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First Choice Women’s Resource Centers, Inc. v. Platkin

Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
24-781 3rd Cir. TBD TBD TBD TBD OT 2025

Issue: Whether, when the subject of a state investigatory demand has established a reasonably objective chill of its First Amendment rights, a federal court in a first-filed action is deprived of jurisdiction because those rights must be adjudicated in state court.

DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
01/21/2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 24, 2025)
02/20/2025Brief amicus curiae of Americans for Prosperity Foundation filed.
02/24/2025Brief amici curiae of Pennsylvania Pregnancy Wellness Collaborative, et al. filed.
02/24/2025Brief of respondent Matthew Platkin in opposition filed.
02/24/2025Brief amici curiae of The Manhattan Institute, et al. filed.
02/24/2025Brief amicus curiae of Second Amendment Foundation filed.
02/24/2025Brief amicus curiae of Annunciation House, Inc. filed.
02/24/2025Brief amici curiae of Advancing American Freedom, et al. filed.
02/24/2025Brief amicus curiae of The Buckeye Institute filed.
02/24/2025Brief amici curiae of Christian Legal Society, et al. filed.
03/11/2025Reply of petitioner First Choice Women's Resource Centers, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
03/12/2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/28/2025.
03/26/2025Rescheduled.
03/31/2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/4/2025.
04/14/2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/17/2025.
04/21/2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/25/2025.
04/28/2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/2/2025.
05/12/2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/15/2025.
05/19/2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/22/2025.
05/27/2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/29/2025.
06/02/2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/5/2025.
06/09/2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/12/2025.
06/16/2025Petition GRANTED.
06/18/2025Motion for an extension of time within which to file the briefs on the merits filed.
06/24/2025Motion 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.
07/16/2025Motion for a further extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
07/22/2025Motion 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.
08/21/2025Brief of First Choice Women's Resource Centers, Inc. submitted.
08/21/2025Joint Appendix submitted.
08/22/2025Brief amici curiae of New Jersey Family Policy Center, et al. filed.
08/26/2025Amicus brief of Samaritan's Purse submitted.
08/27/2025Brief amicus curiae of Buckeye Institute filed.
08/27/2025Brief amicus curiae of Americans for Prosperity Foundation filed.
08/28/2025Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
08/28/2025Brief amici curiae of Heartbeat International, Inc., et al. filed.
08/28/2025Brief amici curiae of Advancing American Freedom, et al. filed.
08/28/2025Brief amicus curiae of Liberty Justice Center filed.
08/28/2025Brief amicus curiae of Americans United for Life filed.
08/28/2025Brief amicus curiae of Hand of Hope Pregnancy Center filed.
08/28/2025Brief amici curiae of Members of Congress filed.
08/28/2025Brief amici curiae of Save the Storks, et al. filed.
08/28/2025Brief amicus curiae of The Equal Protection Project filed.
08/28/2025Brief amici curiae of Professor O. Carter Snead, et al. filed.
08/28/2025Brief amicus curiae of Robertson Center for Constitutional Law filed.
08/28/2025Brief amicus curiae of NetChoice filed.
08/28/2025Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed.
08/28/2025Brief amicus curiae of Mountain States Legal Foundation filed
08/28/2025Brief amicus curiae of National Taxpayers Union Foundation filed.
08/28/2025Brief amicus curiae of Annunciation House, Inc. filed.
08/28/2025Brief amici curiae of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, et al. filed.
08/28/2025Brief amicus curiae of United States Conference of Catholic Bishops filed.
08/28/2025Brief amici curiae of America’s Future, et al. filed.
08/28/2025Brief amicus curiae of Institute for Free Speech filed.
08/28/2025Brief amici curiae of Anonymous Donors to Pregnancy Resource Centers filed.
08/28/2025Brief amici curiae of A Woman's Concern, Inc., et al. filed.
08/28/2025Brief amicus curiae of People United for Privacy Foundation filed.
08/28/2025Brief amicus curiae of American Legislative Exchange Council filed.
08/28/2025Brief amicus curiae of Becket Fund for Religious Liberty filed.
08/28/2025Brief amici curiae of Manhattan Institute, et al. filed.
08/28/2025Brief amici curiae of Democrats for Life of America, et al. filed.
08/28/2025Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed.
08/28/2025Brief amici curiae of Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, et al. filed.
08/28/2025Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation filed.
08/28/2025Brief amici curiae of Florida, et al. filed.
08/28/2025Brief amici curiae of Christian Legal Society, et al. filed.
08/28/2025Brief amicus curiae of Second Amendment Foundation filed.
08/28/2025Amicus brief of Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press submitted.
08/29/2025Motion of United States for leave to participate in oral argument and for divided argument submitted.
09/02/2025Amicus brief of CARE NET PREGNANCY CENTER OF PARADISE et al submitted.