No. 19-793
Institute for Free Speech v. Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California
Tags: civil-rights compelled-disclosure donor-disclosure exacting-scrutiny first-amendment free-speech nonprofit nonprofit-association standing state-action strict-scrutiny
Key Terms:
FirstAmendment Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
FirstAmendment Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference:
2021-07-01
(distributed 4 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. Whether a state official's demand for all significant donors to a nonprofit organization, as a precondition to engaging in constitutionally-protected speech, constitutes a First Amendment injury.
2. Whether official demands for membership or donor information outside the electoral context should be reviewed under strict or exacting scrutiny.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a state official's demand for all significant donors to a nonprofit organization, as a precondition to engaging in constitutionally-protected speech, constitutes a First Amendment injury
Docket Entries
2021-08-03
JUDGMENT ISSUED.
2021-07-02
Petition GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED for further consideration in light of <i>Americans for Prosperity Foundation</i> v. <i>Bonta</i>, 594 U. S. ___ (2021).
2021-07-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 7/1/2021.
2020-12-23
Supplemental brief of petitioner Institute for Free Speech filed. (Distributed)
2020-12-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
2020-05-29
Rescheduled.
2020-05-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/4/2020.
2020-05-15
Reply of petitioner Institute for Free Speech filed. (Distributed)
2020-05-01
Brief of respondent Xavier Becerra, Attorney General of California in opposition filed.
2020-03-25
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including May 1, 2020.
2020-03-24
Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 1, 2020 to May 1, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-03-02
Brief amici curiae of Project for Privacy & Surveillance Accountability and Pacific Research Institute filed.
2020-02-28
Brief amicus curiae of Liberty Justice Center filed.
2020-02-25
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 1, 2020.
2020-02-19
Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 2, 2020 to April 1, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-01-30
Response Requested. (Due March 2, 2020)
2020-01-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2020.
2020-01-21
Brief amicus curiae of The Cato Institute filed. (Distributed)
2020-01-17
Letter of January 15, 2020 from counsel for petitioner received.
2020-01-14
Waiver of right of respondent Xavier Becerra, Attorney General of California to respond filed.
2019-12-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 21, 2020)
Attorneys
Institute for Free Speech
Lisa Schiavo Blatt — Williams & Connolly LLP, Petitioner
Liberty Justice Center
Daniel Robert Suhr — Liberty Justice Center, Amicus
Project for Privacy & Surveillance Accountability and Pacific Research Institute
Erik S. Jaffe — Schaerr | Jaffe LLP, Amicus
Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California
Aimee Athena Feinberg — California Department of Justice, Respondent
The Cato Institute
Ilya Shapiro — Cato Institute, Amicus