| 25-142 |
William Gerard Sangervasi, II v. City of San Jose, California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-08-06 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
equal-protection first-amendment government-speech police-uniform sexual-orientation viewpoint-discrimination |
Our American Flag and The Uniform of America's Police Officers are neutral and impartial visual symbols of blind-justice and equal protection under th… |
| 25-107 |
Leah Gilliam v. David Gerregano, Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Revenue, et al. |
Tennessee |
2025-07-29 |
Denied |
Amici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
first-amendment free-speech government-speech license-plate public-forum state-regulation |
Whether the messages paid for and chosen by car owners on personalized license plates—commonly known as "vanity" plates—are government speech. |
| 25A116 |
Leila Green Little, et al. v. Llano County, Texas, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-07-28 |
Presumed Complete |
|
circuit-split first-amendment free-speech government-speech information-access public-library |
Whether a public library's decision to remove certain books because they supposedly espouse "inappropriate" views is subject to judicial scrutiny unde… |
| 25-66 |
Alliance Marc & Eva Stern Math & Science High School, et al. v. Public Employment Relations Board, et al. |
California |
2025-07-18 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-law first-amendment free-speech government-speech public-employers union-membership |
In 2017, California enacted the Prohibition on Public Employers Deterring or Discouraging Union Membership (PEDD). The PEDD prohibits "public employer… |
| 24-1261 |
Cambridge Christian School, Inc. v. Florida High School Athletic Association, Inc. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-06-10 |
Denied |
Amici (24)Response RequestedRelisted (2) |
establishment-clause free-exercise free-speech government-speech religious-liberty santa-fe-doctrine |
When two Christian high schools made it to a championship football game organized by a state athletic association, they sought to use the stadium loud… |
| 24-6429 |
Robert Michael Kuczewski v. Robin Marien, et al. |
California |
2025-01-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
defamation first-amendment free-speech government-speech limited-purpose-public-figure public-interest |
1. What is the standard for classification of
public figures and limited purpose public figures?
2. Can government officials suppress and shield
the… |
| 24-5537 |
Nevin P. Cooper-Keel v. Roberts A. Kengis |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-09-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
facebook-page first-amendment free-speech government-speech public-forum viewpoint-discrimination |
1) Is a government's facebook page a traditional, designated public forum or a limited one?
2) If it is a limited public forum, is deleting my commen… |
| 24-216 |
Advance Colorado, et al. v. Jena Griswold, Colorado Secretary of State |
Tenth Circuit |
2024-08-28 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
ballot-measures first-amendment government-speech legislative-interference petition-rights tax-reduction |
The Colorado Legislature and the Governor of
Colorado are hostile to ballot measures that would
reduce state tax revenue. After several tax reduction
… |
| 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. |
| 23-6417 |
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. |
| 23A243 |
Vivek H. Murthy, Surgeon General, et al. v. Missouri, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-09-14 |
Presumed Complete |
Amici (5) |
content-moderation first-amendment free-speech government-speech injunction social-media |
Question not identified. |
| 22-1199 |
Rogan O'Handley v. Shirley N. Weber, California Secretary of State, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-06-12 |
Denied |
Amici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) |
censorship first-amendment free-speech government-speech online-censorship political-speech social-media social-media-regulation state-action |
In 2018, California created the Office of Election Cybersecurity. State law empowers the Office "[t]o monitor and counteract false or misleading infor… |
| 22-932 |
North Carolina Division of Sons of Confederate Veterans, Inc. v. North Carolina Department of Transportation, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-03-24 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
civil-rights constitutional-law first-amendment fourth-circuit free-speech government-speech license-plate public-forum specialty-license-plate state-law |
1. Did the district court and Fourth Circuit
Court of Appeals err in applying the "Government
Speech" doctrine to limit the speech of private citizens… |
| 22-696 |
Reginald L. Gundy v. City of Jacksonville, Florida, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-01-26 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights first-amendment free-exercise free-speech government-speech qualified-immunity retaliation |
1. Whether Petitioner's invited invocation before the City Council, without any instructions or limitations, was private speech as the district court … |
| 22-6299 |
Judith Yigal, et vir, on Behalf of Their Minor Child, R. Y. v. Julia A. Butler, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-12-14 |
Denied |
IFP |
administrative-discrimination brandenburg-v-ohio child-trafficking civil-rights constitutional-rights discrimination due-process family-separation free-speech government-speech racketeering |
1. Does the targeting of a specific child, mother, father, and Jewish family and manipulating government authority to harm the well-adjusted child (wi… |
| 22-292 |
James D. Sullivan v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-09-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
establishment-clause free-exercise government-speech lemon-test public-forum religious-display |
Question 1: Whether or not Petitioner is entitled to a trial by jury in civil federal income tax cases as mandated by the Seventh Amendment?
