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Docket for 18-1150

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No. 18-1150
Title:	Georgia, et al., Petitioners v. Public.Resource.Org, Inc.
Docketed:	March 5, 2019
Linked with 18A598
Lower Ct:	United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Case Numbers:	(17-11589)
Decision Date:	October 19, 2018
Rehearing Denied:
Discretionary Court Decision Date:

Questions Presented

Date	Proceedings and Orders
Dec 07 2018	Application (18A598) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 17, 2019 to March 4, 2019, submitted to Justice Thomas.
	Main Document Lower Court Orders/Opinions Lower Court Orders/Opinions Proof of Service
Dec 20 2018	Application (18A598) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until March 4, 2019.

Mar 01 2019	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 4, 2019)
	Petition Appendix Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Mar 22 2019	Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 4, 2019 to May 3, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
	Main Document
Mar 27 2019	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 3, 2019.

Apr 04 2019	Brief amicus curiae of The Software & Information Industry Association filed.
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Apr 04 2019	Brief amici curiae of Arkansas, et al. filed.
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Apr 04 2019	Brief amicus curiae of Matthew Bender & Co., Inc. filed.
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
May 01 2019	Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 3, 2019 to May 10, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
	Main Document
May 01 2019	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including May 10, 2019.

May 06 2019	Brief amici curiae of R Street Institute, et al. in support of respondent filed.
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
May 09 2019	Brief amici curiae of Next-Generation Legal Research Platforms and Databases and Digital Accessibility Advocate in support of respondent filed.
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
May 10 2019	Brief of respondent Public.Resource.Org, Inc. in opposition filed.
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
May 10 2019	Brief amici curiae of 119 Law Students, et al. filed.
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
May 24 2019	Reply of petitioners State of Georgia, et al. filed. (Distributed)
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
May 28 2019	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/13/2019.

Jun 17 2019	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/20/2019.

Jun 24 2019	Petition GRANTED.

Jul 02 2019	Joint motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
	Main Document
Jul 09 2019	Joint 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 August 23, 2019. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including October 9, 2019.

Aug 23 2019	Joint appendix (3 Volumes) filed. (Statement of costs filed)
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Aug 23 2019	Brief of petitioners State of Georgia, et al. filed.
	Main Document Other Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Aug 29 2019	Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Home Builders in support of neither party filed.
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Aug 30 2019	Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count
Aug 30 2019	Brief amici curiae of American Society For Testing And Materials, et al. in support of neither party filed.
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Aug 30 2019	Brief amicus curiae of The Software & Information Industry Association filed.
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Aug 30 2019	Brief amici curiae of Arkansas, et al. filed.
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Aug 30 2019	Brief amici curiae of International Code Council, Inc. and American Gas Association filed.
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Aug 30 2019	Brief amicus curiae of Matthew Bender & Co., Inc. filed.
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Aug 30 2019	Brief amicus curiae of The Copyright Alliance filed.
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Sep 13 2019	SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, December 2, 2019.

Oct 09 2019	Brief of respondent Public.Resource.Org, Inc. filed.
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Oct 11 2019	Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
	Proof of Service Main Document
Oct 11 2019	Brief amici curiae of The R Street Institute, the Wikimedia Foundation, and Public Knowledge filed.
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Oct 15 2019	Brief amici curiae of 36 Computational Law Scholars filed.
	Main Document Other Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Oct 15 2019	Brief amicus curiae of Internet Association filed.
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Oct 16 2019	Brief amici curiae of The Center for Democracy and Technology and Cato Institute filed.
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Oct 16 2019	Brief amici curiae of Current and Former Government Officials filed.
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Oct 16 2019	Brief amici curiae of American Library Association, et al. filed.
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Oct 16 2019	Brief amici curiae of Professor Shyamkrishna Balganesh and Professor Peter S. Menell filed.
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Oct 16 2019	Brief amici curiae of 39 Law Students, 24 Solo and Small-Firm Practitioners of Law, and 38 Legal Educators filed.
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Oct 16 2019	Brief amici curiae of 116 Law Librarians and 5 Law Library Organizations filed.
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Oct 16 2019	Brief amici curiae of Next-Generation Legal Research Platforms and Databases filed.
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Oct 16 2019	Corrected Certificate of Word Count with respect to amici brief of Next-Generation Legal Research Platforms and Databases filed. (Oct 23, 2019).
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Oct 16 2019	Brief amici curiae of Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press & 25 Media Organizations filed.
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Oct 16 2019	Brief amicus curiae of American Intellectual Property Association filed.
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Oct 16 2019	Brief amici curiae of The American Civil Liberties Union, et al. filed.
	Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Oct 16 2019	Brief amici curiae of Brendan Keefe, in His Official Capacity as Chief Investigative Reporter for 11Alive Atlanta, and WXIA-TV filed.
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Oct 16 2019	Brief amici curiae of Tennessee Coalition for Open Government and Human Rights Defense Center filed.
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Oct 16 2019	Brief amici curiae of Electronic Privacy Information Center, et al. filed.
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Oct 16 2019	Brief amici curiae of Print Disability Advocates filed.
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Oct 16 2019	Brief amici curiae of Law Professors Nina Mendelson, et al. filed.
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Oct 16 2019	Brief amicus curiae of Caselaw Access Project filed.
	Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Oct 23 2019	Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 11th Circuit.

