No. 22-555
NetChoice, LLC, dba NetChoice, et al. v. Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas
Tags: content-moderation editorial-discretion first-amendment free-speech free-speech-rights social-media social-media-regulation viewpoint-discrimination
Latest Conference:
2023-09-26
(distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether the First Amendment prohibits viewpoint-, content-, or speaker-based laws restricting select websites from engaging in editorial choices about whether, and how, to publish and disseminate speech—or otherwise burdening those editorial choices through onerous operational and disclosure requirements.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the First Amendment prohibits viewpoint-, content-, or speaker-based laws restricting select websites from engaging in editorial choices about whether, and how, to publish and disseminate speech—or otherwise burdening those editorial choices through onerous operational and disclosure requirements
Docket Entries
2024-08-02
Judgment Issued.
2024-07-01
Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Kagan, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Sotomayor, Kavanaugh, and Barrett, JJ., joined in full, and in which Jackson, J., joined as to Parts I, II and III-A. Barrett, J., filed a concurring opinion. Jackson, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment. Thomas, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment. Alito, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which Thomas and Gorsuch, JJ., joined. (Opinion together with No. 22-277).
2024-07-01
Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Kagan, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Sotomayor, Kavanaugh, and Barrett, JJ., joined in full, and in which Jackson, J., joined as to Parts I, II and III-A. Barrett, J., filed a concurring opinion. Jackson, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment. Thomas, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment. Alito, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which Thomas and Gorsuch, JJ., joined. (Opinion together with No. 22-277).
2024-02-26
Argued. For petitioners: Paul D. Clement, Alexandria, Va.; and Elizabeth B. Prelogar, Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondent: Aaron L. Nielson, Solicitor General,
Austin, Tex.
2024-02-16
Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
2024-02-15
Reply of petitioners NetChoice, LLC, dba NetChoice, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2024-01-30
Record received from the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas. The record is electronic and is available with the Clerk.
2024-01-23
Brief amicus curiae of David Mamet filed. (Distributed)
2024-01-23
Brief amicus curiae of Life Legal Defense Foundation filed. (Distributed)
2024-01-23
Brief amici curiae of Law and History Scholars filed. (Distributed)
2024-01-23
Brief amicus curiae of Senator Josh Hawley filed. (Distributed)
2024-01-23
Brief amicus curiae of Students at Columbia Against Censorship filed. (Distributed)
2024-01-22
Motion of United States for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
2024-01-22
Brief amicus curiae of Professor Philip Hamburger filed. (Distributed)
2024-01-19
Record requested from the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas.
2024-01-18
Record received from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The record is electronic and is available on PACER.
2024-01-16
Brief of respondent Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas filed. (Distributed)
2024-01-11
CIRCULATED.
2024-01-10
Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
2024-01-05
SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, February 26, 2024.
2023-12-07
Brief amicus curiae of Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies filed.
2023-11-30
Brief of petitioners NetChoice, LLC, dba NetChoice, et al. filed.
2023-11-30
Joint appendix filed.
2023-11-30
Joint appendix filed. (Statement of cost filed.)
2023-10-10
The following briefing schedule is adopted: Respondents in No. 22-277 and petitioners in No. 22-555 shall file opening briefs on the merits on or before Thursday, November 30, 2023, and the briefs shall bear a light blue cover. Any brief of an amicus curiae in support or in support of neither party shall be filed on or before Thursday, December 7, 2023, and the brief shall bear a light green cover. Petitioners in No. 22-277 and respondents in No. 22-555 shall file response briefs on the merits on or before Tuesday, January 16, 2024, and those briefs shall bear a light red cover. Any brief of an amicus curiae in support shall be filed on or before Tuesday, January 23, 2024, and the briefs shall bear a dark green cover. Reply briefs shall be filed in compliance with Rule 25.3, and the briefs shall bear a yellow cover. An amicus curiae shall file only a single brief in these cases.
2023-09-29
Petition GRANTED limited to Questions 1 and 2 presented by the Solicitor General in her brief for the United States as amicus curiae.
2023-08-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
2023-08-30
Supplemental brief of petitioners NetChoice, LLC, dba NetChoice, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2023-08-28
Supplemental brief of respondent Angela Colmenero, in her Official Capacity as Provisional Attorney General of Texas filed. (Distributed)
2023-01-23
The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States.
2023-01-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/20/2023.
2023-01-03
Reply of petitioners NetChoice, LLC, dba NetChoice, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2022-12-20
Response to petition from respondent Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas filed.
2022-12-20
Letter dated December 20, 2022, from counsel for respondent filed.
2022-12-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 18, 2023)
Attorneys
American Center for Law and Justice
Jay Alan Sekulow — Amicus
American Jewish Committee
American Principles Project
Americans for Prosperity Foundation
Amicus Curiae International Center for Law & Economics
Constance Lynn Pfeiffer — Yetter Coleman LLP, Amicus
Amicus Populi
Mitchell Keiter — Keiter Appellate Law, Amicus
Angela Colmenero, in her Official Capacity as Provisional Attorney General of Texas
Lanora Christine Pettit — Office of the Texas Attorney General, Respondent
Article 19: Global Campaign for Free Expression
Babylon Bee and Not the Bee
Patrick Strawbridge — Consovoy McCarthy PLLC, Amicus
Bluesky, a Public Benefit Corporation, M. Chris Riley, an individual, and Floor64, Inc. d/b/a the Copia Institute
Catherine Rachel Gellis — Attorney at Law, Amicus
Cato Institute
Thomas Arthur Berry — Cato Institute, Amicus
Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence
Center for Democracy & Technology
Andrew John Pincus — Mayer Brown LLP, Amicus
Center for Growth and Opportunity, et al.
