No. 16-1140
 
Title: National Institute of Family and Life Advocates, dba NIFLA, et al., Petitioners
v.
Xavier Becerra, Attorney General of California, et al.
Docketed: March 21, 2017
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
   Case Numbers: (16-55249)
   Decision Date: October 14, 2016
   Rehearing Denied: December 20, 2016
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Mar 20 2017 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 20, 2017)
Apr 13 2017 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioners.
Apr 13 2017 Waiver of right of respondent Morgan Foley to respond filed.
Apr 14 2017 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including May 24, 2017.
Apr 17 2017 Brief amicus curiae of Liberty, Life and Law Foundation filed.
Apr 20 2017 Brief amici curiae of Freedom X and Crisis Pregnancy Clinic of Southern California filed.
Apr 20 2017 Brief amicus curiae of Charlotte Lozier Institute filed.
Apr 20 2017 Brief amicus curiae of Care Net filed.
Apr 20 2017 Brief amici curiae of United States Justice Foundation, et al. filed.
Apr 20 2017 Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed.
Apr 20 2017 Brief amici curiae of National Association of Evangelicals, Christian Legal Society, et al. filed. VIDED
May 24 2017 Brief of respondents State Respondents in opposition filed. VIDED.
Jun 05 2017 Reply of petitioners National Institute of Family and Life Advocates, dba NIFLA, et al. filed.
Jun 06 2017 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 22, 2017.
Jun 19 2017 Record Requested.
Jun 19 2017 Record received from the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit. The record is electronic and available on PACER.
Jun 21 2017 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 25, 2017.
Sep 21 2017 Rescheduled.
Oct 02 2017 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/6/2017.
Oct 10 2017 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/13/2017.
Oct 23 2017 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/27/2017.
Oct 30 2017 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/3/2017.
Nov 02 2017 Letter of November 2, 2017, from counsel for petitioner received. (Distributed)
Nov 02 2017 Letter of November 2, 2017, from counsel for respondents received. VIDED (Distributed)
Nov 06 2017 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/9/2017.
Nov 13 2017 Petition GRANTED limited to the following question: Whether the disclosures required by the California Reproductive FACT Act violate the protections set forth in the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment, applicable to the States through the Fourteenth Amendment.
Nov 29 2017 Blanket Consent filed by Petitioners, NIFLA, et al..
Dec 20 2017 Joint motion of the parties for an extension of time filed.
Dec 22 2017 Joint motion of the parties to file their opening briefs on the merits is granted and the time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including January 8, 2018, and the time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including February 20, 2018.
Dec 26 2017 Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed.
Jan 08 2018 Brief of petitioners NIFLA, et al. filed.
Jan 08 2018 Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed.)
Jan 11 2018 Brief amici curiae of Twenty-Three Illinois Pregnancy Care Centers filed.
Jan 11 2018 Brief amici curiae of 13 Women and The Catholic Association Foundation filed.
Jan 12 2018 Brief amici curiae of Massachusetts Citizens for Life, et al. filed.
Jan 12 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Justice and Freedom Fund filed.
Jan 12 2018 Brief amici curiae of Charlotte Lozier Institute, et al. filed.
Jan 12 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Jews for Religious Liberty filed.
Jan 15 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Care Net filed.
Jan 15 2018 Brief amici curiae of 41 Family Policy Organizations filed.
Jan 15 2018 Brief amici curiae of Pregnancy Care Centers in Texas filed.
Jan 15 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Human Coalition filed.
Jan 15 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Institute for Justice filed.
Jan 16 2018 Brief amici curiae of U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, et al. filed.
Jan 16 2018 Brief amici curiae of American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians & Gynecologists, et al. filed.
Jan 16 2018 Brief amici curiae of State of Texas, et al. filed.
Jan 16 2018 Brief amicus curiae of United States Supporting Neither Party filed.
Jan 16 2018 Brief amici curiae of The Scharpen Foundation, Inc., Advocates for Faith & Freedom, and National Pro-Life Alliance filed.
