No. 23-227
Sarah K. Molina, et al. v. Daniel Book, et al.
Amici (4)
Tags: circuit-split civil-rights clothing-expression first-amendment free-speech particularized-message police-observation qualified-immunity speech-rights
Latest Conference:
2024-02-16
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. Whether words printed on clothing are pure speech, and thus presumptively entitled to First Amendment protection—as the Fourth, Fifth, and Ninth Circuits have held—or whether they are protected only if they convey a "particularized message," as the Eighth Circuit below, and the Sixth and Seventh Circuits, have held.
2. Whether, in light of important new historical evidence, this Court should reconsider the doctrine of qualified immunity.
3. Whether the court of appeals erred in holding that a First Amendment right to unobtrusively observe and record police performing their duties in public is not clearly established.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
whether-words-on-clothing-are-protected-speech
Docket Entries
2024-02-20
Petition DENIED.
2024-01-19
Reply of petitioners Sarah K. Molina, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2024-01-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2024.
2023-12-27
Brief of respondents Daniel Book, et al. in opposition filed.
2023-12-06
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including December 27, 2023.
2023-12-04
Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 13, 2023 to December 27, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
2023-11-06
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including December 13, 2023.
2023-11-03
Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 13, 2023 to December 13, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
2023-10-12
Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed.
2023-10-12
Brief amicus curiae of The Rutherford Institute filed.
2023-10-12
Brief amici curiae of First Amendment Scholars filed.
2023-10-12
Brief amicus curiae of Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press filed.
2023-10-04
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 13, 2023.
2023-10-02
Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 12, 2023 to November 13, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
2023-09-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 12, 2023)
2023-07-18
Application (23A42) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until September 7, 2023.
2023-07-13
Application (23A42) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 23, 2023 to September 7, 2023, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.
Attorneys
Cato Institute
Clark M. Neily III — Cato Institute, Amicus
Daniel Book, Joseph Busso, Stephen Dodge, Michael Mayo, Lance Coats, Joseph Mader, Mark Seper, and William Wethington
Brandon David Laird — St. Louis City Counselor's Office, Respondent
First Amendment Scholars
Kristina Renee Van Bockern — Holland & Hart LLP, Amicus
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
Sarah K. Molina, et al.
The Rutherford Institute
John W. Whitehead — The Rutherford Institute, Amicus