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No. 19-255
 
Title: Thomas More Law Center, Petitioner
v.
Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California
Docketed: August 26, 2019
Linked with: 18A1268
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
   Case Numbers: (16-56855, 16-56902)
   Decision Date: September 11, 2018
   Rehearing Denied: March 29, 2019
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Jun 03 2019 Application (18A1268) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 27, 2019 to August 26, 2019, submitted to Justice Kagan.
Main Document
Jun 05 2019 Application (18A1268) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until August 26, 2019.
Aug 26 2019 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 25, 2019)
Petition Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Aug 28 2019 Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Thomas More Law Center.
Blanket Consent
Sep 09 2019 Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 25, 2019 to October 25, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
Main Document
Sep 11 2019 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 25, 2019.
Sep 24 2019 Brief amicus curiae of Institute for Justice filed. VIDED.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Sep 25 2019 Brief amicus curiae of Proposition 8 Legal Defense Fund filed. VIDED.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Sep 25 2019 Brief amicus curiae of Goldwater Institute filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Sep 25 2019 Brief amicus curiae of New Civil Liberties Alliance filed. VIDED.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Sep 25 2019 Brief amicus curiae of Hispanic Leadership Fund filed. VIDED.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Sep 25 2019 Brief amici curiae of Cato Institute, et al. filed. VIDED.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Sep 25 2019 Brief amici curiae of Philanthropy Roundtable, et al. filed. VIDED.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Sep 25 2019 Brief amici curiae of 24 Family Policy Organizations filed. VIDED.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Sep 25 2019 Brief amici curiae of The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. filed. VIDED.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Sep 25 2019 Brief amici curiae of Free Speech Coalition, et al. filed. VIDED.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Sep 25 2019 Brief amicus curiae of American Center for Law and Justice filed. VIDED.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Sep 25 2019 Brief amici curiae of Public Interest Legal Foundation, Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence, Foundation for Michigan Freedom and Texas Public Policy Foundation filed. VIDED.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Sep 25 2019 Brief amicus curiae of Institute for Free Speech filed. VIDED.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Oct 03 2019 Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 25, 2019 to November 25, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
Main Document
Oct 07 2019 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including November 25, 2019.
Nov 25 2019 Brief of respondent Xavier Becerra in opposition filed. VIDED.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Dec 10 2019 Reply of petitioner Thomas More Law Center filed. VIDED.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Dec 11 2019 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2020.
Jan 13 2020 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/17/2020.
Jan 21 2020 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/24/2020.
Feb 14 2020 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2020.
Feb 24 2020 The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States.
Nov 24 2020 Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. VIDED.
Main Document Proof of Service
Dec 08 2020 Supplemental brief of petitioner Thomas More Law Center filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Dec 09 2020 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
Dec 09 2020 Supplemental brief of respondent Xavier Becerra filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Jan 08 2021 Petition GRANTED. The petition for a writ of certiorari in No. 19-251 is granted. The cases are consolidated, and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument. VIDED.
Jan 08 2021 Because the Court has consolidated these cases for briefing and oral argument, future filings and activity in the cases will now be reflected on the docket of No. 19-251. Subsequent filings in these cases must therefore be submitted through the electronic filing system in No. 19-251. Each document submitted in connection with one or more of these cases must include on its cover the case number and caption for each case in which the filing is intended to be submitted. Where a filing is submitted in fewer than all of the cases, the docket entry will reflect the case number(s) in which the filing is submitted; a document filed in all of the consolidated cases will be noted as “VIDED.”
Mar 12 2021 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, April 26, 2021. VIDED.
Mar 15 2021 Record requested.
Mar 15 2021 The record from the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit is electronic and located on Pacer.
Mar 30 2021 CIRCULATED
Apr 26 2021 Argued. For petitioners: Derek L. Shaffer, Washington, D. C. For United States, as amicus curiae: Elizabeth B. Prelogar, Acting Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Aimee A. Feinberg, Deputy Solicitor General, Sacramento, Cal. VIDED.
Jul 01 2021 Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED Roberts, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court, except as to Part II– B–1. Kavanaugh and Barrett, JJ., joined that opinion in full, Alito and Gorsuch, JJ., joined except as to Part II–B–1, and Thomas, J., joined except as to Parts II–B–1 and III–B. Thomas, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment. Alito, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment, in which Gorsuch, J., joined. Sotomayor, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Breyer and Kagan, JJ., joined. VIDED.
Aug 02 2021 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
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: Thomas More Law Center


