| No. 18-1150 | |
| Title: | Georgia, et al., Petitioners v. Public.Resource.Org, Inc. |
| Docketed: | March 5, 2019 |
| Linked with 18A598 | |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (17-11589) |
| Decision Date: | October 19, 2018 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Dec 07 2018 | Application (18A598) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 17, 2019 to March 4, 2019, submitted to Justice Thomas. |
| Main DocumentLower Court Orders/OpinionsLower Court Orders/OpinionsProof of Service | |
| Dec 20 2018 | Application (18A598) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until March 4, 2019. |
| Mar 01 2019 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 4, 2019) |
| PetitionAppendixCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Mar 22 2019 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 4, 2019 to May 3, 2019, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Main Document | |
| Mar 27 2019 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 3, 2019. |
| Apr 04 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of The Software & Information Industry Association filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Apr 04 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Arkansas, et al. filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Apr 04 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Matthew Bender & Co., Inc. filed. |
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| May 01 2019 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 3, 2019 to May 10, 2019, submitted to The Clerk. |
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| May 01 2019 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including May 10, 2019. |
| May 06 2019 | Brief amici curiae of R Street Institute, et al. in support of respondent filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| May 09 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Next-Generation Legal Research Platforms and Databases and Digital Accessibility Advocate in support of respondent filed. |
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| May 10 2019 | Brief of respondent Public.Resource.Org, Inc. in opposition filed. |
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| May 10 2019 | Brief amici curiae of 119 Law Students, et al. filed. |
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| May 24 2019 | Reply of petitioners State of Georgia, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| May 28 2019 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/13/2019. |
| Jun 17 2019 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/20/2019. |
| Jun 24 2019 | Petition GRANTED. |
| Jul 02 2019 | Joint motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed. |
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| Jul 09 2019 | Joint motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including August 23, 2019. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including October 9, 2019. |
| Aug 23 2019 | Joint appendix (3 Volumes) filed. (Statement of costs filed) |
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| Aug 23 2019 | Brief of petitioners State of Georgia, et al. filed. |
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| Aug 29 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Home Builders in support of neither party filed. |
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| Aug 30 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. |
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| Aug 30 2019 | Brief amici curiae of American Society For Testing And Materials, et al. in support of neither party filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Aug 30 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of The Software & Information Industry Association filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Aug 30 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Arkansas, et al. filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Aug 30 2019 | Brief amici curiae of International Code Council, Inc. and American Gas Association filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Aug 30 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Matthew Bender & Co., Inc. filed. |
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| Aug 30 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of The Copyright Alliance filed. |
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| Sep 13 2019 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, December 2, 2019. |
| Oct 09 2019 | Brief of respondent Public.Resource.Org, Inc. filed. |
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| Oct 11 2019 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
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| Oct 11 2019 | Brief amici curiae of The R Street Institute, the Wikimedia Foundation, and Public Knowledge filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Oct 15 2019 | Brief amici curiae of 36 Computational Law Scholars filed. |
| Main DocumentOtherCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Oct 15 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Internet Association filed. |
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| Oct 16 2019 | Brief amici curiae of The Center for Democracy and Technology and Cato Institute filed. |
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| Oct 16 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Current and Former Government Officials filed. |
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| Oct 16 2019 | Brief amici curiae of American Library Association, et al. filed. |
