from the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
See other cases from Texas.
Application (08A98) denied by the Court. Opinion per curiam.
Application (08A98) referred to the Court by Justice Scalia.
Reply of applicant Jose Ernesto Medellin filed.
Response to application from respondent Texas filed.
Application (08A98) to recall and stay mandate, submitted to Justice Scalia.
Record returned to the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
MANDATE ISSUED. (orders list)
Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Roberts, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, and Alito, JJ., joined. Stevens, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment. Breyer, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Souter...
Argued. For petitioner: Donald F. Donovan, New York, N.Y.; and Paul D. Clement, Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondent: R. Ted Cruz, Solicitor General, Austin, Tex.
Reply of petitioner Jose Ernesto Medellin filed. (Distributed)
Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. (orders list)
Application (07A214) denied by Justice Scalia.
Application (07A214) to file a reply brief on the merits in excess of the page limits, submitted to Justice Scalia.
Brief of respondent Texas filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of Washington Legal Foundation, Randy and Sandra Ertman, and Allied Educational Foundation filed. (Distributed)
Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation, Randy and Sandra Ertman, and Allied Educational Foundation filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of Randy and Sandra Ertman and the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional and International Law Scholars filed. (Distributed)
Brief amicus curiae of Former Senior Officials of the Department of Justice filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of Commonwealth of Virginia, 27 Other States, and Puerto Rico filed. (Distributed)
Appendix of respondent filed. (Distributed)
Brief amicus curiae of Mountain States Legal Foundation filed. (Distributed)
Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner GRANTED. (orders list)
CIRCULATED.
SET FOR ARGUMENT Wednesday, October 10, 2007.
Record received from Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas. (1 box)
Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
The time within which to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including August 23, 2007.
Consent to the filing of amicus briefs in support of either party received from counsel for the petitioner.
Brief amicus curiae of Foreign Sovereigns, et al. filed.
Brief amici curiae of Ambassador L. Bruce Laingen, et al. filed.
Brief amicus curiae of American Bar Association filed.
Brief amicus curiae of International Court of Justice Experts filed.
Brief amicus curiae of EarthRights International in support of neither party filed.
Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
Brief amici curiae of Foreign Sovereigns, et al. filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Former United States Diplomats filed.
Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner Jose Ernesto Medellin.
Brief of petitioner Jose Ernesto Medellin filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Government of the United Mexican States filed.
Brief amici curiae of European Union and Members of International Community filed.
The time within which to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including June 28, 2007.
Petition GRANTED. (orders list)
Reply of petitioner Jose Ernesto Medellin filed. (Distributed)
Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
Brief of respondent Texas in opposition filed.
Brief amicus curiae of International Court of Justice Experts filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Government of the United Mexican States filed.
Order extending time to file response to petition to and including March 22, 2007.
Blanket consent to the filing of amicus briefs in support of either party received from counsel for the petitioner.
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 20, 2007)
Jose Ernesto Medellin, Petitioner, represented by Donald Francis Donovan
Texas, Respondent, represented by R. Ted Cruz
Ambassador L. Bruce Laingen, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Daniel C. Malone
American Bar Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by Karen J. Mathis
Commonwealth of Virginia, 27 Other States, and Puerto Rico, Amicus Curiae, represented by William E. Thro
Constitutional and International Law Scholars, Amicus Curiae, represented by Ernest A. Young
EarthRights International in support of neither party, Amicus Curiae, represented by Judith Brown Chomsky
European Union and Members of International Community, Amicus Curiae, represented by S. Adele Shank
Foreign Sovereigns, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Asim M. Bhansali
Former Senior Officials of the Department of Justice, Amicus Curiae, represented by Charles J. Cooper
Former United States Diplomats, Amicus Curiae, represented by Harold Hongju Koh
Government of the United Mexican States, Amicus Curiae, represented by Sandra L. Babcock
International Court of Justice Experts, Amicus Curiae, represented by Lori Fisler Damrosch
Mountain States Legal Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by William Perry Pendley
Randy and Sandra Ertman and the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Kent S. Scheidegger
United States, Amicus Curiae, represented by Paul D. Clement
Washington Legal Foundation, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Richard A. Samp