{"CaseNumber":"25A97 ","bCapitalCase":false,"sJsonCreationDate":"08/14/2025","sJsonTerm":"2025","sJsonCaseNumber":"00097","sJsonCaseType":"Application","RelatedCaseNumber":[],"PetitionerTitle":"NetChoice, LLC, Applicant","RespondentTitle":"Lynn Fitch, Attorney General of Mississippi","DocketedDate":"July 23, 2025","LowerCourt":"United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit","LowerCourtCaseNumbers":"(25-60348)","ProceedingsandOrder":[{"Date":"Jul 21 2025","Text":"Application (25A97) to vacate stay, submitted to Justice Alito.","Links":[{"Description":"Main Document","File":"2025.07.21 NetChoice Miss. SCOTUS Application and Appendix.pdf","DocumentUrl":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25/25A97/365688/20250721161254807_2025.07.21%20NetChoice%20Miss.%20SCOTUS%20Application%20and%20Appendix.pdf"},{"Description":"Proof of Service","File":"383665 Affidavit_FedEx.pdf","DocumentUrl":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25/25A97/365688/20250721161310010_383665%20Affidavit_FedEx.pdf"}]},{"Date":"Jul 23 2025","Text":"Response to application (25A97) requested by Justice Alito, due by 4pm (EDT), on July 30, 2025."},{"Date":"Jul 24 2025","Text":"Brief amicus curiae of TechFreedom filed.","Links":[{"Description":"Main Document","File":"TF Amicus ISO Em App NetChoice v Fitch SCOTUS.pdf","DocumentUrl":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25/25A97/366929/20250724091658068_TF%20Amicus%20ISO%20Em%20App%20NetChoice%20v%20Fitch%20SCOTUS.pdf"},{"Description":"Proof of Service","File":"TF Proof of Service Em App NetChoice v Fitch SCOTUS.pdf","DocumentUrl":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25/25A97/366929/20250724091716719_TF%20Proof%20of%20Service%20Em%20App%20NetChoice%20v%20Fitch%20SCOTUS.pdf"}]},{"Date":"Jul 25 2025","Text":"Brief amici curiae of Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, et al. filed.","Links":[{"Description":"Main Document","File":"25A97 Brief of Amici Curiae FIRE et al in Support of Application for Vacatur.pdf","DocumentUrl":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25/25A97/368083/20250725132620037_25A97%20Brief%20of%20Amici%20Curiae%20FIRE%20et%20al%20in%20Support%20of%20Application%20for%20Vacatur.pdf"},{"Description":"Proof of Service","File":"25A97 Certificate of Service.pdf","DocumentUrl":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25/25A97/368083/20250725132627643_25A97%20Certificate%20of%20Service.pdf"}]},{"Date":"Jul 25 2025","Text":"Brief amici curiae of LGBT Technology Institute, et al. filed.","Links":[{"Description":"Main Document","File":"NetChoice_LGBT_Tech_Amicus_Brief.pdf","DocumentUrl":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25/25A97/368084/20250725131522559_NetChoice_LGBT_Tech_Amicus_Brief.pdf"},{"Description":"Proof of Service","File":"NetChoice_LGBT_Tech_Certificate_of_Service.pdf","DocumentUrl":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25/25A97/368084/20250725131710401_NetChoice_LGBT_Tech_Certificate_of_Service.pdf"},{"Description":"Certificate of Word Count","File":"NetChoice_LGBT_Tech_Certificate_of_Compliance.pdf","DocumentUrl":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25/25A97/368084/20250725131847939_NetChoice_LGBT_Tech_Certificate_of_Compliance.pdf"}]},{"Date":"Jul 28 2025","Text":"Brief amicus curiae of Stop Child Predators filed.","Links":[{"Description":"Main Document","File":"25A97 Amicus Brief.pdf","DocumentUrl":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25/25A97/368142/20250728101042361_25A97%20Amicus%20Brief.pdf"},{"Description":"Proof of Service","File":"25A97 Affidavit.pdf","DocumentUrl":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25/25A97/368142/20250728101051907_25A97%20Affidavit.pdf"}]},{"Date":"Jul 