No. 23A1095

Manuel Adams, Jr. v. City of Harahan, Louisiana

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-06-07
Status: Presumed Complete
Type: A
Experienced Counsel
Tags: brady-list civil-service-protections due-process fourteenth-amendment occupational-liberty professional-employment
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether a plaintiff's liberty interest in pursuing a specific profession is violated only if he has been completely prevented from working in that field, or whether a deprivation less severe—such as placing a "significant roadblock" in the way of pursuing one's chosen occupation—is enough to show a violation.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment protects an individual's liberty interest in pursuing a chosen profession when government action substantially impedes, but does not completely prevent, professional employment

Docket Entries

2024-06-13
Application (23A1095) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until July 29, 2024.
2024-06-05
Application (23A1095) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 27, 2024 to August 26, 2024, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Manuel Adams, Jr.
Andrew Timothy TuttArnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, Petitioner