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25A806 Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America v. Sean O'Day, in His Official Capacity as Director of the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services Ninth Circuit 2026-01-12 Application compelled-speech first-amendment intermediate-scrutiny pharmaceutical-regulation takings-clause trade-secrets Question not identified.
25-802 Foothills Christian Ministries, et al. v. Kim Johnson, in Her Official Capacity as Director of the California Department of Social Services, et al. Ninth Circuit 2026-01-07 Pending Amici (6)Response RequestedResponse Waived child-care-act compelled-speech first-amendment free-exercise religious-services zauderer-review Three churches in San Diego County, California, seek to open preschools on their campuses as extensions of their ministries. Under the Child Day Care …
25A561 Chamber of Commerce of the United States, et al. v. Lauren Sanchez, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-11-14 Dismissed california-law commercial-speech compelled-speech constitutional-challenge emissions-reporting first-amendment Question not identified.
25A514 Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Robert F. Kennedy, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. Third Circuit 2025-11-04 Presumed Complete compelled-speech fifth-amendment first-amendment government-coercion medicare-drug-negotiation takings-clause Question not identified.
25A357 Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Department of Health and Human Services, et al. Second Circuit 2025-09-29 Presumed Complete compelled-speech fifth-amendment first-amendment medicare-drug-negotiation price-setting takings-clause Question not identified.
25-233 Catharine Miller, et al. v. Civil Rights Department California 2025-08-28 Denied Amici (10) compelled-speech employment-division-smith free-speech public-accommodation religious-freedom same-sex-marriage Petitioner Cathy Miller runs a small bakery in Bakersfield, California, where she designs and creates custom wedding cakes. After she declined to desi…
24A6 Advance Colorado, et al. v. Jena Griswold, Colorado Secretary of State Tenth Circuit 2024-07-08 Presumed Complete ballot-initiative compelled-speech false-speech first-amendment government-speech petition-process Question not identified.
23-1316 Doug Smith, et al. v. Richard Stillie, Jr., in His Official Capacity as Chair, Alaska Public Offices Commission, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-06-17 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (6) campaign-finance civil-rights compelled-speech disclosure-requirements first-amendment political-contributions 1. Does Alaska's requirement that individual donors file duplicative reports of their political contributions within 24 hours of making them—on pain o…
23-1225 Maryland Shall Issue, Inc., et al. v. Anne Arundel County, Maryland Fourth Circuit 2024-05-21 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 303-creative-llc-v-elenis commercial-speech compelled-speech content-based-regulation expert-testimony first-amendment nifla zauderer zauderer-standard At issue in this case is a local ordinance, Bill 108-21 ("the Ordinance") enacted by Anne Arundel County, Maryland ("the County"). That Ordinance comp…
23-1214 Tanishia Hubbard v. Service Employees International Union Local 2015, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-05-14 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived civil-rights compelled-speech due-process first-amendment free-speech government-deduction janus-v-afscme labor-union labor-unions public-employee state-action union-dues Petitioners, individual providers Tanishia Hubbard and Kristy Jimenez, never agreed to join a union or pay dues. Despite this, their public employers …
23-1215 Christopher Deering v. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 18, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-05-14 Denied Response Waived color-of-law compelled-speech dues dues-payments first-amendment free-speech political-speech public-employee union union-membership 1. As a matter of first impression, whether the First Amendment protects a public employee's right to disassociate from a union —by resigning union me…
23-1112 Ryan Cram, et al. v. Service Employees International Union Local 503, Oregon Public Employees Union, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-04-12 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 1st-amendment campaign-contributions campaign-finance civil-rights compelled-speech first-amendment free-speech labor-union labor-unions public-employees public-sector union-political-funds For nearly fifty years, this Court has held that public sector labor unions can fund political speech only through "charges, dues, or assessments paid…
23-1113 Atishma Kant, et al. v. Service Employees International Union, Local 721, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-04-12 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) affirmative-consent collective-bargaining compelled-speech first-amendment labor-union labor-unions public-employee public-sector waiver-of-rights Public sector labor unions cannot use state law to take money from a nonmember public employee's lawfully earned wages for use in political speech unl…
23-1111 Glenn Laird v. United Teachers Los Angeles, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-04-12 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) compelled-speech consent first-amendment nonmember-employees public-sector-labor public-sector-unions union-dues waiver-of-rights The First Amendment prohibits public sector labor unions from using state law to divert money from a public employee's lawfully earned wages unless th…
23-926 No on E, San Franciscans Opposing the Affordable Housing Production Act, et al. v. David Chiu, in His Official Capacity as San Francisco City Attorney, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-02-27 Denied Amici (8)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) advertising-regulation association campaign-finance compelled-speech disclosure-requirements donor-disclosure donor-transparency first-amendment free-speech political-speech 1. Whether requiring political advertisers to name their donors' donors within their advertisements advances any important or compelling state interes…
23A787 Ryan Cram, et al. v. Service Employees International Union Local 503, Oregon Public Employees Union, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-02-27 Presumed Complete compelled-speech first-amendment government-deduction non-union-employees political-speech union-fees Question not identified.
