JUDGMENT ISSUED.

Petition GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Opinion per curiam. Justice Alito, with whom Justice Scalia joins, concurring in the judgment. (Detached Opinions)

Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. GRANTED.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 2, 2014.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 25, 2014.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 18, 2014.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 4, 2014.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 28, 2014.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 21, 2014.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 7, 2014.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 28, 2014.

Record received from U.S.D.C. Southern District of Texas (2 boxes).

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 21, 2014.

Record received from U.S.D.C. Southern District of Texas. The record is electronic.

Record received from U.S.C.A. 5th Circuit. The record is electronic.

Record Requested .

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 24, 2014.

Reply of petitioner Robert R. Tolan filed. (Distributed)

Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.

Brief of respondent Jeffrey Wayne Cotton in opposition filed.

Response Requested . (Due December 26, 2013)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of December 6, 2013.

Waiver of right of respondent Jeffrey Wayne Cotton to respond filed.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 2, 2013)

Robert R. Tolan, Petitioner, represented by Martin J. Siegel

Jeffrey Wayne Cotton, Respondent, represented by William S. Helfand

NACCP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, INC., Amicus Curiae, represented by Anthony S. Barkow