Question… |
| 21-1532 |
Brian Davison v. Deborah Rose, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-06-07 |
Denied |
|
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-scrutiny due-process first-amendment free-speech government-action government-speech public-forum speech-restriction standing viewpoint-discrimination |
1. Whether a forum and scrutiny analysis are required when considering First Amendment infringement claims involving the government barring citizen sp… |
| 21-6837 |
John Ragin v. Circuit Court of Virginia, City of Newport News |
Virginia |
2022-01-13 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights free-speech government-speech public-forum social-media standing |
Question not identified. |
| 21-974 |
Sylvia Borunda Firth, et al. v. Tony K. McDonald, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-01-06 |
Denied |
|
administrative-agency civil-rights first-amendment free-speech free-speech-clause government-speech judicial-department keller-v-state-bar overrule-precedent state-bar |
1. Whether the State Bar of Texas, which is "a public corporation and an administrative agency of the judicial department of [the Texas] government," … |
| 21-953 |
Richard Leake, et al. v. James T. Drinkard, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Assistant City Administrator of the City of Alpharetta, GA, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-12-29 |
Denied |
|
civil-rights constitutional-rights first-amendment free-speech government-speech historical-context parade-participation public-forum |
1. Whether the District Court and Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals erred when applying the "Gov-ernment Speech" doctrine to limit the speech of priva… |
| 21-918 |
Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund, United Stockgrowers of America v. Thomas J. Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-12-21 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
compelled-subsidies constitutional constitutional-review first-amendment free-speech government-speech johanns-precedent johanns-v-livestock-marketing-association private-speech |
1. Whether otherwise unconstitutional compelled subsidies of private speech are "government speech," free from First Amendment review, because Congres… |
| 21-6199 |
Robert M. Samson v. North Carolina, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-11-08 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights free-speech government-speech prior-restraint public-forum viewpoint-discrimination |
IS it a violation of State Statutory or Federal Law for Director Bob Schvoneix and the N.C.S.BI to detain myself or offer Individuals who no longer Re… |
| 21-600 |
Wade Steven Gardner, et al. v. William Mutz, in His Capacity as Mayor of the City of Lakeland, Florida, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-10-26 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights first-amendment free-speech government-speech legacy-monuments legal-doctrine monument-display public-forum public-forums summum summum-precedent |
Should the government speech doctrine as recognized in Pleasant Grove City, Utah v. Summum be modified in cases involving legacy monuments already in … |
| 20-1800 |
Harold Shurtleff, et al. v. City of Boston, Massachusetts, et al. |
First Circuit |
2021-06-24 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (24) |
content-discrimination establishment-clause first-amendment flag-display free-speech government-speech public-forum religious-expression religious-viewpoint viewpoint-discrimination |
1. Whether the First Circuit's failure to apply this Court's forum doctrine to the First Amendment challenge of a private religious organization that … |
| 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… |
| 20-1379 |
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority v. Center for Investigative Reporting |
Third Circuit |
2021-04-01 |
Denied |
Amici (3) |
categorical-ban commercial-speech content-restriction first-amendment free-speech government-speech political-speech public-forum supreme-court-precedent transit-advertising transit-authority |
1. Whether this Court's decision in Mansky overruled or abrogated the Court's holding in Lehman that transit authorities have the discretion to catego… |
| 19-285 |
Jerud Butler v. Board of County Commissioners for San Miguel County, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-09-03 |
Denied |
Amici (5) |
such that it is entitled to protection under the civil-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech government-speech judicial-proceeding judicial-system judicial-testimony public-concern public-employee speech-protection |
Whether a government employee's truthful testimony at a judicial hearing qualifies as speech on a matter of public concern, such that it is entitled t… |
