No. 24-1236

Louis Farrakhan, et al. v. Anti-Defamation League, et al.

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2025-06-04
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: 42-USC-1983 article-III-standing first-amendment government-action quasi-governmental-actor representational-standing
Latest Conference: 2025-09-29
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether the Second Circuit failed to follow this
Court's precedent when it held that representational
standing does not exist in claims alleging a violation
of 42 U.S.C. § 1983?

2. Whether a First Amendment claim is actionable
against a quasi-governmental actor whose policies
and active partnership with a government entity
and actor led to the issuance of a threat of arrest
and prosecution aimed at suppressing First
Amendment protections that are disfavored as being
anti-Semitic?

3. Whether a public threat of arrest and prosecution
by a government official against an unnamed yet
identifiable group of people constitutes a concrete
and particularized injury for purposes of establishing
Article III standing and whether the lack of
knowledge of which statute the government official
intends to use to effectuate said threat prevents the
ability to establish an injury sufficient for purposes
of Article III standing?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Second Circuit erred in its interpretation of representational standing under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and First Amendment protections against quasi-governmental actors

Docket Entries

2025-10-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-06-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-06-13
Waiver of Simon Wiesenthal Center and Abraham Cooper of right to respond submitted.
2025-06-13
Waiver of right of respondents Simon Wiesenthal Center and Abraham Cooper to respond filed.
2025-06-09
Waiver of Anti-Defamation League, et al. of right to respond submitted.
2025-06-09
Waiver of right of respondent Anti-Defamation League, et al. to respond filed.
2025-06-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 7, 2025)
2025-03-18
Application (24A894) granted by Justice Sotomayor extending the time to file until June 2, 2025.
2025-03-13
Application (24A894) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from April 3, 2025 to June 2, 2025, submitted to Justice Sotomayor.

Attorneys

Anti-Defamation League, et al.
Nathan E. SiegelDavis Wright Tremaine LLP, Respondent
Louis Farrakhan
Abdul Arif Muhammad — Petitioner
Simon Wiesenthal Center and Abraham Cooper
Fred D. HeatherGlaser Weil Fink Howard Jordan & Shapiro LLP, Respondent