Docket No. | Op. Below | Argument | Opinion | Vote | Author | Term |
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15-5040 | Pa. | Feb 29, 2016 | Jun 9, 2016 | 5-3 | Kennedy | OT 2015 |
Holding: Under the Due Process Clause, there is an impermissible risk of actual bias when a judge earlier had significant, personal involvement as a prosecutor in a critical decision regarding the defendant’s case.
Judgment: Vacated and remanded, 5-3, in an opinion by Justice Kennedy on June 9, 2016. Chief Justice Roberts filed a dissenting opinion, in which Justice Alito joined. Justice Thomas filed a dissenting opinion.
Date | Proceedings and Orders |
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May 7 2015 | Application (14A1161) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 19, 2015 to July 18, 2015, submitted to Justice Alito. |
May 12 2015 | Application (14A1161) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until June 18, 2015. |
Jun 12 2015 | Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 31, 2015) |
Jul 24 2015 | Brief of respondent Pennsylvania in opposition filed. |
Aug 7 2015 | Reply of petitioner Terrance Williams filed. |
Aug 13 2015 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 28, 2015. |
Oct 1 2015 | Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED. |
Nov 6 2015 | The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including November 30, 2015. |
Nov 6 2015 | The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including January 13, 2016. |
Nov 10 2015 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs in support of either party or of neither party received from counsel for the petitioner. |
Nov 13 2015 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs in support of either party or of neither party received from counsel for the respondent. |
Nov 30 2015 | Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed.) |
Nov 30 2015 | Brief of petitioner Terrance Williams filed. |
Dec 7 2015 | Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed. |
Dec 7 2015 | Brief amici curiae of Former Judges with Prosecutorial Experience filed. |
Dec 7 2015 | Brief amici curiae of The Ethics Bureau at Yale, et al. filed. |
Dec 7 2015 | Brief amicus curiae of The American Bar Association filed. |
Dec 7 2015 | Brief amici curiae of Former Appellate Court Jurists filed. |
Dec 7 2015 | Brief amici curiae of Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, and Justice at Stake filed. |
Dec 7 2015 | Brief amici curiae of The American Civil Liberties Union, and The ACLU of Pennsylvania filed. |
Dec 7 2015 | Brief amicus curiae of The American Academy of Appellate Lawyers filed. |
Dec 23 2015 | SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Monday, February 29, 2016 |
Jan 8 2016 | Record received from the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Eastern District. (2 Boxes) |
Jan 13 2016 | Brief of respondent Pennsylvania filed. (Distributed) |
Jan 15 2016 | CIRCULATED. |
Feb 11 2016 | Record received from the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. (2 Boxes) |
Feb 12 2016 | Reply of petitioner Terrance Williams filed. (Distributed) |
Feb 29 2016 | Argued. For petitioner: Stuart B. Lev, Assistant Federal Defender, Philadelphia, Pa. For respondent: Ronald Eisenberg, Deputy District Attorney, Philadelphia, Pa. |
Jun 9 2016 | Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Kennedy, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Roberts, C. J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Alito, J., joined. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion. |
Jun 9 2016 | MANDATE ISSUED. |
Jul 12 2016 | JUDGMENT ISSUED |
Jul 12 2016 | MANDATE ISSUED |
Aug 16 2016 | Records from the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has been returned. (4 Boxes) |
Wait wut.. RBG ghost-wrote the equal protection bits of Obergefell?!
And I learned this on @SCOTUSblog’s TikTok?! https://www.tiktok.com/@scotusblog/video/6922179577724931333
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Thanks, @SCOTUSblog and Kalvis Golde!
https://www.scotusblog.com/2021/01/with-democrats-in-control-supreme-court-reform-proposals-reclaim-center-stage/
Spilling SCOTUS tea on TikTok today. Well, actually, @eskridgebill spilled the tea, we just tok’d about it. 🍵
https://balkin.blogspot.com/2021/01/marriage-equality-and-sex.html
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