Jan 16 2018 Brief amicus curiae of First Resort, Inc. filed.
Jan 16 2018 Brief amici curiae of Operation Outcry, Texas Justice Foundation, and Priests for Life filed.
Jan 16 2018 Brief amici curiae of C12 Group, CEO Forum, Inc., Christian Employers Alliance, Marketplace Leaders filed.
Jan 16 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Moral Law filed.
Jan 16 2018 Brief amici curiae of 144 Members of Congress filed.
Jan 16 2018 Brief amici curiae of Legal Scholars filed.
Jan 16 2018 Brief amici curiae of Mountain Right to Life, Inc., dba Pregnancy and Family Resource Center, Birth Choice of the Desert and His Nesting Place filed.
Jan 16 2018 Brief amici curiae of American Center for Law & Justice, et al. filed.
Jan 16 2018 Brief amici curiae of Freedom X and Crisis Pregnancy Clinic of Southern California filed.
Jan 16 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Alpha Center, A Pregnancy Help Center Registered Under the Laws of South Dakota filed.
Jan 16 2018 Brief amici curiae of Conservative Legal Defense and Education Fund, et al. filed.
Jan 16 2018 Brief amicus curiae of David Boyle filed.
Jan 16 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Heartbeat International, Inc. filed.
Jan 16 2018 Brief amici curiae of National Association of Evangelicals, et al. filed.
Jan 24 2018 SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Tuesday, March 20, 2018
Jan 30 2018 Proposal of amici curiae The Sharpen Foundation, Inc., et al. to lodge copies of record material in related case, and copy of legislative history of the Reproductive FACT Act, 2-15 Cal. Stats. Ch. 700.
Feb 07 2018 CIRCULATED
Feb 20 2018 Brief of respondent Thomas E. Montgomery filed. (Distributed)
Feb 20 2018 Brief of respondents Becerra, Att'y Gen. of CA, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Feb 20 2018 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Feb 23 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Compassion & Choices filed. (Distributed)
Feb 26 2018 Brief amici curiae of Legal Ethicists filed. (Distributed)
Feb 26 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Public Citizen, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
Feb 27 2018 Brief amici curiae of Members of Congress filed. (Distributed)
Feb 27 2018 Brief amici curiae of American Academy of Pediatrics, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Feb 27 2018 Brief amici curiae of Planned Parenthood Federation of America and Physicians for Reproductive Health filed. (Distributed)
Feb 27 2018 Brief amici curiae of Black Women for Wellness, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Feb 27 2018 Brief amici curiae of California Women's Law Center, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Feb 27 2018 Brief amici curiae of Equal Rights Advocates, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Feb 27 2018 Brief amicus curiae of American Medical Association filed. (Distributed)
Feb 27 2018 Brief amici curiae of the States of New York, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Feb 27 2018 Brief amici curiae of 51 Reproductive Rights, Civil Rights and Social Justice Organizations filed. (Distributed)
Feb 27 2018 Brief amici curiae of City and County of San Francisco, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Feb 27 2018 Brief amici curiae of National League of Cities, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Feb 27 2018 Brief amici curiae of Social Science Researchers filed.
Mar 05 2018 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Mar 13 2018 Reply of petitioners NIFLA, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Mar 16 2018 Letter of respondents Becerra, Att'y Gen. of CA, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Mar 20 2018 Argued. For petitioners: Michael P. Farris, Washington, D. C. For United States, as amicus curiae, in support of neither party: Jeffrey B. Wall, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondents: Joshua A. Klein, Deputy Solicitor General, San Francisco, Cal.
Jun 26 2018 Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Thomas, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Kennedy, Alito, and Gorsuch, JJ., joined. Kennedy, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Roberts, C. J., and Alito and Gorsuch, JJ., joined. Breyer, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Ginsburg, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined.
Jul 30 2018 JUDGMENT SSUED.
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioner
David Andrew Cortman
Counsel of Record
Alliance Defending Freedom
440 First Street NW Suite 600
Washington, DC 20001

