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Docket for 18-525

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No. 18-525
Title:	Fort Bend County, Texas, Petitioner v. Lois M. Davis
Docketed:	October 19, 2018

Lower Ct:	United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Case Numbers:	(16-20640)
Decision Date:	June 20, 2018
Rehearing Denied:	July 20, 2018
Discretionary Court Decision Date:

Questions Presented

Date	Proceedings and Orders
Oct 18 2018	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 19, 2018)
	Petition Appendix Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Nov 12 2018	Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 19, 2018 to December 19, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
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Nov 14 2018	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 19, 2018.

Dec 19 2018	Brief of respondent Lois Davis in opposition filed.
	Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Dec 21 2018	Letter waiving the 14-day waiting period under Rule 15.5 filed.
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Dec 26 2018	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/11/2019.

Dec 26 2018	Reply of petitioner Fort Bend County filed. (Distributed)
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Jan 11 2019	Petition GRANTED.

Jan 29 2019	Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Lois Davis.
	Blanket Consent
Feb 04 2019	Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Fort Bend County.
	Blanket Consent
Feb 11 2019	SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, April 22, 2019

Feb 25 2019	Brief of petitioner Fort Bend County filed.
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Feb 25 2019	Joint appendix filed.
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Feb 27 2019	Brief amicus curiae of Professor Scott Dodson in support of neither party filed.
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Mar 04 2019	Brief amici curiae of Center for Workplace Compliance, et al. filed.
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Mar 04 2019	Brief amici curiae of National Conference of State Legislatures, et al. filed.
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Mar 20 2019	CIRCULATED

Mar 21 2019	Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 5th Circuit.

Mar 27 2019	Brief of respondent Lois Davis filed. (Distributed)
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Apr 03 2019	Brief amicus curiae of NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Apr 03 2019	Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed. (Distributed)
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Apr 03 2019	Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. (Distributed)
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Apr 03 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	Brief amici curiae of National Employment Lawyers Association and The Employee Rights Advocacy Institute for Law & Policy filed. (Distributed)
	Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
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	Reply of petitioner Fort Bend County filed. (Distributed)
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Apr 22 2019	Argued. For petitioner: Colleen E. Roh Sinzdak, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Raffi Melkonian, Houston, Tex.; and Jonathan C. Bond, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.)

Jun 03 2019	Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Ginsburg, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.

Jul 05 2019	JUDGMENT ISSUED.

NAME	ADDRESS	PHONE
Attorneys for Petitioner
Colleen Elizabeth Roh Sinzdak Counsel of Record	Hogan Lovells LLP 555 13th Street NW Washington, DC 20004 colleen.sinzdak@hoganlovells.com	202-637-5600
Party name: Fort Bend County
Neal Kumar Katyal	Hogan Lovells US LLP 555 Thirteenth St., N.W. Washington, DC 20004 neal.katyal@hoganlovells.com	202 637 5528
Party name: Fort Bend County
Attorneys for Respondent
Raffi Melkonian Counsel of Record	Wright, Close & Barger LLP 1 Riverway, Suite 2200 Houston, TX 77056 melkonian@wrightclose.com	713-572-4321
Party name: Lois Davis
Other
Scott William Dodson Counsel of Record	UC Hastings College of the Law Professor of Law 200 McAlister Street San Francisco, CA 94102 dodson@alumni.duke.edu	925-285-1445
Party name: Scott Dodson
Michael L. Foreman Counsel of Record	Penn State Law - Civil Rights Appellate Clinic 329 Innovation Blvd. , Suite 118 University Park, PA 16803 mlf25@psu.edu	814-865-3832
Party name: National Employment Lawyers Association and The Employee Rights Advocacy Institute for Law & Policy
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 of America
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
Samuel Spital Counsel of Record	NAACP Legal Defense And Educational Fund, Inc. 40 Rector Street 5th Floor NEW YORK, NY 10006 sspital@naacpldf.org	(212) 965-2200
Party name: NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.
Collin O'Connor Udell Counsel of Record	Jackson Lewis P.C. 90 State House Square, 8th Floor Hartford, CT 06103-3708 collin.udell@jacksonlewis.com	8605220404
Party name: NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF STATE LEGISLATURES, et al.
Rae Thiesfield Vann Counsel of Record	NT Lakis, LLP 1501 M Street, NW Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20005 rvann@ntlakis.com	2026295600
Party name: Center for Workplace Compliance, NFIB Small Business Legal Center, Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, and National Retail Federation