| 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 |
| Date | 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 DocumentLower Court Orders/OpinionsProof 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) |
| PetitionAppendixCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Mar 04 2020 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Bethany Austin. |
| Blanket Consent | |
| Mar 19 2020 | Waiver of right of respondent Illinois to respond filed. |
| Main Document | |
| Mar 19 2020 | Brief amici curiae of American Booksellers Association, et al. filed. |
| Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count | |
| 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. |
| Main Document | |
| Mar 20 2020 | Brief amici curiae of The Cato Institute filed. |
| Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count | |
| Mar 20 2020 | Brief amici curiae of First Amendment Lawyers Association and the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project filed. |
| Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count | |
| Mar 20 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Woodhull Freedom Foundation filed. |
| Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count | |
| Mar 20 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Institute for Justice filed. |
| Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count | |
| 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. |
| Main Document | |
| 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. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Jul 22 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020. |
| Jul 27 2020 | Reply of petitioner Bethany Austin filed. (Distributed) |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Oct 05 2020 | Petition DENIED. |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioner | ||
| Robert Lawrence Corn-Revere Counsel of Record | Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP 1919 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20006 bobcornrevere@dwt.com | 202-973-4225 |
| Party name: Bethany Austin | ||
| Attorneys for Respondent | ||
| Michael Marc Glick Counsel of Record | Illinois Attorney General's Office 100 West Randolph Street, 12th Floor Chicago, IL 60601 mglick@atg.state.il.us | 3128142232 |
| Party name: Illinois | ||
| Jane Elinor Notz Counsel of Record | Office of the Attorney General, State of Illinois 100 West Randolph Street, 12th Floor Chicago, IL 60601 jnotz@atg.state.il.us | 312-814-5376 |
| Party name: State of Illinois | ||
| Other | ||
| Michael A Bamberger Counsel of Record | Dentons US LLP 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020 michael.bamberger@dentons.com | 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 Counsel of Record | Bennett & Bennett 917 Franklin Street, Fourth Floor Houston, TX 77002 mb@ivi3.com | 7132241747 |
| Party name: First Amendment Lawyers Association and the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project | ||
| Samuel Bracken Gedge Counsel of Record | Institute for Justice 901 N. Glebe Road, Suite 900 Arlington, VA 22203 sgedge@ij.org | (703) 682-9320 |
| Party name: Institute for Justice | ||
| Ilya Shapiro Counsel of Record | Cato Institute 1000 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington, DC 20001 ishapiro@cato.org | 2028420200 |
| Party name: The Cato Institute | ||
| Lawrence G. Walters Counsel of Record | Walters Law Group 195 W. Pine Avenue Longwood, FL 32750 paralegal@firstamendment.com | 4079759150 |
| Party name: Woodhull Freedom Foundation | ||