No. 20-1773
Pasadena Republican Club v. Western Justice Center, et al.
Tags: 42-usc-1983 42-usc-1985 civil-rights first-amendment fourteenth-amendment property-management state-action state-actor viewpoint-discrimination
Key Terms:
FirstAmendment DueProcess
FirstAmendment DueProcess
Latest Conference:
2021-10-08
(distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)
While it is managing the city-owned property, is the Western Justice Center a State Actor for purposes of the First and Fourteenth Amendments and 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1985(3)?
2. Consistent with the Court's ruling in Burton v. Wilmington Parking Authority, 365 U.S. 715 (1961), is a government agency liable for civil rights violations where the agency, through "inaction has not only made itself a party to the [viewpoint discrimination] but has elected to place its power, property and prestige behind" that discrimination?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Western Justice Center is a state actor for purposes of the First and Fourteenth Amendments and 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1985(3)
Docket Entries
2021-10-12
Petition DENIED.
2021-09-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/8/2021.
2021-09-14
Reply of petitioner Pasadena Republican Club filed. (Distributed)
2021-09-01
Brief of respondents Western Justice Center and Judith Chirlin in opposition filed.
2021-09-01
Response to petition from respondent City of Pasadena filed.
2021-08-13
Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Pasadena Republican Club
2021-08-02
Response Requested. (Due September 1, 2021)
2021-07-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-07-08
Waiver of right of respondent City of Pasadena to respond filed.
2021-07-07
Waiver of right of respondent Western Justice Center and Judith Chirlin to respond filed.
2021-06-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 23, 2021)
Attorneys
City of Pasadena
Dawn Cushman — Bradley & Gmelich LLP, Respondent
Pasadena Republican Club
Anthony Thomas Caso — Constitutional Counsel Group, Petitioner
Western Justice Center and Judith Chirlin
William E. Thomson — Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Respondent