No. 22-135
Heather Kokesch Del Castillo v. Joseph A. Ladapo, Secretary, Florida Department of Health
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
Reply of petitioner Heather Kokesch Del Castillo filed.
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
Brief amicus curiae of Professor Morris M. Kleiner filed.
2022-09-14
Brief amici curiae of Rodney A. Smolla, et al. filed.
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 McNamara — Institute for Justice, Petitioner
Professor Morris M. Kleiner
Joseph S. Diedrich — Husch 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 Eisinger — Cranfill Sumner LLP, Amicus
Secretary, Florida Department of Health
Henry Charles Whitaker — Florida Office of the Attorney General, Respondent
The San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Andrew Devin Prins — Latham & Watkins LLP, Amicus