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| Oct 16 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Professor Shyamkrishna Balganesh and Professor Peter S. Menell filed. |
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| Oct 16 2019 | Brief amici curiae of 39 Law Students, 24 Solo and Small-Firm Practitioners of Law, and 38 Legal Educators filed. |
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| Oct 16 2019 | Brief amici curiae of 116 Law Librarians and 5 Law Library Organizations filed. |
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| Oct 16 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Next-Generation Legal Research Platforms and Databases filed. |
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| Oct 16 2019 | Corrected Certificate of Word Count with respect to amici brief of Next-Generation Legal Research Platforms and Databases filed. (Oct 23, 2019). |
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| Oct 16 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press & 25 Media Organizations filed. |
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| Oct 16 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of American Intellectual Property Association filed. |
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| Oct 16 2019 | Brief amici curiae of The American Civil Liberties Union, et al. filed. |
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| Oct 16 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Brendan Keefe, in His Official Capacity as Chief Investigative Reporter for 11Alive Atlanta, and WXIA-TV filed. |
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| Oct 16 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Tennessee Coalition for Open Government and Human Rights Defense Center filed. |
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| Oct 16 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Electronic Privacy Information Center, et al. filed. |
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| Oct 16 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Print Disability Advocates filed. |
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| Oct 16 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Law Professors Nina Mendelson, et al. filed. |
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| Oct 16 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Caselaw Access Project filed. |
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| Oct 23 2019 | Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 11th Circuit. |
| Oct 25 2019 | CIRCULATED |
| Nov 04 2019 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. |
| Nov 08 2019 | Reply of petitioners State of Georgia, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Dec 02 2019 | Argued. For petitioners: Joshua S. Johnson, Washington, D. C.; and Anthony A. Yang, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondent: Eric F. Citron, Bethesda, Md. |
| Apr 27 2020 | Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Roberts, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Alito, J., joined, and in which Breyer, J., joined as to all but Part II–A and footnote 6. Ginsburg, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Breyer, J., joined. |
| May 29 2020 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioners | ||
| Joshua Stephen Johnson Counsel of Record | Vinson & Elkins LLP 2200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Suite 500 West Washington, DC 20037 joshjohnson@velaw.com | 202-639-6500 |
| Party name: State of Georgia, et al. | ||
| Attorneys for Respondent | ||
| Eric F. Citron Counsel of Record | Goldstein & Russell, P.C. 7475 Wisconsin Ave., Suite 850 Bethesda, MD 20814 ecitron@goldsteinrussell.com | (202) 362-0636 |
| Party name: Public.Resource.Org, Inc. | ||
| Other | ||
| Christopher Theodore Bavitz Counsel of Record | Cyberlaw Clinic, Harvard Law School 1585 Massachusetts, Ave, Suite WCC 5018 Cambridge, MA 02138 cbavitz@law.harvard.edu | 6174965155 |
| Party name: Caselaw Access Project | ||
| Marta Francesca Belcher Counsel of Record | Ropes & Gray LLP 1900 University Avenue, 6th Floor East Palo Alto, CA 94303 Marta.Belcher@ropesgray.com | 650 617 4005 |
| Party name: The Center for Democracy and Technology and Cato Institute | ||
| Nicholas Jacob Bronni Counsel of Record | Solicitor General of Arkansas Arkansas Attorney General's Office 323 Center St., Suite 200 Little Rock, AR 72201 nicholas.bronni@arkansasag.gov | 501-682-6302 |
| Party name: Arkansas, et al. | ||
| Bruce David Brown Counsel of Record | Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press 1156 15th St. NW Suite 1020 Washington, DC 20005 bbrown@rcfp.org | 2027959300 |
| Party name: Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press & 25 Media Organizations | ||
| Amy Christine Chai Counsel of Record | National Association of Home Builders 1201 15th Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 achai@nahb.org | 2022668232 |
| Party name: National Association of Home Builders | ||
| David D. Cole Counsel of Record | American Civil Liberties Union Foundation 915 15th Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 dcole@aclu.org | 212-549-2611 |
| Party name: The American Civil Liberties Union, et al. | ||
| Kyle Kenneth Courtney Counsel of Record | Harvard University 1 Harvard Yard, Widener G-20 Cambridge, MA 02138 kyle_courtney@harvard.edu | 617-495-4089 |
| Party name: 116 Law Librarians and 5 Law Library Organizations | ||
