| No. 19-255 | |
| Title: | Thomas More Law Center, Petitioner v. Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California |
| Docketed: | August 26, 2019 |
| Linked with 18A1268 | |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (16-56855, 16-56902) |
| Decision Date: | September 11, 2018 |
| Rehearing Denied: | March 29, 2019 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Jun 03 2019 | Application (18A1268) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 27, 2019 to August 26, 2019, submitted to Justice Kagan. |
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| Jun 05 2019 | Application (18A1268) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until August 26, 2019. |
| Aug 26 2019 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 25, 2019) |
| PetitionCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Aug 28 2019 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Thomas More Law Center. |
| Blanket Consent | |
| Sep 09 2019 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 25, 2019 to October 25, 2019, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Main Document | |
| Sep 11 2019 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 25, 2019. |
| Sep 24 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Institute for Justice filed. VIDED. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Sep 25 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Proposition 8 Legal Defense Fund filed. VIDED. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Sep 25 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Goldwater Institute filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Sep 25 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of New Civil Liberties Alliance filed. VIDED. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Sep 25 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Hispanic Leadership Fund filed. VIDED. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Sep 25 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Cato Institute, et al. filed. VIDED. |
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| Sep 25 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Philanthropy Roundtable, et al. filed. VIDED. |
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| Sep 25 2019 | Brief amici curiae of 24 Family Policy Organizations filed. VIDED. |
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| Sep 25 2019 | Brief amici curiae of The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. filed. VIDED. |
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| Sep 25 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Free Speech Coalition, et al. filed. VIDED. |
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| Sep 25 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of American Center for Law and Justice filed. VIDED. |
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| Sep 25 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Public Interest Legal Foundation, Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence, Foundation for Michigan Freedom and Texas Public Policy Foundation filed. VIDED. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Sep 25 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Institute for Free Speech filed. VIDED. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Oct 03 2019 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 25, 2019 to November 25, 2019, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Main Document | |
| Oct 07 2019 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including November 25, 2019. |
| Nov 25 2019 | Brief of respondent Xavier Becerra in opposition filed. VIDED. |
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| Dec 10 2019 | Reply of petitioner Thomas More Law Center filed. VIDED. |
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| Dec 11 2019 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2020. |
| Jan 13 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/17/2020. |
| Jan 21 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/24/2020. |
| Feb 14 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2020. |
| Feb 24 2020 | The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States. |
| Nov 24 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. VIDED. |
| Main DocumentProof of Service | |
| Dec 08 2020 | Supplemental brief of petitioner Thomas More Law Center filed. (Distributed) |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Dec 09 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021. |
| Dec 09 2020 | Supplemental brief of respondent Xavier Becerra filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
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| Jan 08 2021 | Petition GRANTED. The petition for a writ of certiorari in No. 19-251 is granted. The cases are consolidated, and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument. VIDED. |
| Jan 08 2021 | Because the Court has consolidated these cases for briefing and oral argument, future filings and activity in the cases will now be reflected on the docket of No. 19-251. Subsequent filings in these cases must therefore be submitted through the electronic filing system in No. 19-251. Each document submitted in connection with one or more of these cases must include on its cover the case number and caption for each case in which the filing is intended to be submitted. Where a filing is submitted in fewer than all of the cases, the docket entry will reflect the case number(s) in which the filing is submitted; a document filed in all of the consolidated cases will be noted as “VIDED.” |