Attorneys for Respondents
Aimee Athena Feinberg
Counsel of Record
California Department of Justice
1300 I Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
Aimee.Feinberg@doj.ca.gov
Ph: 916-210-6003
Party name: Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California


Other Attorneys
Brian H. Fletcher
Counsel of Record
Acting 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


Eric S. Baxter
Counsel of Record
The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty
1919 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20006
ebaxter@becketlaw.org
Ph: 202-955-0095
Party name: The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty


Caleb P. Burns
Counsel of Record
Wiley Rein LLP
1776 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
cburns@wileyrein.com
Ph: 202-719-7000
Party name: The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America and The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation


Allen Joseph Dickerson
Counsel of Record
Institute for Free Speech
124 S. West Street
Suite 201
Alexandria, VA 22314
adickerson@ifs.org
Ph: 7038946846
Party name: Institute for Free Speech


Randolph Scott Elf
Counsel of Record
Post Office Box 525
Lakewood, NY 14750
ForEFilingOnly@gmail.com
Ph: 2024232122
Party name: Randy Elf


Jeffrey Matthew Harris
Counsel of Record
Consovoy McCarthy PLLC
1600 Wilson Blvd.
Suite 700
Arlington, VA 22209
jeff@consovoymccarthy.com
Ph: (703) 243-9423
Party name: Hispanic Leadership Fund


Margaret Ann Little
Counsel of Record
New Civil Liberties Alliance
1225 19th St. NW
Suite 450
Washington, DC 20036
peggy.little@ncla.onmicrosoft.com
Ph: 2028695212
Party name: The New Civil Liberties Alliance


Margaret Ann Little
Counsel of Record
New Civil Liberties Alliance
1225 19th St. NW
Suite450
Washington, DC 20036
peggy.little@ncla.onmicrosoft.com
Ph: 2028695210
Party name: New Civil Liberties Alliance


Anita Yvonne Milanovich
Counsel of Record
Milanovich Law, PLLC
100 E Broadway Street, The Berkeley Room
Butte, MT 59701
aymilanovich@milanovichlaw.com
Ph: 4065896856
Party name: 24 Family Policy Organizations


Matthew Robert Miller
Counsel of Record
Goldwater Institute
500 E. Coronado Rd.
Phoenix, AZ 85004
mmiller@goldwaterinstitute.org
Ph: 6024625000
Party name: Goldwater Institute


Kaylan Lytle Phillips
Counsel of Record
Public Interest Legal Foundation
32 E. Washington, Suite 1675
Indianapolis,, IN 46204
kphillips@publicinterestlegal.org
Ph: 3172035599
Party name: Public Interest Legal Foundation, Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence, Foundation for Michigan Freedom and Texas Public Policy Foundation


Andrew P. Pugno
Counsel of Record
Law Offices of Andrew P. Pugno
8261 Greenback Lane
Suite 200
Fair Oaks, CA 95628-2533
andrew@pugnolaw.com
Ph: 9166083065
Party name: Proposition 8 Legal Defense Fund


Alexander Lyman Reid
Counsel of Record
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20004
alexander.reid@morganlewis.com
Ph: (202) 739-3000
Party name: Philanthropy Roundtable, Independent Women's Forum, and People United for Privacy Foundation


Jay Alan Sekulow
Counsel of Record
American Center for Law and Justice
201 Maryland Avenue, N.E.
Washington, D.C., DC 20002
sekulow@aclj.org
Ph: 202-546-8890
Party name: American Center for Law and Justice


Ilya Shapiro
Counsel of Record
Cato Institute
1000 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20001
ishapiro@cato.org
Ph: 2028420200
Party name: Cato Institute


Paul Michael Sherman
Counsel of Record
Institute for Justice
901 North Glebe Road
Suite 900
Arlington, VA 22203
psherman@ij.org
Ph: 7036829320
Party name: Institute for Justice


Jeremy Brennan Talcott
Counsel of Record
Pacific Legal Foundation
930 G Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
jtalcott@pacificlegal.org
Ph: 916-419-7111
Party name: Pacific Legal Foundation, Southeastern Legal Foundation, and Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence


Herbert William Titus
Counsel of Record
William J. Olson, P.C.
370 Maple Avenue West
Suite 4
Vienna, VA 22180
htitus@cox.net
Ph: 7033565070
Party name: Free Speech Coalition, et al.

 

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