No. 18-696
Center for Medical Progress, et al. v. Planned Parenthood Federation of America, et al.
Tags: anti-SLAPP circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-procedure federalism first-amendment free-speech heightened-pleading investigative-journalism protected-speech
Key Terms:
FirstAmendment ClassAction
FirstAmendment ClassAction
Latest Conference:
2019-03-29
(distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Should the Ninth Circuit have applied the anti-SLAPP statutes?
Question Presented (from Petition)
QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Should the Ninth Circuit have reversed itself and exacerbated an unsettled and widening split among the First, Fifth, Tenth, and D.C. Circuits by failing to apply the distinctive First Amendment immunity provided by the anti-SLAPP statutes of California and more than 30 states? 2. Did the lower courts improperly permit Plaintiffs to perform an end run around the First Amendment’s heightened pleading standards for claims against protected speech? ii PARTIES AND
Docket Entries
2019-04-01
Petition DENIED.
2019-03-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/29/2019.
2019-03-07
Reply of petitioners Center for Medical Progress, et al. filed.
2019-02-22
Brief of respondents Planned Parenthood Federation of America, et al. in opposition filed.
2019-02-01
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 22, 2019.
2019-01-31
Response to motion from petitioner Center for Medical Progress, et al. filed.
2019-01-30
Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 8, 2019 to February 22, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-01-09
Response Requested. (Due February 8, 2019)
2018-12-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/11/2019.
2018-12-06
Waiver of right of respondents Planned Parenthood Federation of America, et al. to respond filed.
2018-11-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 27, 2018)
Attorneys
Center for Medical Progress, et al.
Charles S. LiMandri — Freedom of Conscience Defense Fund, Petitioner
Charles S. LiMandri — Freedom of Conscience Defense Fund, Petitioner
Planned Parenthood Federation of America, et al.
Steven Lee Mayer — Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Respondent
Steven Lee Mayer — Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Respondent