The Gavel · 14-1468 · 579 U.S. 438
Birchfield v. N. Dakota. William Robert Bernard
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SCOTUS merits case argued in OT 2015.
Opinion of the Court
Author not listed
Apr 20, 2016
71 min
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Birchfield v. N. Dakota. William Robert Bernard
Jun 23, 2016 · ALITOdelivered · 579 U.S. 438
Justice ALITOdelivered the opinion of the Court. Drunk drivers take a grisly toll on the Nation's roads, claiming thousands of lives, injuring many more victims, and inflicting billions of dollars in property damage every year. To fight this problem, all States have laws that prohibit motorists from driving with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) that exceeds a specified level. But d…
Birchfield v. Dakota
Apr 4, 2016 · 136 S. Ct. 1535
Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae, for enlargement of time for oral argument, and for divided argument granted and the time is divided as follows: 35 minutes for petitioners, 15 minutes for respondent North Dakota, 10 minutes for respondent Minnesota, and 10 minutes for the Solicitor General.…
Birchfield v. Dakota
Feb 29, 2016 · 136 S. Ct. 1241
Motion of Indiana Tech Law School Amicus Project for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae in support of neither party granted. Motion of petitioner to dispense with printing the joint appendix granted.…
Birchfield v. Dakota
Dec 11, 2015 · 136 S. Ct. 614
Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of North Dakota granted.*615Case is consolidated and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument.