No. 22-135

Heather Kokesch Del Castillo v. Joseph A. Ladapo, Secretary, Florida Department of Health

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2022-08-15
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) Experienced Counsel
Tags: circuit-split constitutional-law first-amendment free-speech government-regulation occupational-licensing occupational-regulation professional-speech speech-restriction
Latest Conference: 2022-12-02 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether a government prohibition on communicating a message is exempt from First Amendment scrutiny simply because that prohibition flows from a statute that governs the practice of an occupation.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a government prohibition on communicating a message is exempt from First Amendment scrutiny simply because that prohibition flows from a statute that governs the practice of an occupation

Docket Entries

2022-12-05
Petition DENIED.
2022-11-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/2/2022.
2022-11-04
2022-10-24
Brief of respondent Joseph A. Ladapo, Secretary, Florida Department of Health in opposition filed.
2022-09-23
Response Requested. (Due October 24, 2022)
2022-09-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/7/2022.
2022-09-14
Waiver of right of respondent Secretary, Florida Department of Health to respond filed.
2022-09-14
Brief amicus curiae of The San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals filed.
2022-09-14
2022-09-14
2022-08-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 14, 2022)
2022-05-04
Application (21A685) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until August 12, 2022.
2022-04-27
Application (21A685) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 13, 2022 to August 12, 2022, submitted to Justice Thomas.

Attorneys

Heather Kokesch Del Castillo
Robert James McNamaraInstitute for Justice, Petitioner
Professor Morris M. Kleiner
Joseph S. DiedrichHusch Blackwell LLP, Amicus
Rodney A. Smolla, Floyd Abrams, Erwin Chemerinsky, William C. Banks, Alan Garfield, Clay Calvert, Marc Jonathan Blitz, and Jared Carter
Vince Robert EisingerCranfill Sumner LLP, Amicus
Secretary, Florida Department of Health
Henry Charles WhitakerFlorida Office of the Attorney General, Respondent
The San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Andrew Devin PrinsLatham & Watkins LLP, Amicus