Decided

No. 20-18

Arthur Gregory Lange v. California

from the Court of Appeal of California, First Appellate District

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Docket Entries

JUDGMENT ISSUED.

MANDATE ISSUED.

Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Kagan, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Breyer, Sotomayor, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett, JJ., joined, and in which Thomas, J., joined as to all but Part II–A. Kavanaugh, J., filed a concurring opinion. Thomas, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment, in which Kavanaugh, J., joined as to Part II. Roberts, C. J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which Alito, J., joined.

Argued. For petitioner: Jeffrey L. Fisher, Stanford, Cal. For respondent supporting vacatur: Samuel T. Harbourt, Deputy Solicitor General, San Francisco, Cal. For Court-appointed amicus curiae in support of the judgment below: Amanda K. Rice, Detroit, Mich. For United States, as amicus curiae, supporting affirmance: Erica L. Ross, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C.

Reply of respondent State of California filed. (Distributed)

Reply of petitioner Arthur Gregory Lange filed. (Distributed)

Record received from the State of California Court of Appeal First Appellate District. The record is electronically filed.

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

Motion for divided argument filed by petitioner GRANTED.

Record requested.

Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Mothers Against Drunk Driving filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Professor Steven Penney filed. (Distributed)

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

Brief amicus curiae of Los Angeles County Police Chiefs’ Association filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of States of Ohio, Alabama, et al. filed. (Distributed)

CIRCULATED

Brief amicus curiae of National Fraternal Order of Police filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Sonoma County District Attorney’s Office and California District Attorneys Association filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Court-appointed amicus curiae in support of the judgment below filed.

SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, February 24, 2021.

Motion for divided argument filed by petitioner Arthur Gregory Lange.

Brief amici curiae of DKT Liberty Project, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of National College for DUI Defense filed.

Brief amici curiae of Project for Privacy & Surveillance Accountability and Restore the Fourth, Inc. filed.

Brief amici curiae of States of Illinois et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Gun Owners of America, Gun Owners Foundation, Gun Owners of California, DownsizeDC.org, Downsize DC Foundation, Conservative Legal Defense and Education Fund, and Restoring Liberty Action Committee filed.

Brief amicus curiae of The Rutherford Institute filed.

Brief amici curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed.

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

Brief amicus curiae of Institute for Justice filed.

Brief of respondent State of California in support of vacatur filed.

Brief of petitioner Arthur Gregory Lange filed.

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

Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix, petitioner's brief on the merits, and respondent's brief on the merits in support is extended to and including December 4, 2020. The time to file the brief of the Court-appointed amicus curiae in support of the judgment below is extended to and including January 8, 2021.

Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner Arthur Gregory Lange.

Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.

Amanda K. Rice, Esquire, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, is invited to brief and argue, as amicus curiae, in support of the judgment below.

Petition GRANTED.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/16/2020.

Reply of petitioner Arthur Gregory Lange filed. (Distributed)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/9/2020.

Letter waiving the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition for a writ of certiorari pursuant to Rule 15.5 filed.

Brief of respondent State of California in opposition filed.

Brief amici curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and California Attorneys for Criminal Justice filed.

Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including September 14, 2020.

Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 13, 2020 to September 14, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 13, 2020)

Parties

Arthur Gregory Lange, Petitioner, represented by Jeffrey L. Fisher

State of California, Respondent, represented by Samuel Thomas Harbourt

Amici Curiae

American Civil Liberties Union, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Lisa Schiavo Blatt

Constitutional Accountability Center, Amicus Curiae, represented by Brianne Jenna Gorod

Court-appointed amicus curiae in support of the judgment below, Amicus Curiae, represented by Amanda Kelly Rice

DKT Liberty Project, Law Enforcement Action Partnership, Reason Foundation, and Due Process Institute, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jessica Ring Amunson

Gun Owners of America, Gun Owners Foundation, Gun Owners of California, DownsizeDC.org, Downsize DC Foundation, Conservative Legal Defense and Education Fund, and Restoring Liberty Action Committee, Amicus Curiae, represented by William Jeffrey Olson

Institute for Justice, Amicus Curiae, represented by Joshua Aaron Windham

Los Angeles County Police Chiefs’ Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by J. Scott Tiedemann

Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Amicus Curiae, represented by Barbara Anne Smith

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and California Attorneys for Criminal Justice, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jeffrey T. Green

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and California Attorneys for Criminal Justice, Amicus Curiae, represented by Elaine Janet Goldenberg

National College for DUI Defense, Amicus Curiae, represented by Donald John Ramsell

National Fraternal Order of Police, Amicus Curiae, represented by Larry H. James

Professor Steven Penney, Amicus Curiae, represented by David John Debold

Project for Privacy & Surveillance Accountability and Restore the Fourth, Inc., Amicus Curiae, represented by Gene Clayton Schaerr

Sonoma County District Attorney’s Office and California District Attorneys Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by Spencer Ralph Brady

States of Illinois et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Jane Elinor Notz

States of Ohio, Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, and Utah, Amicus Curiae, represented by Benjamin Michael Flowers

The Rutherford Institute, Amicus Curiae, represented by Ethan Haller Townsend

United States, Amicus Curiae, represented by Elizabeth B. Prelogar

 
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