| No. 22-138 | |
| Title: | Billy Raymond Counterman, Petitioner v. Colorado |
| Docketed: | August 11, 2022 |
| Linked with 21A873 | |
| Lower Ct: | Court of Appeals of Colorado |
| Case Numbers: | (17CA1465) |
| Decision Date: | July 22, 2021 |
| Discretionary Court Decision Date: | April 11, 2022 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Jun 27 2022 | Application (21A873) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 10, 2022 to September 8, 2022, submitted to Justice Gorsuch. |
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| Jun 29 2022 | Application (21A873) granted by Justice Gorsuch extending the time to file until August 9, 2022. |
| Aug 09 2022 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 12, 2022) |
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| Aug 17 2022 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 12, 2022 to October 12, 2022, submitted to The Clerk. |
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| Aug 18 2022 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 12, 2022. |
| Sep 12 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed. |
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| Sep 12 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of The Rutherford Institute filed. |
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| Oct 12 2022 | Brief of respondent Colorado in opposition filed. |
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| Oct 26 2022 | Reply of petitioner Billy Raymond Counterman filed. |
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| Nov 02 2022 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/18/2022. |
| Nov 28 2022 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/2/2022. |
| Dec 05 2022 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/9/2022. |
| Jan 03 2023 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/6/2023. |
| Jan 09 2023 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/13/2023. |
| Jan 13 2023 | Petition GRANTED. |
| Jan 31 2023 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, April 19, 2023. |
| Feb 08 2023 | Record requested from the Court of Appeals of Colorado. |
| Feb 21 2023 | Register of actions and briefs received from Court of Appeals of Colorado. Record request also transmitted to trial court. |
| Feb 22 2023 | Brief of petitioner Billy Raymond Counterman filed. |
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| Feb 22 2023 | Joint appendix (3 volumes) filed. (Statement of costs filed) |
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| Feb 28 2023 | Electronic record transmitted from Arapahoe Combined Court (Colorado). |
| Feb 28 2023 | Brief amici curiae of Cato Institute, et al. filed. |
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| Mar 01 2023 | Brief amici curiae of Southwestern law student Elena Cordonean, et al. filed. |
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| Mar 01 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression filed. |
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| Mar 01 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press filed. |
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| Mar 01 2023 | Brief amici curiae of Electronic Frontier Foundation, et al. filed. |
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| Mar 01 2023 | Amicus brief of American Civil Liberties Union, et al. In Support of Petitioner. not accepted for filing (Corrected version to be submitted--March 03, 2023). |
| Mar 01 2023 | Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union, et al. filed (Mar. 8, 2023). |
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| Mar 01 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of Human Rights for Kids filed. |
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| Mar 06 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of Jack Jordan in support of neither party filed. |
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| Mar 06 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of Alliance Defending Freedom in support of neither party filed. |
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| Mar 24 2023 | CIRCULATED |
| Mar 24 2023 | Brief of respondent Colorado filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 30 2023 | Brief amici curiae of Legal Momentum, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 30 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of Criminal Justice Legal Foundation filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 31 2023 | Brief amici curiae of Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 31 2023 | Brief amici curiae of First Amendment Scholars, Evelyn Douek, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 31 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of the United States filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 31 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of Coles Whalen filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 31 2023 | Brief amici curiae of First Amendment Scholars, Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 31 2023 | Brief amici curiae of National Family Violence Law Center; et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 31 2023 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
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| Mar 31 2023 | Brief amici curiae of Illinois, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Apr 07 2023 | Reply of petitioner Billy Raymond Counterman filed. (Distributed) |
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| Apr 14 2023 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. |
| Apr 19 2023 | Argued. For petitioner: John P. Elwood, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Philip J. Weiser, Attorney General, Denver, Colo.; and Eric J. Feigin, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) |
