Decided

No. 16-8255

Robert Leroy McCoy v. Louisiana

from the Supreme Court of Louisiana

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Docket Entries

Record returned to the Supreme Court of Louisiana (6 boxes).

MANDATE ISSUED.

JUDGMENT ISSUED.

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

Argued. For petitioner: Seth P. Waxman, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Elizabeth Murrill, Solicitor General of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, La.

Reply of petitioner Robert L.McCoy filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of States of Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Montana, Nevada, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, and Wyoming filed. (Distributed)

Record requested from the Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Brief of respondent Louisiana filed. (Distributed)

CIRCULATED.

Brief amicus curiae of The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed.

Brief amicus curiae of American Bar Association filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of The Criminal Bar Association of England & Wales filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Ten Law School Professors and the Ethics Bureau at Yale filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed.

SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Wednesday, January 17, 2018

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

Brief of petitioner Robert L. McCoy filed (Corrected brief received 1/10/18). (Distributed)

Brief of petitioner Robert L.McCoy filed (to be corrected and reprinted).

Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED limited to Question 1 presented by the petition.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 25, 2017.

Record received from the Supreme Court of Louisiana (6 boxes).

Record Requested.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 28, 2017.

Reply of petitioner Robert Leroy McCoy filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of The Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of The Ethics Bureau at Yale filed.

Brief of respondent Louisiana in opposition filed.

Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 10, 2017)

Parties

Robert L.McCoy, Petitioner, represented by Richard John Bourke

Robert L. McCoy, Petitioner, represented by Seth P. Waxman

Louisiana, Respondent, represented by Elizabeth Baker Murrill

Louisiana, Respondent, represented by John Michael Lawrence

Amici Curiae

American Bar Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by Hilarie Bass

Cato Institute, Amicus Curiae, represented by Clark M. Neily III

States of Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Montana, Nevada, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, and Wyoming, Amicus Curiae, represented by Lauren Ashley Simpson

Ten Law School Professors and the Ethics Bureau at Yale, Amicus Curiae, represented by Lawrence J. Fox

THE CRIMINAL BAR ASSOCIATION OF ENGLAND & WALES, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jenay Aretha Nurse-Guilford

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

The Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by G. Ben Cohen

The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Amicus Curiae, represented by Clifford M. Sloan

 
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