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No. 18-281
Title:	Virginia House of Delegates, et al., Appellants v. Golden Bethune-Hill, et al.
Docketed:	September 6, 2018
Linked with 18A629
Lower Ct:	United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
Case Numbers:	(3:14cv852)
Decision Date:	June 26, 2018
Rehearing Denied:
Discretionary Court Decision Date:

Questions Presented

Date	Proceedings and Orders
Sep 04 2018	Statement as to jurisdiction filed. (Response due October 9, 2018)
	Jurisdictional Statement Appendix Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Oct 09 2018	Motion to dismiss filed by State Appellees'.
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Oct 09 2018	Motion to dismiss or affirm filed by appellees Golden Bethune-Hill, et al.
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Oct 23 2018	Opposition to appellees' motions to dismiss or affirm from appellants Virginia House of Delegates, et al. filed. (Distributed)
	Main Document Other Proof of Service
Oct 24 2018	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/9/2018.

Nov 13 2018	Further consideration of the question of jurisdiction is POSTPONED to the hearing of the case on the merits. In addition to the questions presented by the jurisdictional statement, the parties are directed to fully brief the following question: Whether appellants have standing to bring this appeal.

Dec 13 2018	Application (18A629) for a stay pending appeal, submitted to The Chief Justice.
	Main Document Lower Court Orders/Opinions Proof of Service
Dec 14 2018	Response to application (18A629) requested by The Chief Justice, due Thursday, December 20, 2018, by noon ET.

Dec 20 2018	Response to application from respondents Virginia State Board of Elections, et al. filed.
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Dec 20 2018	Response to application from respondents Golden Bethune Hill, et al. filed.
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Dec 21 2018	Reply of applicant Virginia House of Delegates, et al. filed.
	Reply Proof of Service
Dec 26 2018	Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Virginia House of Delegates, et al.
	Blanket Consent
Dec 28 2018	Joint appendix filed (9 volumes). (Statement of costs received)
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Dec 28 2018	Brief of appellants Virginia House of Delegates, et al. filed.
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Jan 04 2019	Brief amicus curiae of United States in support of neither party filed.
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Jan 04 2019	Brief amici curiae of Lee Chatfield, in His Official Capacity as Speaker-Elect of The Michigan House of Representatives, et al. filed.
	Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Jan 04 2019	Brief amici curiae of American Legislative Exchange Council, et al. filed.
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Jan 04 2019	Brief amicus curiae of Criminal Justice Legal Foundation filed.
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Jan 08 2019	Application (18A629) referred to the Court.

Jan 08 2019	Application (18A629) denied by the Court.

Jan 25 2019	SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, March 18, 2019

Jan 28 2019	Brief of appellees Golden Bethune-Hill, et al. filed.
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Jan 28 2019	Brief of State Appellees filed.
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Jan 29 2019	Blanket Consent filed by appellees Bethune-Hill, et al.
	Blanket Consent
Jan 31 2019	Joint motion for divided argument filed by appellees.
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Feb 01 2019	Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
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Feb 04 2019	Brief amicus curiae of The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law filed.
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Feb 14 2019	CIRCULATED

Feb 19 2019	Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.

Feb 19 2019	Joint motion of appellees for enlargement of time for oral argument and for divided argument GRANTED in part, and the time is divided as follows: 25 minutes for appellants, 10 minutes for the Solicitor General as amicus curiae, 10 minutes for appellees Virginia State Board of Elections, et al., and 15 minutes for appellees Golden Bethune-Hill, et al.

Feb 21 2019	Record requested from the U.S.D.C. Eastern Dist. of VA.

Feb 27 2019	Reply of appellants Virginia House of Delegates, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Feb 28 2019	The record received from U.S.D.C. Eastern Dist. of Virginia. (1 Envelop and 3 Boxes).

Mar 18 2019	Argued. For appellants: Paul D. Clement, Washington, D. C. For United States, as amicus curiae: Morgan L. Ratner, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For appellees Virginia State Board of Elections, et al.: Toby J. Heytens, Solicitor General of Virginia, Richmond, Va. For appellees Golden Bethune-Hill, et al.: Marc E. Elias, Washington, D. C.

Jun 17 2019	Appeal dismissed. Ginsburg, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Thomas, Sotomayor, Kagan, and Gorsuch, JJ., joined. Alito, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Roberts, C. J., and Breyer and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined.

Jul 19 2019	JUDGMENT ISSUED.

NAME	ADDRESS	PHONE
Attorneys for Appellants
Paul D. Clement Counsel of Record	Kirkland & Ellis LLP 655 Fifteenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 paul.clement@kirkland.com	(202) 879-5000
Party name: Virginia House of Delegates, et al.
Efrem M. Braden	Baker &Hostetler LLP 1050 Connecticut Avenue NW Suite 1100 Washington, DC 20036 mbraden@bakerlaw.com	202-861-1504
Party name: Virginia House of Delegates, et al.
Attorneys for Appellees
Marc Erik Elias Counsel of Record	Perkins Cole, LLP 700 13th St, NW Ste. 600 Washington, DC 20005-3960 melias@perkinscoie.com	202-434-1609
Party name: Golden Bethune-Hill, et al.
Toby Jay Heytens Counsel of Record	Office of the Attorney General 202 North Ninth Street Richmond, VA 23225 SolicitorGeneral@oag.state.va.us	8047867240
Party name: Virginia State Board of Elections, James B. Alcorn, Virginia Department of Elections, Christopher E. Piper, Clara Belle Wheeler, Singleton B. McAllister
Other
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
Michael Courtney Keats Counsel of Record	Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP One New York Plaza New York, NY 10004 michael.keats@friedfrank.com	(212) 859-8914
Party name: The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
Marguerite Mary Leoni Counsel of Record	Nielsen Merksamer Parrinello Gross & Leoni LLP 2350 Kerner Blvd. Suite 250 San Rafael, CA 94901 mleoni@nmgovlaw.com	415-389-6800
Party name: American Legislative Exchange Council, et al.
Kent Stephen Scheidegger Counsel of Record	Criminal Justice Legal Fdtn. 2131 L Street Sacramento, CA 95816 Kent.Scheidegger@cjlf.org	9164460345
Party name: Criminal Justice Legal Foundation
Jason Brett Torchinsky Counsel of Record	Holtzman Vogel Josefiak Torchinsky PLLC 45 North Hill Dr., Suite 100 Warrenton, VA 20186 jt@hvjt.law	540 341 8808
Party name: LEE CHATFIELD, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS SPEAKER-ELECT OF THE MICHIGAN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AARON MILLER, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS A MEMBER OF THE MICHIGAN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, JACK BERGMAN, BILL HUIZENGA, JOHN MOOLENAAR, FRED UPTON, TIM WALBERG, PAUL MITCHELL, GEORGE HOLDING, VIRGINIA FOXX, MARK WALKER, DAVID ROUZER, RICHARD HUDSON, PATRICK McHENRY, MARK MEADOWS, AND TED BUDD