| No. 19-631 | |
| Title: | William P. Barr, Attorney General, et al., Petitioners v. American Association of Political Consultants, Inc., et al. |
| Docketed: | November 15, 2019 |
| Linked with 19A271 | |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (18-1588) |
| Decision Date: | April 24, 2019 |
| Rehearing Denied: | June 21, 2019 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Sep 06 2019 | Application (19A271) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 19, 2019 to October 21, 2019, submitted to The Chief Justice. |
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| Sep 09 2019 | Application (19A271) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until October 21, 2019. |
| Oct 11 2019 | Application (19A271) to extend further the time from October 21, 2019 to November 18, 2019, submitted to The Chief Justice. |
| Written RequestProof of Service | |
| Oct 15 2019 | Application (19A271) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until November 18, 2019. |
| Nov 14 2019 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 16, 2019) |
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| Dec 04 2019 | Brief of respondents American Association of Political Consultants, Inc., et al. in support filed. |
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| Dec 18 2019 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2020. |
| Dec 18 2019 | Reply of petitioners William P. Barr, Attorney General, et al. filed. |
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| Jan 10 2020 | Petition GRANTED. |
| Feb 20 2020 | Blanket Consent filed by Respondents, American Association of Political Consultants, Inc., et al. |
| Blanket Consent | |
| Feb 21 2020 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, April 22, 2020. |
| Feb 24 2020 | Joint appendix filed. |
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| Feb 24 2020 | Brief of petitioners William P. Barr, Attorney General, et al. filed. |
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| Feb 26 2020 | Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 4th Circuit. |
| Feb 26 2020 | The record from the U.S.C.A. 4th Circuit is electronic and located on PACER. |
| Mar 02 2020 | Brief amici curiae of State of Indiana, et al. filed. |
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| Mar 02 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Student Loan Servicing Alliance filed. |
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| Mar 02 2020 | Brief amici curiae of National League of Cities,et al. filed. |
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| Mar 02 2020 | Brief amici curiae of National Consumer Law Center, et al. in support of neither party filed. |
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| Mar 02 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Electronic Privacy Information Center, et al. filed. |
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| Mar 02 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Retail Litigation Center, Inc. and National Retail Federation filed supporting neither party. |
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| Mar 02 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Public Citizen and Public Citizen Foundation filed. |
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| Mar 02 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Fifteen Members of Congress filed. |
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| Mar 17 2020 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioners, William P. Barr, Attorney General, et al. |
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| Mar 19 2020 | CIRCULATED |
| Mar 25 2020 | Brief of respondents American Association of Political Consultants, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Apr 01 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Retail Energy Supply Association filed. (Distributed) |
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| Apr 01 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Institute for Free Speech filed. (Distributed) |
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| Apr 01 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Institute for Justice filed. (Distributed) |
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| Apr 01 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC filed. (Distributed) |
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| Apr 01 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Healthcare Companies filed. (Distributed) |
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| Apr 01 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Facebook, Inc. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Apr 01 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed. (Distributed) |
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| Apr 01 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed. (Distributed) |
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| Apr 01 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Midland Credit Management, Inc. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Apr 03 2020 | ORAL ARGUMENT POSTPONED. |
| Apr 03 2020 | Amicus brief of Association of Credit & Collection Professionals (ACA) not accepted for filing. (April 28, 2020) |
| Apr 13 2020 | Argument to be rescheduled for May 2020. |
| Apr 15 2020 | RESCHEDULED FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, May 6, 2020. |
| Apr 24 2020 | Reply of petitioners William P. Barr, Attorney General, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| May 06 2020 | Argued. For petitioners: Malcolm L. Stewart, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondents: Roman Martinez, Washington, D. C. |
| May 06 2020 | Motion of ACA International, Inc. for leave to file amicus brief not accepted for filing. (May 20, 2020 - to be resubmitted in proper format.) |
