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Garland v. Texas Top Cop Shop

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Emergency application for stay is granted on Jan. 23, 2025. Justice Gorsuch filed a concurrence. Justice Jackson filed a dissent.
Docket No. Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
24A653 TBD TBD TBD TBD OT 2024

Issue: Whether the court should stay the district court's universal injunction enjoining the Corporate Transparency Act -- the 2021 anti-money-laundering law that requires companies to report identifying information about their owners.

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DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
Dec 31 2024Application (24A653) for a stay of injunction issued by the United States District Court pending appeal, submitted to Justice Alito.
Jan 03 2025Response to application (24A653) requested by Justice Alito, due by 4 p.m. (EST) on January 10, 2025.
Jan 09 2025Brief amicus curiae of Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund filed.
Jan 09 2025Amicus brief of West Virginia, Kansas, South Carolina, and 22 Other States submitted.
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 2025Amicus brief of Associated General Contractors of America, Inc., et al. submitted.
Jan 10 2025Amicus brief of The Buckeye Institute submitted.
Jan 10 2025Amicus brief of National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors and The Job Creators Network Foundation submitted.
Jan 10 2025Amicus brief of Competitive Enterprise Institute submitted.
Jan 10 2025Amicus brief of Community Associations Institute submitted.
Jan 10 2025Amicus brief of National Retail Federation, National Association of Convenience Stores, Restaurant Law Center submitted.
Jan 10 2025Amicus brief of Liberty Justice Center submitted.
Jan 10 2025Amicus brief 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 submitted.
Jan 10 2025Amicus brief of The Private Investor Coalition, Inc., and S Corporation Association submitted.
Jan 10 2025Amicus brief of Advancing American Freedom submitted.
Jan 10 2025Amicus brief of United States Senator Cynthia M. Lummis and Wyoming Secretary of State Chuck Gray submitted.
Jan 13 2025Reply of applicant Merrick Garland, et al. filed.
Jan 13 2025Amicus brief of New Civil Liberties Alliance submitted.
Jan 13 2025Amicus brief of Thomas Zawistowski and We the People Convention submitted.
Jan 14 2025Amicus brief of U.S. Senator Thom Tillis and Thirteen Other Members of Congress submitted.
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)