23A775 Tanishia Hubbard v. Service Employees International Union Local 2015, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-02-26 Presumed Complete compelled-speech first-amendment janus-precedent section-1983 state-action union-dues Question not identified.
23A778 Kristy L. Jimenez v. Service Employees International Union Local 775, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-02-26 Presumed Complete compelled-speech first-amendment janus-precedent section-1983 state-action union-dues Question not identified.
23-6417 Ralph Hall v. New York New York 2024-01-05 Denied IFP civil-rights compelled-speech constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process first-amendment free-speech government-speech prosecutorial-discretion sentencing Question not identified.
23A511 No on E, San Franciscans Opposing the Affordable Care Housing Production Act, et al. v. David Chiu, in His Official Capacity as San Francisco City Attorney, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-12-05 Presumed Complete campaign-finance compelled-speech donor-disclosure first-amendment free-speech-doctrine political-advertising Question not identified.
23-5272 Grace Woodham v. Helen Hanks, Commissioner, New Hampshire Department of Corrections, et al. New Hampshire 2023-08-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP compelled-speech content-neutrality first-amendment free-speech government-regulation private-entities Question not identified.
23-5160 Scott Eric Houston v. Louisiana Louisiana 2023-07-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP compelled-speech content-moderation first-amendment free-speech government-regulation social-media 00 rii.q+ri C/vjp+ ComplifiH 4Kp Lnn'ic;,nnn ^upriomP C C\t/f>+ nprlpr 9
22-777 William E. Henry v. Steven T. Marshall, Attorney General of Alabama Eleventh Circuit 2023-02-17 Denied Response Waived butterworth-precedent compelled-speech constitutional-law first-amendment free-speech grand-jury grand-jury-secrecy prior-restraint secrecy witness-testimony Nearly 33 years ago, this Court decided Butterworth v. Smith, 494 U.S. 624 (1990), holding that grand jury secrecy laws restricting a grand jury witne…
22-576 Cindy Ellen Ochoa v. Public Consulting Group, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-12-21 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived 42-usc-1983 compelled-speech constitutional-violation due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment public-employee-rights public-sector-unions section-1983 union-dues Does a challenge to a statutory system alleging failure to provide due process under the Fourteenth Amendment and 42 U.S.C. § 1983 require an injured …
22-6143 Blake Sandlain v. C. Maruka, Warden Fourth Circuit 2022-11-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP compelled-speech content-neutrality first-amendment free-speech government-regulation private-entities Question not identified.
22-393 NetChoice, LLC, dba NetChoice, et al. v. Ashley Moody, Attorney General of Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-10-26 Denied CVSGAmici (6)Relisted (3) compelled-speech content-based content-based-restrictions editorial-discretion first-amendment free-speech tech-regulation viewpoint-discrimination zauderer Whether S.B. 7072 in its entirety, and its compelled disclosure provisions in particular, comply with the First Amendment.
22-212 Jonathan Savas, et al. v. California Statewide Law Enforcement Association, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-09-08 Denied Amici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) associational-rights compelled-speech constitutional-law first-amendment free-speech janus-v-afscme labor-rights speech-rights union-membership waiver The Court in Janus v. AFSCME, Council 31 held it violates the First Amendment for a state and union to compel employees to subsidize union speech. 138…
21-890 Gaspee Project, et al. v. Diane C. Mederos, et al. First Circuit 2021-12-15 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) campaign-finance commercial-speech compelled-speech constitutional-law disclosure-requirements donor-disclosure first-amendment free-speech issue-advocacy strict-scrutiny Rhode Island law requires most issue advocacy groups that mention a candidate or referendum in a communication before an election to register with the…
21-800 Tony K. McDonald, et al. v. Sylvia Borunda Firth, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-11-30 Denied Amici (8)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights compelled-speech due-process first-amendment free-speech ideological-speech legal-membership mandatory-bar political-activities political-activity standing state-bar-association Does the First Amendment prohibit a state from compelling attorneys to join and fund a state bar association that engages in extensive political and i…
21-5814 Matthew David George v. Ohio Ohio 2021-09-29 Denied IFP civil-rights compelled-speech constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process first-amendment free-speech judicial-mandate Is a court ordered apology letter in a criminal case a violation of the First Amendment's prohibition on compelled speech?
