Justice v. Hosemann
Petition for certiorari denied on April 4, 2016
Issue: Whether Mississippi can, consistent with the First Amendment, prohibit a small informal group of friends and neighbors from spending more than $200 on pure speech about a ballot measure unless they become a political committee, adopt the formal structure required of a political committee, register with the state, and subject themselves to the full panoply of ongoing record-keeping, reporting, and other obligations that attend status as a political committee.
| Date | Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding) |
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| Nov 19 2015 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 23, 2015) |
| Dec 7 2015 | Waiver of right of respondents Delbert Hosemann, Mississippi Secretary of State, et al. to respond filed. |
| Dec 8 2015 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioners. |
| Dec 22 2015 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 8, 2016. |
| Dec 23 2015 | Brief amicus curiae of Cause of Action Institute filed. (Distributed) |
| Dec 23 2015 | Brief amici curiae of Center for Competitive Politics, et al. filed. |
| Dec 29 2015 | Response Requested . (Due January 28, 2016) |
| Jan 14 2016 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including February 29, 2016. |
| Feb 29 2016 | Brief of respondents Delbert Hosemann, Mississippi Secretary of State, et al. in opposition filed. |
| Mar 11 2016 | Reply of petitioners Gordon Vance Justice, Jr., et al. filed. |
| Mar 16 2016 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 1, 2016. |
| Apr 4 2016 | Petition DENIED. |
