Fort Bend County, Texas v. Davis

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
18-525	5th Cir.	Apr 22, 2019	Jun 2, 2019	9-0	Ginsburg	OT 2018

Holding: The charge-filing precondition to suit set out in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is not a jurisdictional requirement.

Judgment: Affirmed, 9-0, in an opinion by Justice Ginsburg on June 2, 2019.

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Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
10/18/2018	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 19, 2018)
11/12/2018	Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 19, 2018 to December 19, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
11/14/2018	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 19, 2018.
12/19/2018	Brief of respondent Lois Davis in opposition filed.
12/21/2018	Letter waiving the 14-day waiting period under Rule 15.5 filed.
12/26/2018	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/11/2019.
12/26/2018	Reply of petitioner Fort Bend County filed. (Distributed)
01/11/2019	Petition GRANTED.
01/29/2019	Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Lois Davis.
02/04/2019	Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Fort Bend County.
02/11/2019	SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, April 22, 2019
02/25/2019	Brief of petitioner Fort Bend County filed.
02/25/2019	Joint appendix filed.
02/27/2019	Brief amicus curiae of Professor Scott Dodson in support of neither party filed.
03/04/2019	Brief amici curiae of Center for Workplace Compliance, et al. filed.
03/04/2019	Brief amici curiae of National Conference of State Legislatures, et al. filed.
03/20/2019	CIRCULATED
03/21/2019	Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 5th Circuit.
03/27/2019	Brief of respondent Lois Davis filed. (Distributed)
04/03/2019	Brief amicus curiae of NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
04/03/2019	Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed. (Distributed)
04/03/2019	Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. (Distributed)
04/03/2019	Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
04/03/2019	Brief amici curiae of National Employment Lawyers Association and The Employee Rights Advocacy Institute for Law & Policy filed. (Distributed)
04/12/2019	Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
04/12/2019	Reply of petitioner Fort Bend County filed. (Distributed)
04/22/2019	Argued. For petitioner: Colleen E. Roh Sinzdak, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Raffi Melkonian, Houston, Tex.; and Jonathan C. Bond, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.)
06/03/2019	Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Ginsburg, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.
07/05/2019	JUDGMENT ISSUED.