Docket No. | Op. Below | Argument | Opinion | Vote | Author | Term |
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19-730 | 5th Cir. | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | OT 2019 |
Issue: Whether the First Amendment and the Supreme Court’s decision in NAACP v. Claiborne Hardware Co. foreclose a state-law negligence action making a “leader” of a protest demonstration personally liable in damages for injuries inflicted by an unidentified person’s violent act there, when it is undisputed that the leader neither authorized, directed nor ratified the perpetrator’s act, nor engaged in or incited violence of any kind.
Date | Proceedings and Orders |
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Oct 25 2019 | Application (19A458) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 6, 2019 to December 6, 2019, submitted to Justice Alito. |
Oct 25 2019 | Application (19A458) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until December 6, 2019. |
Dec 06 2019 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 9, 2020) |
Jan 08 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of National Police Association filed. |
Mar 04 2020 | Motion to dismiss the petition for a writ of certiorari under Rule 46.2 filed. |
Mar 23 2020 | Petition Dismissed - Rule 46. |
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