Question Presented (from Petition)
1. Whether the state may deny equal protection of the laws and exclude people from a trade for the sole purpose of easing its regulatory burden, or whether restrictions on the right to enter a common and lawful occupation require more scrutiny?
2. Whether this Court should overrule the Slaughter-House Cases and hold that the right to enter a common and lawful occupation is a privilege or immunity protected by the Fourteenth Amendment?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the state may deny equal protection of the laws and exclude people from a trade for the sole purpose of easing its regulatory burden, or whether restrictions on the right to enter a common and lawful occupation require more scrutiny?
2023-07-14
Brief amicus curiae of New England Legal Foundation filed. (Distributed)
2023-07-14
Brief amici curiae of Professor Steven G. Calabresi, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2023-07-14
Brief amicus curiae of Institute for Justice filed. (Distributed)
2023-07-13
Brief amicus curiae of Americans for Prosperity Foundation filed. (Distributed)
2023-07-13
Brief amicus curiae of Goldwater Institute filed. (Distributed)
2023-06-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
2023-06-20
Waiver of right of respondent Courtney N. Phillips, et al. to respond filed.
2023-06-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 14, 2023)
2023-02-23
Application (22A764) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until June 12, 2023.
2023-02-16
Application (22A764) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 11, 2023 to July 10, 2023, submitted to Justice Alito.
Professor Steven G. Calabresi, Professor Christopher R. Green, Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy, the Georgia Public Policy Foundation, and the Palmetto Promise Institute