No. 25-965

Daniel Grand v. City of University Heights, Ohio, et al.

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2026-02-17
Status: Pending
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: chilling-effect constitutional-injury first-amendment land-use-finality religious-exercise williamson-county-doctrine
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the First Amendment's established
chilling-effect doctrine—under which a credible government threat that deters the exercise of fundamental rights constitutes a complete and independently
actionable constitutional injury—is displaced by
Williamson Cnty.'s land-use finality requirement when
a plaintiff alleges that government threats both before
and after a Planning Commission meeting chilled religious exercise, worship, and assembly.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the First Amendment's established chilling-effect doctrine—under which a credible government threat that deters the exercise of fundamental rights constitutes a complete and independently actionable constitutional injury—is displaced by Williamson County's land-use finality requirement when a plaintiff alleges that government threats both before and after a Planning Commission meeting chilled religious exercise, worship, and assembly

Docket Entries

2026-02-24
Waiver of right of respondent University of Heights, Ohio, et al. to respond filed.
2026-02-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 19, 2026)

Attorneys

Daniel Grand
Daniel Grand — Petitioner
University of Heights, Ohio, et al.
Frank H. ScialdoneMazanec, Raskin & Ryder Co., Respondent