No. 18-722
Soundboard Association v. Federal Trade Commission
Tags: administrative-procedure administrative-procedure-act agency-rulemaking arbitrary-and-capricious chilled-speech chilling-effect federal-trade-commission judicial-review protected-speech rulemaking staff-advisory-opinion
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw Environmental FirstAmendment Securities JusticiabilityDoctri
AdministrativeLaw Environmental FirstAmendment Securities JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference:
2019-04-12
(distributed 4 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Do Petitioners have a right to judicial review under the Administrative Procedure Act of a Federal Trade Commission staff advisory opinion that effectively creates a new rule, chills protected speech, shutters an industry, and which was issued arbitrarily and without the required administrative procedure?
Question Presented (from Petition)
QUESTION PRESENTED Do Petitioners have a right to judicial review under the Administrative Procedure Act of a Federal Trade Commission staff advisory opinion that effectively creates a new rule, chills protected speech, shutters an industry, and which was issued arbitrarily and without the required administrative procedure?
Docket Entries
2019-04-15
Petition DENIED.
2019-04-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/12/2019.
2019-03-27
Rescheduled.
2019-03-25
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/29/2019.
2019-03-20
Rescheduled.
2019-03-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/22/2019.
2019-03-13
Rescheduled.
2019-02-21
Reply of petitioner Soundboard Association filed. (Distributed)
2019-02-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/15/2019.
2019-02-06
Brief of respondent Federal Trade Commission in opposition filed.
2019-01-07
Brief amici curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. filed.
2019-01-07
Brief amicus curiae of Professional Association for Customer Engagement filed.
2019-01-07
Lodging proposal of amicus curiae Professional Association for Customer Engagement (PACE) filed.
2019-01-07
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 6, 2019.
2019-01-03
Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 7, 2019 to February 6, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-01-02
Brief amici curiae of Cato Institute, et al. filed.
2018-11-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 7, 2019)
2018-10-12
Application (18A392) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until December 1, 2018.
2018-10-10
Application (18A392) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 1, 2018 to December 1, 2018, submitted to The Chief Justice.
Attorneys
Cato Institute and Southeastern Legal Foundation
Ilya Shapiro — Cato Institute, Amicus
Ilya Shapiro — Cato Institute, Amicus
Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America and National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center
Ruthanne Mary Deutsch — Deutsch Hunt, PLLC, Amicus
Ruthanne Mary Deutsch — Deutsch Hunt, PLLC, Amicus
Federal Trade Commission
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent
Professional Association for Customer Engagement
Michele Ann Shuster — Mac Murray & Shuster, LLP, Amicus
Michele Ann Shuster — Mac Murray & Shuster, LLP, Amicus
Soundboard Association
Karen Michelle Donnelly — Copilevitz & Canter, LLC, Petitioner
Karen Michelle Donnelly — Copilevitz & Canter, LLC, Petitioner