No. 19-281

Capital Associated Industries, Inc. v. Josh Stein, Attorney General of North Carolina, et al.

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-09-03
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)
Tags: civil-rights content-based-restriction content-based-speech first-amendment fourteenth-amendment freedom-of-association legal-assistance legal-services non-profit non-profit-organizations professional-licensing strict-scrutiny
Latest Conference: 2019-12-13 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Do the North Carolina statutes prohibiting the Association's attorneys from providing legal assistance to its members violate the freedom of association guaranteed by the First and Fourteenth Amendments?

2. Are the North Carolina statutes prohibiting the Association's attorneys from providing legal assistance to its members a content-based restriction on speech that must be reviewed under strict scrutiny?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Do the North Carolina statutes prohibiting the Association's attorneys from providing legal assistance to its members violate the freedom of association guaranteed by the First and Fourteenth Amendments?

Docket Entries

2019-12-16
Petition DENIED.
2019-11-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/13/2019.
2019-11-26
Reply of petitioner Capital Associated Industries, Inc. filed.
2019-11-12
Brief of respondents Josh Stein, Nancy Lorrin Freeman, Avery Crump and the North Carolina State Bar in opposition filed.
2019-10-10
Response Requested. (Due November 12, 2019)
2019-10-03
Brief amicus curiae of The Employer Associations of America filed. (Distributed)
2019-10-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/18/2019.
2019-10-02
Brief amici curiae of Responsive Law and Scholars of Access to Justice filed. (Distributed)
2019-10-01
Brief amici curiae of N.C. Chamber Legal Institute, et al. filed.
2019-09-25
Waiver of right of respondent North Carolina State Bar to respond filed.
2019-09-25
Waiver of right of respondents Josh Stein, Nancy Lorrin Freeman, and Avery Crump to respond filed.
2019-08-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 3, 2019)
2019-06-19
Application (18A1321) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until August 30, 2019.
2019-06-10
Application (18A1321) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 18, 2019 to August 30, 2019, submitted to The Chief Justice.

Attorneys

Capital Associated Industries, Inc.
Reid Lloyd PhillipsBrooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard LLP, Petitioner
Josh Stein, Nancy Lorrin Freeman, Avery Crump and the North Carolina State Bar
Matthew W. SawchakNorth Carolina Dept. of Justice, Respondent
N.C. Chamber Legal Institute, et al.
Christopher G. Browning Jr.Troutman Sanders LLP, Amicus
Responsive Law and Scholars of Access to Justice
Gregory A Beck — Amicus
The Employer Associations of America
Tejinder SinghGoldstein & Russel, P.C., Amicus