Decided

No. 16-980

Jon Husted, Ohio Secretary of State v. A. Philip Randolph Institute, et al.

from the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

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Docket Entries

JUDGMENT ISSUED.

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

Argued. For petitioner: Eric E. Murphy, State Solicitor for State of Ohio, Columbus, Ohio; and Noel J. Francisco, Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondents: Paul M. Smith, Washington, D. C.

Record received from the U.S.C.A. 6th Circuit is electronic.

CIRCULATED.

SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Wednesday, January 10, 2018

This case is removed from the oral argument calendar for November 8, 2017.

Letter from counsel for respondents relating to oral argument filed.

Reply of petitioner Jon Husted, Ohio Secretary of State filed. (Distributed)

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

Brief amici curiae of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of VoteVets Action Fund filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Current and Former Ohio Elections Officials filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Public Citizen, Inc. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of the States of New York, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Eric H. Holder, Jr., et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Common Cause filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of National Disability Rights Network, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Certain Members of the Congressional Black Caucus filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Senator Sherrod Brown filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of the League of Women Voters of the United States, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Libertarian National Committee filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of American History Professors filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Libertarian Party of Ohio, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief of respondents A. Philip Randolph Institute, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 6th Circuit.

CIRCULATED

SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday November 8, 2017

Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by the parties GRANTED.

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

Brief amici curiae of National Conference of State Legislatures, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Landmark Legal Foundation, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Former Attorneys of the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice filed.

Brief amicus curiae of American Civil Rights Union filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Judicial Watch, Inc. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Georgia and 16 Other States filed.

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

Brief amicus curiae of Buckeye Institute filed.

Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.

Brief of petitioner Husted, Ohio Secretary of State filed.

Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by the parties.

The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including September 15, 2017.

The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including July 31, 2017.

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

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

Petition GRANTED.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 25, 2017.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 18, 2017.

Rescheduled.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 11, 2017.

Reply of petitioner Jon Husted, Ohio Secretary of State filed.

Brief of respondents A. Philip Randolph Institute, et al. in opposition filed.

Brief amici curiae of Georgia and 14 other States filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Judicial Watch, Inc. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Landmark Legal Foundation filed.

Brief amici curiae of Former Attorneys of the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice filed.

Order extending time to file response to petition to and including March 31, 2017.

Appendix of Jon Husted, Ohio Secretary of State filed.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 10, 2017)

Application (16A556) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until February 6, 2017.

Application (16A556) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 22, 2016 to February 6, 2017, submitted to Justice Kagan.

Parties

Amici Curiae

American Civil Rights Union, Amicus Curiae, represented by J. Christian Adams

American History Professors, Amicus Curiae, represented by Richard P. Bress

Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Brigida Benitez

Buckeye Institute, Amicus Curiae, represented by Michael A. Carvin

Certain Members of the Congressional Black Caucus, Amicus Curiae, represented by Linda Ceilia Goldstein

Common Cause, Amicus Curiae, represented by Emmet J Bondurant

Constitutional Accountability Center, Amicus Curiae, represented by Gorod Brianne

Current and Former Ohio Elections Officials, Amicus Curiae, represented by Rachel Sarah Bloomekatz

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

Eric H. Holder, Jr., et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Samuel Robert Bagenstos

Former Attorneys of the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice, Amicus Curiae, represented by William Spencer Consovoy

for the States of New York, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Barbara Dale Underwood

Georgia and 14 other States, Amicus Curiae, represented by Timothy Allen Butler

Georgia and 16 Other States, Amicus Curiae, represented by Andrew Alan Pinson

Landmark Legal Foundation, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Richard Peter Hutchison

Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Michael Courtney Keats

Libertarian National Committee, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jason David Hirsch

Libertarian Party of Ohio, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Mark R. Brown

NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Thomas Mark Bondy

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Gilda R. Daniels

National Conference of State Legislatures, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Joshua Paul Davis

National Disability Rights Network, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Paul March Smith

Public Citizen, Inc.,, Amicus Curiae, represented by Scott Lawrence Nelson

Senator Sherrod Brown, Amicus Curiae, represented by Steven A. Hirsch

The League of Women Voters of the United States, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by John Arak Freedman

VoteVets Action Fund, Amicus Curiae, represented by Aderson Bellegarde Francois

 
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