No. 24-781
 
Title: First Choice Women's Resource Centers, Inc., Petitioner
v.
Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney General of New Jersey
Docketed: January 24, 2025
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
   Case Numbers: (24-3124)
   Decision Date: December 12, 2024
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Proceedings and Orders
Jan 21 2025 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 24, 2025)
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Feb 20 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Americans for Prosperity Foundation filed.
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Feb 24 2025 Brief amici curiae of Pennsylvania Pregnancy Wellness Collaborative, et al. filed.
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Feb 24 2025 Brief of respondent Matthew Platkin in opposition filed.
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Feb 24 2025 Brief amici curiae of The Manhattan Institute, et al. filed.
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Feb 24 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Second Amendment Foundation filed.
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Feb 24 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Annunciation House, Inc. filed.
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Feb 24 2025 Brief amici curiae of Advancing American Freedom, et al. filed.
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Feb 24 2025 Brief amicus curiae of The Buckeye Institute filed.
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Feb 24 2025 Brief amici curiae of Christian Legal Society, et al. filed.
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Mar 11 2025 Reply of petitioner First Choice Women's Resource Centers, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 12 2025 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/28/2025.
Mar 26 2025 Rescheduled.
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Jun 16 2025 Petition GRANTED.
Jun 18 2025 Motion for an extension of time within which to file the briefs on the merits filed.
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Jun 24 2025 Motion to extend the time within which to file briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including August 7, 2025. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including September 15, 2025.
Jul 16 2025 Motion for a further extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
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Jul 22 2025 Motion to further extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is further extended to and including August 21, 2025. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is further extended to and including October 14, 2025.
Aug 21 2025 Brief of petitioner First Choice Women's Resource Centers, Inc. filed.
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Aug 21 2025 Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
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Aug 22 2025 Brief amici curiae of New Jersey Family Policy Center, et al. filed.
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Aug 26 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Samaritan's Purse filed.
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Aug 27 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Buckeye Institute filed.
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Aug 27 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Americans for Prosperity Foundation filed.
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Aug 28 2025 Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
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Aug 28 2025 Amicus brief of Christian Legal Society, Gateway Pregnancy Center, Obria Medical Clinics PNW submitted.
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Aug 28 2025 Amicus brief of Pacific Legal Foundation submitted.
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Aug 28 2025 Amicus brief of Heartbeat International Inc. and Care Net submitted.
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Aug 28 2025 Amicus brief of The Manhattan Institute, Religious Freedom Institute, and Animal Activist Legal Defense Project submitted.
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Aug 28 2025 Amicus brief of Americans United for Life submitted.
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Aug 28 2025 Amicus brief of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America submitted.
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Aug 28 2025 Amicus brief of NetChoice submitted.
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Aug 28 2025 Amicus brief of Robertson Center for Constitutional Law submitted.
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Aug 28 2025 Amicus brief of Liberty Justice Center submitted.
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Aug 28 2025 Amicus brief of People United for Privacy Foundation submitted.
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Aug 28 2025 Amicus brief of Washington Legal Foundation submitted.
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Aug 28 2025 Amicus brief of Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press submitted.
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Aug 28 2025 Amicus brief of Pennsylvania Pregnancy Wellness Collaborative submitted.
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Aug 28 2025 Amicus brief of Anonymous Donors to Pregnancy Resource Centers submitted.
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Aug 28 2025 Amicus brief of National Taxpayers Union Foundation submitted.
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Aug 28 2025 Amicus brief of Mountain States Legal Foundation submitted.
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Aug 28 2025 Amicus brief of Advancing American Freedom submitted.
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Aug 28 2025 Amicus brief of America’s Future, Free Speech Coalition, Free Speech Defense and Education Fund, Gun Owners of America, Gun Owners Foundation, Gun Owners of California, Citizens United, Citizens United Foundation, Public Advocate of the United States, Public Advocate Foundation, Leadership Institute, Eagle Forum, Eagle Forum Foundation, Clare Boothe Luce Center for Conservative Women, U.S. Constitutional Rights Legal Defense Fund, One Nation Under God Foundation, The Senior Citizens League, Downsize DC.org, Inc., Downsize DC Foundation, Conservative Legal Defense and Education Fund, and Eberle Associates submitted.
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Aug 28 2025 Amicus brief of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, et al. submitted.
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Aug 28 2025 Amicus brief of Annunciation House, Inc. submitted.
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Aug 28 2025 Amicus brief of State of Florida submitted.
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Aug 28 2025 Amicus brief of The Equal Protection Project submitted.
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Aug 28 2025 Amicus brief of Hand of Hope submitted.
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Aug 28 2025 Amicus brief of Save the Storks and Twenty-Three of its Partners submitted.
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Aug 28 2025 Amicus brief of Members of Congress submitted.
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Aug 28 2025 Amicus brief of O. Carter Snead and the Catholic Association Foundation submitted.
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Aug 28 2025 Amicus brief of Democrats for Life of America, Rainbow Pro-Life Alliance, Rehumanize International, Rockville Women’s Center, Secular Pro-Life and Women’s Care Mary’s Center submitted.
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Aug 28 2025 Amicus brief of American Legislative Exchange Council submitted.
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Aug 28 2025 Amicus brief of Institute for Free Speech submitted.
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Aug 28 2025 Amicus brief of The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty submitted.
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Aug 28 2025 Amicus brief of United States Conference of Catholic Bishops submitted.
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Aug 28 2025 Amicus brief of Second Amendment Foundation submitted.
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Aug 29 2025 Motion of United States for leave to participate in oral argument and for divided argument submitted.
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Aug 29 2025 Amicus brief of Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey submitted.
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Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Erin Morrow Hawley
Counsel of Record
Alliance Defending Freedom
440 First Street NW
Suite 600
Washington, DC 20001