Oct 25 2019	CIRCULATED

Nov 04 2019	Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.

Nov 08 2019	Reply of petitioners State of Georgia, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Dec 02 2019	Argued. For petitioners: Joshua S. Johnson, Washington, D. C.; and Anthony A. Yang, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondent: Eric F. Citron, Bethesda, Md.

Apr 27 2020	Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Roberts, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Alito, J., joined, and in which Breyer, J., joined as to all but Part II–A and footnote 6. Ginsburg, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Breyer, J., joined.

May 29 2020	JUDGMENT ISSUED.

NAME	ADDRESS	PHONE
Attorneys for Petitioners
Joshua Stephen Johnson Counsel of Record	Vinson & Elkins LLP 2200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Suite 500 West Washington, DC 20037 joshjohnson@velaw.com	202-639-6500
Party name: State of Georgia, et al.
Attorneys for Respondent
Eric F. Citron Counsel of Record	Goldstein & Russell, P.C. 7475 Wisconsin Ave., Suite 850 Bethesda, MD 20814 ecitron@goldsteinrussell.com	(202) 362-0636
Party name: Public.Resource.Org, Inc.
Other
Christopher Theodore Bavitz Counsel of Record	Cyberlaw Clinic, Harvard Law School 1585 Massachusetts, Ave, Suite WCC 5018 Cambridge, MA 02138 cbavitz@law.harvard.edu	6174965155
Party name: Caselaw Access Project
Marta Francesca Belcher Counsel of Record	Ropes & Gray LLP 1900 University Avenue, 6th Floor East Palo Alto, CA 94303 Marta.Belcher@ropesgray.com	650 617 4005
Party name: The Center for Democracy and Technology and Cato Institute
Nicholas Jacob Bronni Counsel of Record	Solicitor General of Arkansas Arkansas Attorney General's Office 323 Center St., Suite 200 Little Rock, AR 72201 nicholas.bronni@arkansasag.gov	501-682-6302
Party name: Arkansas, et al.
Bruce David Brown Counsel of Record	Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press 1156 15th St. NW Suite 1020 Washington, DC 20005 bbrown@rcfp.org	2027959300
Party name: Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press & 25 Media Organizations
Amy Christine Chai Counsel of Record	National Association of Home Builders 1201 15th Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 achai@nahb.org	2022668232
Party name: National Association of Home Builders
David D. Cole Counsel of Record	American Civil Liberties Union Foundation 915 15th Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 dcole@aclu.org	212-549-2611
Party name: The American Civil Liberties Union, et al.
Kyle Kenneth Courtney Counsel of Record	Harvard University 1 Harvard Yard, Widener G-20 Cambridge, MA 02138 kyle_courtney@harvard.edu	617-495-4089
Party name: 116 Law Librarians and 5 Law Library Organizations
Sarang Vijay Damle Counsel of Record	Latham & Watkins LLP 555 Eleventh Street NW Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20004 sy.damle@lw.com	202-637-3332
Party name: Current and Former Government Officials
Charles Duan Counsel of Record	R Street Institute 1212 New York Ave NW Suite 900 Washington, DC 20005 cduan@rstreet.org	(202) 525-5717
Party name: The R Street Institute, the Wikimedia Foundation, and Public Knowledge
Charles Duan Counsel of Record	R Street Institute 1212 New York Ave NW Suite 900 Washington, DC 20005 supremecourt.gov@cduan.com	(202) 525-5717
Party name: R Street Institute, et al.
Noel J. Francisco	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
Joseph Charles Gratz Counsel of Record	Durie Tangri LLP 217 Leidesdorff Street San Francisco, CA 94111 jgratz@durietangri.com	415-362-6666
Party name: Internet Association
James Hamilton Counsel of Record	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004 james.hamilton@morganlewis.com	202-739-3000
Party name: International Code Council, Inc.; American Gas Association
Gautam Singh Hans Counsel of Record	Vanderbilt University Law School 131 21st Avenue South Nashville, TN 37203 gautam.hans@vanderbilt.edu	615-343-2213
