Decided

No. 15-5040

Terrance Williams v. Pennsylvania

from the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Eastern District

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Docket Entries

Records from the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has been returned. (4 Boxes)

JUDGMENT ISSUED

MANDATE ISSUED

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

MANDATE ISSUED.

Argued. For petitioner: Stuart B. Lev, Assistant Federal Defender, Philadelphia, Pa. For respondent: Ronald Eisenberg, Deputy District Attorney, Philadelphia, Pa.

Reply of petitioner Terrance Williams filed. (Distributed)

Record received from the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. (2 Boxes)

CIRCULATED.

Brief of respondent Pennsylvania filed. (Distributed)

Record received from the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Eastern District. (2 Boxes)

SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Monday, February 29, 2016

Brief amici curiae of The American Civil Liberties Union, and The ACLU of Pennsylvania filed.

Brief amici curiae of Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, and Justice at Stake filed.

Brief amici curiae of Former Appellate Court Jurists filed.

Brief amicus curiae of The American Bar Association filed.

Brief amici curiae of The Ethics Bureau at Yale, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Former Judges with Prosecutorial Experience filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed.

Brief amicus curiae of The American Academy of Appellate Lawyers filed.

Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed.)

Brief of petitioner Terrance Williams 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 January 13, 2016.

The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including November 30, 2015.

Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 28, 2015.

Reply of petitioner Terrance Williams filed.

Brief of respondent Pennsylvania in opposition filed.

Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 31, 2015)

Application (14A1161) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until June 18, 2015.

Application (14A1161) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 19, 2015 to July 18, 2015, submitted to Justice Alito.

Parties

Terrance Williams, Petitioner, represented by Shawn Nolan

Terrance Williams, Petitioner, represented by Stuart B. Lev

Pennsylvania, Respondent, represented by Ronald Eisenberg

Amici Curiae

Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, and Justice at Stake, Amicus Curiae, represented by Daniel F Kolb

Constitutional Accountability Center, Amicus Curiae, represented by Elizabeth B. Wydra

Former Appellate Court Jurists, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jeffrey T. Green

Former Judges with Prosecutorial Experience, Amicus Curiae, represented by Alan Philip Solow

The American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, Amicus Curiae, represented by Wendy Cole Lascher

The American Bar Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by Paulette Brown

The American Civil Liberties Union, and The ACLU of Pennsylvania, Amicus Curiae, represented by Anna Marie Arceneaux

The Ethics Bureau at Yale, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Lawrence J. Fox

 
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