) |
| Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count | |
| Oct 05 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/9/2020. |
| Oct 13 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/16/2020. |
| Oct 26 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/30/2020. |
| Nov 02 2020 | Petition GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED for further proceedings consistent with this opinion. Justice Barrett took no part in the consideration or decision of this case. Justice Thomas dissents. Opinion per curiam. (Detached Opinion) |
| Dec 04 2020 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioner | ||
| David Thomas Goldberg Counsel of Record | Donahue, Goldberg, Weaver & Littleton 109 South Fifth Street, Suite 4201 Brooklyn, NY 11249 david@donahuegoldberg.com | 2123348813 |
| Party name: DeRay Mckesson | ||
| Attorneys for Respondent | ||
| Donna Unkel Grodner Counsel of Record | Grodner & Associates 2223 Quail Run Drive Suite B Baton Rouge, LA 70808 dgrodner@grodnerlaw.com | 2257691919 |
| Party name: John Doe | ||
| David Meir Zionts Counsel of Record | Covington & Burlington LLP One City Center 850 Tenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 dzionts@cov.com | (202) 662-6000 |
| Party name: Black Lives Matter Global Network, Inc. | ||
| Other | ||
| Erin Glenn Busby Counsel of Record | University of Texas School of Law Supreme Court Clinic 727 East Dean Keeton Street Austin, TX 78705 ebusby@law.utexas.edu | 7139660409 |
| Party name: The Rutherford Institute | ||
| Allen Joseph Dickerson Counsel of Record | Institute for Free Speech 1150 Connecticut Avenue, NW Suite 801 Washington, DC 20036 adickerson@ifs.org | (202) 301-3300 |
| Party name: Institute for Free Speech | ||
| Justin David Hansford Counsel of Record | Howard University School of Law 2900 Van Ness St. NW Washington, DC 20008 Justin.Hansford@law.howard.edu | 2027028538 |
| Party name: Howard University Human and Civil Rights Clinic | ||
| Hyland Hunt Counsel of Record | Deutsch Hunt PLLC 300 New Jersey Ave. NW Suite 900 Washington, DC 20001 hhunt@deutschhunt.com | 2028686915 |
| Party name: First Amendment Scholars | ||
| Hope R. Metcalf Counsel of Record | Peter A. Gruber Rule of Law Clinic 127 Wall Street P.O. Box 209090 New Haven, CT 06520-9090 hope.metcalf@yale.edu | 203-432-9404 |
| Party name: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People | ||
| H. Jefferson Powell Counsel of Record | Duke Law School Corner of Science & Towerview Durham, NC 27708-0360 jefferson.powell01@gmail.com | 9196137168 |
| Party name: Floyd Abrams, Erwin Chemerinsky, Walter Dellinger, Geoffrey R. Stone, Nadine Strossen, and Kenneth P. White | ||