Party name: Tennessee Coalition for Open Government and Human Rights Defense Center
Paul Robert Koster Counsel of Record	Emory Law School 1301 Clifton Road Atlanta, GA 30322 paul.koster@emory.edu	4047273957
Party name: Brendan Keefe, in His Official Capacity as Chief Investigative Reporter for 11Alive Atlanta, and WXIA-TV
Michael Alan Livermore Counsel of Record	University of Virginia School of Law 580 Massie Road Charlottesville, VA 22903 mlivermore@virginia.edu	(434) 982-6224
Party name: 36 Computational Law Scholars
Phillip Robert Malone Counsel of Record	Juelsgaard Intellectual Property and Innovation Clinic Mills Legal Clinic at Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way Stanford, CA 94305 pmalone@law.stanford.edu	650-725-6369
Party name: Next-Generation Legal Research Platforms and Databases and Digital Accessibility Advocate
Phillip Robert Malone Counsel of Record	Juelsgaard Intellectual Property and Innovation Clinic Mills Legal Clinic at Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way Stanford, CA 94305 pmalone@law.stanford.edu	650-725-6369
Party name: Next-Generation Legal Research Platforms and Databases
Peter S. Menell Counsel of Record	University of California Univ. of California, Berkeley School of Law 225 Bancroft Way Berkeley, CA 94720-7200 pmenell@law.berkeley.edu	510 642-5489
Party name: Professor Shyamkrishna Balganesh and Professor Peter S. Menell
Jeffrey Theodore Pearlman Counsel of Record	IP & Technology Law Clinic, USC Gould School of Law 699 Exposition Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 94303 scotus@jef.pe	214-684-4533
Party name: 39 Law Students, 24 Solo and Small-Firm Practitioners of Law, and 38 Legal Educators
Jeffrey Theodore Pearlman Counsel of Record	IP & Technology Law Clinic, USC Gould School of Law 699 Exposition Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90089-0071 scotus@jef.pe	213-740-7613
Party name: 119 Law Students, 54 Solo and Small-Firm Practitioners of Law, and 21 Legal Educators
Andrew John Pincus Counsel of Record	Mayer Brown LLP 1999 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20006 apincus@mayerbrown.com	202-263-3000
Party name: The Software & Information Industry Association
Marc Rotenberg Counsel of Record	Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) 1718 Connecticut Ave., NW Suite 200 Washington, DC 20009 rotenberg@epic.org	202-415-6788
Party name: Electronic Privacy Information Center, et al.
Misha Tseytlin Counsel of Record	Troutman Sanders LLP One North Wacker Drive Suite 2905 Chicago, IL 60606 misha.tseytlin@troutman.com	3127595947
Party name: Matthew Bender & Co., Inc.
Jennifer Marie Urban Counsel of Record	Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic, 353 Boalt Hall, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law Berkeley, CA 94720-7200 jurban@law.berkeley.edu	510-642-7338
Party name: American Library Association, et al.
Donald B. Verrilli Jr. Counsel of Record	Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP 1155 F Streeet NW 7th Floor Washington, DC 20004 donald.verrilli@mto.com	202-220-1100
Party name: American Society For Testing And Materials, et al.
Brian D. Wassom Counsel of Record	Warner Norcross + Judd 45000 River Ridge Drive Suite 300 Clinton Twp., MI 48038 bwassom@wnj.com	(248) 784-5039
Party name: American Intellectual Property Association
Jessica Paulie Weber Counsel of Record	Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP 120 E. Baltimore Street, Suite 1700 Baltimore, MD 21202 jweber@browngold.com	4109621030
Party name: Print Disability Advocates
Nancy E. Wolff Counsel of Record	Cowan DeBaets Abrahams & Sheppard LLP 41 Madison Avenue, 38th Floor New York, NY 10010 nwolff@cdas.com	212-974-7474
Party name: The Copyright Alliance
Allison M. Zieve Counsel of Record	Public citizen Litigation Group 1600 20th Street NW Washington, DC 20009 azieve@citizen.org	202-588-1000
Party name: Law Professors Nina Mendelson, et al.