| No. 23-1122 | |
| Title: | Free Speech Coalition, Inc., et al., Petitioners v. Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas |
| Docketed: | April 16, 2024 |
| Linked with 23A925 | |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (23-50627) |
| Decision Date: | March 7, 2024 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Apr 12 2024 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 16, 2024) |
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| Apr 12 2024 | Application (23A925) for a stay, submitted to Justice Alito. |
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| Apr 17 2024 | Response to application (23A925) requested by Justice Alito, due by 4 p.m. (EDT), on April 26, 2024. |
| Apr 26 2024 | Response to application from respondent Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas filed. |
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| Apr 29 2024 | Reply of applicant Free Speech Coalition, et al. filed. |
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| Apr 30 2024 | Application (23A925) referred to the Court. |
| Apr 30 2024 | Application (23A925) for stay presented to Justice Alito and by him referred to the Court is denied. |
| May 07 2024 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 16, 2024 to June 17, 2024, submitted to The Clerk. |
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| May 07 2024 | Response to motion to extend the time to file a response from petitioners filed. |
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| May 08 2024 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted in part and the time is extended to and including May 30, 2024. |
| May 16 2024 | Brief amici curiae of American Booksellers for Free Expression, et al. filed. |
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| May 16 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children filed. |
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| May 16 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Electronic Frontier Foundation and Woodhull Freedom Foundation filed. |
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| May 16 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression filed. |
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| May 30 2024 | Brief of respondent Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas in opposition filed. |
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| May 31 2024 | Waiver of the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition pursuant to Rule 15.5 filed by petitioner. |
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| Jun 04 2024 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/20/2024. |
| Jun 04 2024 | Reply of petitioners Free Speech Coalition, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Jun 28 2024 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 7/1/2024. |
| Jul 02 2024 | Petition GRANTED. |
| Jul 25 2024 | Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed. |
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| Jul 31 2024 | 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 September 16, 2024. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including November 15, 2024. |
| Sep 16 2024 | Brief of petitioners Free Speech Coalition, et al. filed. |
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| Sep 16 2024 | Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed) |
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| Sep 20 2024 | Brief amici curiae of The Center for Democracy & Technology, et al. filed. |
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| Sep 23 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of Atsign, Inc. filed. |
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| Sep 23 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children filed. |
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| Sep 23 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of Institute for Justice filed. |
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| Sep 23 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Electronic Frontier Foundation, et al. filed. |
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| Sep 23 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed. |
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| Sep 23 2024 | Brief amici curiae of National Coalition Against Censorship, et al. filed. |
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| Sep 23 2024 | Brief amici curiae of First Amendment Scholars filed. |
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| Sep 23 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of United States supporting vacatur filed. |
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| Sep 23 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of Electronic Privacy Information Center in support of neither party filed. |
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| Sep 23 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Prof. Zachary Cantanzaro, et al. filed. |
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| Sep 23 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, et al. filed. |
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| Sep 23 2024 | Brief amici curiae of American Booksellers for Free Expression, et al. filed. |
