No. 21-614

Brian Green v. Pierce County, Washington

Lower Court: Washington
Docketed: 2021-10-27
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Amici (4)Response RequestedRelisted (2) Experienced Counsel
Tags: citizen-journalism citizen-journalist corporate-personhood first-amendment free-speech media-access press press-freedom public-records
Latest Conference: 2022-03-18 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether barring individual citizen-journalists from accessing public records otherwise made available to news media, for lack of corporate personhood, violates the First Amendment freedoms of speech and press.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether barring individual citizen-journalists from accessing public records otherwise made available to news media, for lack of corporate personhood, violates the First Amendment freedoms of speech and press

Docket Entries

2022-03-21
Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Liberty Justice Center GRANTED.
2022-03-21
Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Cato Institute GRANTED.
2022-03-21
Petition DENIED.
2022-03-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/18/2022.
2022-02-25
Reply of petitioner Brian Green filed.
2022-02-14
Brief of respondent Pierce County, Washington in opposition filed.
2022-01-05
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 14, 2022.
2022-01-04
Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 14, 2022 to February 14, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
2021-12-15
Response Requested. (Due January 14, 2022)
2021-12-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/7/2022.
2021-11-23
Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by the Cato Institute.
2021-11-22
Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Liberty Justice Center.
2021-10-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 26, 2021)

Attorneys

Brian Green
Alan GuraInstitute for Free Speech, Petitioner
Liberty Justice Center
Daniel Robert SuhrLiberty Justice Center, Amicus
Pierce County
Daniel R. HamiltonPierce Co. Attorney's Office, Respondent
The Cato Institute
Ilya ShapiroCato Institute, Amicus