EHAWLEY@ADFLEGAL.ORG
Ph: 2023938690
Party name: First Choice Women's Resource Centers, Inc.


Attorneys for Respondents
Jeremy Michael Feigenbaum
Counsel of Record
Office of the New Jersey Attorney General
25 Market Street
Box 080
Trenton, NJ 08625

JEREMY.FEIGENBAUM@NJOAG.GOV
Ph: (862) 350-5800
Party name: Matthew Platkin, in his official capacity as Attorney General of New Jersey


Other Attorneys
Christopher Alan Bates
Counsel of Record
Kirton McConkie
36 South State Street
Suite 1900
Salt Lake City, UT 84111

cbates@kmclaw.com
Ph: (801) 328-3699
Party name: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, et al.


Ethan Winfred Blevins
Counsel of Record
Pacific Legal Foundation
3100 Clarendon Blvd.
Suite 1000
Arlington, VA 22201

EBlevins@pacificlegal.org
Ph: (202) 888-6881
Party name: Pacific Legal Foundation


Thomas L. Brejcha Jr.
Counsel of Record
309 West Washington Street
Suite 1250
Chicago, IL 606060

tbrejcha@thomasmoresociety.org
Ph: 3127821680
Party name: Heartbeat International Inc. and Care Net


Jeremy Joseph Broggi
Counsel of Record
Wiley Rein LLP
2050 M Street NW
Washington, DC 20036

JBROGGI@WILEY.LAW
Ph: 202 719-7000
Party name: Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America


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


Jeffrey Paul DeSousa
Counsel of Record
Florida Office of the Attorney General
107 W. Gaines Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399

jeffrey.desousa@myfloridalegal.com
Ph: 5088018425
Party name: State of Florida


Allen Joseph Dickerson
Counsel of Record
Baker & Hostetler LLP
1050 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20036

adickerson@bakerlaw.com
Ph: (202) 861-1507
Party name: People United for Privacy Foundation


