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Bruni v. City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Petition for certiorari denied on January 11, 2021

Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
19-1184 3rd Cir. N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2020

Issue: (1) Whether federal courts have authority to save a state or local law from unconstitutionality by positing a limiting construction that has no state-law basis and contradicts governing authorities" understanding of their own law; and (2) whether Pittsburgh"s buffer-zone ordinance violates the free speech clause.

SCOTUSblog Coverage

DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
01/23/2020Application (19A838) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 25, 2020 to March 26, 2020, submitted to Justice Alito.
01/27/2020Application (19A838) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until March 26, 2020.
03/26/2020Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 29, 2020)
04/14/2020Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Nikki Bruni, et al.
04/28/2020Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 29, 2020 to July 27, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
04/29/2020Amicus brief of The National Legal Foundation, et al. not accepted for filing. (April 29, 2020)
04/29/2020Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including July 27, 2020
04/29/2020Brief amici curiae of Constitutional Law Professors filed.
04/29/2020Brief amici curiae of State of West Virginia and 16 Other States filed.
04/29/2020Brief amicus curiae of Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence filed.
04/29/2020Brief amicus curiae of Eleanor McCullen filed.
04/29/2020Brief amici curiae of Forty Days for Life, et al. filed.
04/29/2020Brief amici curiae of National Legal Foundation, et al. filed.
04/29/2020Brief amici curiae of United States Senators and Representatives filed.
04/29/2020Brief amicus curiae of American Center for Law and Justice filed.
04/29/2020Brief amicus curiae of The Pro-Life Union of Greater Philadelphia filed.
04/29/2020Amicus brief of Life Legal Defense Foundation not accepted for filing. (May 19, 2020)(Corrected submitted)
04/29/2020Brief amicus curiae of Life Legal Defense Foundation filed. (5/15/2020)
07/14/2020Waiver of City of Pittsburgh, et al. of right to respond not accepted for filing. (July 14, 2020)
07/29/2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
09/15/2020Response Requested. (Due October 15, 2020)
10/15/2020Brief of respondents City of Pittsburgh, et al. in opposition filed.
11/03/2020Reply of petitioners Nikki Bruni, et al. filed. (Distributed)
11/04/2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/20/2020.
11/18/2020Rescheduled.
11/30/2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/4/2020.
12/02/2020Rescheduled.
12/07/2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/11/2020.
12/11/2020Rescheduled.
01/04/2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
01/11/2021Petition DENIED. Statement of Justice Thomas respecting the denial of certiorari.