Docket No. | Op. Below | Argument | Opinion | Vote | Author | Term |
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12-1371 | 6th Cir. | Jan 15, 2014 | Mar 26, 2014 | 9-0 | Sotomayor | OT 2013 |
Holding: Castleman's state conviction for misdemeanor domestic assault qualifies as a "misdemeanor crime of domestic violence" for purposes of possessing a firearm under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(9).
Judgment: Reversed and remanded, 9-0, in an opinion by Justice Sotomayor on March 26, 2014. Justice Scalia filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment. Justice Alito filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which Justice Thomas joined.
Date | Proceedings and Orders |
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Mar 8 2013 | Application (12A882) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from March 19, 2013 to April 18, 2013, submitted to Justice Kagan. |
Mar 11 2013 | Application (12A882) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until April 18, 2013. |
Apr 5 2013 | Application (12A882) to extend further the time from April 18, 2013 to May 18, 2013, submitted to Justice Kagan. |
Apr 5 2013 | Application (12A882) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until May 18, 2013. |
May 17 2013 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 19, 2013) |
Jun 12 2013 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including July 19, 2013. |
Jul 11 2013 | Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including August 19, 2013. |
Aug 19 2013 | Brief of respondent James Alvin Castleman in opposition filed. |
Sep 4 2013 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 30, 2013. |
Sep 4 2013 | Reply of petitioner United States filed. (Distributed) |
Oct 1 2013 | Petition GRANTED. |
Nov 4 2013 | SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Wednesday, January 15, 2014. |
Nov 15 2013 | Record from the U.S.C.A. 6th Circuit is electronic (Not on PACER). |
Nov 15 2013 | Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed.) |
Nov 15 2013 | Brief of petitioner United States filed. |
Nov 19 2013 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondent. |
Nov 20 2013 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner. |
Nov 21 2013 | CIRCULATED. |
Nov 22 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of Mayors Against Illegal Guns filed. (Distributed) |
Nov 22 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of New York State Association of Chiefs of Police filed. (Distributed) |
Nov 22 2013 | Brief amici curiae of Children's Defense Fund and the American Academy of Pediatrics filed. (Distributed) |
Nov 22 2013 | Brief amici curiae of Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
Nov 22 2013 | Brief amici curiae of National Network to End Domestic Violence, et al. filed. |
Nov 22 2013 | Brief amici curiae of Major Cities Chiefs Association, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
Dec 16 2013 | Brief of respondent James Alvin Castleman filed. (Distributed) |
Dec 16 2013 | Proposal to lodge copies of non-record material in other cases cited in respondent's brief on the merits from counsel for respondent. |
Dec 23 2013 | Brief amici curiae of Gun Owners Foundation, et al. filed. |
Dec 23 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed. |
Dec 23 2013 | Brief amici curiae of ASISTA Immigration Assistance, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
Dec 24 2013 | Record received from U.S.D.C. Western District of Tennessee (Memphis) (1 Box). |
Jan 8 2014 | Reply of petitioner United States filed. (Distributed) |
Jan 15 2014 | Lodging proposal of respondent approved by Clerk. Lodging submitted and distributed. |
Jan 15 2014 | Argued. For petitioner: Melissa Arbus Sherry, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Charles A. Rothfeld, Washington, D. C. |
Mar 26 2014 | Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Sotomayor, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Scalia, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment. Alito, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which Thomas, J., joined. |
Apr 28 2014 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
Aug 1 2014 | Record returned for U.S.D.C. Western District of Tennessee. |
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