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Janus v. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Council 31

Petition for certiorari denied on January 25, 2021
Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
19-1104 7th Cir. N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2020

Issue: Whether there is a “good faith defense” to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 that shields a defendant from damages liability for depriving citizens of their constitutional rights if the defendant acted under color of a law before it was held unconstitutional.

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DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
Mar 09 2020Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 9, 2020)
Mar 20 2020Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 9, 2020 to May 11, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
Mar 20 2020Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 11, 2020, for all respondents.
Apr 09 2020Brief amici curiae of Goldwater Institute; Cato Institute; Mackinac Center for Public Policy filed.
May 11 2020Brief of respondent American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 31 in opposition filed.
May 11 2020Brief of respondents Kwame Raoul and Janel L. Forde in opposition filed.
May 22 2020Reply of petitioner Mark Janus filed.
Jun 02 2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/18/2020.
Jun 16 2020Rescheduled.
Jun 22 2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/25/2020.
Jun 23 2020Rescheduled.
Jul 15 2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
Aug 04 2020Rescheduled.
Sep 04 2020Supplemental brief of petitioner Mark Janus filed.
Sep 11 2020Supplemental brief of respondents American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 31, et al. filed.
Sep 23 2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/9/2020.
Oct 05 2020Rescheduled.
Oct 13 2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/16/2020.
Oct 14 2020Rescheduled.
Oct 26 2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/30/2020.
Oct 29 2020Rescheduled.
Nov 04 2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/20/2020.
Nov 10 2020Rescheduled.
Dec 30 2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/15/2021.
Jan 14 2021Rescheduled.
Jan 19 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/22/2021.
Jan 25 2021Petition DENIED. Justice Barrett took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.