28 2025","Text":"Brief amici curiae of TechNet, et al. filed.","Links":[{"Description":"Main Document","File":"25A97 Amicus Brief.pdf","DocumentUrl":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25/25A97/368208/20250728153018785_25A97%20Amicus%20Brief.pdf"},{"Description":"Proof of Service","File":"25A97 Affidavit.pdf","DocumentUrl":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25/25A97/368208/20250728153030542_25A97%20Affidavit.pdf"}]},{"Date":"Jul 29 2025","Text":"Brief amici curiae of American Booksellers for Free Expression, et al. filed.","Links":[{"Description":"Main Document","File":"Brief of Am Booksellers for Free Expression et al.pdf","DocumentUrl":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25/25A97/368368/20250729173554864_Brief%20of%20Am%20Booksellers%20for%20Free%20Expression%20et%20al.pdf"},{"Description":"Proof of Service","File":"Certificate of Service.pdf","DocumentUrl":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25/25A97/368368/20250729173609862_Certificate%20of%20Service.pdf"}]},{"Date":"Jul 29 2025","Text":"Brief amicus curiae of Center for Individual Rights filed.","Links":[{"Description":"Main Document","File":"CIR Amicus - NetChoice v. Fitch.pdf","DocumentUrl":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25/25A97/368370/20250729175253284_CIR%20Amicus%20-%20NetChoice%20v.%20Fitch.pdf"},{"Description":"Proof of Service","File":"NetChoice Certificate of Service.pdf","DocumentUrl":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25/25A97/368370/20250729175300322_NetChoice%20Certificate%20of%20Service.pdf"}]},{"Date":"Jul 30 2025","Text":"Response to application from respondent Lynn Fitch, Attorney General of Mississippi, filed.","Links":[{"Description":"Main Document","File":"No. 25A97 Response to Application.pdf","DocumentUrl":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25/25A97/368437/20250730143535035_No.%2025A97%20Response%20to%20Application.pdf"},{"Description":"Proof of Service","File":"No. 25A97 COS.pdf","DocumentUrl":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25/25A97/368437/20250730143547892_No.%2025A97%20COS.pdf"}]},{"Date":"Jul 30 2025","Text":"Brief amicus curiae of Taxpayers Protection Alliance filed.","Links":[{"Description":"Main Document","File":"25A97 Amicus Brief.pdf","DocumentUrl":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25/25A97/368416/20250730112923017_25A97%20Amicus%20Brief.pdf"},{"Description":"Proof of Service","File":"25A97 Affidavit.pdf","DocumentUrl":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25/25A97/368416/20250730112929071_25A97%20Affidavit.pdf"}]},{"Date":"Jul 31 2025","Text":"Reply of applicant NetChoice, LLC filed.","Links":[{"Description":"Reply","File":"NetChoice Reply ISO Application.pdf","DocumentUrl":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25/25A97/368569/20250731163804635_NetChoice%20Reply%20ISO%20Application.pdf"},{"Description":"Proof of Service","File":"Certificate of Service.pdf","DocumentUrl":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25/25A97/368569/20250731163812094_Certificate%20of%20Service.pdf"}]},{"Date":"Aug 14 2025","Text":"Application (25A97) referred to the Court."},{"Date":"Aug 14 2025","Text":"Application (25A97) to vacate stay presented to Justice Alito and by him referred to the Court is denied.  Justice Kavanaugh, concurring in the denial of the application to vacate stay.   (Detached <a href = 'https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/25a97_5h25.pdf'>Opinion</a>)"}],"AttorneyHeaderPetitioner":"Attorneys for Petitioner","Petitioner":[{"Attorney":"Scott A. Keller","IsCounselofRecord":true,"Title":"Lehotsky Keller Cohn LLP","PrisonerId":null,"Phone":"5126938350","Address":"200 Massachusetts Avenue, NW\r\nSuite 700","City":"Washington","State":"DC","Zip":"20001","Email":"scott@lkcfirm.com","PartyName":"NetChoice"}],"AttorneyHeaderRespondent":"Attorneys for Respondent","Respondent":[{"Attorney":"Scott Grant Stewart","IsCounselofRecord":true,"Title":"Mississippi Attorney General's Office","PrisonerId":null,"Phone":"(601) 359-5563","Address":"P.O. Box 220","City":"Jackson","State":"MS","Zip":"39205-0220","Email":"SCOTT.STEWART@AGO.MS.GOV","PartyName":"Lynn Fitch"}],"AttorneyHeaderOther":"Other","Other":[{"Attorney":"Corbin Knight Barthold","IsCounselofRecord":true,"Title":"TechFreedom","PrisonerId":null,"Phone":"7712004997","Address":"1500 K Street NW, Floor 2","City":"Washington","State":"DC","Zip":"20005","Email":"CBARTHOLD@TECHFREEDOM.ORG","PartyName":"TechFreedom"},{"Attorney":"Robert Lawrence Corn-Revere","IsCounselofRecord":true,"Title":"Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression","PrisonerId":null,"Phone":"215-717-3473","Address":"700 Pennsylvania Ave. SE\r\nSuite 340","City":"Washington","State":"DC","Zip":"20003","Email":"bob.corn-revere@thefire.org","PartyName":"FOUNDATION FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND EXPRESSION, CENTER FOR DEMOCRACY AND TECHNOLOGY, CLAY CALVERT, ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION, NATIONAL COALITION AGAINST CENSORSHIP, STUDENT PRESS LAW CENTER, AND WOODHULL FREEDOM FOUNDATION"},{"Attorney":"Mark Simon Davies","IsCounselofRecord":true,"Title":"White & Case LLP","PrisonerId":null,"Phone":"202-626-3600","Address":"701 Thirteenth Street Northwest","City":"Washington","State":"DC","Zip":"20005","Email":"mark.davies@whitecase.com","PartyName":"Taxpayers Protection Alliance"},{"Attorney":"Paul Alessio Mezzina","IsCounselofRecord":true,"Title":"King & Spalding LLP","PrisonerId":null,"Phone":"202-626-8988","Address":"1700 Pennsylvania Avenue NW\r\nSuite 900","City":"Washington","State":"DC","Zip":"20006","Email":"pmezzina@kslaw.com","PartyName":"Technet, Chamber of Progress, Computer & Communications Industry Association, Engine Advocacy, Internet Works, and Software & Information Industry Association"},{"Attorney":"Joshua Nathaniel Mitchell","IsCounselofRecord":true,"Title":"Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP","PrisonerId":null,"Phone":"202-303-1232","Address":"1875 K St. NW","City":"Washington","State":"DC","Zip":"20006","Email":"jmitchell@willkie.com","PartyName":"Stop Child Predators"},{"Attorney":"Kristin L. Myles","IsCounselofRecord":true,"Title":"Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP","PrisonerId":null,"Phone":"(415) 393-8200","Address":"One Embarcadero Center\r\nSuite 2600","City":"San Francisco","State":"CA","Zip":"94111","Email":"klinsley@gibsondunn.com","PartyName":"Center for Individual Rights"},{"Attorney":"Katelyn Nichole Ringrose","IsCounselofRecord":true,"Title":"McDermott Will & Emery","PrisonerId":null,"Phone":"5305980865","Address":"500 North Capitol St NW","City":"Washington","State":"DC","Zip":"20001","Email":"knringrose@gmail.com","PartyName":"LGBT Tech"},{"Attorney":"Stephanie Schuster","IsCounselofRecord":true,"Title":"Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP","PrisonerId":null,"Phone":"(202) 739-3000","Address":"1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW","City":"Washington","State":"DC","Zip":"20004","Email":"stephanie.schuster@morganlewis.com","PartyName":"American Booksellers for Free Expression; Association of American Publishers; The Authors Guild, Inc.; Comic Book Legal Defense Fund; Freedom to Read Foundation; The Independent Book Publishers Association"}]}