No. 18-1150
 
Title: Georgia, et al., Petitioners
v.
Public.Resource.Org, Inc.
Docketed: March 5, 2019
Linked with: 18A598
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
   Case Numbers: (17-11589)
   Decision Date: October 19, 2018
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Dec 07 2018 Application (18A598) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 17, 2019 to March 4, 2019, submitted to Justice Thomas.
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Dec 20 2018 Application (18A598) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until March 4, 2019.
Mar 01 2019 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 4, 2019)
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Mar 22 2019 Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 4, 2019 to May 3, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
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Mar 27 2019 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 3, 2019.
Apr 04 2019 Brief amicus curiae of The Software & Information Industry Association filed.
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Apr 04 2019 Brief amici curiae of Arkansas, et al. filed.
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Apr 04 2019 Brief amicus curiae of Matthew Bender & Co., Inc. filed.
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May 01 2019 Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 3, 2019 to May 10, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
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May 01 2019 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including May 10, 2019.
May 06 2019 Brief amici curiae of R Street Institute, et al. in support of respondent filed.
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May 09 2019 Brief amici curiae of Next-Generation Legal Research Platforms and Databases and Digital Accessibility Advocate in support of respondent filed.
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May 10 2019 Brief of respondent Public.Resource.Org, Inc. in opposition filed.
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May 10 2019 Brief amici curiae of 119 Law Students, et al. filed.
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May 24 2019 Reply of petitioners State of Georgia, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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May 28 2019 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/13/2019.
Jun 17 2019 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/20/2019.
Jun 24 2019 Petition GRANTED.
Jul 02 2019 Joint motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
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Jul 09 2019 Joint motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including August 23, 2019. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including October 9, 2019.
Aug 23 2019 Joint appendix (3 Volumes) filed. (Statement of costs filed)
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Aug 23 2019 Brief of petitioners State of Georgia, et al. filed.
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Aug 29 2019 Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Home Builders in support of neither party filed.
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Aug 30 2019 Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
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Aug 30 2019 Brief amici curiae of American Society For Testing And Materials, et al. in support of neither party filed.
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Aug 30 2019 Brief amicus curiae of The Software & Information Industry Association filed.
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Aug 30 2019 Brief amici curiae of Arkansas, et al. filed.
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Aug 30 2019 Brief amici curiae of International Code Council, Inc. and American Gas Association filed.
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Aug 30 2019 Brief amicus curiae of Matthew Bender & Co., Inc. filed.
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Aug 30 2019 Brief amicus curiae of The Copyright Alliance filed.
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Sep 13 2019 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, December 2, 2019.
Oct 09 2019 Brief of respondent Public.Resource.Org, Inc. filed.
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Oct 11 2019 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
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Oct 11 2019 Brief amici curiae of The R Street Institute, the Wikimedia Foundation, and Public Knowledge filed.
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Oct 15 2019 Brief amici curiae of 36 Computational Law Scholars filed.
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Oct 15 2019 Brief amicus curiae of Internet Association filed.
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Oct 16 2019 Brief amici curiae of The Center for Democracy and Technology and Cato Institute filed.
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Oct 16 2019 Brief amici curiae of Current and Former Government Officials filed.
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Oct 16 2019 Brief amici curiae of American Library Association, et al. filed.
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Oct 16 2019 Brief amici curiae of Professor Shyamkrishna Balganesh and Professor Peter S. Menell filed.
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Oct 16 2019 Brief amici curiae of 39 Law Students, 24 Solo and Small-Firm Practitioners of Law, and 38 Legal Educators filed.
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Oct 16 2019 Brief amici curiae of 116 Law Librarians and 5 Law Library Organizations filed.
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Oct 16 2019 Brief amici curiae of Next-Generation Legal Research Platforms and Databases filed.
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Oct 16 2019 Corrected Certificate of Word Count with respect to amici brief of Next-Generation Legal Research Platforms and Databases filed. (Oct 23, 2019).
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Oct 16 2019 Brief amici curiae of Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press & 25 Media Organizations filed.
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Oct 16 2019 Brief amicus curiae of American Intellectual Property Association filed.
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Oct 16 2019 Brief amici curiae of The American Civil Liberties Union, et al. filed.
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Oct 16 2019 Brief amici curiae of Brendan Keefe, in His Official Capacity as Chief Investigative Reporter for 11Alive Atlanta, and WXIA-TV filed.
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Oct 16 2019 Brief amici curiae of Tennessee Coalition for Open Government and Human Rights Defense Center filed.
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Oct 16 2019 Brief amici curiae of Electronic Privacy Information Center, et al. filed.
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Oct 16 2019 Brief amici curiae of Print Disability Advocates filed.
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Oct 16 2019 Brief amici curiae of Law Professors Nina Mendelson, et al. filed.
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Oct 16 2019 Brief amicus curiae of Caselaw Access Project filed.
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Oct 23 2019 Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 11th Circuit.
Oct 25 2019 CIRCULATED
Nov 04 2019 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Nov 08 2019 Reply of petitioners State of Georgia, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Dec 02 2019 Argued. For petitioners: Joshua S. Johnson, Washington, D. C.; and Anthony A. Yang, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondent: Eric F. Citron, Bethesda, Md.
Apr 27 2020 Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Roberts, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Alito, J., joined, and in which Breyer, J., joined as to all but Part II–A and footnote 6. Ginsburg, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Breyer, J., joined.
May 29 2020 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Joshua Stephen Johnson
Counsel of Record
Vinson & Elkins LLP
2200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Suite 500 West
Washington, DC 20037
joshjohnson@velaw.com
Ph: 202-639-6500
Party name: State of Georgia, et al.


