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No. 20-603
Title:	Le Roy Torres, Petitioner v. Texas Department of Public Safety
Docketed:	November 5, 2020

Lower Ct:	Court of Appeals of Texas, Thirteenth District
Case Numbers:	(13-17-00659-CV)
Decision Date:	November 20, 2018
Rehearing Denied:	December 19, 2018
Discretionary Court Decision Date:	June 5, 2020

Questions Presented

Date	Proceedings and Orders
Nov 02 2020	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 7, 2020)
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Nov 03 2020	Waiver of right of respondent Texas Department of Public Safety to respond filed.
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Nov 17 2020	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/4/2020.

Nov 24 2020	Response Requested. (Due December 28, 2020)

Dec 01 2020	Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 28, 2020 to January 27, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
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Dec 02 2020	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 27, 2021.

Dec 23 2020	Brief amicus curiae of Professor Jeffrey M. Hirsch filed.
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Dec 23 2020	Brief amicus curiae of Reserve Organization of America filed.
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Dec 23 2020	Brief amici curiae of Philip C. Bobbitt, Michael C. Dorf, and H. Jefferson Powell filed.
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Jan 27 2021	Brief of respondent Texas Department of Public Safety in opposition filed.
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Feb 10 2021	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/26/2021.

Feb 10 2021	Reply of petitioner Le Roy Torres filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 01 2021	The Acting Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States.

Nov 09 2021	Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
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Nov 23 2021	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/10/2021.

Nov 23 2021	Supplemental brief of petitioner Le Roy Torres filed. (Distributed)
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Dec 15 2021	Petition GRANTED.

Dec 22 2021	Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Texas Department of Public Safety
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Dec 29 2021	Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Le Roy Torres
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Dec 30 2021	Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner Le Roy Torres.
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Jan 18 2022	Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner GRANTED.

Jan 26 2022	Record requested from the Court of Appeals of Texas 13th District.

Jan 28 2022	ARGUMENT SET FOR Tuesday, March 29, 2022.

Jan 31 2022	The record received from the Court of Appeals of Texas 13th District is electronic and located on the Court of Appeals of Texas web site. Also one envelope containing the Notice of Appeal, Clerk's Record, and Reporter's Record.

Jan 31 2022	Brief of petitioner Le Roy Torres filed.
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Feb 07 2022	Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
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Feb 07 2022	Brief amici curiae of Scholars of Constitutional Law and The Law of Federal and State Courts filed.
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Feb 07 2022	Brief amicus curiae of Professor Jeffrey M. Hirsch filed.
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Feb 07 2022	Brief amici curiae of War Powers Scholars filed.
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Feb 07 2022	Brief amicus curiae of Reserve Organization of America filed.
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Feb 07 2022	Brief amici curiae of National Veterans Legal Services Program, et al. filed.
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Feb 07 2022	Brief amici curiae of Philip C. Bobbitt, Michael C. Dorf, and H. Jefferson Powell filed.
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Feb 07 2022	Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed.
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Feb 07 2022	Brief amici curiae of Former Members of Congress filed.
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Feb 07 2022	Brief amicus curiae of Bipartisan Members of Congress filed. (Distributed)
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Feb 11 2022	CIRCULATED

Mar 02 2022	Brief of respondent Texas Department of Public Safety filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 03 2022	Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
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Mar 09 2022	Brief amici curiae of State of Montana and 14 Other States filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 09 2022	Brief amicus curiae of Professor Philip A. Pucillo filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 09 2022	Brief amicus curiae of Separation of Powers Clinic at Antonin Scalia Law School filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 18 2022	Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae, for divided argument, and for enlargement of time for oral argument GRANTED.

Mar 18 2022	Reply of petitioner Le Roy Torres filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 29 2022	Argued. For petitioner: Andrew T. Tutt, Washington, D. C.; and Christopher G. Michel, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondent: Judd E. Stone, II, Solicitor General, Austin, Tex.

