Justice v. Hosemann

Petition for certiorari denied on April 4, 2016

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
15-682	5th Cir.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	OT 2015

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)
11/19/2015	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 23, 2015)
12/07/2015	Waiver of right of respondents Delbert Hosemann, Mississippi Secretary of State, et al. to respond filed.
12/08/2015	Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioners.
12/22/2015	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 8, 2016.
12/23/2015	Brief amicus curiae of Cause of Action Institute filed. (Distributed)
12/23/2015	Brief amici curiae of Center for Competitive Politics, et al. filed.
12/29/2015	Response Requested . (Due January 28, 2016)
01/14/2016	Order extending time to file response to petition to and including February 29, 2016.
02/29/2016	Brief of respondents Delbert Hosemann, Mississippi Secretary of State, et al. in opposition filed.
03/11/2016	Reply of petitioners Gordon Vance Justice, Jr., et al. filed.
03/16/2016	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 1, 2016.
04/04/2016	Petition DENIED.