| No. 24A653 | |
| Title: | Merrick Garland, Attorney General, et al., Applicants v. Texas Top Cop Shop, Incorporated, et al. |
| Docketed: | December 31, 2024 |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (24-40792) |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Dec 31 2024 | Application (24A653) for a stay of injunction issued by the United States District Court pending appeal, submitted to Justice Alito. |
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| Jan 03 2025 | Response to application (24A653) requested by Justice Alito, due by 4 p.m. (EST) on January 10, 2025. |
| Jan 09 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund filed. |
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| Jan 09 2025 | Amicus brief of West Virginia, Kansas, South Carolina, and 22 Other States submitted. |
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| Jan 10 2025 | Response to application from respondent Texas Top Cop Shop, et al. filed. |
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| Jan 10 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of National Small Business Association filed. |
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| Jan 10 2025 | Amicus brief of Associated General Contractors of America, Inc., et al. submitted. |
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| Jan 10 2025 | Amicus brief of The Buckeye Institute submitted. |
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| Jan 10 2025 | Amicus brief of National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors and The Job Creators Network Foundation submitted. |
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| Jan 10 2025 | Amicus brief of Competitive Enterprise Institute submitted. |
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| Jan 10 2025 | Amicus brief of Community Associations Institute submitted. |
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| Jan 10 2025 | Amicus brief of National Retail Federation, National Association of Convenience Stores, Restaurant Law Center submitted. |
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| Jan 10 2025 | Amicus brief of Liberty Justice Center submitted. |
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| Jan 10 2025 | Amicus brief of America's Future, Gun Owners of America, Inc., GOA Texas, Gun Owners Foundation, U.S. Constitutional Rights Legal Defense Fund, and Conservative Legal Defense and Education Fund submitted. |
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| Jan 10 2025 | Amicus brief of The Private Investor Coalition, Inc., and S Corporation Association submitted. |
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| Jan 10 2025 | Amicus brief of Advancing American Freedom submitted. |
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| Jan 10 2025 | Amicus brief of United States Senator Cynthia M. Lummis and Wyoming Secretary of State Chuck Gray submitted. |
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| Jan 13 2025 | Reply of applicant Merrick Garland, et al. filed. |
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| Jan 13 2025 | Amicus brief of New Civil Liberties Alliance submitted. |
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| Jan 13 2025 | Amicus brief of Thomas Zawistowski and We the People Convention submitted. |
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| Jan 14 2025 | Amicus brief of U.S. Senator Thom Tillis and Thirteen Other Members of Congress submitted. |
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| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioners | ||
| 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: Merrick Garland, et al. | ||
| Attorneys for Respondents | ||
| Caleb Joseph Kruckenberg Counsel of Record | Center for Individual Rights 1100 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Suite 625 Washington , DC 20036 kruckenberg@cir-usa.org | 202-833-8400 |
| Party name: Texas Top Cop Shop, et al. | ||
| Other | ||
| Robert Daniel Alt Counsel of Record | The Buckeye lnstitute 88 East Broad Street, Suite 1300 Columbus, OH 43215 ROBERT@BUCKEYEINSTITUTE.ORG | 614-224-4422 |
| Party name: The Buckeye Institute | ||
| Brett Christopher Bartlett Counsel of Record | Seyfarth Shaw LLP 1075 Peachtree Street NE, Suite 2500 Atlanta, GA 30309 bbartlett@seyfarth.com | 404-888-1875 |
| Party name: National Retail Federation, National Association of Convenience Stores, Restaurant Law Center | ||
| Paul D. Clement Counsel of Record | Clement & Murphy, PLLC 706 Duke Street Alexandria, VA 22314 PAUL.CLEMENT@CLEMENTMURPHY.COM | (202) 742-8900 |
| Party name: National Small Business Association | ||
| Robert Michael Diamond | Reed Smith, LLP 7900 Westpark Drive Suite T700 McLean, VA 22102 rdiamond@reedsmith.com | 703-641-4273 |
| Party name: Community Associations Institute | ||
| Joel M. Howard III Counsel of Record | Couch White, LLP 540 Broadway P.O. Box 22222 Albany, NY 12201 jhoward@couchwhite.com | 5184264600 |
| Party name: Associated General Contractors of America, Inc.; Associated General Contractors of New York State, LLC; The Business Council of New York State, Inc.; National Roofing Contractors Association; Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors' National Association; and National Electrical Contractors Association | ||
| Jacob H. Huebert Counsel of Record | Liberty Justice Center 7500 Rialto Blvd. Suite 1-250 Austin, TX 78735 JHUEBERT@ljc.org | 512-481-4400 |
| Party name: Liberty Justice Center | ||
| Christopher Sean Land Counsel of Record | United States Senate, Senator Cynthia M. Lummis 127A Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 chris_land@lummis.senate.gov | (202) 224-3424 |
| Party name: United States Senator Cynthia M. Lummis and Wyoming Secretary of State Chuck Gray | ||
| Sheng Tao Li Counsel of Record | New Civil Liberties Alliance 4250 North Fairfax Dr. Suite 300 Arlington, VA 22203 sheng.li@ncla.legal | 202-869-5210 |
| Party name: New Civil Liberties Alliance | ||
| Ivan Laurence London Counsel of Record | Mountain States Legal Foundation 2596 South Lewis Way Denver, CO 80227 ilondon@mslegal.org | (303) 292-2021 |
| Party name: National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors and The Job Creators Network Foundation | ||
| John Cowles Neiman Jr. Counsel of Record | Maynard Nexsen PC 1901 Sixth Avenue North Suite 1700 Birmingham, AL 35203 jneiman@maynardnexsen.com | 2052541228 |
| Party name: The Private Investor Coalition, Inc., and S Corporation Association | ||
| William Jeffrey Olson Counsel of Record | William J. Olson, P.C. 370 Maple Ave. W., Suite 4 Vienna, VA 22180 WJO@MINDSPRING.COM | 7033565070 |
| Party name: America's Future, Gun Owners of America, Inc., GOA Texas, Gun Owners Foundation, U.S. Constitutional Rights Legal Defense Fund, and Conservative Legal Defense and Education Fund | ||
| 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 | ||
| Jay Alan Sekulow Counsel of Record | American Center for Law and Justice 201 Maryland Avenue, N.E. Washington, DC 20002 sekulow@aclj.org | 2025468890 |
| Party name: Thomas Zawistowski and We the People Convention | ||
| Judd Edward Stone II Counsel of Record | Stone | Hilton PLLC 600 Congress Ave. Ste. 2350 Austin, TX 78701 judd@stonehilton.com | (737) 465-7248 |
| Party name: U.S. Senator Thom Tillis and Thirteen Other Members of Congress | ||
| Charles Devin Watkins Counsel of Record | Competitive Enterprise Institute 1310 L Street NW, 7th Floor Washington, DC 20005 devin.watkins@cei.org | (202) 331-1010 |
| Party name: Competitive Enterprise Institute | ||
| John Marc Wheat Counsel of Record | Advancing American Freedom, Inc. 801 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Suite 930 Washington, DC 20004-2729 MWHEAT@ADVANCINGAMERICANFREEDOM.COM | (202) 780-4848 |
| Party name: Advancing American Freedom | ||
| Michael Ray Williams Counsel of Record | Office of the West Virginia Attorney General State Capitol Complex, Bldg. 1, Rm E-26 1900 Kanawha Blvd. E Charleston, WV 25305 michael.r.williams@wvago.gov | 304-558-2021 |
| Party name: West Virginia, Kansas, South Carolina, and 22 Other States | ||