Andrew C. Nichols — Charis Lex P.C., Amicus
Center for Renewing America
Richard A. Epstein — Amicus
Center for Social Media and Politics at New York University et al.
Chamber of Progress et al.
Mark William Brennan — Hogan Lovells US LLP, Amicus
Children’s Health Defense
Mary Holland — Children's Health Defense, Amicus
David Mamet
Developers Alliance and Software & Information Industry Association
Discord Inc.
Rebecca Leah Tushnet — Lex Lumina PLLC, Amicus
Donald W. Landry
Joel Bernard Ard — Ard Law Group PLLC, Amicus
Dr. Christos A. Makridis
Economists of Technology Policy Institute
Electronic Frontier Foundation, et al.
Electronic Privacy Information Center
Engine Advocacy
Eric Rasmusen
James Bopp Jr. — The Bopp Law Firm, PC, Amicus
First Amendment and Internet Law Scholars
Gautam Singh Hans — Cornell Law School, Amicus
Former Representative Christopher Cox and Senator Ron Wyden
Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
Francis Fukuyama
Seth D. Greenstein — Constantine Cannon LLP, Amicus
Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence
Goldwater Institute
Timothy Mason Sandefur — Goldwater Institute, Amicus
Internet Society
Internet Works, Glassdoor, LLC, Indeed, Inc., Nextdoor, Inc., Mozilla Corporation, Pinterest, Inc., Tripadvisor, LLC, Tumblr, Inc., Vimeo, Inc.
Jean-Paul Jassy — Jassy Vick Carolan LLP, Amicus
iTexasPolitics, LLC d/b/a The Texan and PowerHouse Management, Inc.
Evan Miles Goldberg — Evan Miles Goldberg, PLLC, Amicus
Keep the Republic
Eric Alan Hudson — Terrazas PLLC, Amicus
Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas
Aaron Lloyd Nielson — Office of the Texas Attorney General, Respondent
Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University
Law and History Scholars
Glenn Edward Chappell — Tycko & Zavareei LLP, Amicus
Legal Scholars Adam Candeub & Adam MacLeod
Liberty Justice Center
Jacob H. Huebert — Liberty Justice Center, Amicus
Life Legal Defense Foundation
Marketplace Industry Association; Etsy, Inc.; OfferUp, Inc.; and eBay, Inc.
Eric B. Wolff — Perkins Coie LLP, Amicus
Media Law Resource Center, Inc.
Moderators of R/Law and R/Scotus
Gabriel Akiva Zabow Latner — Advocan Law LLP, Amicus
Moms for Liberty, Institute for Free Speech
Alan Gura — Institute for Free Speech, Amicus
National Security Experts
National Taxpayers Union Foundation
NetChoice, LLC, dba NetChoice, et al.
Scott A. Keller — Lehotsky Keller LLP, Petitioner
Paul D. Clement — Clement & Murphy, PLLC, Petitioner
Open Markets Institute
Jay L. Himes — Amicus
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
Lawrence Jay Spiwak — Phoenix Center, Amicus
Professor Christopher S. Yoo
Professor Eric Goldman
Michael Soonuk Kwun — Kwun Bhansali Lazarus LLP, Amicus
Professor Philip Hamburger
Jonathan F. Mitchell — Mitchell Law PLLC, Amicus
Professors of History
Professors Richard L. Hasen, Brendan Nyhan, and Amy Wilentz
Richard Hasen — UCLA School of Law, Amicus
Protect the First Foundation
Gene Clayton Schaerr — Schaerr | Jaffe, Amicus
Public Knowledge
John David Bergmayer — Public Knowledge, Amicus
Reason Foundation, Committee for Justice, Competitive Enterprise Institute,Taxpayers Protection Alliance
Erik S. Jaffe — Schaerr | Jaffe LLP, Amicus
Reddit, Inc.
Michael Robert Huston — Perkins Coie LLP, Amicus
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press et al.
Senator Josh Hawley
Joshua David Hawley — N/A, Amicus
States of Missouri, Ohio, Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisana, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, N. Dakota, Oklahoma, S. Carolina, S. Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, AZ Legislature
States of New York, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawai‘I, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and Wisconsin, and the Distric
Barbara Dale Underwood — Solicitor General, Amicus
TechFreedom
Corbin Knight Barthold — TechFreedom, Amicus
The Anti-Defamation League
Steven M. Freeman — Anti-Defamation League, Amicus
The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty in Support of Neither Party
The Center for American Liberty
The Center for Business and Human Rights of the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University
Timothy Kelso Gilman — Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP, Amicus
The Digital Progress Institute
Joel L Thayer — Digital Progress Institute, Amicus
The Heartland Institute
James Ruffin Lawrence III — Envisage Law, Amicus
The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
The Rutherford Institute
John W. Whitehead — The Rutherford Institute, Amicus
The Trust & Safety Foundation
Ian C. Ballon — Greenberg Traurig LLP, Amicus
The United States Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján
James Michael Showalter — ArentFox Schiff LLP, Amicus
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Amicus
Washington Legal Foundation
Wikimedia Foundation
Kathleen Roberta Hartnett — Cooley LLP, Amicus
World Faith Foundation
James L. Hirsen — Amicus
Yelp Inc.