| No. 22-585 | |
| Title: | Halima Tariffa Culley, et al., Petitioners v. Steven T. Marshall, Attorney General of Alabama, et al. |
| Docketed: | December 23, 2022 |
| Linked with 22A428 | |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (21-13805, 21-13484) |
| Decision Date: | July 11, 2022 |
| Rehearing Denied: | August 30, 2022 |
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| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Nov 07 2022 | Application (22A428) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 28, 2022 to January 12, 2023, submitted to Justice Thomas. |
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| Nov 16 2022 | Application (22A428) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until December 28, 2022. |
| Dec 20 2022 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 23, 2023) |
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| Jan 03 2023 | Waiver of right of respondents Steven T. Marshall, et al. to respond filed. |
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| Jan 03 2023 | Waiver of right of respondent City of Satsuma to respond filed. |
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| Jan 03 2023 | Waiver of right of respondent Town of Leesburg, Alabama to respond filed. |
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| Jan 11 2023 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/17/2023. |
| Jan 17 2023 | Response Requested. (Due February 16, 2023) |
| Jan 20 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation filed. |
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| Feb 08 2023 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 16, 2023 to March 2, 2023, submitted to The Clerk. |
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| Feb 09 2023 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 2, 2023. |
| Feb 16 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of The Rutherford Institute filed. |
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| Feb 16 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of Restore the Fourth, Inc. filed. |
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| Mar 01 2023 | Brief of respondents Steven T. Marshall, Attorney General of Alabama, et al. in opposition filed. |
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| Mar 15 2023 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/31/2023. |
| Mar 15 2023 | Reply of petitioners Halima Tariffa Culley, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Apr 10 2023 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/14/2023. |
| Apr 17 2023 | Petition GRANTED. |
| Apr 27 2023 | Motion of the parties for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed. |
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| May 04 2023 | Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including June 22, 2023. The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including granted and the time is extended to and including August 14, 2023. |
| Jun 22 2023 | Brief of petitioner Halima Tariffa Culley filed. |
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| Jun 22 2023 | Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed) |
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| Jun 28 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of The Legal Aid Society filed. |
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| Jun 29 2023 | Brief amici curiae of Institute for Justice, Stephanie Wilson and Gerardo Serrano filed. |
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| Jun 29 2023 | Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union of Alabama, Cato Institute, and Rutherford Institute filed. |
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| Jun 29 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center, Inc. filed. |
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| Jun 29 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of The Buckeye Institute filed. |
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| Jun 29 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed. |
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| Jun 29 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of Goldwater Institute; Pacific Legal Foundation; Manhattan Institute filed. |
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| Jun 29 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of Restore the Fourth, Inc. filed. (July 6, 2023) |
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| Aug 14 2023 | Brief of respondents Steven T. Marshall, et al. filed. |
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| Aug 14 2023 | Brief of respondents City of Satsuma, et al. filed. |
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| Aug 14 2023 | Brief of Town of Leesburg, Alabama not accepted for filing.(Dupilicate submission) (August 16, 2023) |
| Aug 18 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of Wayne County, Michigan filed. |
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| Aug 21 2023 | Brief amici curiae of Georgia, et al. filed. |
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| Aug 21 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. |
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| Aug 21 2023 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
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| Aug 21 2023 | Brief amici curiae of International Municipal Lawyers Association and National League of Cities filed. |
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| Sep 06 2023 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, October 30, 2023 |
| Sep 06 2023 | Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. |
