No. 24-361
 
Title: Speech First, Inc., Petitioner
v.
Pamela Whitten, et al.
Docketed: October 1, 2024
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
   Case Numbers: (24-2501)
   Decision Date: September 5, 2024
 
Proceedings and Orders
Sep 27 2024 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 31, 2024)
Petition Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Oct 22 2024 Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Oct 22 2024 Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 31, 2024 to December 2, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
Main Document
Oct 24 2024 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 2, 2024.
Oct 30 2024 Brief amici curiae of Southeastern Legal Foundation, et al. filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Oct 30 2024 Brief amicus curiae of Parents Defending Education filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Oct 31 2024 Brief amicus curiae of Mountain States Legal Foundation filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Oct 31 2024 Brief amicus curiae of Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty, Inc. filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Oct 31 2024 Brief amici curiae of Alliance Defending Freedom, et al. filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Oct 31 2024 Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Oct 31 2024 Brief amicus curiae of Liberty Justice Center filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Oct 31 2024 Brief amicus curiae of The Buckeye Institute filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Nov 27 2024 Brief of respondents Pamela Whitten, et al. in opposition filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Nov 27 2024 Waiver of the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition pursuant to Rule 15.5 filed by petitioner.
Main Document
Dec 03 2024 Reply of petitioner Speech First, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Dec 04 2024 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2025.
Jan 13 2025 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/17/2025.
Jan 21 2025 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/24/2025.
Feb 14 2025 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2025.
Feb 24 2025 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/28/2025.
Mar 03 2025 Petition DENIED. Justice Alito would grant the petition for a writ of certiorari. Justice Thomas, dissenting from the denial of certiorari. (Detached Opinion)
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Cameron Thomas Norris
Counsel of Record
Consovoy McCarthy PLLC
1600 Wilson Blvd., Ste 700
Arlington, VA 22209

cam@consovoymccarthy.com
Ph: 7032439423
Party name: Speech First, Inc.


Attorneys for Respondents
John R. Maley
Counsel of Record
Barnes & Thornburg
11 South Meridian Street
Indianapolis, IN 46204

jmaley@btlaw.com
Ph: 317-236-1313
Party name: Pamela Whitten, et al.


Other Attorneys
Thomas Arthur Berry
Counsel of Record
Cato Institute
1000 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20001

tberry@cato.org
Ph: (202) 789-5202
Party name: Cato Institute


Braden Heath Boucek
Southern Legal Foundation
560 West Crossville Road
Suite 104
Roswell, GA 30075

bboucek@southeasternlegal.org
Ph: 770-977-2131
Party name: Southeastern Legal Foundation and Young America's Foundation


Jay Randall Carson
Counsel of Record
The Buckeye Institute
88 East Broad Street
Suite 1300
Columbus, OH 43215

jrcarson@wegmanlaw.com
Ph: (614) 224-4422
Party name: The Buckeye Institute


Richard Michael Esenberg
Counsel of Record
Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty
330 E. Kilbourn
Suite 725
Milwaukee, WI 53202

rick@will-law.org
Ph: 414-727-9455
Party name: Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty, Inc.


Joshua Aaron House
Counsel of Record
Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
700 Pennsylvania Avenue SE, Suite 340
Washington, DC 20003

Joshua.House@thefire.org
Ph: (215) 717-3473
Party name: Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression


Jacob H. Huebert
Counsel of Record
Liberty Justice Center
7500 Rialto Blvd.
Suite 1-250
Austin, TX 78735

JHUEBERT@ljc.org
Ph: 512-481-4400
Party name: Liberty Justice Center


Christopher E. Mills
Counsel of Record
Spero Law LLC
557 East Bay Street #22251
Charleston, SC 29413

cmills@spero.law
Ph: 8436060640
Party name: Parents Defending Education


Brian Paul Morrissey Jr.
Counsel of Record
Sidley Austin LLP
1501 K Street N
Washington, DC 20005

bmorriss@sidley.com
Ph: 5162979060
Party name: Alliance Defending Freedom; The Manhattan Institute


Donald Sean Nation
Counsel of Record
Mountain States Legal Foundation
2596 S Lewis Way
Lakewood, CO 80135

snation@mslegal.org
Ph: 4045387552
Party name: Mountain States Legal Foundation