No. 21-659
 
Title: Asociación de Periodistas de Puerto Rico, Petitioner
v.
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, et al.
Docketed: November 3, 2021
Lower Ct: Supreme Court of Puerto Rico
   Case Numbers: (CT-2021-0008)
   Decision Date: May 10, 2021
   Rehearing Denied: June 4, 2021
 
Proceedings and Orders
Oct 29 2021 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 3, 2021)
Petition Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Nov 11 2021 Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Asociación de Periodistas de Puerto Rico
Blanket Consent
Nov 23 2021 Letter pursuant to Rule 12.6 from counsel for petitioner filed.
Main Document Proof of Service
Dec 02 2021 Brief amicus curiae of Colegio de Abogados y Abogadas de Puerto Rico filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Dec 03 2021 Brief amici curiae of Gannett Co., Inc., et al. filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Dec 03 2021 Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Jack Jordan.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Dec 03 2021 Brief of respondents Olga E. Costas Rodríguez and Alfonso Ruiz Pérez, next of kin to Andrea Cristina Ruiz Costas in support filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Dec 03 2021 Brief amicus curiae of Overseas Press Club of Puerto Rico filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Dec 16 2021 Supplemental brief of petitioner Asociación de Periodistas de Puerto Rico filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Dec 22 2021 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/7/2022.
Jan 10 2022 Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Jack Jordan GRANTED.
Jan 10 2022 Petition DENIED.
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
David A. Schulz
Counsel of Record
Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic Abrams Institute Yale Law School
127 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511

david.schulz@yale.edu
Ph: (203) 436-5827
Party name: Asociación de Periodistas de Puerto Rico


Attorneys for Respondents
Omar Jose Andino Figueroa
Counsel of Record
Puerto Rico Department of Justice
Teniente Cesar Gonzalez Ave. #677, Floor 5
San Juan, PR 00919

omar.andino@justicia.pr.gov
Ph: 7873102688
Party name: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico


Rafael E. Rodriguez Rivera
Counsel of Record
Access to Information Clinic, Inter American University of Puerto Rico School of Law
PO Box 194735
San Juan, PR 00919-4735

rrodriguez@juris.inter.edu
Ph: (787) 751-1600
Party name: Olga E. Costas Rodríguez and Alfonso Ruiz Pérez, next of kin to Andrea Cristina Ruiz Costas


Other Attorneys
Marta Ivette Figueroa Torres
Counsel of Record
Inter-American University of Puerto Rico School of Law
P.O. Box 70351
San Juan, PR 00936-8351

mfiguero@juris.inter.edu
Ph: (787)6473509
Party name: Overseas Press Club of Puerto Rico


Jack Revels Tucker Jordan
Counsel of Record
Jack Jordan
3102 Howell Street
North Kansas City, MO 64116

jack.jordan@emobilawyer.com
Ph: 8167461955
Party name: Jack Jordan


Michael John Grygiel
Counsel of Record
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
54 State Street, Sixth Floor
Albany, NY 12207

grygielm@gtlaw.com
Ph: 5186891400
Party name: Gannett Co., Inc., The National Press Photographers Association, and The New York News Publishers Association


Jessica Esther Mendez
Counsel of Record
Bufete Emmanuelli, C.S.P.
P.O. Box 10779
Ponce, PR 00732

jessica@emmanuelli.law
Ph: 787-848-0666
Party name: Colegio de Abogados y Abogadas de Puerto Rico