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James R. McHenry, III, Acting Attorney General, et al., Applicants v. Texas Top Cop Shop, Incorporated, et al.
Application · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 24-40792
Application granted · January 23, 2025
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Sarah M. Harris
Acting Solicitor General
For respondent
Caleb Joseph Kruckenberg
Center for Individual Rights
Case
Conference history
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Amicus briefs
17 cert-stage
Argument & decision
Decided January 23, 2025.
Proceedings
- Jan 23 2025Application (24A653) referred to the Court.
- Jan 23 2025Application (24A653) for stay presented to Justice Alito and by him referred to the Court is granted. The December 5, 2024 amended order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, case No. 4:24–cv–478, is stayed pending the disposition of the appeal in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari, if such a writ is timely sought. Should certiorari be denied, this stay shall terminate automatically. In the event certiorari is granted, the stay shall terminate upon the sending down of the judgment of this Court. Justice Gorsuch concurring in the grant of stay. (Detached Opinion). Justice Jackson dissenting in the grant of stay. (Detached Opinion)
- Jan 14 2025Brief amicus curiae of U.S. Senator Thom Tillis and Thirteen Other Members of Congress filed.
- Jan 13 2025Reply of applicant Merrick Garland, et al. filed.
- Jan 13 2025Brief amicus curiae of New Civil Liberties Alliance filed.
- Jan 13 2025Brief amicus curiae of Thomas Zawistowski and We the People Convention filed.
- Jan 10 2025Response to application from respondent Texas Top Cop Shop, et al. filed.
- Jan 10 2025Brief amicus curiae of National Small Business Association filed.
- Jan 10 2025Brief amicus curiae of Associated General Contractors of America, Inc.; Associated General Contractors of New York State, LLC; The Business Council of New York State, Inc.; National Roofing Contractors Association; Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors' National Associat filed.
- Jan 10 2025Brief amicus curiae of The Buckeye Institute filed.
- Jan 10 2025Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors and The Job Creators Network Foundation filed.
- Jan 10 2025Brief amicus curiae of Competitive Enterprise Institute filed.
- Jan 10 2025Brief amicus curiae of Community Associations Institute filed.
- Jan 10 2025Brief amicus curiae of National Retail Federation, National Association of Convenience Stores, Restaurant Law Center filed.
- Jan 10 2025Brief amicus curiae of Liberty Justice Center filed.
- Jan 10 2025Brief amicus curiae of America's Future, Gun Owners of America, Inc., GOA Texas, Gun Owners Foundation, U.S. Constitutional Rights Legal Defense Fund, and Conservative Legal Defense and Education Fund filed.
- Jan 10 2025Brief amicus curiae of The Private Investor Coalition, Inc., and S Corporation Association filed.
- Jan 10 2025Brief amicus curiae of Advancing American Freedom filed.
- Jan 10 2025Brief amicus curiae of United States Senator Cynthia M. Lummis and Wyoming Secretary of State Chuck Gray filed.
- Jan 09 2025Brief amicus curiae of Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund filed.
- Jan 09 2025Brief amicus curiae of West Virginia, Kansas, South Carolina, and 22 Other States filed.
- Jan 03 2025Response to application (24A653) requested by Justice Alito, due by 4 p.m. (EST) on January 10, 2025.
- Dec 31 2024Application (24A653) for a stay of injunction issued by the United States District Court pending appeal, submitted to Justice Alito.