21-476 303 Creative LLC, et al. v. Aubrey Elenis, et al. Tenth Circuit 2021-09-28 Judgment Issued Amici (90)Relisted (4) anti-discrimination-law compelled-speech content-based content-based-regulation free-exercise free-speech religious-beliefs religious-liberty viewpoint-discrimination Artist Lorie Smith is a website designer who creates original, online content consistent with her faith. She plans to (1) design wedding websites prom…
21-357 Lucille S. Taylor v. James W. Heath, President-Elect, State Bar of Michigan Board of Commissioners, et al. Sixth Circuit 2021-09-07 Denied Relisted (2) compelled-speech exacting-scrutiny first-amendment integrated-bar keller-v-state-bar labor-unions policy-positions public-sector public-sector-employees In Janus v. AFSCME, 138 S.Ct. 2448 (2018), this Court held that laws that impinge on public-sector employees' First Amendment rights are subject to "e…
21-5178 In Re Walter Drummond 2021-07-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights compelled-speech due-process first-amendment free-speech standing Is State v. Drmmond,#o2004343cf102, TIp3ro, line.24's Couct Reporterinpotted /s being told to "Speak Up!"in violation of Us. Const stAmend.FL.ConstArt…
20-1678 Daniel Z. Crowe, et al. v. Oregon State Bar, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-06-02 Denied Amici (10)Response Waived attorney-regulation compelled-speech constitutional-scrutiny first-amendment free-speech keller-v-state-bar mandatory-dues political-speech public-sector-unions state-bar This Court has held that "exacting" First Amendment scrutiny applies to laws that force public employees to subsidize the speech and political activit…
20-1587 Louisiana v. Tazin Ardell Hill Louisiana 2021-05-14 Denied Amici (1) compelled-speech first-amendment fraud fraudulent-alteration government-speech sex-offender-registration sex-offender-registry state-id state-identification (1) May a State require convicted sex offenders to obtain and carry a state identification bearing the words "sex offender" without facially violating…
20-1574 Joseph Ocol v. Chicago Teachers Union, et al. Seventh Circuit 2021-05-13 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) compelled-speech constitutional-rights exclusive-bargaining exclusive-bargaining-representative first-amendment freedom-of-association janus-precedent janus-v-afscme public-employee public-sector-unions union-representation 1. In Minnesota State Board for Community Colleges v. Knight, 465 U.S. 271 (1984), this Court held that the First Amendment allows States to compel pu…
20-1534 Patrick Doughty, et al. v. State Employees’ Association of New Hampshire, SEIU Local 1984, CTW, CLC First Circuit 2021-05-04 Denied Amici (1) 42-usc-1983 agency-fees compelled-association compelled-speech damages first-amendment restitution section-1983 Does a First Amendment compelled speech and association claim for damages or restitution brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 require a plaintiff to prove m…
20-1520 Diane Gruber, et al. v. Oregon State Bar, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-04-30 Denied Response Waived bar-association compelled-speech constitutional-law first-amendment freedom-of-speech integrated-bar janus-v-afscme keller-v-state-bar legal-precedent mandatory-dues This case involves compelled speech of attorneys and whether that compelled speech unconstitutionally infringes upon the attorneys' Freedom of Speech:…
20-1457 Adrian Moon v. Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County, et al. California 2021-04-16 Denied attorney-discipline bar-association civil-rights compelled-speech free-speech mandatory-bar Does SATAN the God we serve under Black lies matter to SATAN have governmental agencies DeviLindhis SATAN and his government have Power or Authority t…
20-7155 James Scott, Jr. v. Norm Robinson, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-02-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 1st-amendment administrative-law civil-rights compelled-speech constitutional-law content-moderation free-speech judicial-review legal-procedure social-media statutory-interpretation Does the Petitioner have the right to Due Process Equal Law lanse And Jury Trial as guarecd the Cthaudrth b Vou.d Count abuse ifs dxenetod or Sensiaic…
20-893 Duane Ronald Belanus v. Lynn Guyer, Warden Montana 2021-01-05 Denied Response Waived compelled-speech content-neutrality free-speech government-regulation private-entities public-forum Question not identified.
