Decided

No. 20-603

Le Roy Torres v. Texas Department of Public Safety

from the Court of Appeals of Texas, Thirteenth District

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Docket Entries

Record has been returned.

MANDATE ISSUED

JUDGMENT ISSUED

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

Argued. For petitioner: Andrew T. Tutt, Washington, D. C.; and Christopher G. Michel, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondent: Judd E. Stone, II, Solicitor General, Austin, Tex.

Reply of petitioner Le Roy Torres filed. (Distributed)

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

Brief amicus curiae of Professor Philip A. Pucillo filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Separation of Powers Clinic at Antonin Scalia Law School filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of State of Montana and 14 Other States filed. (Distributed)

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

Brief of respondent Texas Department of Public Safety filed. (Distributed)

CIRCULATED

Brief amici curiae of Former Members of Congress filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed.

Brief amici curiae of Philip C. Bobbitt, Michael C. Dorf, and H. Jefferson Powell filed.

Brief amici curiae of National Veterans Legal Services Program, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Reserve Organization of America filed.

Brief amici curiae of War Powers Scholars filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Professor Jeffrey M. Hirsch filed.

Brief amici curiae of Scholars of Constitutional Law and The Law of Federal and State Courts filed.

Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Bipartisan Members of Congress filed. (Distributed)

The record received from the Court of Appeals of Texas 13th District is electronic and located on the Court of Appeals of Texas web site. Also one envelope containing the Notice of Appeal, Clerk's Record, and Reporter's Record.

Brief of petitioner Le Roy Torres filed.

ARGUMENT SET FOR Tuesday, March 29, 2022.

Record requested from the Court of Appeals of Texas 13th District.

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

Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner Le Roy Torres.

Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Le Roy Torres

Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Texas Department of Public Safety

Petition GRANTED.

Supplemental brief of petitioner Le Roy Torres filed. (Distributed)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/10/2021.

Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.

The Acting Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States.

Reply of petitioner Le Roy Torres filed. (Distributed)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/26/2021.

Brief of respondent Texas Department of Public Safety in opposition filed.

Brief amici curiae of Philip C. Bobbitt, Michael C. Dorf, and H. Jefferson Powell filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Reserve Organization of America filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Professor Jeffrey M. Hirsch filed.

Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 27, 2021.

Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 28, 2020 to January 27, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.

Response Requested. (Due December 28, 2020)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/4/2020.

Waiver of right of respondent Texas Department of Public Safety to respond filed.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 7, 2020)

Parties

Le Roy Torres, Petitioner, represented by Andrew Timothy Tutt

Texas Department of Public Safety, Respondent, represented by Judd Edward Stone II

Amici Curiae

Bipartisan Members of Congress, Amicus Curiae, represented by Raffi Melkonian

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

Former Members of Congress, Amicus Curiae, represented by Matthew James Dowd

National Veterans Legal Services Program, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, Paralyzed Veterans of America, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and Vietnam Veterans of America, Amicus Curiae, represented by Alec Winfield Farr

Philip A. Pucillo, Amicus Curiae, represented by Scott William Gaylord

Philip C. Bobbitt, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Brendan Benjamin Gants

Philip C. Bobbitt, Michael C. Dorf, and H. Jefferson Powell, Amicus Curiae, represented by Adele Marie El-Khouri

Professor Jeffrey M. Hirsch, Amicus Curiae, represented by Richard A. Simpson

Reserve Organization of America, Amicus Curiae, represented by Theodore Augustus Howard

Scholars of Constitutional Law and The Law of Federal and State Courts, Amicus Curiae, represented by Michael R. Dreeben

Separation of Powers Clinic at Antonin Scalia Law School, Amicus Curiae, represented by R. Trent McCotter

State of Montana and 14 Other States, Amicus Curiae, represented by David Morgan Steven Dewhirst

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

War Powers Scholars, Amicus Curiae, represented by Matthew David Rowen

 
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