Henderson v. United States

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
13-1487	11th Cir.	Feb 24, 2015	May 18, 2015	9-0	Kagan	OT 2014

Holding: A court-ordered transfer of a felon"s lawfully owned firearms from government custody to a third party is not barred by a federal law that prohibits felons from possessing guns if the court is satisfied that the recipient will not give the felon control over the firearms, so that he could either use them or direct their use.

Judgment: Vacated and remanded, 9-0, in an opinion by Justice Kagan on May 18, 2015.

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Opinion analysis: An equitable result in Henderson v. United States (Richard M. Re, May 18, 2015)
Argument analysis: A controlled implosion (Richard M. Re, February 25, 2015)
Argument preview: What rights do felons have over their surrendered firearms? (Richard M. Re, February 19, 2015)
Privacy of hotel guest lists at issue (Lyle Denniston, October 20, 2014)

Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
04/14/2014	Application (13A1039) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from April 28, 2014 to June 27, 2014, submitted to Justice Thomas.
04/17/2014	Application (13A1039) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until June 27, 2014.
06/10/2014	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 14, 2014)
07/10/2014	Order extending time to file response to petition to and including August 13, 2014.
08/07/2014	Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including August 27, 2014.
08/27/2014	Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
09/09/2014	Reply of petitioner Tony Henderson filed.
09/10/2014	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 29, 2014.
10/06/2014	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 10, 2014.
10/14/2014	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 17, 2014.
10/20/2014	Petition GRANTED.
11/20/2014	Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner.
12/04/2014	The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including December 8, 2014.
12/04/2014	The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including January 13, 2015.
12/08/2014	Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed.)
12/08/2014	Brief of petitioner Tony Henderson filed.
12/12/2014	Brief amicus curiae of Institute for Justice filed.
12/15/2014	Brief amici curiae of Gun Owners of America, Inc., et al. filed.
12/15/2014	Brief amicus curiae of The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed.
12/15/2014	Brief amici curiae of CRPA Foundation, et al. filed.
12/15/2014	Brief amici curiae of Commonwealth Second Amendment, Inc., et al. filed.
12/15/2014	Brief amicus curiae of National Rifle Association of America, Inc. filed.
12/22/2014	SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Tuesday, February 24, 2015
12/22/2014	Record requested from U.S.C.A. 11th Circuit.
01/06/2015	Record for United States District Court for the District of Jacksonville available on Pacer.
01/06/2015	Record received from U.S.C.A. 11th Circuit. (1 - Envelope)
01/07/2015	CIRCULATED.
01/13/2015	Brief of respondent United States filed. (Distributed)
01/14/2015	Record received from U.S.D.C. Middle Dist. of Florida. (1 - Envelope) Part of the Record is SEALED.
01/20/2015	Brief amicus curiae of The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence filed. (Distributed)
02/12/2015	Reply of petitioner Tony Henderson filed. (Distributed)
02/24/2015	Argued. For petitioner: Daniel R. Ortiz, Charlottesville, Va. For respondent: Ann O'Connell, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C.
05/18/2015	Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Kagan, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.
06/19/2015	JUDGMENT ISSUED.
09/22/2015	REVISED JUDGMENT ISSUED.