JUDGMENT ISSUED.

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

Argued. For petitioner: Beth S. Brinkmann, Washington, D. C. For respondents: Malcolm L. Stewart, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C.

Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Electronic Frontier Foundation GRANTED.

Reply of petitioner Return Mail, Inc. filed. (Distributed)

RESCHEDULED FOR ARGUMENT ON Tuesday, February 19, 2019.

Record from the U.S.C.A. Federal Circuit is electronic and located on PACER. The record is complete.

Brief amicus curiae of Professor Tejas N. Narechania filed. (Distributed)

Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Electronic Frontier Foundation.

Brief amicus curiae of R Street Institute filed. (Distributed)

Record from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is located on the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office web site. Instructions to access the record is electronic. The record is complete.

CIRCULATED

Record requested from the U.S.C.A. Federal Circuit.

Brief of respondents United States Postal Service, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Seven Law Professors filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed.

Brief amicus curiae of American Intellectual Property Law Association in support of neither party filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America filed.

Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner Return Mail, Inc.

Petition GRANTED limited to Question 1 presented by the petition.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/26/2018.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/12/2018.

Brief of respondents United States Postal Service, et al. in opposition filed.

Brief amici curiae of 15 Law Professors filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Kenneth O. Simon filed.

Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including July 25, 2018.

Motion to extend the time to file a response from June 25, 2018 to July 25, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.

Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Return Mail, Inc..

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 25, 2018)

Application (17A879) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until May 14, 2018.

Application (17A879) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from March 15, 2018 to May 14, 2018, submitted to The Chief Justice.

Return Mail, Inc., Petitioner, represented by Richard L. Rainey

United States Postal Service, et al., Respondent, represented by Noel J. Francisco

15 Law Professors, Amicus Curiae, represented by Matthew James Dowd

American Intellectual Property Law Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by Blair Alexander Silver

Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, Amicus Curiae, represented by Pratik Arvind Shah

ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION, Amicus Curiae, represented by Alexandra Helen Moss

Intellectual Property Owners Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by Lauren A. Degnan

Kenneth O. Simon, Amicus Curiae, represented by Ralph Stanley Morris

NEW YORK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW ASSOCIATION, Amicus Curiae, represented by Charles Robert Macedo

Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jonathan Goldman Cedarbaum

PROFESSOR TEJAS N. NARECHANIA, Amicus Curiae, represented by Sarah Gardner Boyce

R Street Institute, Amicus Curiae, represented by Charles Duan

Seven Law Professors, Amicus Curiae, represented by Matthew James Dowd

The Cato Institute and Professor Gregory Dolin, Amicus Curiae, represented by Gregory Andrew Castanias