| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
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| 5/18/2006 | | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 24, 2006) |
| 8/9/2006 | | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 25, 2006. |
| 8/28/2006 | | Response Requested . (Due September 27, 2006) |
| 9/20/2006 | | Response of respondent Victor Harris filed. |
| 10/4/2006 | | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 27, 2006. |
| 10/27/2006 | | Petition GRANTED. |
| 12/8/2006 | | Extension of time within which to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits to and including December 13, 2006. |
| 12/13/2006 | | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. |
| 12/13/2006 | | Brief amicus curiae of Georgia Association of Chiefs of Police, Inc. in support of neither party filed. |
| 12/13/2006 | | Brief amici curiae of National Association of Counties, et al. filed. |
| 12/13/2006 | | Joint appendix filed. |
| 12/13/2006 | | Brief of petitioner Timothy Scott filed. |
| 12/13/2006 | | Brief amici curiae of Illinois, et al. filed. |
| 12/18/2006 | | SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Monday, February 26, 2007. |
| 12/18/2006 | | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
| 1/10/2007 | | CIRCULATED. |
| 1/15/2007 | | Brief of respondent Victor Harris filed. (Distributed) |
| 1/16/2007 | | Brief amicus curiae of National Police Accountability Project filed. (Distributed) |
| 1/16/2007 | | Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed. (Distributed) |
| 1/16/2007 | | Record received from U.S.D.C. for Northern District of Georgia. (1 box) |
| 1/17/2007 | | Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union and ACLU of Georgia filed. (Distributed) |
| 1/25/2007 | | Record received from U.S.C.A. for Eleventh Circuit. (1 envelope) |
| 2/13/2007 | | Reply of petitioner Timothy Scott filed. (Distributed) |
| 2/16/2007 | | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. |
| 2/26/2007 | | Argued. For petitioner: Philip W. Savrin, Atlanta, Ga.; and Gregory G. Garre, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondent: Craig T. Jones, Atlanta, Ga. |
| 4/30/2007 | | Judgment REVERSED. Scalia, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Kenendy, Souter, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, and Alito, JJ., joined. Ginsburg, J., and Breyer, J., filed concurring opinions. Stevens, J., filed a dissenting opinion. |
| 6/1/2007 | | Judgment Issued |
| 6/12/2007 | | Acknowledgement of receipt (06/04/07) of judgment from Clerk, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit received. |
| 8/30/2007 | | Record returned to the U.S.C.A. for the Eleventh Circuit. |
| 8/30/2007 | | Record returned to the U.S.D.C. for the Northern District of Georgia. |