No. 18-1518
Save Tacoma Water v. Port of Tacoma, et al.
Response Waived
Tags: ballot-access content-based content-based-restriction first-amendment free-speech initiative-power judicial-veto political-speech prior-restraint vagueness
Key Terms:
FirstAmendment
FirstAmendment
Latest Conference:
2019-10-01
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether the First Amendment prohibits a state court from enjoining a qualified initiative from appearing on the ballot because the court believes that, if enacted, the law proposed by the initiative would be invalid.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the First Amendment prohibits a state court from enjoining a qualified initiative from appearing on the ballot because the court believes that, if enacted, the law proposed by the initiative would be invalid
Docket Entries
2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-07-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-06-18
Waiver of right of respondent Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber to respond filed.
2019-06-13
Waiver of right of respondent City of Tacoma to respond filed.
2019-06-12
Waiver of right of respondent Pierce County Auditor Julie Anderson to respond filed.
2019-06-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 8, 2019)
Attorneys
City of Tacoma
Kymberly Kathryn Evanson — Pacifica Law Group LLP, Respondent
Pierce County Auditor Julie Anderson
Douglas Warren Vanscoy — Pierce County Prosecutor's Office, Respondent
Save Tacoma Water
Lindsey Schromen-Wawrin — Shearwater Law PLLC, Petitioner
Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber
Valarie S. Zeeck — Gordon Thomas Honeywell, LLP, Respondent