No. 19-245

GEFT Outdoor L.L.C. v. City of Westfield, Hamilton County, Indiana

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2019-08-23
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process facial-unconstitutionality first-amendment free-speech injunction ordinance-validity prior-restraint speech-rights standing
Key Terms:
FirstAmendment DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether a citizen who seeks to exercise core First Amendment rights must first seek and obtain an order from a court of competent jurisdiction invalidating a facially unconstitutional city ordinance before engaging in protected speech activity and desist completely while the validity of the ordinance remains before the trial court.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a citizen who seeks to exercise core First Amendment rights must first seek and obtain an order from a court of competent jurisdiction invalidating a facially unconstitutional city ordinance before engaging in protected speech activity

Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-09-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-09-03
Waiver of right of respondent City of Westfield, Hamilton County, Indiana to respond filed.
2019-08-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 23, 2019)

Attorneys

City of Westfield, Hamilton County, Indiana
Libby Yin GoodknightKrieg DeVault LLP, Respondent
GEFT Outdoor L.L.C.
Joshua Stephen TatumPlews Shadley Racher & Braun LLP, Petitioner