No. 24-613

Frederick Lewis Washington v. Sunflower County, Mississippi

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-12-04
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)
Tags: constitutional-interpretation first-amendment judicial-review public-employee-speech summary-reversal supreme-court-precedent
Key Terms:
FirstAmendment Jurisdiction
Latest Conference: 2025-03-07 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Should this Court summarily reverse when a
court of appeals defies clear, unmistakable decisions of
this Court?

2. Should a judge or a jury decide whether a
public employee's speech is pursuant to his ordinary job
duties, such that the speech is not protected by the First
Amendment?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Should a court of appeals be summarily reversed for defying clear Supreme Court precedent, and should a judge or jury determine whether public employee speech is within ordinary job duties for First Amendment protection purposes?

Docket Entries

2025-03-10
Petition DENIED.
2025-02-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/7/2025.
2025-02-03
Brief of Sunflower County, Mississippi in opposition submitted.
2025-02-03
Brief of respondent Sunflower County, Mississippi in opposition filed.
2025-01-02
Response Requested. (Due February 3, 2025)
2024-12-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2025.
2024-12-20
Waiver of Sunflower County, Mississippi of right to respond submitted.
2024-12-20
Waiver of right of respondent Sunflower County, Mississippi to respond filed.
2024-12-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 3, 2025)

Attorneys

Frederick Washington
Jim Waide — Petitioner
Sunflower County, Mississippi
Bethany Ann TarpleyJacks Griffith Luciano, P.A., Respondent