Steven Walter Fogg
Counsel of Record
Corr Cronin LLP
1015 Second Avenue, Floor 10
Seattle, WA 98104

sfogg@corrcronin.com
Ph: 2066258600
Party name: Second Amendment Foundation


Catherine Glenn Foster
Counsel of Record
First Rights Global
P.O. Box 12762
Columbia, SC 29211

cateici@gmail.com
Ph: (202) 266-7060
Party name: Democrats for Life of America, Rainbow Pro-Life Alliance, Rehumanize International, Rockville Women’s Center, Secular Pro-Life and Women’s Care Mary’s Center


William Jonathan Haun
Counsel of Record
The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty
1919 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20006

whaun@becketfund.org
Ph: 202-955-0095
Party name: The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty


Laura Brown Hernandez
Counsel of Record
Robertson Center for Constitutional Law
1000 Regent Univ. Drive
Virginia Beach, VA 23464

lhernandez@regent.edu
Ph: 7576762037
Party name: Robertson Center for Constitutional Law


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, American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey


Scott A. Keller
Counsel of Record
Lehotsky Keller Cohn LLP
200 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Suite 700
Washington, DC 20001

scott@lkcfirm.com
Ph: (512) 693-8350
Party name: NetChoice


Tyler Leandro Martinez
Counsel of Record
National Taxpayers Union Foundation
122 C Street, NW
Suite 700
Washington, DC 20001

TMARTINEZ@NTU.ORG
Ph: 703-683-5700
Party name: National Taxpayers Union Foundation


Adam Fuselier Mathews
Counsel of Record
Heartbeat International
8405 Pulsar Place
Columbus, OH 43240

adam.f.mathews@gmail.com
Ph: 5132650925
Party name: Hand of Hope


Carolyn Clare McDonnell
Counsel of Record
Americans United for Life
1150 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 500
Washington, DC 20036

carolyn.mcdonnell@aul.org
Ph: 202-741-4914
Party name: Americans United for Life


Michael Hugh McGinley
Counsel of Record
Dechert LLP
2929 Arch Street
Cira Centre
Philadelphia, PA 19104

michael.mcginley@dechert.com
Ph: 202-261-3378
Party name: O. Carter Snead and the Catholic Association Foundation


Zac Morgan
Counsel of Record
Washington Legal Foundation
2009 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036

zmorgan@wlf.org
Ph: 202-588-0302
Party name: Washington Legal Foundation


Christopher Owen Murray
Counsel of Record
First & Fourteenth, PLLC
2 N. Cascade Avenue, Suite 1430
Colorado Springs, CO 80903

chris@first-fourteenth.com
Ph: 7194284937
Party name: Members of Congress


Brett Robert Nolan
Counsel of Record
Institute for Free Speech
1150 Connecticut Avenue N.W.
Suite 801
Washington, DC 20036

BNOLAN@IFS.ORG
Ph: 202-301-3300
Party name: Institute for Free Speech


Andrew Martin Nussbaum
Counsel of Record
First & Fourteenth, PLLC
2 N. Cascade Avenue, Suite 1430
Colorado Springs, CO 80903

andrew@first-fourteenth.com
Ph: 7194284937
Party name: Save the Storks and Twenty-Three of its Partners


William Jeffrey Olson
Counsel of Record
William J. Olson, P.C.
370 Maple Ave. W., Suite 4
Vienna, VA 22180

WJO@MINDSPRING.COM
Ph: 7033565070
Party name: America’s Future, Free Speech Coalition, Free Speech Defense and Education Fund, Gun Owners of America, Gun Owners Foundation, Gun Owners of California, Citizens United, Citizens United Foundation, Public Advocate of the United States, Public Advocate Foundation, Leadership Institute, Eagle Forum, Eagle Forum Foundation, Clare Boothe Luce Center for Conservative Women, U.S. Constitutional Rights Legal Defense Fund, One Nation Under God Foundation, The Senior Citizens League, Downsize DC.org, Inc., Downsize DC Foundation, Conservative Legal Defense and Education Fund, and Eberle Associates