| 19-63 |
Murphy J. Painter v. Shane Evans |
Louisiana |
2019-07-11 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights constitutional-protection defamation first-amendment government-speech new-york-times-v-sullivan public-figure |
1. Does the First Amendment to the United States Constitution apply to government speech, such that defamatory government speech constitutes an act in… |
| 18-1455 |
Archdiocese of Washington v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2019-05-22 |
Denied |
Amici (3)Relisted (5) |
civil-rights content-discrimination establishment-clause first-amendment free-speech government-speech public-forum religious-freedom viewpoint-discrimination |
1. Whether WMATA's policy of refusing to accept advertisements that promote or oppose religion or reflect a religious perspective violates the First A… |
| 18-1365 |
Mogul Media, Inc., et al. v. City of New York, New York, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2019-04-30 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
commercial-speech content-based-restriction content-based-restrictions equal-protection first-amendment free-speech government-speech municipal-government public-forum public-property zoning-resolution |
The Second Circuit affirmed, en banc, the Second Circuit's prior affirmance of the district court's dismissal, at the pleading stage, of the Amended C… |
| 18-1235 |
Joe Ribakoff v. City of Long Beach, California, et al. |
California |
2019-03-22 |
Denied |
|
1st-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights content-based-regulation content-based-speech expert-testimony first-amendment free-speech government-speech public-forum speech-restriction |
1) Is a rule abridging speech by members of the public at an open public meeting of a city government a presumptively unconstitutional content-based s… |
| 18-1092 |
Associated Builders and Contractors of California Cooperation Committee, Inc. v. Xavier Becerra, Attorney General of California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-02-21 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
civil-rights collective-bargaining first-amendment free-speech government-speech legislative-amendment private-donation private-speech proxy subsidy viewpoint-discrimination |
1. Does a plausible allegation that a facially "neutral" law acts as a proxy for viewpoint discrimination state a valid claim for relief under the Fir… |
| 18-1000 |
American Freedom Defense Initiative, et al. v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2019-01-31 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
civil-rights constitutional-rights first-amendment free-speech government-censorship government-speech public-forum speech-restriction transit-advertising transit-authority viewpoint-discrimination |
1. Is the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority's advertising space a public forum for Petitioner's "Support Free Speech" ads such that Respo… |
| 18-766 |
Teresa Bierman, et al. v. Tim Walz, Governor of Minnesota, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2018-12-17 |
Denied |
Amici (8)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
exclusive-representation expressive-association first-amendment government-speech heightened-scrutiny individual-rights mandatory-expressive-association mandatory-representation public-employees rational-basis |
The State of Minnesota compels individuals who are not public employees, namely individual Medicaid providers, to accept an exclusive representative f… |
| 18-302 |
Andrei Iancu, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, Patent and Trademark Office v. Erik Brunetti |
Federal Circuit |
2018-09-07 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (11) |
commercial-speech first-amendment free-speech government-speech immoral immoral-marks lanham-act scandalous scandalous-marks trademark trademark-registration |
Whether Section 1052(a)'s prohibition on the federal registration of "immoral" or "scandalous" marks is facially invalid under the Free Speech Clause … |
| 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… |
| 18-18 |
Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission v. American Humanist Association, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-07-03 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (5)Relisted (5) |
civil-rights constitutional-interpretation establishment-clause first-amendment free-speech government-speech monument public-display reasonable-observer religious-symbol standing war-memorial |
Whether the Establishment Clause requires the removal or destruction of a 93-year-old memorial to American servicemen who died in World War I solely b… |