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No. 22-138
Title:Billy Raymond Counterman, Petitioner
v.
Colorado
Docketed:August 11, 2022
Linked with 21A873
Lower Ct:Court of Appeals of Colorado
   Case Numbers:(17CA1465)
   Decision Date:July 22, 2021
   Rehearing Denied:
  Discretionary Court Decision Date:April 11, 2022
Questions Presented

DateProceedings and Orders
Jun 27 2022Application (21A873) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 10, 2022 to September 8, 2022, submitted to Justice Gorsuch.
Main DocumentLower Court Orders/OpinionsProof of Service
Jun 29 2022Application (21A873) granted by Justice Gorsuch extending the time to file until August 9, 2022.
Aug 09 2022Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 12, 2022)
PetitionAppendixCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
Aug 17 2022Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 12, 2022 to October 12, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
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Aug 18 2022Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 12, 2022.
Sep 12 2022Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed.
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Sep 12 2022Brief amicus curiae of The Rutherford Institute filed.
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Oct 12 2022Brief of respondent Colorado in opposition filed.
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Oct 26 2022Reply of petitioner Billy Raymond Counterman filed.
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Nov 02 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/18/2022.
Nov 28 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/2/2022.
Dec 05 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/9/2022.
Jan 03 2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/6/2023.
Jan 09 2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/13/2023.
Jan 13 2023Petition GRANTED.
Jan 31 2023SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, April 19, 2023.
Feb 08 2023Record requested from the Court of Appeals of Colorado.
Feb 21 2023Register of actions and briefs received from Court of Appeals of Colorado. Record request also transmitted to trial court.
Feb 22 2023Brief of petitioner Billy Raymond Counterman filed.
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Feb 22 2023Joint appendix (3 volumes) filed. (Statement of costs filed)
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Feb 28 2023Electronic record transmitted from Arapahoe Combined Court (Colorado).
Feb 28 2023Brief amici curiae of Cato Institute, et al. filed.
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Mar 01 2023Brief amici curiae of Southwestern law student Elena Cordonean, et al. filed.
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Mar 01 2023Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression filed.
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Mar 01 2023Brief amicus curiae of Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press filed.
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Mar 01 2023Brief amici curiae of Electronic Frontier Foundation, et al. filed.
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Mar 01 2023Amicus brief of American Civil Liberties Union, et al. In Support of Petitioner. not accepted for filing (Corrected version to be submitted--March 03, 2023).
Mar 01 2023Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union, et al. filed (Mar. 8, 2023).
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Mar 01 2023Brief amicus curiae of Human Rights for Kids filed.
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Mar 06 2023Brief amicus curiae of Jack Jordan in support of neither party filed.
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Mar 06 2023Brief amicus curiae of Alliance Defending Freedom in support of neither party filed.
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Mar 24 2023CIRCULATED
Mar 24 2023Brief of respondent Colorado filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 30 2023Brief amici curiae of Legal Momentum, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 30 2023Brief amicus curiae of Criminal Justice Legal Foundation filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 31 2023Brief amici curiae of Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 31 2023Brief amici curiae of First Amendment Scholars, Evelyn Douek, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 31 2023Brief amicus curiae of the United States filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 31 2023Brief amicus curiae of Coles Whalen filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 31 2023Brief amici curiae of First Amendment Scholars, Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 31 2023Brief amici curiae of National Family Violence Law Center; et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 31 2023Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
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Mar 31 2023Brief amici curiae of Illinois, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Apr 07 2023Reply of petitioner Billy Raymond Counterman filed. (Distributed)
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Apr 14 2023Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Apr 19 2023Argued. For petitioner: John P. Elwood, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Philip J. Weiser, Attorney General, Denver, Colo.; and Eric J. Feigin, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.)
Jun 27 2023Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Kagan, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Alito, Kavanaugh, and Jackson, JJ., joined. Sotomayor, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment, in which Gorsuch, J., joined as to Parts I, II, III–A, and III–B. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion. Barrett, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Thomas, J., joined.
Jul 31 2023Judgment and mandate issued.
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NAMEADDRESSPHONE
Attorneys for Petitioner
John Patrick Elwood
    Counsel of Record		Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP
601 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20001

john.elwood@arnoldporter.com		(202) 942-5992
Party name: Billy Raymond Counterman
Attorneys for Respondent
Eric Reuel Olson
    Counsel of Record		Solicitor General
1300 Broadway
10th Floor
Denver, CO 80203

eric.olson@coag.gov		7205086548
Party name: Colorado
Philip J. WeiserColorado Attorney General
1300 Broadway, 10th Floor
Denver, CO 80203