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| Oct 31 2024 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, January 15, 2025. |
| Nov 13 2024 | Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. |
| Nov 15 2024 | Brief of Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas submitted. |
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| Nov 15 2024 | Amicus brief of State Legislators, American Family Association, Inc., and AFA Action, Inc. submitted. |
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| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioners | ||
| Derek L. Shaffer Counsel of Record | Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP 1300 I Street NW, Suite 900 Washington, DC 20005 DEREKSHAFFER@QUINNEMANUEL.COM | (202) 538-8000 |
| Party name: Free Speech Coalition, et al. | ||
| Attorneys for Respondent | ||
| Aaron Lloyd Nielson Counsel of Record | Office of the Texas Attorney General P.O. Box 12548 (MC-059) Austin, TX 78711-2548 aaron.nielson@oag.texas.gov | 512-936-1700 |
| Party name: Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas | ||
| Other | ||
| Kenneth A. Bamberger Counsel of Record | University of California, Berkeley School of Law Law Building 446 (North Addition) Berkeley, CA 94720 kbamberger@berkeley.edu | 5106436218 |
| Party name: American Booksellers for Free Expression, Association of American Publishers, Inc., Authors Guild, Inc., Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, and Freedom to Read Foundation | ||
| Trey Christian Dellinger Counsel of Record | AFA Action, Inc. 108 Parkgate Drive Tupelo, MS 38801 trdellinger@afa.net | 662-821-2024 |
| Party name: State Legislators, American Family Association, Inc., and AFA Action, Inc. | ||
| Elizabeth B. Prelogar Counsel of Record | 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 | ||
| Amer Shahid Ahmed Counsel of Record | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP 200 Park Avenue New York, NY 10166 aahmed@gibsondunn.com | (212) 351-2427 |
| Party name: International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children | ||
| Thomas Arthur Berry Counsel of Record | Cato Institute 1000 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington, DC 20001 tberry@cato.org | (202) 789-5202 |
| Party name: Cato Institute | ||
| Anna Aleksandrovna Bidwell | Institute for Justice 901 N. Glebe Rd. Suite 900 Arlington, VA 22203 ABIDWELL@IJ.ORG | 7036829320 |
| Party name: Institute for Justice | ||
| Andrew Stephen Bruns Counsel of Record | Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP 633 Battery Street San Francisco, CA 94111 abruns@keker.com | 415-391-5400 |
| Party name: The Center for Democracy & Technology, New America’s Open Technology Institute, The Internet Society, Professor Daniel Weitzner, Professor Sarah Scheffler | ||
| Alan Jay Butler Counsel of Record | Electronic Privacy Information Center 1519 New Hampshire Avenue NW Washington, DC 20036 butler@epic.org | 2024831140 |
| Party name: Electronic Privacy Information Center | ||
| Robert Lawrence Corn-Revere Counsel of Record | Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression 700 Pennsylvania Ave. SE Suite 340 Washington, DC 20003 bob.corn-revere@thefire.org | 215-717-3473 |
| Party name: Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression | ||
| Ronan P. Doherty Counsel of Record | Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP 3900 One Atlantic Center 1201 West Peachtree Street, N.W. Atlanta, GA 30309 doherty@bmelaw.com | (404) 881-4100 |
| Party name: Prof. Zachary Cantanzaro, et al. | ||
| Derek T. Ho Counsel of Record | Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C. 1615 M Street, NW Suite 400 Washington, DC 20036 dho@kellogghansen.com | 202-326-7931 |
| Party name: Atsign, Inc. | ||
| Aaron David Mackey Counsel of Record | Electronic Frontier Foundation 815 Eddy Street San Francisco, CA 94109 AMACKEY@EFF.ORG | 415 436 9333 |
| Party name: Electronic Frontier Foundation and Woodhull Freedom Foundation | ||
| Charles Luther McCloud Counsel of Record | Williams & Connolly LLP 680 Maine Avenue, S.W. Washington, DC 20024 lmccloud@wc.com | 202-434-5586 |
| Party name: National Coalition Against Censorship et al. | ||
| Jennifer Marie Safstrom Counsel of Record | Vanderbilt Law School 131 21st Ave S Nashville, TN 37203-1181 jennifer.safstrom@vanderbilt.edu | (615) 322-4964 |
| Party name: First Amendment Scholars | ||
| 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 | ||
| Corey Dustin Silverstein Counsel of Record | Silverstein Legal 30150 Telegraph Road, Suite 444 Bingham Farms, MI 48025 corey@silversteinlegal.com | 248-290-0655 |
| Party name: Woodhull Freedom Foundation | ||
| Corey Dustin Silverstein | Silverstein Legal 30150 Telegraph Road, Suite 444 Bingham Farms, MI 48025 corey@silversteinlegal.com | 248-290-0655 |
| Party name: Electronic Frontier Foundation | ||
| Kevin S. Toll | Silverstein Legal 30150 Telegraph Road Suite 444 Bingham Farms, MI 48025 kevin@silversteinlegal.com | (248) 290-0655 |
| Party name: Electronic Frontier Foundation and Woodhull Freedom Foundation | ||
| Lawrence G. Walters | Walters Law Group 195 W. Pine Avenue Longwood, FL 32750 larry@firstamendment.com | (407) 975-9150 |
| Party name: Woodhull Freedom Foundation | ||