No. 20-1635
Michael Anthony Casillas v. Minnesota
Tags: civil-rights criminal-law criminal-statute due-process first-amendment free-speech mens-rea nonconsensual-dissemination obscenity protected-speech strict-scrutiny
Key Terms:
FirstAmendment Trademark Privacy
FirstAmendment Trademark Privacy
Latest Conference:
2021-09-27
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Does the First Amendment allow a state to criminalize protected speech by means of a statute aimed at prohibiting the nonconsensual dissemination of sexual images when that statute lacks an intent-to-harm requirement and employs a negligence mens rea?
Question Presented (from Petition)
QUESTION PRESENTED Does the First Amendment allow a state to criminalize protected speech by means of a statute aimed at prohibiting the nonconsensual dissemination of sexual images when that statute lacks an intent-to-harm requirement and employs a negligence mens rea? The Minnesota Supreme Court upheld a Minnesota statute under a strict scrutiny analysis despite the Court’s holding that the statute prohibits more than obscenity. i
Docket Entries
2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-07-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-05-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 23, 2021)
Attorneys
Michael Casillas
John Thomas Arechigo — Arechigo & Stokka, P.A., Petitioner
John Thomas Arechigo — Arechigo & Stokka, P.A., Petitioner