Acknowledgement of receipt (07/28/08) of judgment from Clerk, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit received.

JUDGMENT ISSUED.

Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Souter, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Stevens, Scalia, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, and Alito, JJ., joined. Roberts, C. J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Scalia, J., joined. (orders list)

Argued. For petitioner: Danielle Spinelli, Washington, D.C. For respondent: Gregory S. Coleman, Austin, Tex.

Reply of petitioner Walter A. Rothgery filed. (Distributed)

Motion of Texas, et al. for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument DENIED. (orders list)

Application (07A710) denied by Justice Scalia.

Application (07A710) to file a reply brief on the merits in excess of the word limits, submitted to Justice Scalia.

Motion of Texas, et al. for leave to participate in oral argument as amici curiae and for divided argument filed.

Brief amici curiae of Texas, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Texas Association of Counties, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief of respondent Gillespie County, Texas filed. (Distributed)

CIRCULATED.

Brief amicus curiae of Twenty-Four Professors of Law filed.

Brief amici curiae of Brennan Center, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed.

Brief amicus curiae of American Bar Association filed.

SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Monday, March 17, 2008.

Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner GRANTED. (orders list)

Brief of petitioner Walter A. Rothgery filed.

Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner Walter A. Rothgery.

Record received from U.S.D.C. for the Western District of Texas. (1 box)

Record received from U.S.C.A. for the 5th Circuit. (1envelope)

Petition GRANTED. (orders list)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 30, 2007.

Reply of petitioner Walter A. Rothgery filed. (Distributed)

Brief of respondent Gillespie County, Texas in opposition filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Twenty-Two Professors of Law filed.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 1, 2007)

Walter A. Rothgery, Petitioner, represented by Danielle Mary Spinelli

Walter A. Rothgery, Petitioner, represented by Seth P. Waxman

Gillespie County, Texas, Respondent, represented by Gregory S. Coleman

Gillespie County, Texas, Respondent, represented by Charles S. Frigerio

American Bar Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by William H Neukom

Brennan Center, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Anthony J. Franze

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Amicus Curiae, represented by Ian Heath Gershengorn

Texas Association of Counties, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Alan Keith Curry

Texas, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by R. Ted Cruz

Twenty-Two Professors of Law, Amicus Curiae, represented by Christopher J. Wright