20-6008 Brian Evans v. Kaiali'i Kahele Hawaii 2020-10-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP compelled-speech content-neutrality first-amendment free-speech government-regulation private-entities 1. During an Objection to an Election, if a candidate is duly served and fails to Answer the Complaint or otherwise appear, is he in Default and shou…
20-225 John R. Muenster v. Disciplinary Board of the Washington State Bar Association Washington 2020-08-27 Denied Response Waived bar-association-resignation civil-rights compelled-speech constitutional-rights due-process free-speech lawyer-conduct professional-ethics standing state-bar-rules takings In 2018, after 44 years of law practice, petitioner permanently cancelled and terminated his membership in the Washington state bar. In 2020, the stat…
20-5319 Juan Carlos Avila-Gonzalez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-08-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability civil-rights compelled-speech competence-to-waive counsel-investigation due-process fifth-circuit free-exercise free-speech ineffective-assistance medical-history public-accommodations WHETHER THE FIFTH CIRCUIT APPLIED THE CORRECT LEGAL STANDARD WHEN DENIED AVILA'S COA IN THE CLAIM THAT HE RECEIVED INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL B…
20-5044 Ilya Liviz v. Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts Massachusetts 2020-07-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-obligations compelled-speech constitutional-procedure first-amendment fourth-amendment free-speech government-compulsion search-and-seizure speech-rights subpoena subpoena-law warrant-requirement 1. Can the Government compel speech without a warrant, nor a subpoena? 2. Can an attorney be held in contempt for failing to cooperate with the Govern…
19-8507 Dominique R. Taylor v. Corporation Worldwide Eighth Circuit 2020-05-20 Denied IFP commercial-speech compelled-speech content-neutrality first-amendment free-speech private-property retriil 20 cdD posible Gpse bokh coure oth the lowep Grnd uffor oper i Ofper onges courto? 13 poosible to. borh. heve und lower coorts investuse UAto…
19-831 Adam Jarchow, et al. v. State Bar of Wisconsin, et al. Seventh Circuit 2020-01-02 Denied Amici (5)Relisted (3) associational-rights compelled-association compelled-speech first-amendment integrated-bar janus-precedent political-speech state-bar In Janus v. AFSCME, 138 S. Ct. 2448 (2018), the Court held that State laws compelling public employees to subsidize the speech of labor unions violate…
19-439 CTIA - The Wireless Association v. City of Berkeley, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-10-02 Denied Amici (6) commercial-speech compelled-disclosure compelled-speech consumer-protection disclosure-requirements first-amendment government-regulation intermediate-scrutiny zauderer zauderer-standard In Zauderer v. Office of Disciplinary Counsel of Supreme Court of Ohio, 471 U.S. 626 (1985), this Court held that, although government regulation of c…
19-417 EMW Women's Surgical Center, P.S.C., et al. v. Adam Meier Sixth Circuit 2019-09-27 Denied Amici (3) abortion circuit-conflict circuit-split compelled-speech constitutional-rights first-amendment free-speech informed-consent medical-consent physician-autonomy ultrasound ultrasound-law The Kentucky Ultrasound Informed Consent Act (House Bill 2) requires a physician, while performing a pre-abortion ultrasound, to (i) describe the ultr…
19-333 Arlene's Flowers, Inc., dba Arlene's Flowers and Gifts, et al. v. Washington, et al. Washington 2019-09-12 Rehearing Amici (10)Relisted (13) civil-rights compelled-speech content-based first-amendment free-exercise free-speech public-accommodation religious-freedom religious-hostility same-sex-marriage state-action strict-scrutiny Barronelle Stutzman is a Christian artist who imagines, designs, and creates floral art. She serves everyone and sells pre-arranged flowers for use in…
19-51 Ben Branch, et al. v. Massachusetts Department of Labor Relations, et al. Massachusetts 2019-07-08 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) bargaining-representative civil-rights compelled-speech constitutional-rights due-process exclusive-representation first-amendment free-speech political-activity political-autonomy public-employee state-action union-representation When a public employee union uses its government-granted authority as employees' exclusive bargaining representative to compel employees to choose bet…
19-12 Kevin Sewell v. Maryland Maryland 2019-07-01 Denied Response Waived compelled-speech confrontation-clause due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment-self-incrimination first-amendment first-amendment-compelled-speech overbreadth self-incrimination sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-confrontation-clause 1. Whether Maryland's law imposing a duty to report suspected child abuse or neglect on all persons in the State violates the First Amendment where it…
18-9605 Don Ferguson v. Florida Florida 2019-06-11 Denied IFP 7th-amendment compelled-speech content-neutrality criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection fair-trial first-amendment free-speech government-regulation jury-instructions private-entities Whether A Great Public Importance Exists Of Florida Courts' Denied Pro Se Petitioner's Representing Himself At Jury Trial, Of His (7th) Amendment Cons…
18-1438 Caleigh Wood v. Evelyn Arnold, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-05-16 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) 1st-amendment compelled-speech curriculum establishment-clause First-Amendment free-speech Lemon-Test lemon-v-kurtzman preferential-treatment public-school Public-School-Curriculum public-schools religion Religious-Freedom religious-practices For the past several decades, courts have struggled to determine when public schools may permissively teach about religion and when public schools cro…
18-8764 Tatyana Evgenievna Drevaleva v. Department of Veterans Affairs, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-04-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-hearing calfresh-benefits civil-procedure civil-rights compelled-speech county-notice establishment-clause first-amendment food-stamps free-speech hearing-rights notice public-assistance state-hearing utility-allowance wedding-services welfare-assistance Question not identified.
