| No. 24-361 | |
| Title: | Speech First, Inc., Petitioner v. Pamela Whitten, et al. |
| Docketed: | October 1, 2024 |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (24-2501) |
| Decision Date: | September 5, 2024 |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Sep 27 2024 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 31, 2024) |
| PetitionCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Oct 22 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Oct 22 2024 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 31, 2024 to December 2, 2024, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Main Document | |
| Oct 24 2024 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 2, 2024. |
| Oct 30 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Southeastern Legal Foundation, et al. filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Oct 30 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of Parents Defending Education filed. |
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| Oct 31 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of Mountain States Legal Foundation filed. |
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| Oct 31 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty, Inc. filed. |
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| Oct 31 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Alliance Defending Freedom, et al. filed. |
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| Oct 31 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression filed. |
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| Oct 31 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of Liberty Justice Center filed. |
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| Oct 31 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of The Buckeye Institute filed. |
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| Nov 27 2024 | Brief of respondents Pamela Whitten, et al. in opposition filed. |
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| Nov 27 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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| Dec 03 2024 | Reply of petitioner Speech First, Inc. filed. (Distributed) |
| Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count | |
| Dec 04 2024 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2025. |
| Jan 13 2025 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/17/2025. |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioner | ||
| Cameron Thomas Norris Counsel of Record | Consovoy McCarthy PLLC 1600 Wilson Blvd., Ste 700 Arlington, VA 22209 cam@consovoymccarthy.com | 7032439423 |
| Party name: Speech First, Inc. | ||
| Attorneys for Respondents | ||
| John R. Maley Counsel of Record | Barnes & Thornburg 11 South Meridian Street Indianapolis, IN 46204 jmaley@btlaw.com | 317-236-1313 |
| Party name: Pamela Whitten, et al. | ||
| Other | ||
| 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 | ||
| Braden Heath Boucek | Southern Legal Foundation 560 West Crossville Road Suite 104 Roswell, GA 30075 bboucek@southeasternlegal.org | 770-977-2131 |
| Party name: Southeastern Legal Foundation and Young America's Foundation | ||
| Jay Randall Carson Counsel of Record | The Buckeye Institute 88 East Broad Street Suite 1300 Columbus, OH 43215 jrcarson@wegmanlaw.com | (614) 224-4422 |
| Party name: The Buckeye Institute | ||
| Richard Michael Esenberg Counsel of Record | Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty 330 E. Kilbourn Suite 725 Milwaukee, WI 53202 rick@will-law.org | 414-727-9455 |
| Party name: Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty, Inc. | ||
| Joshua Aaron House Counsel of Record | Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression 700 Pennsylvania Avenue SE, Suite 340 Washington, DC 20003 Joshua.House@thefire.org | (215) 717-3473 |
| Party name: Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression | ||
| Jacob H. Huebert Counsel of Record | Liberty Justice Center 7500 Rialto Blvd. Suite 1-250 Austin, TX 78735 JHUEBERT@ljc.org | 512-481-4400 |
| Party name: Liberty Justice Center | ||
| Christopher E. Mills Counsel of Record | Spero Law LLC 557 East Bay Street #22251 Charleston, SC 29413 cmills@spero.law | 8436060640 |
| Party name: Parents Defending Education | ||
| Brian Paul Morrissey Jr. Counsel of Record | Sidley Austin LLP 1501 K Street N Washington, DC 20005 bmorriss@sidley.com | 5162979060 |
| Party name: Alliance Defending Freedom; The Manhattan Institute | ||
| Donald Sean Nation Counsel of Record | Mountain States Legal Foundation 2596 S Lewis Way Lakewood, CO 80135 snation@mslegal.org | 4045387552 |
| Party name: Mountain States Legal Foundation | ||