| No. 19-518 | |
| Title: | Colorado Department of State, Petitioner v. Micheal Baca, et al. |
| Docketed: | October 21, 2019 |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (18-1173) |
| Decision Date: | August 20, 2019 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Oct 16 2019 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 20, 2019) |
| PetitionAppendixCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Oct 23 2019 | Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Micheal Baca. |
| Blanket Consent | |
| Nov 07 2019 | Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Thomas E. Weaver. |
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| Nov 07 2019 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Colorado Department of State. |
| Blanket Consent | |
| Nov 20 2019 | Brief of respondent Micheal Baca in support filed. |
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| Nov 20 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Michael T. Morley in support of neither party filed. |
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| Nov 20 2019 | Brief amici curiae of South Dakota, et al. filed. |
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| Nov 20 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws filed. |
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| Nov 20 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Interested Legal Scholar Robert M. Hardway filed. |
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| Dec 04 2019 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2020. |
| Dec 04 2019 | Reply of petitioner Colorado Department of State filed. |
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| Jan 13 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/17/2020. |
| Jan 17 2020 | Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Thomas E. Weaver GRANTED. |
| Jan 17 2020 | Petition GRANTED. The petition for a writ of certiorari in No. 19-465 is granted. The cases are consolidated, and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument. VIDED. |
| Jan 17 2020 | Because the Court has consolidated these cases for briefing and oral argument, future filings and activity in the cases will now be reflected on the docket of No. 19-465. Subsequent filings in these cases must therefore be submitted through the electronic filing system in No. 19-465. Each document submitted in connection with one or more of these cases must include on its cover the case number and caption for each case in which the filing is intended to be submitted. Where a filing is submitted in fewer than all of the cases, the docket entry will reflect the case number(s) in which the filing is submitted; a document filed in all of the consolidated cases will be noted as “VIDED.” |
| Jan 27 2020 | Blanket Consent filed Peter Bret Chiafalo, et al. and Micheal Baca, et al. VIDED. |
| Blanket Consent | |
| Feb 11 2020 | Blanket Consent filed by Colorado Department of State. VIDED. |
| Blanket Consent | |
| Feb 11 2020 | Blanket Consent filed by Washington. VIDED. |
| Blanket Consent | |
| Feb 11 2020 | Application (19A894) of Presidential Electors to file a consolidated opening brief on the merits in excess of the word limit, submitted to Justice Sotomayor. VIDED. |
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| Feb 14 2020 | Application (19A894) of Presidential Electors to file a consolidated opening brief on the merits in excess of the word limit is granted by Justice Sotomayor provided that the brief does not exceed 16,000 words. VIDED. |
| Feb 18 2020 | Motion of Colorado Department of State for an extension of time to file the joint appendix in No. 19-518 filed. |
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| Feb 20 2020 | Motion of Colorado Department of State to extend the time to file the joint appendix in No. 19-518 is granted and the time is extended to and including April 1, 2020. |
| Feb 21 2020 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, April 28, 2020 (amended March 10, 2020). |
| Feb 26 2020 | Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 10th Circuit. |
| Feb 26 2020 | The record of the USCA 10th Circuit is available on PACER. |
| Mar 02 2020 | Brief of Presidential Electors filed. VIDED. |
| Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count | |
| Mar 05 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Citizens for Self-Governance filed. VIDED. |
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| Mar 06 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Professor Derek T. Muller in support of neither party filed. VIDED. |
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| Mar 06 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Michael L. Rosin, et al. filed. VIDED. |
