Ward v. Thompson

Application for stay and injunction is denied on November 14, 2022. Justices Thomas and Alito would grant the application for stay and injunction.

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
22a350	9th Cir.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	OT 2022

Issue: Whether the court should block a subpoena from the Jan. 6 committee seeking the phone records of Kelli Ward, chair of the Arizona Republican Party.

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Court allows Jan. 6 committee to obtain phone records of Arizona GOP chair (Amy Howe, November 14, 2022)

Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
10/24/2022	Application (22A350) for a stay and injunction, submitted to Justice Kagan.
10/26/2022	Upon consideration of the application of counsel for the applicants, it is ordered that the October 22, 2022 order of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, case No. 22-16473, is hereby stayed pending further order of Justice Kagan or of the Court. Likewise, respondent T-Mobile USA, Inc. is temporarily enjoined from releasing the records requested by the House Select Committee pending further order of Justice Kagan or of the Court. It is further ordered that a response to the application be filed on or before Friday, October 28, 2022 by 5 p.m. (EDT).
10/28/2022	Letter of October 28, 2022, from counsel for respondent T-Mobile USA, Inc. filed.
10/28/2022	Response to application from respondent Bennie Thompson, et al. filed.
10/28/2022	Motion for leave to file brief of amicus curiae in support of applicants filed by America's Future, Free Speech Coalition, Free Speech Defense and Education Fund, U.S. Constitutional Rights Legal Defense Fund, and Conservative Legal Defense and Education Fund.
11/08/2022	Letter of November 8, 2022, from counsel for respondent T-Mobile USA, Inc. filed.
11/14/2022	Application (22A350) referred to the Court.
11/14/2022	Application (22A350) for stay and injunction presented to Justice Kagan and by her referred to the Court is denied. The order heretofore entered by Justice Kagan is vacated. Justice Thomas and Justice Alito would grant the application for stay and injunction.