Thompson v. Hebdon

Docket No.	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
19-122	Not Argued	Nov 25, 2019	n/a	Per Curiam	OT 2019

Holding: The judgment is vacated, and the case is remanded for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit to revisit whether Alaska"s political contribution limits are consistent with this Court"s First Amendment precedents.

Judgment: Granted, vacated, and remanded in a per curiam opinion on November 25, 2019. Justice Ginsburg filed a statement.

SCOTUSblog Coverage

Justices issue more orders from November 22 conference (Amy Howe, November 25, 2019)
Relist Watch (John Elwood, November 19, 2019)
Relist Watch (John Elwood, November 14, 2019)
Relist Watch (John Elwood, November 6, 2019)
Petitions of the week (Andrew Hamm, September 3, 2019)

Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
05/02/2019	Application (18A1132) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 21, 2019 to June 20, 2019, submitted to Justice Kagan.
05/03/2019	Application (18A1132) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until June 20, 2019.
06/05/2019	Application (18A1132) to extend further the time from June 20, 2019 to July 20, 2019, submitted to Justice Kagan.
06/06/2019	Application (18A1132) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until July 20, 2019.
07/22/2019	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 26, 2019)
08/13/2019	Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 26, 2019 to September 25, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
08/15/2019	Letter of August 8, 2019, regarding substitution of parties under Rule 35 received from counsel for the respondents.
08/16/2019	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including September 25, 2019.
08/26/2019	Brief amici curiae of The National Republican Senatorial Committee, et al. filed.
08/26/2019	Brief amici curiae of Cato Institute and the Institute for Justice filed.
08/26/2019	Brief amicus curiae of Institute for Free Speech filed.
09/25/2019	Brief of respondents Heather Hebdon, et al. in opposition filed.
10/09/2019	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/1/2019.
10/09/2019	Reply of petitioners David Thompson, et al. filed. (Distributed)
11/04/2019	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/8/2019.
11/12/2019	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/15/2019.
11/18/2019	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/22/2019.
11/25/2019	The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted, the judgment of the Court of Appeals is vacated, and the case is remanded for that court to revisit whether Alaska's contribution limits are consistent with our First Amendment precedents. Opinion per curiam. (Detached Opinion) Statement of Justice Ginsburg. (Detached Opinion)
12/27/2019	JUDGMENT ISSUED.