| Sarang Vijay Damle Counsel of Record | Latham & Watkins LLP 555 Eleventh Street NW Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20004 sy.damle@lw.com | 202-637-3332 |
| Party name: Current and Former Government Officials | ||
| Charles Duan Counsel of Record | R Street Institute 1212 New York Ave NW Suite 900 Washington, DC 20005 cduan@rstreet.org | (202) 525-5717 |
| Party name: The R Street Institute, the Wikimedia Foundation, and Public Knowledge | ||
| Charles Duan Counsel of Record | R Street Institute 1212 New York Ave NW Suite 900 Washington, DC 20005 supremecourt.gov@cduan.com | (202) 525-5717 |
| Party name: R Street Institute, et al. | ||
| Noel J. Francisco | Solicitor General United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530-0001 SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov | 202-514-2217 |
| Party name: United States | ||
| Joseph Charles Gratz Counsel of Record | Durie Tangri LLP 217 Leidesdorff Street San Francisco, CA 94111 jgratz@durietangri.com | 415-362-6666 |
| Party name: Internet Association | ||
| James Hamilton Counsel of Record | Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004 james.hamilton@morganlewis.com | 202-739-3000 |
| Party name: International Code Council, Inc.; American Gas Association | ||
| Gautam Singh Hans Counsel of Record | Vanderbilt University Law School 131 21st Avenue South Nashville, TN 37203 gautam.hans@vanderbilt.edu | 615-343-2213 |
| Party name: Tennessee Coalition for Open Government and Human Rights Defense Center | ||
| Paul Robert Koster Counsel of Record | Emory Law School 1301 Clifton Road Atlanta, GA 30322 paul.koster@emory.edu | 4047273957 |
| Party name: Brendan Keefe, in His Official Capacity as Chief Investigative Reporter for 11Alive Atlanta, and WXIA-TV | ||
| Michael Alan Livermore Counsel of Record | University of Virginia School of Law 580 Massie Road Charlottesville, VA 22903 mlivermore@virginia.edu | (434) 982-6224 |
| Party name: 36 Computational Law Scholars | ||
| Phillip Robert Malone Counsel of Record | Juelsgaard Intellectual Property and Innovation Clinic Mills Legal Clinic at Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way Stanford, CA 94305 pmalone@law.stanford.edu | 650-725-6369 |
| Party name: Next-Generation Legal Research Platforms and Databases and Digital Accessibility Advocate | ||
| Phillip Robert Malone Counsel of Record | Juelsgaard Intellectual Property and Innovation Clinic Mills Legal Clinic at Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way Stanford, CA 94305 pmalone@law.stanford.edu | 650-725-6369 |
| Party name: Next-Generation Legal Research Platforms and Databases | ||
| Peter S. Menell Counsel of Record | University of California Univ. of California, Berkeley School of Law 225 Bancroft Way Berkeley, CA 94720-7200 pmenell@law.berkeley.edu | 510 642-5489 |
| Party name: Professor Shyamkrishna Balganesh and Professor Peter S. Menell | ||
| Jeffrey Theodore Pearlman Counsel of Record | IP & Technology Law Clinic, USC Gould School of Law 699 Exposition Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 94303 scotus@jef.pe | 214-684-4533 |
| Party name: 39 Law Students, 24 Solo and Small-Firm Practitioners of Law, and 38 Legal Educators | ||
| Jeffrey Theodore Pearlman Counsel of Record | IP & Technology Law Clinic, USC Gould School of Law 699 Exposition Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90089-0071 scotus@jef.pe | 213-740-7613 |
| Party name: 119 Law Students, 54 Solo and Small-Firm Practitioners of Law, and 21 Legal Educators | ||
| Andrew John Pincus Counsel of Record | Mayer Brown LLP 1999 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20006 apincus@mayerbrown.com | 202-263-3000 |
| Party name: The Software & Information Industry Association | ||
| Marc Rotenberg Counsel of Record | Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) 1718 Connecticut Ave., NW Suite 200 Washington, DC 20009 rotenberg@epic.org | 202-415-6788 |
| Party name: Electronic Privacy Information Center, et al. | ||
| Misha Tseytlin Counsel of Record | Troutman Sanders LLP One North Wacker Drive Suite 2905 Chicago, IL 60606 misha.tseytlin@troutman.com | 3127595947 |
| Party name: Matthew Bender & Co., Inc. | ||
| Jennifer Marie Urban Counsel of Record | Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic, 353 Boalt Hall, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law Berkeley, CA 94720-7200 jurban@law.berkeley.edu | 510-642-7338 |
| Party name: American Library Association, et al. | ||
| Donald B. Verrilli Jr. Counsel of Record | Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP 1155 F Streeet NW 7th Floor Washington, DC 20004 donald.verrilli@mto.com | 202-220-1100 |
| Party name: American Society For Testing And Materials, et al. | ||
| Brian D. Wassom Counsel of Record | Warner Norcross + Judd 45000 River Ridge Drive Suite 300 Clinton Twp., MI 48038 bwassom@wnj.com | (248) 784-5039 |
| Party name: American Intellectual Property Association | ||
| Jessica Paulie Weber Counsel of Record | Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP 120 E. Baltimore Street, Suite 1700 Baltimore, MD 21202 jweber@browngold.com | 4109621030 |
| Party name: Print Disability Advocates | ||
| Nancy E. Wolff Counsel of Record | Cowan DeBaets Abrahams & Sheppard LLP 41 Madison Avenue, 38th Floor New York, NY 10010 nwolff@cdas.com | 212-974-7474 |
| Party name: The Copyright Alliance | ||
| Allison M. Zieve Counsel of Record | Public citizen Litigation Group 1600 20th Street NW Washington, DC 20009 azieve@citizen.org | 202-588-1000 |
| Party name: Law Professors Nina Mendelson, et al. | ||