Jeffrey Michael Schwab
Counsel of Record
Liberty Justice Center
7500 Rialto Blvd.
Suite 1-250
Austin, TX 78735

JSchwab@LJC.org
Ph: 512-481-4400
Party name: Liberty Justice Center


Shawn Toomey Sheehy
Counsel of Record
FisherBroyles, LLP
1200 G Street NW
Suite 800
Washington, DC 20005

shawn.sheehy@fisherbroyles.com
Ph: (202) 258-0741
Party name: American Legislative Exchange Council


Timothy Ray Snowball
Counsel of Record
Legal Insurrection Foundation
18 Maple Avenue, Suite 280
Barrington, RI 02806

tim@legalinsurrection.com
Ph: (401) 246-4192
Party name: The Equal Protection Project


Aaron Michael Streett
Counsel of Record
Baker Botts, L.L.P.
910 Louisiana Street
Houston, TX 77002

AARON.STREETT@BAKERBOTTS.COM
Ph: 7132291855
Party name: Anonymous Donors to Pregnancy Resource Centers


Gordon Dwyer Todd
Counsel of Record
Sidley Austin,LLP
1501 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 22305

GTODD@SIDLEY.COM
Ph: 2027368760
Party name: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops


William E. Trachman
Counsel of Record
Mountain States Legal Foundation
2596 S Lewis Way
Lakewood, CO 80227

wtrachman@mslegal.org
Ph: 3032922021
Party name: Mountain States Legal Foundation


Christine Alexandra Budasoff
Counsel of Record
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
1700 M Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036

cbudasoff@gibsondunn.com
Ph: (202) 955-8500
Party name: Annunciation House, Inc.


Preston Neal Carter
Counsel of Record
Givens Pursley LLP
601 W. Bannock Street
Boise, ID 83702

prestoncarter@givenspursley.com
Ph: 208-388-1200
Party name: The Manhattan Institute, Religious Freedom Institute, and Animal Activist Legal Defense Project


Cynthia Fleming Crawford
Counsel of Record
Americans for Prosperity Foundation
4201 Wilson Blvd.
Suite 1000
Arlington, VA 22203

CCRAWFORD@AFPHQ.ORG
Ph: 5713292227
Party name: Americans for Prosperity Foundation


Lori Dawn Kepner
Counsel of Record
Christian Legal Society
8001 Braddock Road, Suite 302
Springfield, VA 22151

LKepner@clsnet.org
Ph: 9286007433
Party name: Christian Legal Society, Gateway Pregnancy Center, Obria Medical Clinics PNW


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

cmills@spero.law
Ph: 8436060640
Party name: Samaritan's Purse


Laura Darien Nammo
Center for Law & Religious Freedom
8001 Braddock Rd. Suite 302
Springfield, VA 22151

laura@clsnet.org
Ph: 7038621819
Party name: Christian Legal Society, Gateway Pregnancy Center, Obria Medical Clinics PNW


D. John Sauer
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


Jay Alan Sekulow
Counsel of Record
American Center for Law and Justice
201 Maryland Avenue, N.E.
Washington, DC 20002

sekulow@aclj.org
Ph: 2025468890
Party name: Pennsylvania Pregnancy Wellness Collaborative


Kevin T. Snider
Counsel of Record
Pacific Justice Institute
P.O. Box 276600
Sacramento, CA 95827-6600

ksnider@pji.org
Ph: (916) 857-6900
Party name: New Jersey Family Policy Center and Pacific Justice Institute


David Christian Tryon
Counsel of Record
The Buckeye Institute
88 East Broad Street, Suite 1300
Columbus, OH 43215

d.tryon@buckeyeinstitute.org
Ph: (614) 224-4422
Party name: The Buckeye Institute


John Marc Wheat
Counsel of Record
Advancing American Freedom, Inc.
801 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Suite 930
Washington, DC 20004-2729

MWHEAT@ADVANCINGAMERICANFREEDOM.COM
Ph: (202) 780-4848
Party name: Advancing American Freedom