Husted v. A. Philip Randolph Institute

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
16-980	6th Cir.	Jan 10, 2018	Jun 11, 2018	5-4	Alito	OT 2017

Holding: The process that Ohio uses to remove voters on change-of-residence grounds does not violate the National Voter Registration Act.

Judgment: Reversed, 5-4, in an opinion by Justice Alito on June 11, 2018. Justice Thomas filed a concurring opinion. Justice Breyer filed a dissenting opinion, in which Justices Ginsburg, Sotomayor, and Kagan joined. Justice Sotomayor filed a dissenting opinion.

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OT2017 #29: "Average Joe" (First Mondays, June 18, 2018)
Opinion analysis: Justices rule for Ohio in voter-registration dispute (Updated) (Amy Howe, June 11, 2018)
A "view" from the courtroom: Chipping away at the caseload (Mark Walsh, June 11, 2018)
OT2017 #11: "Numbing Effect" (First Mondays, January 15, 2018)
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Argument preview: Justices to consider Ohio voter-purge practices (Amy Howe, January 4, 2018)
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In Recess #4: "Stone Soup" (First Mondays, September 11, 2017)
In Recess #3: "Third Class Webelo" (First Mondays, August 14, 2017)
Court grants one new case (with no cakes, guns or cell phones involved) (Amy Howe, May 30, 2017)
Petition of the day (Kate Howard, April 18, 2017)

Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
Dec 02 2016	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.
Dec 06 2016	Application (16A556) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until February 6, 2017.
Feb 03 2017	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 10, 2017)
Feb 03 2017	Appendix of Jon Husted, Ohio Secretary of State filed.
Feb 27 2017	Order extending time to file response to petition to and including March 31, 2017.
Mar 09 2017	Brief amici curiae of Former Attorneys of the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice filed.
Mar 10 2017	Brief amicus curiae of Landmark Legal Foundation filed.
Mar 10 2017	Brief amicus curiae of Judicial Watch, Inc. filed.
Mar 10 2017	Brief amici curiae of Georgia and 14 other States filed.
Mar 31 2017	Brief of respondents A. Philip Randolph Institute, et al. in opposition filed.
Apr 17 2017	Reply of petitioner Jon Husted, Ohio Secretary of State filed.
Apr 19 2017	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 11, 2017.
May 10 2017	Rescheduled.
May 15 2017	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 18, 2017.
May 22 2017	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 25, 2017.
May 30 2017	Petition GRANTED.
Jun 07 2017	Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the Petitioner.
Jun 07 2017	Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the Respondents.
Jun 22 2017	The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including July 31, 2017.
Jun 22 2017	The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including September 15, 2017.
Jun 29 2017	Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by the parties.
Jul 31 2017	Brief of petitioner Husted, Ohio Secretary of State filed.
Aug 07 2017	Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
Aug 07 2017	Brief amicus curiae of Buckeye Institute filed.
Aug 07 2017	Brief amicus curiae of Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund filed.
Aug 07 2017	Brief amici curiae of Georgia and 16 Other States filed.
Aug 07 2017	Brief amicus curiae of Judicial Watch, Inc. filed.
Aug 07 2017	Brief amicus curiae of American Civil Rights Union filed.
Aug 07 2017	Brief amici curiae of Former Attorneys of the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice filed.
Aug 07 2017	Brief amici curiae of Landmark Legal Foundation, et al. filed.
Aug 07 2017	Brief amici curiae of National Conference of State Legislatures, et al. filed.
Aug 22 2017	Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Aug 25 2017	Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by the parties GRANTED.
Aug 31 2017	SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday November 8, 2017
Sep 07 2017	CIRCULATED
Sep 12 2017	Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 6th Circuit.
Sep 15 2017	Brief of respondents A. Philip Randolph Institute, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Sep 19 2017	Brief amici curiae of Libertarian Party of Ohio, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Sep 22 2017	Brief amici curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed. (Distributed)
Sep 22 2017	Brief amicus curiae of American History Professors filed. (Distributed)
Sep 22 2017	Brief amicus curiae of Libertarian National Committee filed. (Distributed)
Sep 22 2017	Brief amici curiae of the League of Women Voters of the United States, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Sep 22 2017	Brief amici curiae of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Sep 22 2017	Brief amicus curiae of Senator Sherrod Brown filed. (Distributed)
Sep 22 2017	Brief amici curiae of Certain Members of the Congressional Black Caucus filed. (Distributed)
Sep 22 2017	Brief amici curiae of National Disability Rights Network, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Sep 22 2017	Brief amicus curiae of Common Cause filed. (Distributed)
Sep 22 2017	Brief amici curiae of Eric H. Holder, Jr., et al. filed. (Distributed)
Sep 22 2017	Brief amici curiae of the States of New York, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Sep 22 2017	Brief amici curiae of Asian Americans Advancing Justice \| AAJC, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Sep 22 2017	Brief amicus curiae of Public Citizen, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
Sep 22 2017	Brief amici curiae of Current and Former Ohio Elections Officials filed. (Distributed)
Sep 22 2017	Brief amicus curiae of VoteVets Action Fund filed. (Distributed)
Sep 22 2017	Brief amici curiae of Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Sep 22 2017	Brief amici curiae of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)
Oct 10 2017	Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Oct 16 2017	Reply of petitioner Jon Husted, Ohio Secretary of State filed. (Distributed)
Oct 27 2017	Letter from counsel for respondents relating to oral argument filed.
Oct 27 2017	This case is removed from the oral argument calendar for November 8, 2017.
Nov 17 2017	SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Wednesday, January 10, 2018
Nov 22 2017	CIRCULATED.
Dec 18 2017	Record received from the U.S.C.A. 6th Circuit is electronic.
Jan 10 2018	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.
Jun 11 2018	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.
Jul 13 2018	JUDGMENT ISSUED.

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