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United States v. Collins

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Docket No. Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
19-184 Oct 13, 2020 Dec 10, 2020 8-0 Alito OT 2020

Holding: The prosecutions of three military service members for rape were timely under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

Judgment: Reversed and remanded, 8-0, in an opinion by Justice Alito on December 10, 2020. Justice Gorsuch filed a concurring opinion. Justice Barrett took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.

SCOTUSblog Coverage

DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
05/31/2019Application (18A1257) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 10, 2019 to July 10, 2019, submitted to The Chief Justice.
06/06/2019Application (18A1257) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until July 10, 2019.
06/28/2019Application (18A1257) to extend further the time from July 10, 2019 to August 9, 2019, submitted to The Chief Justice.
07/03/2019Application (18A1257) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until August 9, 2019.
08/09/2019Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 9, 2019)
08/30/2019Motion respondent Humphrey Daniels to extend the time to file a response from September 9, 2019 to October 9, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
09/05/2019Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 9, 2019, for all respondents.
09/09/2019Brief of respondent Richard D. Collins in opposition filed.
09/09/2019Brief amici curiae of Harmony Allen and Tonja Schulz filed.
10/09/2019Brief of respondent Humphrey Daniels in opposition filed.
10/23/2019DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/8/2019.
10/23/2019Reply of petitioner USA filed. (Distributed)
11/12/2019DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/15/2019.
11/15/2019Petition GRANTED. The petition for a writ of certiorari in No. 19-108 is granted. The cases are consolidated and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument.
11/15/2019Because the Court has consolidated these cases for briefing and oral argument, future filings and activity in the cases will now be reflected on the docket of No. 19-108. Subsequent filings in these cases must therefore be submitted through the electronic filing system in No. 19-108. Each document submitted in connection with one or more of these cases must include on its cover the case number and caption for each case in which the filing is intended to be submitted. Where a filing is submitted in fewer than all of the cases, the docket entry will reflect the case number(s) in which the filing is submitted; a document filed in all of the consolidated cases will be noted as “VIDED.”
01/31/2020SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, March 23, 2020. VIDED
02/19/2020Record requested from the U.S.C.A. Armed Forces.
02/19/2020CIRCULATED
02/26/2020Record received from the U.S.C.A. for the Armed Forces. (1-Envelope)
03/16/2020ORAL ARGUMENT POSTPONED. VIDED.
04/13/2020Argument to be rescheduled for the October Term 2020. VIDED.
07/13/2020SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, October 13, 2020. VIDED.
10/13/2020Argued. For petitioner: Jeffrey B. Wall, Acting Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. For respondents: Stephen I. Vladeck, Austin, Tex. VIDED.
12/10/2020Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Alito, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which all other Members joined, except Barrett, J., who took no part in the consideration or decision of the cases. Gorsuch, J., filed a concurring opinion. VIDED.
01/11/2021JUDGMENT ISSUED.
07/26/2021Record returned to the U.S.C.A. for the Armed Forces. (1-Envelope)