No. 22-138
 
Title: Billy Raymond Counterman, Petitioner
v.
Colorado
Docketed: August 11, 2022
Linked with: 21A873
Lower Ct: Court of Appeals of Colorado
   Case Numbers: (17CA1465)
   Decision Date: July 22, 2021
Discretionary Court Decision Date: April 11, 2022
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Jun 27 2022 Application (21A873) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 10, 2022 to September 8, 2022, submitted to Justice Gorsuch.
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Jun 29 2022 Application (21A873) granted by Justice Gorsuch extending the time to file until August 9, 2022.
Aug 09 2022 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 12, 2022)
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Aug 17 2022 Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 12, 2022 to October 12, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
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Aug 18 2022 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 12, 2022.
Sep 12 2022 Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed.
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Sep 12 2022 Brief amicus curiae of The Rutherford Institute filed.
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Oct 12 2022 Brief of respondent Colorado in opposition filed.
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Oct 26 2022 Reply of petitioner Billy Raymond Counterman filed.
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Nov 02 2022 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/18/2022.
Nov 28 2022 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/2/2022.
Dec 05 2022 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/9/2022.
Jan 03 2023 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/6/2023.
Jan 09 2023 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/13/2023.
Jan 13 2023 Petition GRANTED.
Jan 31 2023 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, April 19, 2023.
Feb 08 2023 Record requested from the Court of Appeals of Colorado.
Feb 21 2023 Register of actions and briefs received from Court of Appeals of Colorado. Record request also transmitted to trial court.
Feb 22 2023 Brief of petitioner Billy Raymond Counterman filed.
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Feb 22 2023 Joint appendix (3 volumes) filed. (Statement of costs filed)
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Feb 28 2023 Electronic record transmitted from Arapahoe Combined Court (Colorado).
Feb 28 2023 Brief amici curiae of Cato Institute, et al. filed.
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Mar 01 2023 Brief amici curiae of Southwestern law student Elena Cordonean, et al. filed.
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Mar 01 2023 Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression filed.
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Mar 01 2023 Brief amicus curiae of Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press filed.
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Mar 01 2023 Brief amici curiae of Electronic Frontier Foundation, et al. filed.
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Mar 01 2023 Amicus brief of American Civil Liberties Union, et al. In Support of Petitioner. not accepted for filing (Corrected version to be submitted--March 03, 2023).
Mar 01 2023 Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union, et al. filed (Mar. 8, 2023).
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Mar 01 2023 Brief amicus curiae of Human Rights for Kids filed.
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Mar 06 2023 Brief amicus curiae of Jack Jordan in support of neither party filed.
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Mar 06 2023 Brief amicus curiae of Alliance Defending Freedom in support of neither party filed.
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Mar 24 2023 CIRCULATED
Mar 24 2023 Brief of respondent Colorado filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 30 2023 Brief amici curiae of Legal Momentum, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 30 2023 Brief amicus curiae of Criminal Justice Legal Foundation filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 31 2023 Brief amici curiae of Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 31 2023 Brief amici curiae of First Amendment Scholars, Evelyn Douek, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 31 2023 Brief amicus curiae of the United States filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 31 2023 Brief amicus curiae of Coles Whalen filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 31 2023 Brief amici curiae of First Amendment Scholars, Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 31 2023 Brief amici curiae of National Family Violence Law Center; et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 31 2023 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
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Mar 31 2023 Brief amici curiae of Illinois, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Apr 07 2023 Reply of petitioner Billy Raymond Counterman filed. (Distributed)
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Apr 14 2023 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Apr 19 2023 Argued. For petitioner: John P. Elwood, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Philip J. Weiser, Attorney General, Denver, Colo.; and Eric J. Feigin, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.)
Jun 27 2023 Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Kagan, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Alito, Kavanaugh, and Jackson, JJ., joined. Sotomayor, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment, in which Gorsuch, J., joined as to Parts I, II, III–A, and III–B. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion. Barrett, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Thomas, J., joined.
Jul 31 2023 Judgment and mandate issued.
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Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
John Patrick Elwood
Counsel of Record
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP
601 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20001
john.elwood@arnoldporter.com
Ph: (202) 942-5992
Party name: Billy Raymond Counterman


Attorneys for Respondents
Eric Reuel Olson
Counsel of Record
Solicitor General
1300 Broadway
10th Floor
Denver, CO 80203
eric.olson@coag.gov
Ph: 7205086548
Party name: Colorado


Philip J. Weiser
Colorado Attorney General
1300 Broadway, 10th Floor
Denver, CO 80203
Ph: (720) 508-6000
Party name: Colorado