dcortman@adflegal.org
Ph: 202-347-3622
Party name: NIFLA, et al.


Attorneys for Respondents
Office of County Counsel
Counsel of Record
Office of County Counsel
1600 Pacific Highway
Room 355
San Diego, CA 92101

thomas.bunton@sdcounty.ca.gov
Ph: 619-531-6456
Party name: Thomas E. Montgomery


California Department of Justice
Counsel of Record
California Department of Justice
1515 Clay Street
Suite 2000
Oakland, CA 94612-1413

JOSHUA.KLEIN@DOJ.CA.GOV
Ph: 510-879-0756
Party name: Becerra, Att'y Gen. of CA, et al.


McDougal, Love, Boehmer, Foley, Lyon & Canlas
Counsel of Record
McDougal, Love, Boehmer, Foley, Lyon & Canlas
8100 La Mesa Blvd., Suite 200
La Mesa, CA 91942

cmitchell@mcdougallove.com
Ph: (619) 440-4444
Party name: Morgan Foley


Other Attorneys
Steven Henry Aden
Counsel of Record
Americans United for Life
1150 Connecticut Ave
Suite 500
Washington, D.C., DC 20036

STEVEN.ADEN@AUL.ORG
Ph: 202-741-4917
Party name: American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians & Gynecologists; Christian Medical & Dental Association; American College of Pediatricians


John Michael Baker
Counsel of Record
Greene Espel, PLLP
222 South Ninth Street
Suite 2200
Minneapolis, MN 55402

JBAKER@GREENEESPEL.COM
Ph: (612) 373-0830
Party name: National League of Cities, United States Conference of Mayors, International City/County Management Association, and International Municipal Lawyers Association


William Becker Jr.
Counsel of Record
Freedom X
1500 Olympic Blvd.
Suite 400
Los Angeles, CA 90064

freedomxlaw@gmail.com
Ph: 310-636-1018
Party name: Freedom X and Crisis Pregnancy Clinic of Southern California


Thomas Bennigson
Counsel of Record
Public Good Law Center
1950 University Ave., Ste. 200
Berkeley, CA 94704

tbennigson@publicgoodlaw.org
Ph: 510-336-1899
Party name: Black Women for Wellness, et al.


Dorinda C. Bordlee
Counsel of Record
Bioethics Defense Fund
3312 Cleary Avenue
Metairie, LA 70002

dbordlee@bdfund.org
Ph: 5042317234
Party name: Charlotte Lozier Institute


David Christopher Boyle
Counsel of Record
PO Box 15143
Long Beach, CA 90815

dbo@boyleslaw.org
Ph: (734) 904-6132
Party name: David Boyle


John J. Bursch
Counsel of Record
Alliance Defending Freedom
440 First Street NW
Suite 600
Washington, DC 20001

jbursch@adflegal.org
Ph: (616) 450-4235
Party name: Care Net


Harold J. Cassidy
Counsel of Record
The Cassidy Law Firm
750 Broad Street Suite 3
Shrewsbury, NJ 07702

hjc@haroldcassidy.com
Ph: 7327473999
Party name: Alpha Center, A Pregnancy Help Center Registered Under the Laws of South Dakota


Jonathan David Christman
Counsel of Record
FOX ROTHSCHILD LLP
10 Sentry Parkway, Suite 200
P.O. Box 3001
Blue Bell, PA 19422-3001

jchristman@foxrothschild.com
Ph: 610-397-3913
Party name: Human Coalition


Matthew James Clark
Counsel of Record
Alabama Attorney General's Office
501 Washington Avenue
Montgomery, AL 36104

matthew.clark@alabamaag.gov
Ph: 256-510-1828
Party name: Foundation for Moral Law


Frederick W. Claybrook Jr.
Counsel of Record
Claybrook, LLC
655 Fifteenth St., NW, Ste. 425
Washington, DC 20005

rick@claybrooklaw.com
Ph: 301-622-0360
Party name: National Association of Evangelicals, et al.


Dwight Gerard Duncan
Counsel of Record
Collier Legal, LLC
12 Granary Road
Stockton, NJ 08559

dduncan@umassd.edu
Ph: 908-581-7180
Party name: Massachusetts Citizens for Life, et al.


Michael Lee Francisco
Counsel of Record
First & Fourteenth PLLC
800 Connecticut Avenue
Suite 300
Washington, DC 20006

michael@first-fourteenth.com
Ph: 202-998-1978
Party name: C12 Group, CEO Forum, Inc., Christian Employers Alliance, Marketplace Leade


Noel John Francisco
Counsel of Record
Jones Day
51 Louisiana Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001

NJFRANCISCO@JONESDAY.COM
Ph: (202) 879-3939
Party name: United States


David Austin French
Counsel of Record
The Dispatch
1020 19th Street NW Suite 875
Washington, DC 20036

david@thedispatch.com
Ph: 931-446-7572
Party name: 41 Family Policy Organizations


Albert Quoc Giang
Counsel of Record
King & Spalding LLP
633 West Fifth Street Suite 1600
Los Angeles, CA 90071

AGIANG@KSLAW.COM
Ph: 231-443-4355
Party name: Legal Ethicists


Brianne Jenna Gorod
Counsel of Record
Constitutional Accountability Center
1200 18th Street, NW
Suite 501
Washington, DC 20036

BRIANNE@THEUSCONSTITUTION.ORG
Ph: 202 296 6889
Party name: Members of Congress


James L. Hirsen
Counsel of Record
505 S. Villa Real
Suite 101
Anaheim, CA 92807

james@jameshirsen.com
Ph: (714) 283-8880
Party name: Justice and Freedom Fund


Scott A. Keller
Counsel of Record
Lehotsky Keller Cohn LLP
200 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Suite 700
Washington, DC 20001

scott@lkcfirm.com
Ph: 5126938350
Party name: State of Texas, et al.