| May 20 2020 | Motion of ACA International, Inc. for leave to file amicus brief not accepted for filing. (May 26, 2020) (Dupilicate submission). |
| May 20 2020 | Motion for leave to file amicus brief out of time filed by ACA International, Inc. (Distributed) |
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| Jun 08 2020 | Motion for leave to file amicus brief out of time filed by ACA International, Inc. DENIED. |
| Jul 06 2020 | Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Kavanaugh, J., announced the judgment of the Court and delivered an opinion, in which Roberts, C. J., and Alito, J. joined, and in which Thomas, J., joined as to Parts I and II. Sotomayor, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment. Breyer, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment with respect to severability and dissenting in part, in which Ginsburg and Kagan, JJ., joined. Gorsuch, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment in part and dissenting in part, in which Thomas, J., joined as to Part II. |
| Aug 07 2020 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioners | ||
| Noel J. Francisco Counsel of Record | Solicitor General United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530-0001 oldSupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov | 202-514-2217 |
| Party name: William P. Barr, Attorney General, et al. | ||
| Jeffrey Bryan Wall | Acting Solicitor General United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530-0001 charlene.w.goodwin@usdoj.gov | 202-514-2217 |
| Party name: William P. Barr, Attorney General, et al. | ||
| Attorneys for Respondents | ||
| Roman Martinez V Counsel of Record | Latham & Watkins, LLP 555 Eleventh Street, NW Washington, DC 20004 roman.martinez@lw.com | 202-637-3377 |
| Party name: American Association of Political Consultants, Inc., et al. | ||
| Other | ||
| John Michael Baker Counsel of Record | Greene Espel, PLLP 222 South Ninth Street Suite 2200 Minneapolis, MN 55402 jbaker@greeneespel.com | 6123738344 |
| Party name: National League of Cities, National Association of Counties, U.S. Conference of Mayors, International City/County Management Association, and International Municipal Lawyers Association | ||
| Alan Jay Butler Counsel of Record | Electronic Privacy Information Center 1519 New Hampshire Ave NW Washington, DC 20036 butler@epic.org | 2024831140 |
| Party name: Electronic Privacy Information Center, et al. | ||
| Paul D. Clement Counsel of Record | Kirkland & Ellis LLP 1301 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004 paul.clement@kirkland.com | 2023895000 |
| Party name: Facebook, Inc. | ||
| Robert Lawrence Corn-Revere Counsel of Record | Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP 1919 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20006 bobcornrevere@dwt.com | 202-973-4225 |
| Party name: Cato Institute | ||
| Michael Patrick Daly Counsel of Record | Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath, LLP One Logan Square, Suite 2000 Philadelphia, PA 19103 michael.daly@faegredrinker.com | 215-988-2604 |
| Party name: Retail Energy Supply Association | ||
| Thomas William Parker Douglas Counsel of Record | Institute for Free Speech 1150 Connecticut Avenue N.W., Suite 801 Washington, DC 20036 pdouglas@ifs.org | (202) 301-9800 |
| Party name: Institute for Free Speech | ||
| Shay Dvoretzky Counsel of Record | Jones Day 51 Louisiana Avenue NW Washington, DC 20001-2113 sdvoretzky@jonesday.com | 2028793474 |
| Party name: Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America | ||
| Jessica Lynn Ellsworth Counsel of Record | Hogan Lovells US, LLP 555 13th Street, N. W. Washington, DC 20004 jessica.ellsworth@hoganlovells.com | 202-637-5886 |
| Party name: Student Loan Servicing Alliance | ||
| 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: State of Indiana | ||
| Keith James Keogh Counsel of Record | Keogh Law, LTD 55 W. Monroe St, Suite 3390 Chicago, IL 60603 keith@keoghlaw.com | 312-726-1092 |
| Party name: Fifteen Members of Congress | ||
| Scott Lawrence Nelson Counsel of Record | Public Citizen Litigation Group 1600 20th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20009 snelson@citizen.org | 202-588-1000 |
| Party name: Public Citizen and Public Citizen Foundation | ||
| Joseph Russell Palmore Counsel of Record | Morrison & Foerster LLP 2000 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, DC 20006 jpalmore@mofo.com | 202-887-6940 |
| Party name: Retail Litigation Center, Inc. and National Retail Federation | ||
| Marc Rotenberg | Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) 1519 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20036 rotenberg@epic.org | 202-415-6788 |
| Party name: Electronic Privacy Information Center, et al. | ||
| Michael Dietz Roth Counsel of Record | Boies Schiller Flexner LLP 725 S Figueroa St, 31st Floor Los Angeles, CA 90017 mroth@bsfllp.com | (213) 6299040 |
| Party name: Healthcare Companies | ||
| Zachary Charles Schauf Counsel of Record | Jenner & Block, LLP 1099 New York Ave., NW Washington, DC 20001 ZSchauf@jenner.com | 202-637-6379 |
| Party name: Midland Credit Management, Inc. | ||
| Paul Michael Sherman Counsel of Record | Institute for Justice 901 North Glebe Road Suite 900 Arlington, VA 22203 psherman@ij.org | 7036829320 |
| Party name: Institute for Justice | ||
| Misha Tseytlin Counsel of Record | Troutman Sanders LLP 227 W. Monroe Street, Suite 3900 Chicago, IL 60606 misha.tseytlin@troutman.com | (312) 759-5947 |
| Party name: Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC | ||
| Tara Twomey Counsel of Record | National Consumer Law Center 7 Winthrop Square Boston, MA 02110 tara.twomey@comcast.net | 617-542-8010 |
| Party name: National Consumer Law Center, Verizon, Consumer Federation of America | ||
| Steven Gregory White Counsel of Record | Gray Reed & McGraw 1601 Elm Street Suite 4600 Dalla, TX 75201 gwhite@grayreed.com | 254-717-5728 |
| Party name: Association of Credit & Collection Professionals (ACA) | ||