license-plate
5 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| 23-1151 | Nathaniel Brian Verellen v. Michigan | Michigan | 2024-04-23 | Denied | 14th-amendment 4th-amendment 5th-amendment brady-material constitutional-rights due-process indian-commerce-clause license-plate traffic-code tribal-sovereignty | 1. Did the State of Michigan erroneously redefine "registration plate" so as to unlawfully broaden and apply Michigan Traffic Code, MCL 257.256, Licen… | |
| 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… |
| 19-8509 | Joaquin Gonzales v. California | California | 2020-05-21 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | alpr automated-license-plate-reader evidence-standard fourth-amendment license-plate physical-movements reasonable-expectation-of-privacy reasonable-expectation-privacy search-and-seizure warrantless-search | Did a detective's warrantless search of an ALPR database for images and locations of Petitioner's license plate violate petitioner's Fourth Amendment … |
| 19-5915 | Steven J. Varnauskas v. Illinois | Illinois | 2019-09-11 | Denied | IFP | 4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fourth-amendment license-plate probable-cause search-and-seizure traffic-violation vehicle-impoundment vehicle-search warrantless-search | WHERTHER ABICYCLE RACK THATIS ATTACHED TO THE REAR OFA VEHICLE WITR STRAPS ACCORDENLY AND CORRECTLY TOTHE MANIFACTORS INSTRUCTIONS AND NONETHELESS OBS… |