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| Mar 06 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Independence Institute filed. VIDED. |
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| Mar 09 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Professor Edward B. Foley in support of neither party filed. VIDED. |
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| Mar 09 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Jerry H. Goldfeder filed. VIDED. |
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| Mar 09 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Making Every Vote Count Foundation in support of neither party filed. VIDED. |
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| Mar 09 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Vinz Koller filed. VIDED. |
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| Mar 09 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Michael T. Morley in support of neither party filed. VIDED. |
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| Mar 10 2020 | This case in no longer consolidated with No. 19-465, Chiafalo v. Washington, and one hour is allotted for oral argument in this case. Justice Sotomayor took no part in the consideration of this order. |
| Mar 10 2020 | Letter from Clerk of Court to counsel of record noting that Justice Sotomayor will not continue to participate in this case. |
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| Mar 19 2020 | CIRCULATED |
| Apr 01 2020 | Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner. |
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| Apr 01 2020 | Brief of Colorado Department of State filed. (Distributed) |
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| Apr 02 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Presidential Electors Mary Beth Corsentino, Stratton Rollins Heath, Jr., and Celeste Landry filed. (Distributed) |
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| Apr 03 2020 | ORAL ARGUMENT POSTPONED. |
| Apr 08 2020 | Amicus brief of The Colorado Democratic Party not accepted for filing. (April 08, 2020) |
| Apr 08 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of The Colorado Democratic Party filed. (Distributed) |
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| Apr 08 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund filed. (Distributed) |
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| Apr 08 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Colorado Republican Committee filed. (Distributed) |
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| Apr 08 2020 | Brief amici curiae of South Dakota and 44 States and the District of Columbia filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
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| Apr 08 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Campaign Legal Center and Issue One filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
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| Apr 08 2020 | Brief amicus curiae and appendix of Professor Robert W. Bennett filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
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| Apr 08 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Interested Legal Scholar filed. (Distributed) |
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| Apr 08 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of The Republican National Committee filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
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| Apr 08 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws filed. (Distributed) |
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| Apr 13 2020 | Argument to be rescheduled for May 2020. |
| Apr 15 2020 | RESCHEDULED FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, May 13, 2020. |
| Apr 20 2020 | Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner GRANTED. |
| May 01 2020 | Reply of Presidential Electors Baca, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| May 13 2020 | Argued. For petitioner: Philip J. Weiser, Attorney General, Denver, Colo. For respondents: Jason Harrow, Los Angeles, Cal. |
| Jul 06 2020 | Judgment REVERSED for the reasons set forth in Chiafalo v. Washington, 591 U. S. ___ (2020). Opinion per curiam. Justice Sotomayor took no part in the decision of this case. Justice Thomas concurs in the judgment for the reasons stated in his separate opinion in Chiafalo v. Washington, 591 U. S. ___ (2020). |
| Aug 07 2020 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioner | ||
| Eric Reuel Olson Counsel of Record | Colorado Department of Law, Office of the Attorney General 1300 Broadway 10th Floor Denver, CO 80203 eric.olson@coag.gov | 7205086548 |
