| Date | Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding) |
|---|
| Jun 4 2015 | Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 9, 2015) |
| Jul 1 2015 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including August 10, 2015. |
| Aug 3 2015 | Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including September 9, 2015. |
| Sep 9 2015 | Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed. |
| Sep 14 2015 | Reply of petitioners Stephen L. Voisine and William E. Armstrong, III filed. |
| Sep 24 2015 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 9, 2015. |
| Oct 13 2015 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 16, 2015. |
| Oct 26 2015 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 30, 2015. |
| Oct 30 2015 | Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED limited to Question 1 presented by the petition. |
| Nov 18 2015 | Motion to appoint counsel filed by petitioners Stephen L. Voisine and William E. Armstrong, III. |
| Dec 2 2015 | Motion DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 8, 2016. |
| Dec 11 2015 | The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including December 17, 2015. |
| Dec 17 2015 | Brief of petitioners Stephen L. Voisine and William E. Armstrong, III filed. |
| Dec 17 2015 | Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed.) |
| Dec 21 2015 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs in support of either party received from counsel for petitioners Voisine and Armstrong. |
| Dec 23 2015 | SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Monday, February 29, 2016 |
| Dec 23 2015 | Brief amici curiae of Gun Owners Foundation, et al. filed. |
| Jan 4 2016 | Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 1st Circuit. |
| Jan 11 2016 | Motion to appoint counsel filed by petitioners GRANTED, and Virginia G. Villa, Esq., of St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin, is appointed to serve as counsel for the petitioners in this case. |
| Jan 12 2016 | Record received from the U.S D.C District of Main The record is electronic and located on PACER, with the exception of SEALED records contained in 1 envelope. |
| Jan 15 2016 | CIRCULATED. |
| Jan 19 2016 | Brief of respondent United States filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 25 2016 | Brief amici curiae of National Indigenous Women's Resource Center, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 25 2016 | Brief amici curiae of Major Cities Chiefs and the International Brotherhood of Police Officers filed. |
| Jan 26 2016 | Brief amici curiae of National Domestic Violence Hotline, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 26 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of Everytown for Gun Safety filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 26 2016 | Brief amici curiae of Child Justice, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 26 2016 | Brief amici curiae of Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 26 2016 | Brief amici curiae of Domestic Violence Legal Empowerment and Appeals Project, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Feb 18 2016 | Reply of petitioners Stephen L. Voisine and William E. Armstrong, III filed. (Distributed) |
| Feb 29 2016 | Argued. For petitioners: Virginia G. Villa, St. Croix Falls, Wis. (Appointed by this Court.) For respondent: Ilana H. Eisenstein, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. |
| Jun 27 2016 | Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Kagan, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, and Alito, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Sotomayor, J., joined as to Parts I and II. |
| Jul 26 2016 | Records from U.S.D.C. Dist. of Maine has been returned. |
| Jul 29 2016 | JUDGMENT ISSUED |