Attorneys for Respondents
Eric F. Citron
Counsel of Record
Goldstein & Russell, P.C.
7475 Wisconsin Ave., Suite 850
Bethesda, MD 20814
ecitron@goldsteinrussell.com
Ph: (202) 362-0636
Party name: Public.Resource.Org, Inc.


Other Attorneys
Christopher Theodore Bavitz
Counsel of Record
Cyberlaw Clinic, Harvard Law School
1585 Massachusetts, Ave, Suite WCC 5018
Cambridge, MA 02138
cbavitz@law.harvard.edu
Ph: 6174965155
Party name: Caselaw Access Project


Marta Francesca Belcher
Counsel of Record
Ropes & Gray LLP
1900 University Avenue, 6th Floor
East Palo Alto, CA 94303
Marta.Belcher@ropesgray.com
Ph: 650 617 4005
Party name: The Center for Democracy and Technology and Cato Institute


Nicholas Jacob Bronni
Counsel of Record
Solicitor General of Arkansas
Arkansas Attorney General's Office
323 Center St., Suite 200
Little Rock, AR 72201
nicholas.bronni@arkansasag.gov
Ph: 501-682-6302
Party name: Arkansas, et al.


Bruce David Brown
Counsel of Record
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
1156 15th St. NW
Suite 1020
Washington, DC 20005
bbrown@rcfp.org
Ph: 2027959300
Party name: Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press & 25 Media Organizations


Amy Christine Chai
Counsel of Record
National Association of Home Builders
1201 15th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
achai@nahb.org
Ph: 2022668232
Party name: National Association of Home Builders


David D. Cole
Counsel of Record
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation
915 15th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
dcole@aclu.org
Ph: 212-549-2611
Party name: The American Civil Liberties Union, et al.


Kyle Kenneth Courtney
Counsel of Record
Harvard University
1 Harvard Yard, Widener G-20
Cambridge, MA 02138
kyle_courtney@harvard.edu
Ph: 617-495-4089
Party name: 116 Law Librarians and 5 Law Library Organizations


Sarang Vijay Damle
Counsel of Record
Latham & Watkins LLP
555 Eleventh Street NW
Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20004
sy.damle@lw.com
Ph: 202-637-3332
Party name: Current and Former Government Officials


Charles Duan
Counsel of Record
R Street Institute
1212 New York Ave NW Suite 900
Washington, DC 20005
cduan@rstreet.org
Ph: (202) 525-5717
Party name: The R Street Institute, the Wikimedia Foundation, and Public Knowledge


Charles Duan
Counsel of Record
R Street Institute
1212 New York Ave NW Suite 900
Washington, DC 20005
supremecourt.gov@cduan.com
Ph: (202) 525-5717
Party name: R Street Institute, et al.


