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Janus v. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Council 31

Petition for certiorari denied on January 25, 2021

Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
19-1104 7th Cir. N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2020

Issue: Whether there is a "good faith defense" to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 that shields a defendant from damages liability for depriving citizens of their constitutional rights if the defendant acted under color of a law before it was held unconstitutional.

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DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
03/09/2020Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 9, 2020)
03/20/2020Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 9, 2020 to May 11, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
03/20/2020Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 11, 2020, for all respondents.
04/09/2020Brief amici curiae of Goldwater Institute; Cato Institute; Mackinac Center for Public Policy filed.
05/11/2020Brief of respondent American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 31 in opposition filed.
05/11/2020Brief of respondents Kwame Raoul and Janel L. Forde in opposition filed.
05/22/2020Reply of petitioner Mark Janus filed.
06/02/2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/18/2020.
06/16/2020Rescheduled.
06/22/2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/25/2020.
06/23/2020Rescheduled.
07/15/2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
08/04/2020Rescheduled.
09/04/2020Supplemental brief of petitioner Mark Janus filed.
09/11/2020Supplemental brief of respondents American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 31, et al. filed.
09/23/2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/9/2020.
10/05/2020Rescheduled.
10/13/2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/16/2020.
10/14/2020Rescheduled.
10/26/2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/30/2020.
10/29/2020Rescheduled.
11/04/2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/20/2020.
11/10/2020Rescheduled.
12/30/2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/15/2021.
01/14/2021Rescheduled.
01/19/2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/22/2021.
01/25/2021Petition DENIED. Justice Barrett took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.