Kenneth Alan Klukowski
Counsel of Record
Schaerr | Jaffe LLP
1717 K Street N.W. Suite 900
Washington, DC 20006

kklukowski@theacru.org
Ph: (202) 787-1060
Party name: Legal Scholars


Mollie M. Lee
Counsel of Record
San Francisco City Attorney's Office
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
City Hall, Room 234
San Francisco, CA 94102

mollie.lee@sfcityatty.org
Ph: 415.554-4290
Party name: City and County of San Francisco


Mary Elizabeth McAlister
Counsel of Record
Child & Parental Rights Campaign, Inc.
5425 Peachtree Pkwy, Suite 110
Norcross, GA 30092

mmcalister@childparentrights.org
Ph: 770 448 4525
Party name: Mountain Right to Life, Inc., dba Pregnancy and Family Resource Center, Birth Choice of the Desert and His Nesting Place


Robert James McNamara
Counsel of Record
Institute for Justice
901 N Glebe Road
Suite 900
Arlington, VA 22203

RMCNAMARA@IJ.ORG
Ph: 703-682-9320
Party name: Institute for Justice


Leonard A. Nelson
Counsel of Record
American Medical Association
330 N. Wabash Ave.
Suite 39300
Chicago, IL 60611

leonard.nelson@ama-assn.org
Ph: 3124645532
Party name: American Medical Association


Scott Lawrence Nelson
Counsel of Record
Public Citizen Litigation Group
1600 20th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20009

SNELSON@CITIZEN.ORG
Ph: 202-588-1000
Party name: Public Citizen, Inc.


Andrea Marie Picciotti-Bayer
Counsel of Record
Catholic Association Foundation
3220 N. Street NW, Suite 126
Washington, DC 20007

amariepicciotti@gmail.com
Ph: 5712016564
Party name: 13 Women and The Catholic Association Foundation


Mark Leonard Rienzi
Counsel of Record
The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty
1919 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Suite 400
Washington, DC 20006

MRIENZI@BECKETLAW.ORG
Ph: (202) 955-0095
Party name: First Resort, Inc.


Julie Rikelman
Counsel of Record
Center for Reproductive Rights
199 Water Street 22nd Floor
New York, NY 10038

jrikelman@reprorights.org
Ph: 917-637-3670
Party name: 51 Reproductive Rights, Civil Rights and Social Justice Organizations


Sanford Jay Rosen
Counsel of Record
Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP
101 Mission Street, 6th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105

srosen@rbgg.com
Ph: 415-433-6830
Party name: Equal Rights Advocates, et al.


James Christopher Rutten
Counsel of Record
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
350 South Grand Avenue, 50th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90071-3426

james.rutten@mto.com
Ph: (213) 683-9189
Party name: Heartbeat International, Inc.


Darin Murl Sands
Counsel of Record
Bradley Bernstein Sands LLP
1425 SW 20th Ave Suite 201
Portland, OR 97201

dsands@bradleybernsteinllp.com
Ph: 503-734-2480
Party name: Compassion & Choices


Gene Clayton Schaerr
Counsel of Record
Schaerr | Jaffe
1717 K Street NW, Suite 900
Washington, DC 20006

GSCHAERR@SCHAERR-JAFFE.COM
Ph: 202-787-1060
Party name: U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, et al.


Linda Boston Schlueter
Counsel of Record
Trinity Legal Center
1150 N. Loop 1604 W. Suite 108-208
San Antonio, TX 78248

TLC4Linda@aol.com
Ph: 210-274-5274
Party name: Pregnancy Care Centers in Texas


Alan Evan Schoenfeld
Counsel of Record
Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale and Dorr, LLP
7 World Trade Center
250 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10007

alan.schoenfeld@wilmerhale.com
Ph: (212) 230-8800
Party name: Planned Parenthood Federation of America and Physicians for Reproductive Health


Jay Alan Sekulow
Counsel of Record
American Center for Law and Justice
201 Maryland Avenue, N.E.
Washington, DC 20002

sekulow@aclj.org
Ph: 2025468890
Party name: American Center for Law & Justice, et al.


