Speech First, Inc. v. Whitten
Certiorari Denied
Petition for certiorari denied on March 3, 2025.
Issue
Whether university bias-response teams " official entities that solicit anonymous reports of bias, track them, investigate them, ask to meet with the perpetrators, and threaten to refer students for formal discipline " objectively chill students" speech under the First Amendment.
Sep 27, 2024Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 31, 2024)Oct 22, 2024Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed.Oct 22, 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 31, 2024 to December 2, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
Oct 24, 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 2, 2024.
Oct 30, 2024Brief amici curiae of Southeastern Legal Foundation, et al. filed.Oct 30, 2024Brief amicus curiae of Parents Defending Education filed.Oct 31, 2024Brief amicus curiae of Mountain States Legal Foundation filed.Oct 31, 2024Brief amicus curiae of Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty, Inc. filed.Oct 31, 2024Brief amici curiae of Alliance Defending Freedom, et al. filed.Oct 31, 2024Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression filed.Oct 31, 2024Brief amicus curiae of Liberty Justice Center filed.Oct 31, 2024Brief amicus curiae of The Buckeye Institute filed.Nov 27, 2024Brief of respondents Pamela Whitten, et al. in opposition filed.Nov 27, 2024Waiver of the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition pursuant to Rule 15.5 filed by petitioner.Dec 3, 2024Reply of petitioner Speech First, Inc. filed. (Distributed)Dec 4, 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2025.
Jan 13, 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/17/2025.
Jan 21, 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/24/2025.
Feb 14, 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2025.
Feb 24, 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/28/2025.
Mar 3, 2025Petition DENIED. Justice Alito would grant the petition for a writ of certiorari. Justice Thomas, dissenting from the denial of certiorari. (Detached Opinion)
Recommended Citation: Speech First, Inc. v. Whitten, SCOTUSblog, https://www.scotusblog.com/cases/speech-first-inc-v-whitten/