No. 19-1029
 
Title: Bethany Austin, Petitioner
v.
Illinois
Docketed: February 19, 2020
Linked with: 19A777
Lower Ct: Supreme Court of Illinois
   Case Numbers: (123910)
   Decision Date: October 18, 2019
 
Proceedings and Orders
Jan 10 2020 Application (19A777) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 16, 2020 to February 14, 2020, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.
Main Document Lower Court Orders/Opinions Proof of Service
Jan 14 2020 Application (19A777) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until February 14, 2020.
Feb 14 2020 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 20, 2020)
Mar 04 2020 Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Bethany Austin.
Mar 19 2020 Waiver of right of respondent Illinois to respond filed.
Mar 19 2020 Brief amici curiae of American Booksellers Association, et al. filed.
Mar 20 2020 Letter of Bethany Austin not accepted for filing. (March 20, 2020 - Corrected version to be submitted)
Mar 20 2020 Letter of petitioner Bethany Austin received.
Mar 20 2020 Brief amici curiae of The Cato Institute filed.
Mar 20 2020 Brief amici curiae of First Amendment Lawyers Association and the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project filed.
Mar 20 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Woodhull Freedom Foundation filed.
Mar 20 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Institute for Justice filed.
Mar 25 2020 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/17/2020.
Apr 02 2020 Response Requested. (Due May 4, 2020)
Apr 24 2020 Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 4, 2020 to July 3, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
Apr 27 2020 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including July 6, 2020. See Rule 30.1.
Jul 06 2020 Brief of respondent State of Illinois in opposition filed.
Jul 22 2020 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
Jul 27 2020 Reply of petitioner Bethany Austin filed. (Distributed)
Oct 05 2020 Petition DENIED.
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Robert Lawrence Corn-Revere
Counsel of Record
Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
700 Pennsylvania Ave. SE
Suite 340
Washington, DC 20003
bob.corn-revere@thefire.org
Ph: 215-717-3473
Party name: Bethany Austin


Attorneys for Respondents
Michael Marc Glick
Counsel of Record

Illinois Attorney General's Office 100 West Randolph Street, 12th Floor
Chicago, IL 60601
Michael.Glick@ilag.gov
Ph: 312-590-7814
Party name: Illinois


Jane Elinor Notz
Counsel of Record
Office of the Attorney General, State of Illinois
115 South LaSalle Street
23rd Floor
Chicago, IL 60603
JANE.NOTZ@ILAG.GOV
Ph: 312-814-5376
Party name: State of Illinois


Other Attorneys
Michael A Bamberger
Dentons US LLP
1221 Avenue of the Americas,
New York, NY 10020
michael.bamberger@dentons.com
Ph: 212 768-6756
Party name: American Booksellers Association, The Association of American Publishers, Inc., Authors Guild, Inc., Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, Freedom to Read Foundation, Media Coalition Foundation, Inc., and National Press Photographers Association,


Mark William Bennett
Bennett & Bennett
917 Franklin Street, Fourth Floor
Houston, TX 77002
MB@IVI3.COM
Ph: 7132241747
Party name: First Amendment Lawyers Association and the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project


Samuel Bracken Gedge
Institute for Justice
901 N. Glebe Road, Suite 900
Arlington, VA 22203
SGEDGE@IJ.ORG
Ph: (703) 682-9320
Party name: Institute for Justice


Ilya Shapiro
Manhattan Institute
52 Vanderbilt Ave.
New York, NY 10017
ishapiro@manhattan-institute.org
Ph: 212599-7000
Party name: The Cato Institute


Lawrence G. Walters
Walters Law Group
195 W. Pine Avenue
Longwood, FL 32750
larry@firstamendment.com
Ph: (407) 975-9150
Party name: Woodhull Freedom Foundation