Timbs v. Indiana

Docket No.	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
17-1091	Nov 28, 2018	Feb 20, 2019	9-0	Ginsburg	OT 2018

Holding: The Eighth Amendment"s excessive fines clause is an incorporated protection applicable to the states under the 14th Amendment"s due process clause.

Judgment: Vacated and remanded, 9-0, in an opinion by Justice Ginsburg on February 20, 2019. Justice Gorsuch filed a concurring opinion. Justice Thomas filed an opinion concurring in the judgment.

SCOTUSblog Coverage

Opinion analysis: Eighth Amendments ban on excessive fines applies to the states (Amy Howe, February 20, 2019)
OT2018 #10: "Come On, General" (First Mondays, December 3, 2018)
Argument analysis: Court appears ready to rule that Constitutions bar on excessive fines applies to the states (Amy Howe, November 28, 2018)
OT2018 #9: "8,000 Pounds of Shark Fins" (First Mondays, November 26, 2018)
Argument preview: Justices to consider whether Eighth Amendment ban on excessive fines applies to the states (Amy Howe, November 21, 2018)
OT2018 #0: "Looks A Lot Like Grift" (First Mondays, September 24, 2018)
Criminal cases in the October 2018 term: A law professors dream (Rory Little, September 18, 2018)
Five new grants, one CVSG, but no Arlenes Flowers (Amy Howe, June 18, 2018)
Petition of the day (Aurora Barnes, February 27, 2018)

Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
01/31/2018	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 5, 2018)
02/06/2018	Blanket Consent filed by Petitioners, Tyson Timbs, et al. and Respondent Indiana.
02/22/2018	Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 5, 2018 to May 4, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
02/22/2018	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 4, 2018.
03/05/2018	Brief amicus curiae of The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed.
03/05/2018	Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed.
03/05/2018	Brief amici curiae of The Southern Poverty Law Center and The Cato Institute filed.
03/05/2018	Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed.
03/05/2018	Brief amici curiae of Professors filed.
05/04/2018	Brief of respondent State of Indiana in opposition filed.
05/16/2018	Reply of petitioner Tyson Timbs filed.
05/22/2018	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/7/2018.
06/11/2018	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/14/2018.
06/18/2018	Petition GRANTED.
06/26/2018	Motion for an extension of time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits filed.
07/11/2018	Motion to extend the time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits granted and the time is extended to and including September 4, 2018.
07/12/2018	Blanket Consent received from counsel of record for petitioner filed.
07/12/2018	Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner Tyson Timbs.
07/23/2018	Blanket Consent received from counsel of record for Respondent, State of Indiana filed.
08/24/2018	Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner GRANTED.
09/04/2018	Brief of petitioner Tyson Timbs filed.
09/05/2018	Amicus brief of Judicial Watch, Inc.; Allied Educational Foundation not accepted for filing. (To be resubmitted with correct documentation - September 10, 2018)
09/05/2018	Brief amici curiae of Judicial Watch, Inc. and Allied Educational Foundation filed.
09/10/2018	Brief amicus curiae of Institute for Free Speech filed.
09/10/2018	Brief amici curiae of Eighth Amendment Scholars in support of neither party filed.
09/10/2018	Brief amici curiae of The American Civil Liberties Union, et al. filed.
09/11/2018	Brief amicus curiae of NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. filed.
09/11/2018	Brief amicus curiae of The Rutherford Institute filed.
09/11/2018	Brief amicus curiae of American Bar Association filed.
09/11/2018	Brief amici curiae of DKT Liberty Project, et al. filed.
09/11/2018	Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed.
09/11/2018	Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed.
09/11/2018	Amicus brief of Indiana Criminal Defense Lawyers not accepted for filing. (Duplicate submission - September 12, 2018)
09/11/2018	Amicus brief of Indiana Criminal Defense Lawyers not accepted for filing. (Duplicate submission - September 12, 2018)
09/11/2018	Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation filed.
09/11/2018	Brief amici curiae of Juvenile Law Center, et al. filed.
09/11/2018	Brief amici curiae of Drug Policy Alliance, et al. filed.
09/11/2018	Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Moral Law filed.
09/11/2018	Brief amicus curiae of American Civil Rights Union filed.
09/11/2018	Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States filed.
09/11/2018	Brief amici curiae of Scholars filed.
09/11/2018	Brief amici curiae of Indiana Criminal Defense Lawyers filed.
09/11/2018	Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed.
09/11/2018	Amicus brief of Cause of Action Institute not accepted for filing. (To be re-submitted with correction)
09/11/2018	Brief amicus curiae of Cause of Action Institute filed (Re-submitted with correction on September 14, 2018).
10/04/2018	Brief of respondent State of Indiana filed.
10/09/2018	SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Wednesday, November 28, 2018
10/11/2018	Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Counties, et al. filed.
10/19/2018	CIRCULATED
11/02/2018	Record received from the Supreme Court of Indiana is electronic and complete.
11/05/2018	Reply of petitioners Tyson Timbs, et al. filed. (Distributed)
11/28/2018	Argued. For petitioner: Wesley P. Hottot, Seattle, Wash. For respondent: Thomas M. Fisher, Indiana Solicitor General, Indianapolis, Ind.
02/20/2019	Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Ginsburg, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined. Gorsuch, J., filed a concurring opinion. Thomas, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment.
03/25/2019	MANDATE ISSUED.
03/25/2019	JUDGMENT ISSUED.