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Docket for 22-611

No. 22-611

Title:	Kevin Lindke, Petitioner v. James R. Freed
Docketed:	January 4, 2023
Linked with:	22A291
Lower Ct:	United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Case Numbers:	(21-2977)
Decision Date:	June 27, 2022
Rehearing Denied:	August 5, 2022
Questions Presented

Proceedings and Orders

Oct 04 2022

Application (22A291) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 3, 2022 to January 2, 2023, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.
Main Document Lower Court Orders/Opinions Proof of Service

Oct 07 2022

Application (22A291) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until January 2, 2023.

Dec 29 2022

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 3, 2023)
Petition Appendix Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

Jan 18 2023

Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 3, 2023 to March 3, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
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Jan 19 2023

Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 3, 2023.

Mar 03 2023

Brief of respondent James R. Freed in opposition filed.
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Mar 20 2023

Reply of petitioner Kevin Lindke filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 22 2023

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/14/2023.

Apr 17 2023

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/21/2023.

Apr 24 2023

Petition GRANTED.

May 01 2023

Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
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May 08 2023

Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits is granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including June 23, 2023. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including August 8, 2023.

Jun 23 2023

Brief of petitioner Kevin Lindke filed.
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Jun 23 2023

Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
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Jun 30 2023

Brief amicus curiae of The NRSC (also in 22-324) filed. VIDED.
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Jun 30 2023

Brief amici curiae of Amicus First Amendment Clinics, Citizens and Journalists filed.
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Jun 30 2023

Brief amici curiae of The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Michigan filed.
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Jun 30 2023

Brief amici curiae of NetChoice, et al. filed.
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Jun 30 2023

Brief amicus curiae of American Atheists, Inc. filed.
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Jun 30 2023

Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression filed.
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Jun 30 2023

Brief amici curiae of Local Government Legal Center, et al. supporting neither party.
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Jun 30 2023

Brief amici curiae of Electronic Frontier Foundation, et al. filed. (Reprinted and resubmitted on 7/13/23).

Jun 30 2023

Brief amici curiae of Electronic Frontier Foundation, et al. filed (also in 22-324). VIDED.
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Aug 08 2023

Brief of respondent James R. Freed filed.
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Aug 09 2023

Brief amici curiae of Tennessee, et al. filed.
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Aug 15 2023

Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
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Aug 15 2023

Brief amicus curiae of Texas filed.
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Aug 15 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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Sep 06 2023

SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, October 31, 2023.

Sep 06 2023

Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

Sep 06 2023

CIRCULATED.

Sep 07 2023

Record received electronically from the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. The remainder of the record is available on PACER.

Sep 07 2023

Reply of petitioner Kevin Lindke filed. (Distributed)
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Oct 02 2023

Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.

Oct 31 2023

Argued. For petitioner: Allon Kedem, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Victoria R. Ferres, Port Huron, Mich.; and Masha G. Hansford, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.)

Mar 15 2024

Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Barrett, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.

Apr 16 2024

Judgment Issued.
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Attorneys

Attorneys for Petitioners

Allon Kedem
Counsel of Record

Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP
601 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20001
allon.kedem@arnoldporter.com
Ph: 2029425000
Party name: Kevin Lindke

Attorneys for Respondents

Victoria Read Ferres
Counsel of Record

Fletcher, Fealko, Shoudy & Francis, P.C.
1411 Third Street Suite F
Port Huron, MI 48060
VFERRES@FLETCHERFEALKO.COM
Ph: 8109878444
Party name: James R. Freed

Other Attorneys

Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Counsel of Record

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

Geoffrey Thomas Blackwell
Counsel of Record

American Atheists, Inc.
2001 Columbia Pike
#212
Arlington, VA 22204
LEGAL@ATHEISTS.ORG
Ph: (908) 276-7300
Party name: American Atheists, Inc.

Jeremy Joseph Broggi
Counsel of Record

Wiley Rein LLP
2050 M Street NW
Washington, DC 20036
JBROGGI@WILEY.LAW
Ph: 8438121527
Party name: The NRSC

David D. Cole
Counsel of Record

American Civil Liberties Union Foundation
915 15th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
dcole@aclu.org
Ph: 212-549-2611
Party name: THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION AND THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MICHIGAN

Robert Lawrence Corn-Revere
Counsel of Record

Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
700 Pennsylvania Ave. SE
Suite 340
Washington, DC 20003
BOB.CORN-REVERE@thefire.org
Ph: 215-717-3473
Party name: Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression

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: NetChoice, the Cato Institute, Chamber of Progress and the Computer and Communications Industry Association

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, Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University and Woodhull Freedom Foundation

Gregg P. Leslie
Counsel of Record

ASU College of Law First Amendment Clinic
111 E. Taylor St.
Mailcode 8820
Phoenix, AZ 85004
GREGG.LESLIE@ASU.EDU
Ph: 480-727-7398
Party name: Amicus First Amendment Clinics, Citizens and Journalists

Caroline Payseur Mackie
Counsel of Record

Poyner Spruill LLP
P.O. Box 1801
Raleigh, NC 27602-1801
cmackie@poynerspruill.com
Ph: 919-783-1108
Party name: Local Government Legal Center, National Association of Counties, National League of Cities, and the International Municipal Lawyers Association

Lanora Christine Pettit
Counsel of Record

Office of the Texas Attorney General
P.O. Box 12548 (MC 059)
Austin, TX 78711-2548
lanora.pettit@oag.texas.gov
Ph: 512-936-1700
Party name: The State of Texas

James Matthew Rice
Counsel of Record

Office of Tennessee Attorney General
P.O. Box 20207
Nashville, TN 37202
MATT.RICE@AG.TN.GOV
Ph: 615-532-6026
Party name: The State of Tennessee, et al.