| Party name: Colorado Department of State | ||
| Attorneys for Respondents | ||
| Jason Seth Harrow Counsel of Record | Equal Citizens 3243 S. La Cienega Blvd., Suite B Los Angeles, CA 90016 jason.harrow@gmail.com | (610) 357-9614 |
| Party name: Micheal Baca, et al. | ||
| L. Lawrence Lessig Counsel of Record | Equal Citizens 12 Eliot St. Cambridge, MA 02138 lessig@law.harvard.edu | 617-496-1124 |
| Party name: Micheal Baca | ||
| Noah Guzzo Purcell | Office of the Attorney General 1125 Washington Street, SE P.O. Box 40100 Olympia, WA 98504-0100 noahp@atg.wa.gov | 360-753-2536 |
| Party name: Washington | ||
| Other | ||
| Jessica Ring Amunson | Jenner & Block LLP 1099 New York Avenue NW Suite 900 Washington, DC 20001 JAmunson@jenner.com | 202-639-6023 |
| Party name: Professor Edward B. Foley | ||
| James Bopp Jr. Counsel of Record | The Bopp Law Firm, PC The National Building 1 South Sixth Street Terre Haute, IN 47807 jboppjr@aol.com | 8122322434 |
| Party name: National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws | ||
| Andrew John Dhuey | 456 Boynton Avenue Berkeley, CA 94707 ajdhuey@comcast.net | (510) 528-8200 |
| Party name: Vinz Koller | ||
| Michael Nicholas Donofrio | Stris & Maher LLP 28 Elm Street, 2d Floor Montpelier, VT 05602 michael.donofrio@strismaher.com | 8025220649 |
| Party name: Michael L. Rosin, et al. | ||
| Rita Martin Dunaway | Attorney at Law 2379 Massanetta Springs Road Harrisonburg, VA 22801 rdunaway@cosaction.com | 5408301229 |
| Party name: Citizens for Self-Governance | ||
| Julian Richard Ellis Jr. Counsel of Record | Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP 410 17th Street, Suite 2200 Denver, CO 80202 jellis@bhfs.com | 303-223-1142 |
| Party name: Colorado Republican Committee | ||
| Paul R. Franke III Counsel of Record | Moye White LLP 1400 16th Street, 6th Floor Denver, CO 80202 paul.franke@moyewhite.com | 303 292-2900 |
| Party name: The Colorado Democratic Party | ||
| Jerrold Joseph Ganzfried | Ganzfried Law 5335 Wisconsin Avenue, NW Suite 440 Washington, DC 20015 JJG@ganzfriedlaw.com | 202-486-2004 |
| Party name: Making Every Vote Count Foundation | ||
| Jennifer Lynn Gilbert Counsel of Record | Ireland Stapleton Pryor and Pascoe 717 17th Street Denver, CO 80202 jgilbert@irelandstapleton.com | 720-401-0439 |
| Party name: Interested Legal Scholar | ||
| Jerry H. Goldfeder | Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP 180 Maiden Lane New York, NY 10038 jgoldfeder@stroock.com | 212-806-5857 |
| Party name: Jerry H. Goldfeder | ||
| Christopher Michael Lauvane Jackson Counsel of Record | Holland & Hart LLP 555 17th Street, Suite 3200 Denver, CO 80202 cmjackson@hollandhart.com | 3032958305 |
| Party name: Presidential Electors Mary Beth Corsentino, Stratton Rollins Heath, Jr., and Celeste Landry | ||
| David Benjamin Kopel | Independence Institute Independence Institute 727 East 16th Avenue Denver, CO 80203 david@i2i.org | 3032796536 |
| Party name: Independence Institute | ||
| Tobias Samuel Loss-Eaton Counsel of Record | Sidley Austin LLP 1501 K Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20005 tlosseaton@sidley.com | (202) 736-8427 |
| Party name: Campaign Legal Center and Issue One | ||
| Michael T. Morley Counsel of Record | Florida State University College of Law 425 W. Jefferson Street, Roberts Hall, Office 313 Tallahassee, FL 32306 michaelmorleyesq@hotmail.com | 8607783883 |
| Party name: Michael T. Morley | ||
| Andrew L. Schlafly Counsel of Record | 939 Old Chester Road Far Hills, NJ 07931 aschlafly@aol.com | 908-719-8608 |
| Party name: Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund | ||
| Ian Seth Speir | Nussbaum Speir Gleason PLLC 2 N. Cascade Ave. Suite 1430 Colorado Springs, CO 80903 ian@nussbaumspeir.com | 7194284937 |
| Party name: Professor Derek T. Muller | ||
| Paul S. Swedlund Counsel of Record | Attorney General's Office Office of the Attorney General 1302 E. Highway 14, Suite 1 Pierre, SD 57501-8501 paul.swedlund@state.sd.us | 6057735402 |
| Party name: South Dakota and 44 States and the District of Columbia | ||
| Jack Samuel Tenenbaum Counsel of Record | Bluhm Legal Clinic Northwestern Pritzker School of Law 375 East Chicago Ave. Chicago, IL 60611 s-tenenbaum@law.northwestern.edu | 3125034808 |
| Party name: Professor Robert W. Bennett | ||
| Michael Eugene Toner Counsel of Record | Wiley, Rein & Fielding 1776 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20006 mtoner@wiley.law | 2027197545 |
| Party name: The Republican National Committee | ||
| Thomas E. Weaver Counsel of Record | PO Box 1056 Bremerton, WA 98337 tweaver@tomweaverlaw.com | 3607929345 |
| Party name: Thomas E. Weaver | ||