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No. 18-485
Title:	Edward G. McDonough, Petitioner v. Youel Smith, Individually and as Special District Attorney for the County of Rensselaer, New York, aka Trey Smith
Docketed:	October 16, 2018

Lower Ct:	United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Case Numbers:	(17-296)
Decision Date:	August 3, 2018
Rehearing Denied:	September 12, 2018
Discretionary Court Decision Date:

Questions Presented

Date	Proceedings and Orders
Oct 12 2018	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 15, 2018)
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Nov 02 2018	Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 15, 2018 to December 7, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
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Nov 06 2018	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 7, 2018.

Nov 15 2018	Brief amici curiae of Criminal Defense Organizations, et al. filed.
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Nov 15 2018	Brief amicus curiae of Cause of Action Institute filed.
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Nov 15 2018	Brief amicus curiae of Criminal Justice Institute of Harvard Law School filed.
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Dec 07 2018	Brief of respondent Youel Smith in opposition filed.
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Dec 17 2018	Letter waiving the 14-day waiting period under Rule 15.5 filed.
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Dec 18 2018	Reply of petitioner Edward G. McDonough filed.
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Dec 19 2018	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/4/2019.

Jan 07 2019	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/11/2019.

Jan 11 2019	Petition GRANTED.

Feb 11 2019	SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, April 17, 2019

Feb 25 2019	Brief of petitioner Edward G. McDonough filed.
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Feb 25 2019	Joint appendix filed.
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Feb 26 2019	Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Edward G. McDonough.
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Mar 04 2019	Brief amicus curiae of Criminal Justice Institute of Harvard Law School filed.
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Mar 04 2019	Brief amicus curiae of Cause of Action Institute filed.
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Mar 04 2019	Brief amici curiae of Criminal Defense Organizations, et al. filed.
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Mar 04 2019	Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed.
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Mar 04 2019	Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
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Mar 04 2019	Brief amici curiae of Center on the Administration of Criminal Law at NYU School of Law, et al. filed.
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Mar 04 2019	Brief amici curiae of Federal Court Scholars, et al. filed.
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Mar 04 2019	Brief amicus curiae of St. Thomas More Lawyers Guild of Rochester, New York filed.

Mar 04 2019	Brief amicus curiae of The Innocence Network filed.
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Mar 20 2019	CIRCULATED

Mar 21 2019	Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 2nd Circuit.

Mar 27 2019	Brief of respondent Youel Smith filed. (Distributed)
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Apr 02 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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Apr 03 2019	Record received from the U.S.D.C. Northern District of New York is electronic.

Apr 03 2019	Brief amici curiae of International Municipal Lawyers Association, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Apr 03 2019	Brief amici curiae of Indiana, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Apr 03 2019	Motion of International Municipal Lawyers Association, et al. for leave to participate in oral argument as amici curiae and for divided argument filed.
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Apr 03 2019	Motion of St. Thomas More Lawyers Guild of Rochester, New York for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
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Apr 03 2019	Motion of Indiana, et al. for leave to participate in oral argument as amici curiae and for divided argument filed.
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Apr 10 2019	Reply of petitioner Edward G. McDonough filed. (Distributed)
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Apr 12 2019	Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.

Apr 12 2019	Motion of Indiana, et al. for leave to participate in oral argument as amici curiae and for divided argument DENIED.

Apr 12 2019	Motion of International Municipal Lawyers Association, et al. for leave to participate in oral argument as amici curiae and for divided argument DENIED.

Apr 12 2019	Motion of St. Thomas More Lawyers Guild of Rochester, New York for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument DENIED.

Apr 17 2019	Argued. For petitioner: Neal K. Katyal, Washington, D. C.; and Jeffrey B. Wall, Principal Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondent: Thomas J. O'Connor, Albany, N. Y.

Jun 20 2019	Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Sotomayor, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Kagan and Gorsuch, JJ., joined.

Jul 22 2019	JUDGMENT ISSUED.

NAME	ADDRESS	PHONE
Attorneys for Petitioner
Neal Kumar Katyal Counsel of Record	Hogan Lovells US LLP 555 Thirteenth St., N.W. Washington, DC 20004 neal.katyal@hoganlovells.com	202 637 5600
Party name: Edward G. McDonough
Attorneys for Respondent
Thomas James O'Connor Counsel of Record	Napierski, VanDenburgh, Napierski & O'Connor, LLP 296 Washington Avenue Extension, Suite 3 Albany, NY 12203 toc@nvnolaw.com	5188629292
Party name: Youel Smith
Other
Robert Stanton Jones Counsel of Record	Arnold & Porter LLP 601 Massachusetts Ave, NW Washington, DC 20001 stanton.jones@apks.com	202-942-5855
Party name: Criminal Defense Organizations, Civil Rights Organizations, and the Cato Institute
John Julian Vecchione Counsel of Record	Cause of Action Institute 1875 Eye Street, N.W., Suite 800 Washington, DC 20006 john.vecchione@causeofaction.org	202-499-4232
Party name: Cause of Action Institute
Geoffrey Paul Eaton Counsel of Record	Winston & Strawn LLP 1700 K St. NW Washington, DC 20006 geaton@winston.com	202-282-5705
Party name: International Municipal Lawyers Association, National League of Cities, and U.S. Conference of Mayors
Thomas M. Fisher Counsel of Record	Indiana AG's Office, IGC S., 5th Fl. 302 W. Washington Indianapolis, IN 46204 tom.fisher@atg.in.gov	317-232-6255
Party name: Indiana, Arkansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, Ohio, South Carolina and Texas
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
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
Benjamin Gruenstein Counsel of Record	Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP 825 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10019 bgruenstein@cravath.com	2124741000
Party name: THE INNOCENCE NETWORK
Jonathan Loevy Counsel of Record	Loevy and Loevy 311 N. Aberdeen 3rd FL Chicago, IL 60607 jon@loevy.com	312-243-5900
Party name: Federal Court Scholars, Leah Litman, James Pfander, Suzanna Sherry, Amanda Tyler, and Stephen Vladeck
Mark W. Mosier Counsel of Record	Covington & Burling, LLP One CityCenter 850 Tenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 mmosier@cov.com	202-662-6000
Party name: Center on the Administration of Criminal Law at NYU School of Law, et al.
John M. Regan Jr. Counsel of Record	Law office of John M. Regan, Jr. 1100 University Ave., Suite 209 Rochester, NY 14607 strikelawyer@gmail.com	585-568-9553
Party name: St. Thomas More Lawyers Guild of Rochester, New York
Ronald S. Sullivan Jr. Counsel of Record	Criminal Justice Institute of Harvard Law School 6 Everett Street, Suite 516 Cambridge, MA 02138 rsullivan@law.harvard.edu	617-496-8143
Party name: Criminal Justice Institute of Harvard Law School