No. 06-984     *** CAPITAL CASE ***  
Title:
Jose Ernesto Medellin, Petitioner
v.
Texas
Docketed:January 18, 2007
Linked with 07A214
Lower Ct:Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
  Case Nos.:(AP-75207)
  Decision Date:November 15, 2006
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jan 16 2007 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 20, 2007)
Feb 6 2007 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including March 22, 2007.
Feb 6 2007 Blanket consent to the filing of amicus briefs in support of either party received from counsel for the petitioner.
Mar 21 2007 Brief amicus curiae of Government of the United Mexican States filed.
Mar 22 2007 Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
Mar 22 2007 Brief amicus curiae of International Court of Justice Experts filed.
Mar 22 2007 Brief of respondent Texas in opposition filed.
Apr 4 2007 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 20, 2007.
Apr 4 2007 Reply of petitioner Jose Ernesto Medellin filed. (Distributed)
Apr 23 2007 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 27, 2007.
Apr 30 2007 Petition GRANTED.
May 29 2007 The time within which to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including June 28, 2007.
Jun 26 2007 Brief amici curiae of European Union and Members of International Community filed.
Jun 27 2007 Brief amicus curiae of Government of the United Mexican States filed.
Jun 28 2007 Brief amicus curiae of Former United States Diplomats filed.
Jun 28 2007 Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
Jun 28 2007 Brief amicus curiae of EarthRights International in support of neither party filed.
Jun 28 2007 Brief amicus curiae of International Court of Justice Experts filed.
Jun 28 2007 Brief amicus curiae of American Bar Association filed.
Jun 28 2007 Brief amici curiae of Ambassador L. Bruce Laingen, et al. filed.
Jun 28 2007 Brief amici curiae of Foreign Sovereigns, et al. filed.
Jun 28 2007 Brief of petitioner Jose Ernesto Medellin filed.
Jun 28 2007 Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner Jose Ernesto Medellin.
Jul 11 2007 Consent to the filing of amicus briefs in support of either party received from counsel for the petitioner.
Jul 16 2007 The time within which to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including August 23, 2007.
Aug 13 2007 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Aug 14 2007 SET FOR ARGUMENT Wednesday, October 10, 2007.
Aug 14 2007 Record received from Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas. (1 box)
Aug 16 2007 CIRCULATED.
Aug 20 2007 Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner GRANTED.
Aug 22 2007 Brief amicus curiae of Mountain States Legal Foundation filed. (Distributed)
Aug 23 2007 Brief of respondent Texas filed. (Distributed)
Aug 23 2007 Appendix of respondent filed. (Distributed)
Aug 23 2007 Brief amici curiae of Commonwealth of Virginia, 27 Other States, and Puerto Rico filed. (Distributed)
Aug 23 2007 Brief amicus curiae of Former Senior Officials of the Department of Justice filed. (Distributed)
Aug 23 2007 Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional and International Law Scholars filed. (Distributed)
Aug 23 2007 Brief amici curiae of Randy and Sandra Ertman and the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation filed.
Aug 23 2007 Brief amici curiae of Washington Legal Foundation, Randy and Sandra Ertman, and Allied Educational Foundation filed. (Distributed)
Sep 7 2007 Application (07A214) to file a reply brief on the merits in excess of the page limits, submitted to Justice Scalia.
Sep 12 2007 Application (07A214) denied by Justice Scalia.
Sep 25 2007 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Sep 27 2007 Reply of petitioner Jose Ernesto Medellin filed. (Distributed)
Oct 10 2007 Argued. For petitioner: Donald F. Donovan, New York, N.Y.; and Paul D. Clement, Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondent: R. Ted Cruz, Solicitor General, Austin, Tex.
Mar 25 2008 Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Roberts, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, and Alito, JJ., joined. Stevens, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment. Breyer, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Souter and Ginsburg, JJ., joined.
Apr 28 2008 MANDATE ISSUED.
Apr 30 2008 Record returned to the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Aug 1 2008 Application (08A98) to recall and stay mandate, submitted to Justice Scalia.
Aug 4 2008 Response to application from respondent Texas filed.
Aug 4 2008 Reply of applicant Jose Ernesto Medellin filed.
Aug 5 2008 Application (08A98) referred to the Court by Justice Scalia.
Aug 5 2008 Application (08A98) denied by the Court. Opinion per curiam.



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
Donald Francis Donovan Debevoise & Plimpton, LLP(212) 909-6000
919 Third Avenue
New York, NY  10022
dfdonovan@debevoise.com
Party name: Jose Ernesto Medellin
Attorneys for Respondent:
R. Ted Cruz Solicitor General(512) 936-1824
    Counsel of Record Office of the Attorney General
P.O. Box 12548, MC-059
Austin, TX  78711-2548
Ted.Cruz@aog.state.tx.us
Party name: Texas
Other:
Sandra L. Babcock Bluhm Legal Clinic(302) 503-0114
Northwestern Law School
357 E. Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL  60611
Party name: Government of the United Mexican States
 
Asim M. Bhansali Keker & Van Nest LLP(415) 391-5400
710 Sansome Street
San Francisco, CA  94111
Party name: Foreign Sovereigns, et al.
 
Judith Brown Chomsky Law Offices of Judith Brown Chomsky(215) 782-8367
P.O. Box 29726
Elkins Park, PA  19027
jchomsky@igc.org
Party name: EarthRights International in support of neither party
 
Paul D. Clement Solicitor General(202) 514-2217
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC  20530-0001
SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov
Party name: United States
 
Charles J. Cooper Cooper & Kirk, PLLC(202) 220-9600
1523 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20036
ccooper@cooperkirk.com
Party name: Former Senior Officials of the Department of Justice
 
Lori Fisler Damrosch 435 West 116th Street(212) 854-3740
New York, NY  10027
Party name: International Court of Justice Experts
 
Harold Hongju Koh Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic(203) 432-1660
National Litigation Project
Yale Law School
127 Wall Street
New Haven, CT  06510
Party name: Former United States Diplomats
 
Daniel C. Malone Dechert LLP(212) 698-3500
30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY  10112
Party name: Ambassador L. Bruce Laingen, et al.
 
Karen J. Mathis American Bar Association(215) 988-5000
321 North Clark Street
Chicago, IL  60610
Party name: American Bar Association
 
William Perry Pendley Mountain States Legal Foundation(303) 292-2021
2596 South Lewis Way
Lakewood, CO  80227
Party name: Mountain States Legal Foundation
 
Richard A. Samp Washington Legal Foundation(202) 588-0302
2009 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC  20036
rsamp@wlf.org
Party name: Washington Legal Foundation, et al.
 
Kent S. Scheidegger Criminal Justice Legal Foundation(916) 446-0345
2131 L Street
Sacramento, CA  95816
brfs@cjlf.org
Party name: Randy and Sandra Ertman and the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation
 
S. Adele Shank Law Office of S. Adele Shank(614) 326-1217
3380 Tremont Road
Columbus, OH  43221
Party name: European Union and Members of International Community
 
William E. Thro State Solicitor General(804) 786-2436
Office of Attorney General
900 East Main Street
Richmond, VA  23219
wthro@oag.state.va.us
Party name: Commonwealth of Virginia, 27 Other States, and Puerto Rico
 
Ernest A. Young 203 Strolling Way(919) 360-7718
Durham, NC  27708
young@law.duke.edu
Party name: Constitutional and International Law Scholars