Decided

No. 12-1168

Eleanor McCullen, et al. v. Martha Coakley, Attorney General of Massachusetts, et al.

from the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

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Docket Entries

JUDGMENT ISSUED.

Record returned for U.S.C.A. for First Circuit.

Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Roberts, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Scalia, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which Kennedy and Thomas, JJ., joined. Alito, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment.

Letter from counsel for the petitioners filed. Distributed

Argued. For petitioners: Mark L. Rienzi, Washington, D. C. For respondents: Jennifer Grace Miller, Assistant Attorney General, Boston, Mass.; and Ian H. Gershengorn, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.)

Reply of petitioners Eleanor McCullen, et al. filed. (Distributed)

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

Application (13A543) to extend the time to file a reply brief on the merits from December 16, 2013 to December 20, 2013, submitted to Justice Breyer.

Application (13A543) granted by Justice Breyer extending the time to file until December 20, 2013.

Brief amici curiae of City and County of San Francisco, California, and Seventeen Other Municipalities filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Victim Rights Law Center, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Anti-Defamation League, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of National League of Cities, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Civil Rights Organizations filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of New York, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Law Professors filed. (Distributed)

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

Record from the U.S.C.A. 1st Circuit is electronic and located on PACER. Also record received from the U.S.C.A. 1st Circuit. (1 Box)

Brief amici curiae of National Abortion Federation & 31 Other Organizations filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts and Planned Parenthood Federation of America filed. (Distributed)

Brief of respondents Martha Coakley, Attorney General of Massachusetts, et al. filed. (Distributed)

CIRCULATED

The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is further extended to and including November 15, 2013.

SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Wednesday, January 15, 2014.

Brief amicus curiae of 40 Days for Life filed.

Brief amici curiae of Life Legal Defense Foundation and Walter B. Hoye II filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Liberty Counsel filed.

Brief amicus curiae of American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed.

Brief amici curiae of Michigan and 11 Other States filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Institute for Justice in support of neither party filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund filed.

Brief amici curiae of Eugene Volokh, et al., filed.

Brief amici curiae of National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Bioethics Defense Fund, et al., filed.

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

Brief amicus curiae of The Rutherford Institute filed.

Brief amicus curiae of 12 Women Who Attest to the Importance of Free Speech in Their Abortion Decisions filed.

Brief amici curiae of Democrats for Life of America and Clergy for Better Choices filed.

Brief amicus curiae of American Center for Law and Justice filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Justice and Freedom Fund filed.

Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed.)

Brief of petitioners Eleanor McCullen, et al. filed.

The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including September 9, 2013.

The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including November 7, 2013.

Petition GRANTED.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 20, 2013.

Reply of petitioners Eleanor McCullen, et al. filed.

Brief of respondents Martha Coakley, Attorney General of Massachusetts, et al. in opposition filed.

Order extending time to file response to petition to and including May 24, 2013.

Brief amici curiae of Molly White, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Life Legal Defense Foundation, and Walter B. Hoye II filed.

Brief amici curiae of Richard W. Garnett, et al. filed.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 25, 2013)

Parties

Eleanor McCullen, et al., Petitioner, represented by Mark L. Rienzi

Martha Coakley, Attorney General of Massachusetts, et al., Respondent, represented by William W. Porter

Martha Coakley, Attorney General of Massachusetts, et al., Respondent, represented by Jennifer Grace Miller

Amici Curiae

40 Days for Life, Amicus Curiae, represented by William L. Saunders

American Center for Law and Justice, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jay Alan Sekulow

American Civil Liberties Union, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Steven R. Shapiro

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Jack R. Bierig

American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, Amicus Curiae, represented by Matthew J. Ginsburg

Anti-Defamation League, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by A.W. Phinney III.

Bioethics Defense Fund, et al.,, Amicus Curiae, represented by Dorinda C. Bordlee

Cato Institute, Amicus Curiae, represented by Ilya Shapiro

Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence, Amicus Curiae, represented by Anthony T. Caso

City and County of San Francisco, California, and Seventeen Other Municipalities, Amicus Curiae, represented by Abigail K. Hemani

Civil Rights Organizations0, Amicus Curiae, represented by Stephanie Toti

Democrats for Life of America and Clergy for Better Choices, Amicus Curiae, represented by Thomas Kenneth Berg

Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund, Amicus Curiae, represented by Lawrence J. Joseph

Eugene Volokh, et al.,, Amicus Curiae, represented by Matthew Allen Fitzgerald

Institute for Justice, Amicus Curiae, represented by Robert Peller Frommer

Justice and Freedom Fund, Amicus Curiae, represented by James L. Hirsen

Law Professors, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jonathan M. Albano

Liberty Counsel, Amicus Curiae, represented by Mathew D. Staver

Life Legal Defense Foundation, and Walter B. Hoye II, Amicus Curiae, represented by Catherine W. Short

Michigan and 11 Other States, Amicus Curiae, represented by Aaron D. Lindstrom

Molly White, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Carrie Campbell Severino

National Abortion Federation & 31 Other Organizations, Amicus Curiae, represented by Maria T. Vullo

National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by John D. Inazu

National League of Cities, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Mary Jean Dolan

New York, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Barbara D. Underwood

Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts and Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Amicus Curiae, represented by Walter Dellinger

Richard W. Garnett, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Ryan A. Shores

The Rutherford Institute, Amicus Curiae, represented by John W. Whitehead

United States, Amicus Curiae, represented by Donald B. Verrilli Jr.

United States, Amicus Curiae, represented by Ian Heath Gershengorn

Victim Rights Law Center, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Lisa S. Blatt

 
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