Decided

No. 07-542

Arizona v. Rodney Joseph Gant

from the Supreme Court of Arizona

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Docket Entries

Record returned to Superior County of Pima County Arizona.

Record returned to Supreme Court of Arizona.

MANDATE ISSUED. (orders list)

Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Stevens, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Scalia, Souter, Thomas, and Ginsburg, JJ., joined. Scalia, J., filed a concurring opinion. Breyer, J., filed a dissenting opinion. Alito, J., filed a dissenting opinion

Argued. For petitioner: Joseph T. Maziarz, Assistant Attorney General, Phoenix, Ariz.; and Anthony Yang, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondent: Thomas F. Jacobs

Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. (orders list)

Reply of petitioner Arizona filed. (Distributed)

Record received from the Supreme Court of Arizona. (1 box) (There are sealed documetns in this record)

Application (08A115) granted by Justice Kennedy for an extension of time to file petitioner's reply brief on the merits to and including September 2, 2008.

Application (08A115) for an extension of time to file petitioner's reply brief on the merits to and including September 2, 2008, submitted to Justice Kennedy.

Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Federal Defenders filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Laywers filed. (Distributed)

Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.

Brief amici curiae of ACLU and the ACLU of Arizona filed. (Distributed)

Brief of respondent Rodney Joseph Gant filed. (Distributed)

Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs in support of either or neither party received from counsel for the respondent.

CIRCULATED

SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Tuesday, October 7, 2008.

The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is further extended to and including July 18, 2008.

Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by Americans for Effective Law Enforcement, et al. GRANTED. (orders list)

Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by National Association of Police Organizations, Inc. GRANTED. (orders list)

Brief amici curiae of Florida, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Los Angeles County filed.

Brief of petitioner Arizona filed.

Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)

Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by National Association of Police Organizations, Inc.

The time within which to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including May 12, 2008.

Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by Americans for Effective Law Enforcement, et al.

Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by National Association of Police Organizations, Inc. GRANTED. (orders list)

Petition GRANTED limited to the following Question: Does the Fourth Amendment require law enforcement officers to demonstrate a threat to their safety or a need to preserve evidence related to the crime of arrest in order to justify a warrantless vehicul (orders list)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 22, 2008.

Reply of petitioner Arizona filed. (Distributed)

Brief of respondent Rodney Joseph Gant in opposition filed.

Order extending time to file response to petition to and including January 24, 2008.

Response Requested . (Due January 10, 2008)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 4, 2008.

Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by National Association of Police Organizations, Inc.

Brief amicus curiae of Los Angeles County filed.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 23, 2007)

Parties

Arizona, Petitioner, represented by Joseph T. Maziarz

Arizona, Petitioner, represented by Randall M. Howe

Rodney Joseph Gant, Respondent, represented by Thomas F. Jacobs

Rodney Joseph Gant, Respondent, represented by Henry Lawrence Jacobs

Amici Curiae

ACLU and the ACLU of Arizona, Amicus Curiae, represented by James J. Tomkovicz

Americans for Effective Law Enforcement, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by James P. Manak

Arizona v. Rodney Joseph Gant, Amicus Curiae, represented by Anthony Alan Yang

Florida, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Scott D. Makar

Los Angeles County, Amicus Curiae, represented by Phyllis C. Asayama

National Association of Criminal Defense Laywers, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jeffrey L. Fisher

National Association of Federal Defenders, Amicus Curiae, represented by Ketanji Brown Jackson

National Association of Police Organizations, Inc., Amicus Curiae, represented by Devallis Rutledge

United States, Amicus Curiae, represented by Elena Kagan

 
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