18-7942 Shannon Lancaster v. James Ruane Fourth Circuit 2019-02-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process homeland-security standing takings civil-rights compelled-speech due-process first-amendment free-speech religious-freedom Renwi Ac? \1-5c- vi
18-7931 Michael Keith Henley v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-02-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure compelled-speech content-neutrality due-process fraudulent-plea-agreement free-speech government-regulation ineffective-assistance-of-counsel miscarriage-of-justice private-property public-forum standing 1). Whether, the United States Appeal Court and District Court incorrectly decide the facts? (YES) What Facts? Qa))Whether the U.S Appeal Court and D…
18-583 Kenneth Mayle v. United States, et al. Seventh Circuit 2018-11-05 Denied Response Waived compelled-speech compelling-governmental-interest equal-protection free-exercise free-speech government-burden least-restrictive-means minority-rights religious-beliefs religious-freedom-restoration-act sincerely-held-religious-beliefs standing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court's ruling violates the Supreme Court's precedents by improperly substituting its own view that carrying currency bearing a reli…
18-6452 Alan Bartlett v. State Bar of California, et al. California 2018-10-29 Denied IFP access-to-courts attorney-discipline bar-association civil-rights compelled-speech due-process free-speech mandatory-bar professional-conduct standing Whether the State Bar of California abused discretion failing to investigate Alan M. Bartlett's accusation against attorney Phillip Trevino for ethica…
18-547 Melissa Elaine Klein, et vir v. Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries Oregon 2018-10-26 GVR Amici (10)Relisted (13) commercial-art compelled-speech employment-division-v-smith expressive-conduct first-amendment free-exercise free-speech hybrid-rights public-accommodations religious-liberty 1. Whether Oregon violated the Free Speech and Free Exercise Clauses of the First Amendment by compelling the Kleins to design and create a custom wed…
18-340 In-N-Out Burger, Incorporated v. National Labor Relations Board Fifth Circuit 2018-09-14 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law compelled-speech constitutional-rights-free-speech employer-rights first-amendment free-speech janus-v-afscme labor-relations national-institute-of-family-and-life-advocates-v- nlrb-doctrine special-circumstances special-circumstances-doctrine 1. Whether the Board's order compelling speech of a private employer violates the First Amendment, in light of this Court's recent holdings in Janus v…
18-300 Delano Farms Company, et al. v. California Table Grape Commission California 2018-09-07 Denied Amici (2) attribution commercial-speech compelled-speech compelled-subsidy first-amendment government-speech industry-advertising industry-group oversight speech-attribution Whether the compelled subsidy of promotional advertising by an industry group may be deemed "government speech," and thus shielded from First Amendmen…
18-5781 Larry Dean Dusenbery v. Ronnie R. Holt, Warden Third Circuit 2018-08-27 Denied Relisted (5)IFP circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights compelled-speech due-process federal-prisoner free-speech habeas-corpus religious-freedom section-2241 sentencing-issue standing SHOULD THIS COURT GRANT CERTIORARI TO RESOLVE THE SPLIT AMONG THE CIRCUITS AS TO WHETHER A FEDERAL PRISONER CAN RAISE A SENTENCING ISSUE UNDER 28 U.S.…