Mckesson v. Doe

Petition for certiorari denied on April 15, 2024

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
23-373	5th Cir.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	OT 2023

Issue: Whether the First Amendment and this 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, when it is undisputed that the leader neither authorized, directed, nor ratified the perpetrator"s act, nor engaged in or intended violence of any kind.

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Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
08/30/2023	Application (23A209) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 14, 2023 to October 5, 2023, submitted to Justice Alito.
09/06/2023	Application (23A209) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until October 5, 2023.
10/05/2023	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 9, 2023)
11/07/2023	Brief amicus curiae of First Amendment Scholar John D. Inazu filed.
11/08/2023	Brief amicus curiae of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People filed.
11/09/2023	Brief amici curiae of Floyd Abrams, et al. filed.
11/09/2023	Brief amicus curiae of Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center filed.
11/09/2023	Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression filed.
11/28/2023	Waiver of right of respondent John Doe to respond filed.
11/29/2023	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/5/2024.
12/04/2023	Response Requested. (Due January 3, 2024)
12/15/2023	Brief amicus curiae of The Rutherford Institute filed.
01/03/2024	Brief of respondent John Doe in opposition filed.
01/17/2024	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2024.
01/22/2024	Reply of petitioner DeRay Mckesson filed. (Distributed)
02/20/2024	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/23/2024.
02/26/2024	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/1/2024.
03/11/2024	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/15/2024.
03/18/2024	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/22/2024.
03/25/2024	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/28/2024.
04/08/2024	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/12/2024.
04/15/2024	Petition DENIED. Statement of Justice Sotomayor respecting the denial of certiorari. (Detached <a href = 'https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23-373_8njq.pdf'>Opinion</a>)