No. 19-64
Heidi C. Lilley, Kia Sinclair, and Ginger M. Pierro v. New Hampshire
Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)
Tags: constitutional-law equal-protection fourteenth-amendment free-speech gender-discrimination intermediate-scrutiny public-exposure public-nudity
Latest Conference:
2020-01-10
(distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. Does an ordinance expressly punishing only women, but not men, for identical conduct—being topless in public—classify on the basis of gender?
2. Does an ordinance criminalizing exposure of "the female breast," under which only women are prosecuted for public exposure of their areolas, violate the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Does an ordinance expressly punishing only women, but not men, for identical conduct—being topless in public, classify on the basis of gender?
Docket Entries
2020-01-13
Petition DENIED.
2019-12-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2020.
2019-12-19
Reply of petitioners Heidi Lilley, et al. filed.
2019-12-05
Brief of respondent New Hampshire in opposition filed.
2019-11-14
Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Moral Law filed.
2019-11-12
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including December 5, 2019.
2019-11-07
Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 14, 2019 to December 5, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-10-09
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 14, 2019.
2019-10-04
Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 15, 2019 to November 14, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-09-12
Response Requested. (Due October 15, 2019)
2019-08-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-08-12
Brief amici curiae of Grab Them by the Ballot, Inc., Spencer Tunick, Christine Hallquist filed.
2019-08-06
Waiver of right of respondent New Hampshire to respond filed.
2019-07-18
Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Heidi Lilley, et al.
2019-07-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 12, 2019)
2019-04-19
Application (18A1074) granted by Justice Breyer extending the time to file until July 8, 2019.
2019-04-16
Application (18A1074) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 9, 2019 to July 8, 2019, submitted to Justice Breyer.
Attorneys
Foundation for Moral Law
John Allen Eidsmoe — Foundation for Moral Law, Amicus
Grab Them by the Ballot, Inc., Spencer Tunick, Christine Hallquist
Heidi Lilley, et al.
Eric Alan Isaacson — Law Office of Eric Alan Isaacson, Petitioner
New Hampshire
Laura E. B. Lombardi — New Hampshire Department of Justice, Respondent
Daniel E. Will — Office of the New Hampshire Attorney General, Respondent