Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Mansky

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
16-1435	8th Cir.	Feb 28, 2018	Jun 14, 2018	7-2	Roberts	OT 2017

Holding: Minnesota"s ban on political apparel at polling places violates the First Amendment"s free speech clause.

Judgment: Reversed and remanded, 7-2, in an opinion by Chief Justice Roberts on June 14, 2018. Justice Sotomayor filed a dissenting opinion, in which Justice Breyer joined.

SCOTUSblog Coverage

Opinion analysis: Court strikes down Minnesota ban on "political" apparel at the polls (Amy Howe, June 14, 2018)
OT2017 #16: "Robots in Ireland" (First Mondays, March 5, 2018)
Argument analysis: Justices debate decorum, line-drawing and "political" apparel at the polls (Amy Howe, February 28, 2018)
Argument preview: Justices to hear challenge to Minnesota voting dress code (Amy Howe, February 23, 2018)
OT2017 #14: "Justice for Stormy" (First Mondays, February 19, 2018)
Symposium: What's the harm in a T-shirt? (Charles Rothfeld, January 26, 2018)
Symposium: Polling-place speech restrictions collide with modern free-speech doctrine (Ken Klukowski, January 25, 2018)
Symposium: Don't tread on my passive political speech (Elizabeth Slattery, January 24, 2018)
Symposium: Whose side is the First Amendment really on? (Daniel I. Weiner and Christopher R. Deluzio, January 24, 2018)
Symposium: Nothing undignified about political messaging -- in America, we call that democracy (Rodney Smolla, January 23, 2018)
Symposium: The right to vote in peace (J. Gerald Hebert, January 23, 2018)
Justices to hear challenge to Minnesota voting dress code: In Plain English (Amy Howe, January 22, 2018)
Court releases February calendar (Amy Howe, December 21, 2017)
OT2017 #7: "Keys to a Valet" (First Mondays, November 27, 2017)
Court grants review in three new cases (Amy Howe, November 13, 2017)
Petition of the day (Aurora Barnes, August 11, 2017)

Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
05/30/2017	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 3, 2017)
05/30/2017	Letter pursuant to Rule 12.6 from counsel for petitioners received.
06/08/2017	Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for petitioners.
06/12/2017	Waiver of right of respondent Steve Simon, in his official capacity as Minnesota Secretary of State to respond filed.
06/15/2017	Waiver of right of respondent Joe Mansky, et al. to respond filed.
07/03/2017	Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by Cato Institute, et al.
07/03/2017	Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Center for Competitive Politics.
07/03/2017	Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by The American Civil Rights Union, et al.
07/19/2017	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 25, 2017.
08/04/2017	Response Requested. (Due September 5, 2017)
09/01/2017	Brief of respondents Joe Mansky, et al. in opposition filed.
09/14/2017	Reply of petitioners Minnesota Voters Alliance, et al. filed.
09/20/2017	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/6/2017.
10/10/2017	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/13/2017.
10/23/2017	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/27/2017.
10/30/2017	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/3/2017.
11/06/2017	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/9/2017.
11/13/2017	Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by Cato Institute, et al. GRANTED.
11/13/2017	Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by The American Civil Rights Union, et al. GRANTED.
11/13/2017	Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Center fo Competitive Politics GRANTED.
11/13/2017	Petition GRANTED.
11/27/2017	Motion for an extension of time filed.
11/27/2017	Blanket Consent filed by Petitioners, Minnesota Voters Alliance, et al.
11/29/2017	Motion to extend the time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits granted and the time is extended to and including January 5, 2018.
12/07/2017	Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Joe Mansky, et al.
12/20/2017	SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Wednesday, February 28, 2018
01/05/2018	CIRCULATED
01/05/2018	Brief of petitioners Minnesota Voters Alliance, et al. filed.
01/05/2018	Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
01/10/2018	Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 8th Circuit.
01/10/2018	Brief amicus curiae of Goldwater Institute filed. (Distributed)
01/11/2018	Brief amicus curiae of James Madison Center for Free Speech, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
01/11/2018	Brief amici curiae of Justice and Freedom Fund filed. (Distributed)
01/11/2018	Brief amici curiae of Cato Institute, et al. filed. (Distributed)
01/12/2018	Brief amici curiae of Southeastern Legal Foundation, et al. filed. (Distributed)
01/12/2018	Brief amicus curiae of Institute for Free Speech filed. (Distributed)
01/12/2018	Brief amici curiae of The American Civil Rights Union, et al. filed. (Distributed)
01/12/2018	Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union; American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota filed. (Distributed)
01/17/2018	Record received from the U.S.C.A. 8th Circuit. (1 Box).
02/05/2018	Brief of respondents Joe Mansky, et al. filed. (Distributed)
02/12/2018	Brief amici curiae of Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, The League of Women Voters of the United States and The League of Women Voters Minnesota filed. (Distributed)
02/12/2018	Brief amici curiae of States of Tennessee, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Rhode Island, Texas, and Utah filed. (Distributed)
02/12/2018	Brief amicus curiae of Campaign Legal Center filed. (Distributed)
02/12/2018	Brief amici curiae of National Association of Counties, National League of Cities, U.S. Conference of Mayors, International City/County Management Association, and International Municipal Lawyers Association filed. (Distributed)
02/19/2018	Reply of petitioners Minnesota Voters Alliance, et al. filed. (Distributed)
02/28/2018	Argued. For petitioners: J. David Breemer, Sacramento, Cal. For respondents: Daniel Rogan, Assistant Hennepin County Attorney, Minneapolis, Minn.
06/14/2018	Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Roberts, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Alito, Kagan, and Gorsuch, JJ., joined. Sotomayor, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Breyer, J., joined.
07/16/2018	JUDGMENT ISSUED.
08/21/2018	Record from the U.S.C.A. 8th Circuit has been returned.