| Sep 06 2023 | CIRCULATED. |
| Sep 07 2023 | Record from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit available on PACER. |
| Sep 13 2023 | Reply of petitioner Halima Tariffa Culley filed. (Distributed) |
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| Sep 27 2023 | Record from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama received electronically and available with the Clerk. |
| Oct 02 2023 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. |
| Oct 30 2023 | Argued. For petitioners: Shay Dvoretzky, Washington, D. C. For respondents: Edmund G. LaCour, Jr., Solicitor General, Montgomery, Ala.; and Nicole F. Reaves, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) |
| May 09 2024 | Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Kavanaugh, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, and Barrett, JJ., joined. Gorsuch, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Thomas, J., joined. Sotomayor, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Kagan and Jackson, JJ., joined. |
| Jun 10 2024 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
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| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioners | ||
| Brian M. Clark | Wiggins, Childs, Fisher, Pantazis, & Goldfarb, LLC 301 19th Street North Birmingham, AL 35203-3144 BCLARK@WIGGINSCHILDS.COM | (205) 314-0530 |
| Party name: Halima Tariffa Culley | ||
| Shay Dvoretzky Counsel of Record | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP 1440 New York Ave., NW Washington, DC 20005 SHAY.DVORETZKY@SKADDEN.COM | 202-371-7370 |
| Party name: Halima Tariffa Culley | ||
| Attorneys for Respondents | ||
| Thomas Octavius Gaillard III | Helmsing, Leach, Herlong, Newman & Rouse 150 Government Street, Suite 2000 Mobile, AL 36602 tog@helmsinglaw.com | 251-342-5521 |
| Party name: City of Satsuma | ||
| Howard Edgar Howard | Ford, Howard & Cornett, P.C. Post Office Box 388 140 South 9th Street Gadsden, AL 35902 ed@fordhowardcornett.com | 256-546-5432 |
| Party name: Town of Leesburg, Alabama | ||
| Edmund Gerard LaCour Jr. Counsel of Record | Office of the Attorney General 501 Washington Ave Montgomery, AL 36130 edmund.lacour@alabamaag.gov | 334-242-7300 |
| Party name: Steven T. Marshall, et al. | ||
| Edgar Robert Haden Counsel of Record | Balch & Bingham LLP 1901 Sixth Avenue North Suite 1500 Birmingham, AL 35203 ehaden@balch.com | 205-226-8795 |
| Party name: Town of Leesburg, Alabama | ||
| Edgar Robert Haden Counsel of Record | Balch & Bingham LLP 1901 Sixth Avenue North Suite 1500 Birmingham, AL 35203 ehaden@balch.com | 205-226-8795 |
| Party name: City of Satsuma | ||
| Other | ||
| Elizabeth B. Prelogar Counsel of Record | Solicitor General United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530-0001 SUPREMECTBRIEFS@USDOJ.GOV | 202-514-2217 |
| Party name: United States | ||
| Jay Randall Carson Counsel of Record | The Buckeye Institute 88 East Broad Street Suite 1300 Columbus, OH 43215 j.carson@buckeyeinstitute.org | 614-224-4422 |
| Party name: The Buckeye Institute | ||
| Gilbert Charles Dickey Counsel of Record | Consovoy McCarthy, PLLC 1600 Wilson Boulevard Suite 700 Arlington, VA 22209 gilbert@consovoymccarthy.com | (703) 243-9423 |
| Party name: International Municipal Lawyers Association and National League of Cities | ||
| Gregory James DuBoff Counsel of Record | McGuireWoods LLP 800 E Canal St Richmond, VA 23219 GDUBOFF@MCGUIREWOODS.COM | 8047751154 |
| Party name: The Rutherford Institute | ||
| 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 | ||
| Robert Everett Johnson Counsel of Record | Institute for Justice 16781 Chagrin Blvd. #256 Shaker Heights, OH 44120 rjohnson@ij.org | (703) 682-9320 |
| Party name: Institute for Justice, Stephanie Wilson and Gerardo Serrano | ||
| Deborah Joyce La Fetra Counsel of Record | Pacific Legal Foundation 555 Capitol Mall, Suite 1290 Sacramento, CA 95814 DLAFETRA@PACIFICLEGAL.ORG | (916) 419-7111 |
| Party name: Pacific Legal Foundation | ||
| Elizabeth Gaudio Milito Counsel of Record | National Federation of Independent Business Legal 555 12th Street NW Ste 1001 Washington, DC 20004 elizabeth.milito@nfib.org | (202) 406-4443 |
| Party name: National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center, Inc. | ||
| Thomas M. O'Brien Counsel of Record | The Legal Aid Society 199 Water Street, 6th Floor New York, NY 10038 tmobrien@legal-aid.org | 2125773551 |
| Party name: The Legal Aid Society | ||
| Abram J. Pafford Counsel of Record | Appellate Justice Initiative at McGuire Woods LLP 888 16th Street N.W. Suite 500 Washington, DC 20006 apafford@mcguirewoods.com | 2028571725 |
| Party name: American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union of Alabama, Cato Institute, and Rutherford Institute | ||
| Stephen John Petrany Counsel of Record | Georgia Department of Law 40 Capitol Square SW Atlanta, GA 30334 SPETRANY@LAW.GA.GOV | 404-458-3408 |
| Party name: State of Georgia, et al. | ||
| Timothy Mason Sandefur Counsel of Record | Goldwater Institute 500 E. Coronado Road Phoenix, AZ 85004 TSANDEFUR@GOLDWATERINSTITUTE.ORG | 6024625000 |
| Party name: Goldwater Institute; Pacific Legal Foundation; Manhattan Institute | ||
| Davidde Alessandro Stella Counsel of Record | Wayne County Corporation Counsel 500 Griswold St. Floor 30 Detroit, MI 48226 dstella@waynecounty.com | 3132245030 |
| Party name: Wayne County, Michigan | ||
| Mahesha Padmanabhan Subbaraman Counsel of Record | Subbaraman PLLC 222 S. 9th St., Suite 1600 Minneapolis, MN 55402 MPS@SUBBLAW.COM | 612-315-9210 |
| Party name: Restore the Fourth, Inc. | ||