No. 25-459
 
Title: Michael Salazar, Petitioner
v.
Paramount Global, dba 247Sports
Docketed: October 15, 2025
Linked with: 25A140
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
   Case Numbers: (23-5748)
   Decision Date: April 3, 2025
   Rehearing Denied: May 13, 2025
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Jul 31 2025 Application (25A140) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from August 11, 2025 to October 10, 2025, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.
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Aug 05 2025 Application (25A140) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until October 10, 2025.
Aug 05 2025 Opposition to application for extension of time from respondent Paramount Global submitted.
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Sep 05 2025 Letter amending corporate disclosure statement of Paramount Global submitted.
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Oct 10 2025 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 14, 2025)
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Oct 28 2025 Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 14, 2025 to December 15, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
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Oct 29 2025 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 15, 2025.
Dec 15 2025 Brief of respondent Paramount Global, dba 247 Sports in opposition filed.
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Dec 23 2025 Reply of petitioner Michael Salazar filed. (Distributed)
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Dec 30 2025 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/16/2026.
Jan 20 2026 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/23/2026.
Jan 26 2026 Petition GRANTED.
Feb 06 2026 Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
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Feb 09 2026 Motion to 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 extended to and including April 17, 2026. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including June 23, 2026.
Feb 18 2026 Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner Michael Salazar.
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Mar 19 2026 Brief amicus curiae of Liberty Justice Center in support of neither party filed.
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Mar 23 2026 Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner GRANTED.
Apr 17 2026 Brief of petitioner Michael Salazar filed.
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Apr 24 2026 Brief amici curiae of Electronic Privacy Information Center, et al. filed.
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Apr 24 2026 Brief amicus curiae of Professor Victoria L. Schwartz filed.
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Jun 23 2026 Brief of respondent Paramount Global, dba 247 Sports filed.
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Jun 30 2026 Amicus brief of Washington Legal Foundation and TechFreedom submitted.
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Jun 30 2026 Amicus brief of Entertainment Software Association submitted.
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Jun 30 2026 Amicus brief of National Retail Federation submitted.
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Jun 30 2026 Amicus brief of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America submitted.
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Jun 30 2026 Amicus brief of Motion Picture Association, Inc. & NCTA – The Internet & Television Association submitted.
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Jun 30 2026 Amicus brief of News/Media Alliance submitted.
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Jun 30 2026 Amicus brief of The Retail Litigation Center, Inc. submitted.
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Jun 30 2026 Amicus brief of Meta Platforms, Inc. submitted.
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Jun 30 2026 Amicus brief of America's Newspapers submitted.
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Jun 30 2026 Amicus brief of Chamber of Progress submitted.
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Jun 30 2026 Amicus brief of Software & Information Industry Association and Computer & Communications Industry Association submitted.
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Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioner
Joshua Ian Hammack
Counsel of Record
Bailey & Glasser, LLP
1055 Thomas Jefferson St. N.W., Suite 540
Washington, DC 20007
jhammack@baileyglasser.com
Ph: 2024632101
Party name: Michael Salazar


Attorneys for Respondent
Paul D. Clement
Counsel of Record
Clement & Murphy, PLLC
706 Duke Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
PAUL.CLEMENT@CLEMENTMURPHY.COM
Ph: (202) 742-8900
Party name: Paramount Global, dba 247 Sports


Gregory Silbert
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
767 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10153
GREGORY.SILBERT@WEIL.COM
Ph: (212) 310 8846
Party name: Paramount Global, dba 247 Sports


Other Attorneys
Ginger D. Anders
Counsel of Record
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
601 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Suite 500E
Washington, DC 20001-5369
GINGER.ANDERS@MTO.COM
Ph: 2022201100
Party name: Motion Picture Association, Inc. & NCTA – The Internet & Television Association


Scott H. Angstreich
Counsel of Record
Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C.
1615 M Street, NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC 20036
sangstreich@kellogghansen.com
Ph: 2023267900
Party name: America's Newspapers


John Moses Browning
Counsel of Record
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
1251 Avenue of the Americas, 42nd Floor
New York, NY 10020
jackbrowning@dwt.com
Ph: (212) 489-8230
Party name: Chamber of Progress


Alan Jay Butler
Counsel of Record
Electronic Privacy Information Center
1519 New Hampshire Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20036
butler@epic.org
Ph: 2024831140
Party name: Electronic Privacy Information Center and Technical Experts and Legal Scholars


Callie Anne Castillo
Counsel of Record
Ballard Spahr LLP
1301 Second Avenue
Suite 2800
Seattle, WA 98101-3808
castilloc@ballardspahr.com
Ph: (206) 223-7000
Party name: National Retail Federation


David Neil Cinotti
Counsel of Record
Pashman Stein Walder Hayden, P.C.
21 Main Street, Suite 200
Hackensack, NJ 07601
dcinotti@pashmanstein.com
Ph: (201) 270-4901
Party name: News/Media Alliance


David Morris Gossett
Counsel of Record
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
1301 K Street NW
Suite 500 East
Washington, DC 20005
davidgossett@dwt.com
Ph: 202-973-4200
Party name: Software & Information Industry Association and Computer & Communications Industry Association


Roman Martinez V
Counsel of Record
Latham & Watkins, LLP
555 Eleventh Street, NW
Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20004
ROMAN.MARTINEZ@LW.COM
Ph: 202-637-3377
Party name: Meta Platforms, Inc.


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 and TechFreedom


Archis Ashok Parasharami
Counsel of Record
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
1440 New York Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20005
archis.parasharami@skadden.com
Ph: 202-371-7160
Party name: The Retail Litigation Center, Inc.


Lucy Holmes Plovnick
Counsel of Record
Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP
1818 N Street, NW, 8th Floor
Washington, DC 20036
lhp@msk.com
Ph: 202-355-7918
Party name: Entertainment Software Association


Adam G. Unikowsky
Counsel of Record
Jenner & Block LLP
1099 New York Avenue, NW
Suite 900
Washington, DC 20001
AUNIKOWSKY@JENNER.COM
Ph: 202-639-6000
Party name: Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America


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


Victoria Linda Schwartz
Counsel of Record
Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law
24255 Pacific Coast Highway
Malibu, CA 90263
victoria.schwartz@pepperdine.edu
Ph: 3105066277
Party name: Amicus Curiae Supporting Petitioner