Other Attorneys
David Ryan Brody
Counsel of Record
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
1500 K Street NW, Suite 900
Washington, DC 20005
DBRODY@LAWYERSCOMMITTEE.ORG
Ph: 202-662-8600
Party name: Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and National Women's Law Center


Bruce David Brown
Counsel of Record
Reporters Committee for Freedom of Press
1156 15th Street NW
Suite 1020
Washington, DC 20005
bruce.brown@rcfp.org
Ph: 2027959300
Party name: Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press


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: Alliance Defending Freedom


Michael Meredith Epstein
Counsel of Record
Amicus Project at Southwestern Law School
3050 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90010
amicusproject@swlaw.edu
Ph: 213-738-6774
Party name: Elena Cordonean, Norman Garland and Michael M. Epstein


John Howard Fleming
Counsel of Record
Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP
999 Peachtree Street, NE
Suite 2300
Atlanta, GA 30309-3996
johnfleming@eversheds-sutherland.com
Ph: (404) 853-8000
Party name: Human Rights for Kids


David Allen Greene
Counsel of Record
Electronic Frontier Foundation
815 Eddy Street
San Francisco, CA 94109-7701
DAVIDG@EFF.ORG
Ph: 415-436-9333
Party name: Electronic Frontier Foundation and Student Press Law Center


Priyanka Gupta
Office of the Illinois Attorney General
100 West Randolph Street, 12th Floor
Chicago, IL 60601
PRIYANKA.GUPTA@ILAG.GOV
Ph: 8722720799
Party name: State of Illinois, et al.


Brian M. Hauss
Counsel of Record
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation
125 Broad Street, 18th Floor
New York, NY 10004
BHAUSS@ACLU.ORG
Ph: 2125492604
Party name: American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado, Abrams Institute for Freedom of Expression, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and National Coalition Against Censorship In Support of Petitioner.


Allyson Ho
Counsel of Record
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
2001 Ross Avenue
Suite 2100
Dallas, TX 75201
AHO@GIBSONDUNN.COM
Ph: (214) 698-3100
Party name: Coles Whalen


Jack Revels Tucker Jordan
Counsel of Record
Jack Jordan
3102 Howell Street
North Kansas City, MO 64116
jack.jordan@emobilawyer.com
Ph: 816-853-1142
Party name: Jack Jordan


Jeffrey A. Mandell
Counsel of Record
Stafford Rosenbaum, LLP
222 West Washington Avenue
Suite 900
Madison, WI 53701
JMANDELL@STAFFORDLAW.COM
Ph: 608-256-0226
Party name: Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, Professor Danielle Citron, Professor Michael C. Dorf, Professor Mary Anne Franks, Professor Eric J. Segall, Professor Cristina Tilley


Jane Elinor Notz
Counsel of Record
Office of the Attorney General, State of Illinois
100 West Randolph Street, 12th Floor
Chicago, IL 60601
JANE.NOTZ@ILAG.GOV
Ph: 312-814-5376
Party name: State of Illinois


Elizabeth B. Prelogar
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


David B. Salmons
Counsel of Record
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20004
DAVID.SALMONS@MORGANLEWIS.COM
Ph: (202) 739-3000
Party name: National Family Violence Law Center; Domestic Violence Legal Empowerment and Appeals Project


Jay Remington Schweikert
Counsel of Record
The Cato Institute
1000 Massachusetts Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20001
jschweikert@cato.org
Ph: 2022161461
Party name: Cato Institute


Darpana M. Sheth
Counsel of Record
Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
510 Walnut Street
Suite 1250
Philadelphia, PA 19106
DARPANA.SHETH@THEFIRE.ORG
Ph: 2157173473
Party name: Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression


Kymberlee Claire Stapleton
Counsel of Record
Criminal Justice Legal Foundation
2131 L Street
Sacramento, CA 95816
KYM.STAPLETON@CJLF.ORG
Ph: 916-446-0345
Party name: Criminal Justice Legal Foundation


Mary-Christine Sungaila
Counsel of Record
Complex Appellate Litigation Group LLP
620 Newport Center Drive
Suite 1100
Newport Beach, CA 92660
mc.sungaila@calg.com
Ph: (949) 991 1900
Party name: Legal Momentum et al.


Charlotte Hemenway Taylor
Counsel of Record
Jones Day
51 Louisiana Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001
CTAYLOR@JONESDAY.COM
Ph: (202) 879-3939
Party name: First Amendment Scholars


John W. Whitehead
Counsel of Record
The Rutherford Institute
109 Deerwood Road
Charlottesville, VA 22911
legal@rutherford.org
Ph: 4349783888
Party name: The Rutherford Institute