Record returned to U.S.C.A. for 11th Circuit. 1-envelope

Record returned to U.S.D.C. for Southern District of Florida. 4-boxes

JUDGMENT ISSUED.

Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Breyer, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C J., and Stevens, Kennedy, Ginsburg, and Sotomayor, JJ., joined. Alito, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment. ... (orders list)

Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Breyer, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C J., and Stevens, Kennedy, Ginsburg, and Sotomayor, JJ., joined. Alito, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment. Scal (orders list)

Argued. For petitioner: Todd G. Scher, Miami Beach , Fla. (Appointed by this Court.) For respondent: Scott D. Makar, Solicitor General, Tallahassee, Fla.

Reply of petitioner Albert Holland filed. (Distributed)

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

Brief amicus curiae of Criminal Justice Foundation filed. (Distributed)

Brief of respondent Florida filed. (Distributed)

Record received from U.S.D.C. for Southern District of Florida. (4 boxes)

Record received from U.S.C.A. for 11th Circuit. (1 envelope)

CIRCULATED.

Brief amici curiae of Eleven Legal Historians filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Legal Ethics Professors and Practitioners, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Joint appendix filed (Volume I and II). (Statement of costs received)

Brief of petitioner Albert Holland filed.

Motion to appoint counsel filed by petitioner GRANTED. Todd G. Scher, Esquire, of Miami Beach, Florida, is appointed to serve as counsel for the petitioner in this case. (orders list)

The time within which to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is further extended to and including December 23, 2009.

SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Monday, March 1, 2010.

Motion DISTRIBUTED for Conference of December 4, 2009.

The time within which to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including December 16, 2009.

Motion to appoint counsel filed by petitioner Albert Holland.

Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED. (orders list)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 9, 2009.

Brief of respondent Florida in opposition filed.

Order extending time to file response to petition to and including September 14, 2009.

Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 17, 2009)

Application (08A880) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until May 13, 2009.

Application (08A880) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from April 13, 2009 to May 13, 2009, submitted to Justice Thomas.

Albert Holland, Petitioner, represented by Todd G. Scher

Florida, Respondent, represented by Louis Frederick Hubener III

Florida, Respondent, represented by Lisa-Marie Krause Lerner

American Civil Liberties Union, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Larry Yackle

Criminal Justice Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Kent S. Scheidegger

Eleven Legal Historians, Amicus Curiae, represented by William F. Sheehan

Legal Ethics Professors and Practitioners, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Lawrence J. Fox

Texas, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by James C. Ho