Pro-Football, Inc. v. Blackhorse

Petition for certiorari denied on October 3, 0016

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
15-1311	E.D. Va.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	OT 16

Issue: (1) Whether the disparagement clause of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1052(a), violates the First Amendment; (2) whether " 2(a)"s disparagement clause is impermissibly vague, in violation of the First and Fifth Amendments; and (3) whether the government"s decades-long delay between registering a trademark and canceling the registration under " 2(a)"s disparagement clause violates due process.

Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
04/25/2016	Petition for a writ of certiorari before judgment filed. (Response due May 26, 2016)
04/25/2016	Appendix of Pro-Football, Inc. filed.
05/13/2016	Order extending time to file response to petition to and including June 27, 2016, for all respondents.
06/27/2016	Response to petition from respondents Amanda Blackhorse, et al. filed.
06/27/2016	Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
07/13/2016	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 26, 2016.
07/15/2016	Reply of petitioner Pro-Football, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
10/03/2016	Petition DENIED.