United States v. Comstock :: Supreme Court of the United States

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31	Filed: 6/18/2010, Entered: None
	Record returned to the USDC for the Eastern District of North Carolina. 1-envelope


30	Filed: 6/18/2010, Entered: None
	Record returned to the USCA for the Fourth Circuit. 1-envelope


29	Filed: 6/18/2010, Entered: None
	JUDGMENT ISSUED.


28	Filed: 5/17/2010, Entered: None
	Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Breyer, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Stevens, Ginsburg, and Sotomayor, JJ., joined. Kennedy, J., and Alito, J., filed opinions concurring in the judgment. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Scalia, J., joined in all but Part III-A-1-b.


27	Filed: 1/12/2010, Entered: None
	Argued. For petitioner: Elena Kagan, Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. For respondents: G. Alan DuBois, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Raleigh, N.C.


26	Filed: 1/8/2010, Entered: None
	Letter from counsel for the petitioner filed. (Distributed)


25	Filed: 12/10/2009, Entered: None
	Record received from U.S.C.A. Fourth Circuit. (1 envelope)


24	Filed: 12/8/2009, Entered: None
	Record received from U.S.D.C. for Eastern District of North Carolina. (1 envelope)


23	Filed: 11/30/2009, Entered: None
	Motion of Kansas, et al. for leave to participate in oral argument as amici curiae and for divided argument DENIED.


22	Filed: 11/27/2009, Entered: None
	Reply of petitioner United States filed. (Distributed)


21	Filed: 11/4/2009, Entered: None
	Motion of Kansas, et al. for leave to participate in oral argument as amici curiae and for divided argument filed.


20	Filed: 11/4/2009, Entered: None
	Brief amici curiae of Cato Institute, and Professor Randy E. Barnett filed. (Distributed)


19	Filed: 11/4/2009, Entered: None
	Brief amici curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, et al. filed. (Distributed)


18	Filed: 11/2/2009, Entered: None
	CIRCULATED.


17	Filed: 11/2/2009, Entered: None
	SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Tuesday, January 12, 2010.


16	Filed: 10/28/2009, Entered: None
	Brief of respondents Graydon Earl Comstock, Jr., et al. filed.


15	Filed: 9/4/2009, Entered: None
	Brief amici curiae of Kansas, et al. filed.


14	Filed: 8/28/2009, Entered: None
	Brief of petitioner United States filed.


13	Filed: 8/28/2009, Entered: None
	Joint appendix filed.


12	Filed: 8/4/2009, Entered: None
	The time within which to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including October 28, 2009.


11	Filed: 8/4/2009, Entered: None
	The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including August 28, 2009.


10	Filed: 6/22/2009, Entered: None
	Petition GRANTED.


9	Filed: 6/22/2009, Entered: None
	Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondents GRANTED.


8	Filed: 6/2/2009, Entered: None
	Reply of petitioner United States filed. (Distributed)


7	Filed: 6/2/2009, Entered: None
	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 18, 2009.


6	Filed: 5/20/2009, Entered: None
	Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondents Graydon Earl Comstock, Jr., et al.


5	Filed: 5/20/2009, Entered: None
	Brief of respondents Graydon Earl Comstock, Jr., et al. in opposition filed.


4	Filed: 4/20/2009, Entered: None
	Order extending time to file response to petition to and including June 3, 2009.


3	Filed: 4/3/2009, Entered: None
	Application (08A863) granted by The Chief Justice. The mandate of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, case No. 07-7671, is stayed pending the disposition of the petition for a writ of certiorari. See Walters v. National Assn. of Radiation Survivors, 468 U.S. 1323 (1984) (Rehnquist, J., in chambers). Should the petition for a writ of certiorari be denied, this stay shall terminate automatically. In the event the petition for a writ of certiorari is granted, the stay shall terminate upon the sending down of the judgment of this Court.


2	Filed: 4/3/2009, Entered: None
	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 4, 2009)


1	Filed: 4/3/2009, Entered: None
	Application (08A863) for stay of the mandate of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit pending the disposition of the petition for a writ of certiorari, submitted to The Chief Justice.