No. 18-93
Donald Zimmerman v. City of Austin, Texas
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (7)
Tags: aggregate-limit austin base-limit campaign-contributions campaign-finance civil-rights constitutional-law contribution-limits due-process election-law first-amendment standing
Key Terms:
FirstAmendment JusticiabilityDoctri
FirstAmendment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference:
2018-12-07
(distributed 7 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether Austin's $350 base limit on campaign contributions violates the First Amendment
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
Questions Presented Whether Austin’s $350 base limit on campaign contributions violates the First Amendment; and Whether Zimmerman established standing to challenge Austin’s aggregate limit on the total amount of campaign contributions a candidate may accept “from sources other than natural persons eligible to vote in a postal zip code completely or partially within the Austin city limits.”
Docket Entries
2018-12-10
Petition DENIED.
2018-12-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/7/2018.
2018-11-29
Rescheduled.
2018-11-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/30/2018.
2018-11-15
Rescheduled.
2018-11-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/16/2018.
2018-11-08
Rescheduled.
2018-11-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/9/2018.
2018-11-01
Rescheduled.
2018-10-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/2/2018.
2018-10-25
Rescheduled.
2018-10-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/26/2018.
2018-09-27
Reply of petitioner Donald Zimmerman filed.
2018-09-13
Brief of respondent City of Austin, Texas in opposition filed.
2018-08-16
Brief amici curiae of Public Policy Legal Institute, et al. filed.
2018-08-14
Response Requested. (Due September 13, 2018)
2018-08-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
2018-08-03
Waiver of right of respondent City of Austin, Texas to respond filed.
2018-07-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 20, 2018)
Attorneys
City of Austin, Texas
Renea Hicks — Law Office of Max Renea Hicks, Respondent
Donald Zimmerman
Jerad Wayne Najvar — Najvar Law Firm, PLLC, Petitioner
Public Policy Legal Institute, et al.
Barnaby W. Zall — Law Office of Barnaby Zall, Amicus