Ilya Shapiro
Counsel of Record
Manhattan Institute
52 Vanderbilt Ave.
New York, NY 10017

ishapiro@manhattan-institute.org
Ph: 212599-7000
Party name: Cato Institute


Catherine Wynne Short
Counsel of Record
Life Legal Defense Foundation
P.O. Box 2105
Napa, CA 94558

kshort@lldf.org
Ph: (707) 224-6675
Party name: Operation Outcry, Texas Justice Foundation, and Priests for Life


Howard Nathan Slugh
Counsel of Record
Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty
2400 Virginia Ave NW APT C619
Washington DC, DC 20037

HSLUGH@JCRL.ORG
Ph: 19543289461
Party name: Jews for Religious Liberty


Noel Ward Sterett
Counsel of Record
Mauck & Baker, LLC
One North LaSalle Street, Suite 600
Chicago, IL 60602

nsterett@mauckbaker.com
Ph: 312-726-1243
Party name: Twenty-Three Illinois Pregnancy Care Centers


Simona Gurevich Strauss
Counsel of Record
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, LLP
2475 Hanover Street
Palo Alto, CA 94304

sstrauss@stblaw.com
Ph: 650-251-5203
Party name: American Academy of Pediatrics, California; American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists; American Medical Women's Association; American Nurses Association\California; American Society for Reproductive Medicine, et al.


Patrick Strawbridge
Counsel of Record
Consovoy McCarthy PLLC
1600 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 700
Arlington, VA 22209

PATRICK@CONSOVOYMCCARTHY.COM
Ph: (703) 243-9423
Party name: 144 Members of Congress


Lois D. Thompson
Counsel of Record
Proskauer Rose LLP
2049 Century Park East
Los Angeles, CA 90067

lthompson@proskauer.com
Ph: 310-557-2900
Party name: California Women's Law Center, et al.


Herbert William Titus
Counsel of Record
William J. Olson, P.C.
370 Maple Ave W Suite 4
Vienna, VA 22180

htitus@cox.net
Ph: 703-356-5070
Party name: Conservative Legal Defense and Education Fund, et al.


Robert H. Tyler
Counsel of Record
Advocates for Faith & Freedom
25026 Las Brisas Road
Murrieta, CA 92562

btyler@faith-freedom.com
Ph: (951) 600-2733
Party name: The Scharpen Foundation, Inc., Advocates for Faith & Freedom, and National Pro-Life Alliance


Barbara Dale Underwood
Counsel of Record
Solicitor General
Office of the Attorney General
28 Liberty Street
New York, NY 10005-1400

BARBARA.UNDERWOOD@AG.NY.GOV
Ph: 212-416-8016
Party name: the States of New York, et al.


Steven Alan Zalesin
Counsel of Record
Patterson Belknap Webb and Tyler LLP
1133 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036

sazalesin@pbwt.com
Ph: 2123362000
Party name: Social Science Researchers


William J. Becker Jr.
Freedom X
11500 Olympic Blvd.
Suite 400
Los Angeles, CA 90064

freedomxlaw@gmail.com
Ph: (310) 636-1018
Party name: Freedom X and Crisis Pregnancy Clinic of Southern California


John J. Bursch
Bursch Law PLLC
9339 Cherry Valley Avenue SE, #78
Caledonia, MI 49316

jbursch@burschlaw.com
Ph: (616) 450-4235
Party name: Care Net


Frederick W. Claybrook Jr.
Claybrook, LLC
1001 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., 8th Floor
Washington, DC 20004

rick@claybrooklaw.com
Ph: (202) 250-3833
Party name: National Association of Evangelicals, Christian Legal Society, et al.


Deborah Dewart
620 E. Sabiston Drive
Swansboro, NC 28584-9674

debcpalaw@earthlink.net
Ph: (910)-326-4554
Party name: Liberty, Life and Law Foundation


Catherine Glenn Foster
1200 New Hampshire Ave., N.W., Suite 750
Washington, DC 20036

cfoster@lozierinstitute.org
Ph: (202) 223-8073
Party name: Charlotte Lozier Institute


Jeremiah Lee Morgan
William J. Olson, P.C.
370 Maple Avenue, West, Suite 4
Vienna, VA 22180-5615

wjo@mindspring.com
Ph: (703)-356-5070
Party name: United States Justice Foundation, et al.


Ilya Shapiro
Cato Institute
1000 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20001

ishapiro@cato.org
Ph: (202) 842-2000
Party name: Cato Institute