Decided

No. 13-983

Anthony Douglas Elonis v. United States

from the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

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Docket Entries

JUDGMENT ISSUED.

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

Argued. For petitioner: John P. Elwood, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Michael R. Dreeben, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C.

Record received from U.S.C.A. 3rd Circuit. The record is electronic.

Reply of petitioner Anthony Douglas Elonis filed. (Distributed)

CIRCULATED.

Brief amici curiae of National Network to End Domestic Violence, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Domestic Violence Legal Empowerment and Appeals Project, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Anti-Defamation League filed.

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

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

Brief of respondent United States filed.

Brief amicus curiae of National Center for Victims of Crime filed.

Record requested from U.S.C.A. 3rd Circuit.

SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, December 1, 2014.

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

Brief amici curiae of People for Ethical Treatment of Animals, Inc. (PETA), et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Center for Individual Rights filed.

Brief amici curiae of Student Press Law Center, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Rutherford Institute, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project, et al. filed.

Joint appendix (2 volumes) filed. (Statement of costs filed.)

Brief of petitioner Anthony Douglas Elonis filed.

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

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

The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including September 29, 2014.

The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including August 15, 2014.

Petition GRANTED In addition to the question presented by the petition, the parties are directed to brief and argue the following question: "Whether, as a matter of statutory interpretation, conviction of threatening another person under 18 U. S. C. �875(c) requires proof of the defendant's subjective intent to threaten."

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 12, 2014.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 5, 2014.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 29, 2014.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 22, 2014.

Reply of petitioner Anthony Douglas Elonis filed.

Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.

Brief amici curiae of Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression, et al. filed.

Order extending time to file response to petition to and including April 21, 2014.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 21, 2014)

Application (13A695) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until February 14, 2014.

Application (13A695) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 15, 2014 to March 7, 2014, submitted to Justice Alito.

Parties

Anthony Douglas Elonis, Petitioner, represented by John P. Elwood

United States, Respondent, represented by Donald B. Verrilli Jr.

United States, Respondent, represented by Michael R. Dreeben

Amici Curiae

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

Anti-Defamation League, Amicus Curiae, represented by Christopher Wolf

Center for Individual Rights, Amicus Curiae, represented by Michael E. Rosman

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

Domestic Violence Legal Empowerment and Appeals Project, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by David B. Salmons

Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Clay Calvert

National Center for Victims of Crime, Amicus Curiae, represented by Rebecca J. Roe

National Network to End Domestic Violence, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Helen Gerostathos Guyton

People for Ethical Treatment of Animals, Inc. (PETA), et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Brian J. Murray

Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Bruce D. Brown

Rutherford Institute, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by John W. Whitehead

Student Press Law Center, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Sean D. Jordan

Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by J. Joshua Wheeler

Wisconsin, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Thomas C. Bellavia

 
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