No. 18-1518

Save Tacoma Water v. Port of Tacoma, et al.

Lower Court: Washington
Docketed: 2019-06-06
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
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
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 EvansonPacifica Law Group LLP, Respondent
Pierce County Auditor Julie Anderson
Douglas Warren VanscoyPierce County Prosecutor's Office, Respondent
Save Tacoma Water
Lindsey Schromen-WawrinShearwater Law PLLC, Petitioner
Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber
Valarie S. ZeeckGordon Thomas Honeywell, LLP, Respondent