No. 20-903
First Choice Chiropractic, LLC, et al. v. Mike DeWine, Governor of Ohio, et al.
Response Waived
Tags: central-hudson-test circuit-split commercial-speech content-based-regulation content-based-restrictions first-amendment free-speech heightened-scrutiny speaker-based-restrictions speaker-identity
Latest Conference:
2021-02-19
Question Presented (from Petition)
When governmental regulations upon commercial speech are based upon either the identity of the speaker or the content of the message, does the "heightened scrutiny" standard addressed in Sorrell v. IMS Health Inc., 564 U.S. 552 (2011) control instead of the intermediate four-part test adopted in Central Hudson Gas & Elec. Corp. v. Pub. Serv. Comm. of New York, 447 U.S. 557 (1980)?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
First Amendment challenge to Ohio statute restricting medical practitioner-patient communications
Docket Entries
2021-02-22
Petition DENIED.
2021-01-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/19/2021.
2021-01-08
Waiver of right of respondent Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, et al. to respond filed.
2020-12-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 4, 2021)
Attorneys
First Choice Chiropractic, LLC, et al.
Paul W. Flowers — Petitioner
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, et al.
Benjamin Michael Flowers — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, Respondent