Jun 29 2022	Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Breyer, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Sotomayor, Kagan, and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined. Kagan, J., filed a concurring opinion. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Alito, Gorsuch, and Barrett, JJ., joined.

Aug 01 2022	JUDGMENT ISSUED

Aug 01 2022	MANDATE ISSUED

Jun 30 2023	Record has been returned.

NAME	ADDRESS	PHONE
Attorneys for Petitioner
Andrew Timothy Tutt Counsel of Record	Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer 601 Massachusetts Ave. NW Washington, DC 20001 andrew.tutt@arnoldporter.com	202-942-5000
Party name: Le Roy Torres
Attorneys for Respondent
Judd Edward Stone II Counsel of Record	Texas Attorney General's Office P.O. Box 12548 (MC 059) Austin, TX 78711-2548 judd.stone@oag.texas.gov	512-936-1700
Party name: Texas Department of Public Safety
Other
David Morgan Steven Dewhirst Counsel of Record	Office of the Solicitor General P.O. Box 201401 215 North Sanders Helena, MT 59620-1401 David.Dewhirst@mt.gov	406-444-2026
Party name: State of Montana and 14 Other States
Brendan Benjamin Gants Counsel of Record	Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP 601 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Suite 500 E Washington, DC 20001 brendan.gants@mto.com	202-220-1100
Party name: Philip C. Bobbitt, et al.
Elizabeth B. Prelogar Counsel of Record	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
Matthew James Dowd Counsel of Record	Dowd Scheffel PLLC 1717 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Suite 1025 Washington, DC 20006 mdowd@dowdscheffel.com	202-559-9175
Party name: Former Members of Congress
Michael R. Dreeben Counsel of Record	O’Melveny & Myers LLP 1625 I St. NW Washington, DC 20006 mdreeben@omm.com	202-383-5400
Party name: Scholars of Constitutional Law and The Law of Federal and State Courts
Adele Marie El-Khouri Counsel of Record	Munger Tolles & Olson LLP 601 Massachusetts Avenue NW Suite 500E Washington, DC 20001-5369 adele.el-khouri@mto.com	2022977027
Party name: Philip C. Bobbitt, Michael C. Dorf, and H. Jefferson Powell
Alec Winfield Farr Counsel of Record	Perkins Coie LLP 700 13th Street, NW Suite 800 Washington, DC 20005 AFarr@perkinscoie.com	202-654-6200
Party name: National Veterans Legal Services Program, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, Paralyzed Veterans of America, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and Vietnam Veterans of America
Scott William Gaylord Counsel of Record	Elon University School of Law 201 North Greene Street Greensboro, NC 27401 sgaylord@elon.edu	3362799331
Party name: Philip A. Pucillo
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
Theodore Augustus Howard Counsel of Record	Wiley Rein LLP 2050 M Street NW Washington, DC 20036 thoward@wiley.law	(202) 719-7120
Party name: Reserve Organization of America
R. Trent McCotter Counsel of Record	Separation of Powers Clinic, Gray Center Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University 3301 Fairfax Drive Arlington, VA 22201 rmccotte@gmu.edu	202-706-5488
Party name: Separation of Powers Clinic at Antonin Scalia Law School
Raffi Melkonian Counsel of Record	Wright, Close & Barger LLP 1 Riverway, Suite 2200 Houston, TX 77056 melkonian@wrightclose.com	713-572-4321
Party name: Bipartisan Members of Congress
Matthew David Rowen Counsel of Record	Kirkland & Ellis LLP 1301 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20004 matthew.rowen@kirkland.com	(202) 389-5000
Party name: War Powers Scholars
Richard A. Simpson Counsel of Record	Wiley Rein, LLP 2050 M Street, NW Washington, DC 20036 rsimpson@wiley.law	202-719-7314
Party name: Professor Jeffrey M. Hirsch