No. 21-933

Vdare Foundation v. City of Colorado Springs, Colorado

Lower Court: Tenth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-12-23
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: 42-usc-1983 civil-rights first-amendment free-speech government-action hate-speech municipal-services retaliation retaliation-claim section-1983
Latest Conference: 2022-02-25
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether a complaint based on a local government's public announcement that the plaintiff's speech may be illegal "hate speech" and that, therefore, the government would withhold "any" municipal services to the private facility hosting the speech assembly gives rise to a plausible claim for relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and for First Amendment Retaliation.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a complaint based on a local government's public announcement that the plaintiff's speech may be illegal 'hate speech' and that, therefore, the government would withhold 'any' municipal services to the private facility hosting the speech assembly gives rise to a plausible claim for relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and for First Amendment Retaliation

Docket Entries

2022-02-28
Petition DENIED.
2022-02-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/25/2022.
2021-12-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 24, 2022)

Attorneys

Vdare Foundation
Joseph David Sibley IVCamara & Sibley, LLP, Petitioner