| Mar 12 2021 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, April 26, 2021. VIDED. |
| Mar 15 2021 | Record requested. |
| Mar 15 2021 | The record from the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit is electronic and located on Pacer. |
| Mar 30 2021 | CIRCULATED |
| Apr 26 2021 | Argued. For petitioners: Derek L. Shaffer, Washington, D. C. For United States, as amicus curiae: Elizabeth B. Prelogar, Acting Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Aimee A. Feinberg, Deputy Solicitor General, Sacramento, Cal. VIDED. |
| Jul 01 2021 | Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED Roberts, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court, except as to Part II– B–1. Kavanaugh and Barrett, JJ., joined that opinion in full, Alito and Gorsuch, JJ., joined except as to Part II–B–1, and Thomas, J., joined except as to Parts II–B–1 and III–B. Thomas, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment. Alito, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment, in which Gorsuch, J., joined. Sotomayor, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Breyer and Kagan, JJ., joined. VIDED. |
| Aug 02 2021 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioner | ||
| John J. Bursch Counsel of Record | Alliance Defending Freedom 440 First Street, NW Suite 600 Washington, DC 20001 jbursch@adflegal.org | (616) 450-4235 |
| Party name: Thomas More Law Center | ||
| Attorneys for Respondent | ||
| Aimee Athena Feinberg Counsel of Record | California Department of Justice 1300 I Street Sacramento, CA 95814 Aimee.Feinberg@doj.ca.gov | 916-210-6003 |
| Party name: Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California | ||
| Other | ||
| Brian H. Fletcher Counsel of Record | Acting 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 | ||
| Eric S. Baxter Counsel of Record | The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty 1919 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006 ebaxter@becketlaw.org | 202-955-0095 |
| Party name: The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty | ||
| Caleb P. Burns Counsel of Record | Wiley Rein LLP 1776 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20006 cburns@wileyrein.com | 202-719-7000 |
| Party name: The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America and The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation | ||
| Allen Joseph Dickerson Counsel of Record | Institute for Free Speech 124 S. West Street Suite 201 Alexandria, VA 22314 adickerson@ifs.org | 7038946846 |
| Party name: Institute for Free Speech | ||
| Randolph Scott Elf Counsel of Record | Post Office Box 525 Lakewood, NY 14750 ForEFilingOnly@gmail.com | 2024232122 |
| Party name: Randy Elf | ||
| Jeffrey Matthew Harris Counsel of Record | Consovoy McCarthy PLLC 1600 Wilson Blvd. Suite 700 Arlington, VA 22209 jeff@consovoymccarthy.com | (703) 243-9423 |
| Party name: Hispanic Leadership Fund | ||
| Margaret Ann Little Counsel of Record | New Civil Liberties Alliance 1225 19th St. NW Suite 450 Washington, DC 20036 peggy.little@ncla.onmicrosoft.com | 2028695212 |
| Party name: The New Civil Liberties Alliance | ||
| Margaret Ann Little Counsel of Record | New Civil Liberties Alliance 1225 19th St. NW Suite450 Washington, DC 20036 peggy.little@ncla.onmicrosoft.com | 2028695210 |
| Party name: New Civil Liberties Alliance | ||
| Anita Yvonne Milanovich Counsel of Record | Milanovich Law, PLLC 100 E Broadway Street, The Berkeley Room Butte, MT 59701 aymilanovich@milanovichlaw.com | 4065896856 |
| Party name: 24 Family Policy Organizations | ||
| Matthew Robert Miller Counsel of Record | Goldwater Institute 500 E. Coronado Rd. Phoenix, AZ 85004 mmiller@goldwaterinstitute.org | 6024625000 |
| Party name: Goldwater Institute | ||
| Kaylan Lytle Phillips Counsel of Record | Public Interest Legal Foundation 32 E. Washington, Suite 1675 Indianapolis,, IN 46204 kphillips@publicinterestlegal.org | 3172035599 |
| Party name: Public Interest Legal Foundation, Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence, Foundation for Michigan Freedom and Texas Public Policy Foundation | ||
| Andrew P. Pugno Counsel of Record | Law Offices of Andrew P. Pugno 8261 Greenback Lane Suite 200 Fair Oaks, CA 95628-2533 andrew@pugnolaw.com | 9166083065 |
| Party name: Proposition 8 Legal Defense Fund | ||
| Alexander Lyman Reid Counsel of Record | Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004 alexander.reid@morganlewis.com | (202) 739-3000 |
| Party name: Philanthropy Roundtable, Independent Women's Forum, and People United for Privacy Foundation | ||
| Jay Alan Sekulow Counsel of Record | American Center for Law and Justice 201 Maryland Avenue, N.E. Washington, D.C., DC 20002 sekulow@aclj.org | 202-546-8890 |
| Party name: American Center for Law and Justice | ||
| Ilya Shapiro Counsel of Record | Cato Institute 1000 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington, DC 20001 ishapiro@cato.org | 2028420200 |
| Party name: Cato Institute | ||
| Paul Michael Sherman Counsel of Record | Institute for Justice 901 North Glebe Road Suite 900 Arlington, VA 22203 psherman@ij.org | 7036829320 |
| Party name: Institute for Justice | ||
| Jeremy Brennan Talcott Counsel of Record | Pacific Legal Foundation 930 G Street Sacramento, CA 95814 jtalcott@pacificlegal.org | 916-419-7111 |
| Party name: Pacific Legal Foundation, Southeastern Legal Foundation, and Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence | ||
| Herbert William Titus Counsel of Record | William J. Olson, P.C. 370 Maple Avenue West Suite 4 Vienna, VA 22180 htitus@cox.net | 7033565070 |
| Party name: Free Speech Coalition, et al. | ||