Noel John Francisco
Solicitor General
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001
SUPREMECTBRIEFS!USDOJ.GOV
Ph: 202-514-2217
Party name: United States


Joseph Charles Gratz
Counsel of Record
Durie Tangri LLP
217 Leidesdorff Street
San Francisco, CA 94111
jgratz@durietangri.com
Ph: 415-362-6666
Party name: Internet Association


James Hamilton
Counsel of Record
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20004
james.hamilton@morganlewis.com
Ph: 202-739-3000
Party name: International Code Council, Inc.; American Gas Association


Gautam Singh Hans
Counsel of Record
Vanderbilt University Law School
131 21st Avenue South
Nashville, TN 37203
gautam.hans@vanderbilt.edu
Ph: 615-343-2213
Party name: Tennessee Coalition for Open Government and Human Rights Defense Center


Paul Robert Koster
Counsel of Record
Emory Law School
1301 Clifton Road
Atlanta, GA 30322
paul.koster@emory.edu
Ph: 4047273957
Party name: Brendan Keefe, in His Official Capacity as Chief Investigative Reporter for 11Alive Atlanta, and WXIA-TV


Michael Alan Livermore
Counsel of Record
University of Virginia School of Law
580 Massie Road
Charlottesville, VA 22903
mlivermore@virginia.edu
Ph: (434) 982-6224
Party name: 36 Computational Law Scholars


Phillip Robert Malone
Counsel of Record
Juelsgaard Intellectual Property and Innovation Clinic
Mills Legal Clinic at Stanford Law School
559 Nathan Abbott Way
Stanford, CA 94305
pmalone@law.stanford.edu
Ph: 650-725-6369
Party name: Next-Generation Legal Research Platforms and Databases and Digital Accessibility Advocate


Phillip Robert Malone
Counsel of Record
Juelsgaard Intellectual Property and Innovation Clinic
Mills Legal Clinic at Stanford Law School
559 Nathan Abbott Way
Stanford, CA 94305
pmalone@law.stanford.edu
Ph: 650-725-6369
Party name: Next-Generation Legal Research Platforms and Databases


Peter S. Menell
Counsel of Record
University of California
Univ. of California, Berkeley School of Law
225 Bancroft Way
Berkeley, CA 94720-7200
pmenell@law.berkeley.edu
Ph: 510 642-5489
Party name: Professor Shyamkrishna Balganesh and Professor Peter S. Menell


Jeffrey Theodore Pearlman
Counsel of Record
IP & Technology Law Clinic, USC Gould School of Law
699 Exposition Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 94303
scotus@jef.pe
Ph: 214-684-4533
Party name: 39 Law Students, 24 Solo and Small-Firm Practitioners of Law, and 38 Legal Educators


Jeffrey Theodore Pearlman
Counsel of Record
IP & Technology Law Clinic, USC Gould School of Law
699 Exposition Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0071
scotus@jef.pe
Ph: 213-740-7613
Party name: 119 Law Students, 54 Solo and Small-Firm Practitioners of Law, and 21 Legal Educators


Andrew John Pincus
Counsel of Record
Mayer Brown LLP
1999 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
apincus@mayerbrown.com
Ph: 202-263-3000
Party name: The Software & Information Industry Association


Marc Rotenberg
Counsel of Record
Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)
1718 Connecticut Ave., NW
Suite 200
Washington, DC 20009
rotenberg@epic.org
Ph: 202-415-6788
Party name: Electronic Privacy Information Center, et al.


Misha Tseytlin
Counsel of Record
Troutman Sanders LLP
One North Wacker Drive
Suite 2905
Chicago, IL 60606
misha.tseytlin@troutman.com
Ph: 3127595947
Party name: Matthew Bender & Co., Inc.


Jennifer Marie Urban
Counsel of Record
Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic,
353 Boalt Hall, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law
Berkeley, CA 94720-7200
jurban@law.berkeley.edu
Ph: 510-642-7338
Party name: American Library Association, et al.


Donald B. Verrilli Jr.
Counsel of Record
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
1155 F Streeet NW
7th Floor
Washington, DC 20004
donald.verrilli@mto.com
Ph: 202-220-1100
Party name: American Society For Testing And Materials, et al.


Brian D. Wassom
Counsel of Record
Warner Norcross + Judd
45000 River Ridge Drive
Suite 300
Clinton Twp., MI 48038
bwassom@wnj.com
Ph: (248) 784-5039
Party name: American Intellectual Property Association


Jessica Paulie Weber
Counsel of Record
Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP
120 E. Baltimore Street, Suite 1700
Baltimore, MD 21202
jweber@browngold.com
Ph: 4109621030
Party name: Print Disability Advocates


Nancy E. Wolff
Counsel of Record
Cowan DeBaets Abrahams & Sheppard LLP
41 Madison Avenue, 38th Floor
New York, NY 10010
nwolff@cdas.com
Ph: 212-974-7474
Party name: The Copyright Alliance


Allison M. Zieve
Counsel of Record
Public citizen Litigation Group
1600 20th Street NW
Washington, DC 20009
azieve@citizen.org
Ph: 202-588-1000
Party name: Law Professors Nina Mendelson, et al.