(720) 508-6000
Party name: Colorado
Other
David Ryan Brody
    Counsel of Record		Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
1500 K Street NW, Suite 900
Washington, DC 20005

DBRODY@LAWYERSCOMMITTEE.ORG		202-662-8600
Party name: Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and National Women's Law Center
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		2027959300
Party name: Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
John J. Bursch
    Counsel of Record		Alliance Defending Freedom
440 First Street, NW
Suite 600
Washington, DC 20001

jbursch@adflegal.org		(616) 450-4235
Party name: Alliance Defending Freedom
Michael Meredith Epstein
    Counsel of Record		Amicus Project at Southwestern Law School
3050 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90010

amicusproject@swlaw.edu		213-738-6774
Party name: Elena Cordonean, Norman Garland and Michael M. Epstein
John Howard Fleming
    Counsel of Record		Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP
999 Peachtree Street, NE
Suite 2300
Atlanta, GA 30309-3996

johnfleming@eversheds-sutherland.com		(404) 853-8000
Party name: Human Rights for Kids
David Allen Greene
    Counsel of Record		Electronic Frontier Foundation
815 Eddy Street
San Francisco, CA 94109-7701

DAVIDG@EFF.ORG		415-436-9333
Party name: Electronic Frontier Foundation and Student Press Law Center
Priyanka GuptaOffice of the Illinois Attorney General
100 West Randolph Street, 12th Floor
Chicago, IL 60601

PRIYANKA.GUPTA@ILAG.GOV		8722720799
Party name: State of Illinois, et al.
Brian M. Hauss
    Counsel of Record		American Civil Liberties Union Foundation
125 Broad Street, 18th Floor
New York, NY 10004

BHAUSS@ACLU.ORG		2125492604
Party name: American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado, Abrams Institute for Freedom of Expression, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and National Coalition Against Censorship In Support of Petitioner.
Allyson Ho
    Counsel of Record		Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
2001 Ross Avenue
Suite 2100
Dallas, TX 75201

AHO@GIBSONDUNN.COM		(214) 698-3100
Party name: Coles Whalen
Jack Revels Tucker Jordan
    Counsel of Record		Jack Jordan
3102 Howell Street
North Kansas City, MO 64116

jack.jordan@emobilawyer.com		816-853-1142
Party name: Jack Jordan
Jeffrey A. Mandell
    Counsel of Record		Stafford Rosenbaum, LLP
222 West Washington Avenue
Suite 900
Madison, WI 53701

JMANDELL@STAFFORDLAW.COM		608-256-0226
Party name: Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, Professor Danielle Citron, Professor Michael C. Dorf, Professor Mary Anne Franks, Professor Eric J. Segall, Professor Cristina Tilley
Jane Elinor Notz
    Counsel of Record		Office of the Attorney General, State of Illinois
100 West Randolph Street, 12th Floor
Chicago, IL 60601

JANE.NOTZ@ILAG.GOV		312-814-5376
Party name: State of Illinois
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General
United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001

SUPREMECTBRIEFS@USDOJ.GOV		202-514-2217
Party name: United States
David B. Salmons
    Counsel of Record		Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20004

DAVID.SALMONS@MORGANLEWIS.COM		(202) 739-3000
Party name: National Family Violence Law Center; Domestic Violence Legal Empowerment and Appeals Project
Jay Remington Schweikert
    Counsel of Record		The Cato Institute
1000 Massachusetts Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20001

jschweikert@cato.org		2022161461
Party name: Cato Institute
Darpana M. Sheth
    Counsel of Record		Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
510 Walnut Street
Suite 1250
Philadelphia, PA 19106

DARPANA.SHETH@THEFIRE.ORG		2157173473
Party name: Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
Kymberlee Claire Stapleton
    Counsel of Record		Criminal Justice Legal Foundation
2131 L Street
Sacramento, CA 95816

KYM.STAPLETON@CJLF.ORG		916-446-0345
Party name: Criminal Justice Legal Foundation
Mary-Christine Sungaila
    Counsel of Record		Complex Appellate Litigation Group LLP
620 Newport Center Drive
Suite 1100
Newport Beach, CA 92660

mc.sungaila@calg.com		(949) 991 1900
Party name: Legal Momentum et al.
Charlotte Hemenway Taylor
    Counsel of Record		Jones Day
51 Louisiana Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001

CTAYLOR@JONESDAY.COM		(202) 879-3939
Party name: First Amendment Scholars
John W. Whitehead
    Counsel of Record		The Rutherford Institute
109 Deerwood Road
Charlottesville, VA 22911

legal@rutherford.org		4349783888
Party name: The Rutherford Institute

 

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