| No. 21A720 | |
| Title: | NetChoice, LLC, dba NetChoice, et al., Applicants v. Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas |
| Docketed: | May 13, 2022 |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (21-51178) |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| May 13 2022 | Application (21A720) to vacate the stay, submitted to Justice Alito. |
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| May 14 2022 | Response to application (21A720) requested by Justice Alito, due by 5 p.m. (EDT) May 18, 2022. |
| May 17 2022 | Motion for Leave to File Amicus Curiae Brief filed by Professor Eric Goldman. |
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| May 17 2022 | Motion for Leave to File Brief Amici Curiae and Proposed Brief of Chamber of Progress et al. filed by Chamber of Progress, et al. |
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| May 17 2022 | Motion for Leave to File Brief Amicus Curiae of TechFreedom filed by TechFreedom. |
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| May 17 2022 | Motion for leave to file brief amicus curiae filed by Floor64, Inc. d/b/a the Copia Institute. |
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| May 17 2022 | Motion for Leave to File Amicus Curiae Brief in Support of Emergency Application for Immediate Administrative Relief filed by Christopher Cox. |
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| May 17 2022 | Motion for Leave to File Brief Amicus Curiae and Proposed Brief filed by Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press et al. |
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| May 17 2022 | Motion for Leave to File Brief Amici Curiae filed by Center for Democracy & Technology, et al. |
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| May 18 2022 | Response to application from respondent Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas filed. |
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| May 18 2022 | Motion for Leave to file Amicus Curiae filed by State of Florida. |
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| May 18 2022 | Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Professor Philip Hamburger; Giganews Inc.; Golden Frog, GmBH. |
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| May 18 2022 | Motion for Leave to File Brief Amicus Curiae and Brief of the Cato Institute in Support of Applicants' Emergency Application to Vacate Stay filed by Cato Institute. |
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| May 19 2022 | Reply in support of emergency application filed. |
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| May 23 2022 | Letter of supplemental authority received. |
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| May 31 2022 | Application (21A720) referred to the Court. |
| May 31 2022 | The application (21A720) to vacate stay presented to Justice Alito and by him referred to the Court is granted. The May 11, 2022 order of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit staying the district court’s preliminary injunction is vacated. Justice Kagan would deny the application to vacate stay. Justice Alito, with whom Justice Thomas and Justice Gorsuch join, dissenting from grant of application to vacate stay. (Detached Opinion) |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioners | ||
| Scott A. Keller Counsel of Record | Lehotsky Keller LLP 200 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington, DC 20001 scott@lehotskykeller.com | (512) 693-8350 |
| Party name: NetChoice, LLC d/b/a NetChoice; and Computer & Communications Industry Association d/b/a CCIA | ||
| Attorneys for Respondent | ||
| Judd Edward Stone II Counsel of Record | Texas Attorney General's Office P.O. Box 12548 (MC 059) Austin, TX 78711-2548 judd.stone@oag.texas.gov | 512-936-1700 |
| Party name: Ken Paxton, in his Official Capacity as Attorney General of Texas | ||
| Other | ||
| David Allen Greene Counsel of Record | Electronic Frontier Foundation 815 Eddy Street San Francisco, CA 94109-7701 davidg@eff.org | 415-436-9333 |
| Party name: Center for Democracy & Technology, et al. | ||
| Paul Whitfield Hughes Counsel of Record | McDermott Will & Emery 500 North Capitol Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 PHughes@mwe.com | (202) 756-8981 |
| Party name: Chamber of Progress, et al. | ||
| Clark M. Neily III Counsel of Record | Cato Institute 1000 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington, DC 20001 cneily@cato.org | (202) 842-0200 |
| Party name: Cato Institute | ||
| Henry Charles Whitaker Counsel of Record | Florida Office of the Attorney General PL-01 The Capitol Tallahassee, FL 32399-1050 henry.whitaker@myfloridalegal.com | 8504143688 |
| Party name: State of Florida | ||
| Arthur Raymond Kraatz Counsel of Record | Phelps Dunbar, LLP 365 Canal Street, Suite 2000 New Orleans, LA 70130 arthur.kraatz@phelps.com | 5045849344 |
| Party name: Christopher Cox | ||
| Mark William Brennan Counsel of Record | Hogan Lovells US LLP 555 Thirteenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20004 mark.brennan@hoganlovells.com | 2026376409 |
| Party name: TechFreedom | ||
| Bruce David Brown Counsel of Record | Reporters Committee for Freedom of Press 1156 15th Street NW Suite 1020 Washington, DC 20005 bbrown@rcfp.org | 2027959300 |
| Party name: Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press et al. | ||
| Tod Cohen Counsel of Record | O'Melveny & Myers, LLC 2765 Sand Hill Road Menlo Park, CA 94025 tcohen@omm.com | 4084108329 |
| Party name: Professor Eric Goldman | ||
| Catherine Rachel Gellis Counsel of Record | Attorney at Law 3020 Bridgeway #247 Sausalito, CA 94965 cathy@cgcounsel.com | 2026422849 |
| Party name: Floor64, Inc. d/b/a the Copia Institute | ||
| Shon Robert Hopwood Counsel of Record | Hopwood & Singhal PLLC 1701 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W., Suite 200 Washington, DC 20006 shonrhopwood@gmail.com | 4028890588 |
| Party name: Professor Philip Hamburger; Giganews Inc.; Golden Frog, GmBH | ||