| Jun 27 2023 | Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Kagan, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Alito, Kavanaugh, and Jackson, JJ., joined. Sotomayor, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment, in which Gorsuch, J., joined as to Parts I, II, III–A, and III–B. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion. Barrett, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Thomas, J., joined. |
| Jul 31 2023 | Judgment and mandate issued. |
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| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioner | ||
| John Patrick Elwood Counsel of Record | Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP 601 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington, DC 20001 john.elwood@arnoldporter.com | (202) 942-5992 |
| Party name: Billy Raymond Counterman | ||
| Attorneys for Respondent | ||
| Eric Reuel Olson Counsel of Record | Solicitor General 1300 Broadway 10th Floor Denver, CO 80203 eric.olson@coag.gov | 7205086548 |
| Party name: Colorado | ||
| Philip J. Weiser | Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, CO 80203 | (720) 508-6000 |
| Party name: Colorado | ||
| Other | ||
| David Ryan Brody Counsel of Record | Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law 1500 K Street NW, Suite 900 Washington, DC 20005 DBRODY@LAWYERSCOMMITTEE.ORG | 202-662-8600 |
| Party name: Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and National Women's Law Center | ||
| Bruce David Brown Counsel of Record | Reporters Committee for Freedom of Press 1156 15th Street NW Suite 1020 Washington, DC 20005 bruce.brown@rcfp.org | 2027959300 |
| Party name: Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press | ||
| 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: Alliance Defending Freedom | ||
| Michael Meredith Epstein Counsel of Record | Amicus Project at Southwestern Law School 3050 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90010 amicusproject@swlaw.edu | 213-738-6774 |
| Party name: Elena Cordonean, Norman Garland and Michael M. Epstein | ||
| John Howard Fleming Counsel of Record | Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP 999 Peachtree Street, NE Suite 2300 Atlanta, GA 30309-3996 johnfleming@eversheds-sutherland.com | (404) 853-8000 |
| Party name: Human Rights for Kids | ||
| 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: Electronic Frontier Foundation and Student Press Law Center | ||
| Priyanka Gupta | Office of the Illinois Attorney General 100 West Randolph Street, 12th Floor Chicago, IL 60601 PRIYANKA.GUPTA@ILAG.GOV | 8722720799 |
| Party name: State of Illinois, et al. | ||
| Brian M. Hauss Counsel of Record | American Civil Liberties Union Foundation 125 Broad Street, 18th Floor New York, NY 10004 BHAUSS@ACLU.ORG | 2125492604 |
| Party name: American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado, Abrams Institute for Freedom of Expression, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and National Coalition Against Censorship In Support of Petitioner. | ||
| Allyson Ho Counsel of Record | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP 2001 Ross Avenue Suite 2100 Dallas, TX 75201 AHO@GIBSONDUNN.COM | (214) 698-3100 |
| Party name: Coles Whalen | ||
| Jack Revels Tucker Jordan Counsel of Record | Jack Jordan 3102 Howell Street North Kansas City, MO 64116 jack.jordan@emobilawyer.com | 816-853-1142 |
| Party name: Jack Jordan | ||
| Jeffrey A. Mandell Counsel of Record | Stafford Rosenbaum, LLP 222 West Washington Avenue Suite 900 Madison, WI 53701 JMANDELL@STAFFORDLAW.COM | 608-256-0226 |
| Party name: Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, Professor Danielle Citron, Professor Michael C. Dorf, Professor Mary Anne Franks, Professor Eric J. Segall, Professor Cristina Tilley | ||
| Jane Elinor Notz Counsel of Record | Office of the Attorney General, State of Illinois 100 West Randolph Street, 12th Floor Chicago, IL 60601 JANE.NOTZ@ILAG.GOV | 312-814-5376 |
| Party name: State of Illinois | ||
| Elizabeth B. Prelogar | 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 | ||
| David B. Salmons Counsel of Record | Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004 DAVID.SALMONS@MORGANLEWIS.COM | (202) 739-3000 |
| Party name: National Family Violence Law Center; Domestic Violence Legal Empowerment and Appeals Project | ||
| Jay Remington Schweikert Counsel of Record | The Cato Institute 1000 Massachusetts Ave. NW Washington, DC 20001 jschweikert@cato.org | 2022161461 |
| Party name: Cato Institute | ||
| Darpana M. Sheth Counsel of Record | Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression 510 Walnut Street Suite 1250 Philadelphia, PA 19106 DARPANA.SHETH@THEFIRE.ORG | 2157173473 |
| Party name: Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression | ||
| Kymberlee Claire Stapleton Counsel of Record | Criminal Justice Legal Foundation 2131 L Street Sacramento, CA 95816 KYM.STAPLETON@CJLF.ORG | 916-446-0345 |
| Party name: Criminal Justice Legal Foundation | ||
| Mary-Christine Sungaila Counsel of Record | Complex Appellate Litigation Group LLP 620 Newport Center Drive Suite 1100 Newport Beach, CA 92660 mc.sungaila@calg.com | (949) 991 1900 |
| Party name: Legal Momentum et al. | ||
| Charlotte Hemenway Taylor Counsel of Record | Jones Day 51 Louisiana Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20001 CTAYLOR@JONESDAY.COM | (202) 879-3939 |
| Party name: First Amendment Scholars | ||
| John W. Whitehead Counsel of Record | The Rutherford Institute 109 Deerwood Road Charlottesville, VA 22911 legal@rutherford.org | 4349783888 |
| Party name: The Rutherford Institute | ||