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The Gavel · 15-338 · 578 U.S. 317

Sheriff v. Gillie

Sheriff v. Gillie

DocketOpinionsCourtListener opinionSCOTUS docket
Docket
15-338
Term
OT 2015
Status
Decided
Decided
May 16, 2016

Why tracked

Ledger editorial note, not an official Court ranking of importance.

SCOTUS merits case argued in OT 2015.

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  • Mar 29, 2016

    62 min

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  • Sheriff v. Gillie

    May 16, 2016 · Ginsburg · 578 U.S. 317

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    • Opinion of the Court

    Justice GINSBURG delivered the opinion of the Court. Ohio law authorizes the State's Attorney General to retain, as independent contractors, "special counsel" to act on the Attorney General's behalf in collecting certain debts owed to Ohio or an instrumentality of the State. Ohio Rev.Code Ann. § 109.08 (Lexis 2014). As required by the Attorney General, special counsel use the Attorney…

  • Sheriff v. Gillie

    Mar 18, 2016 · 136 S. Ct. 1407

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    • Lead Opinion

    Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument granted.

  • Sheriff v. Gillie

    Dec 11, 2015 · 136 S. Ct. 614

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    • Lead Opinion

    Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit granted.