No. 20-1635

Michael Anthony Casillas v. Minnesota

Lower Court: Minnesota
Docketed: 2021-05-24
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
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
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 ArechigoArechigo & Stokka, P.A., Petitioner
John Thomas ArechigoArechigo & Stokka, P.A., Petitioner
Minnesota
Kathryn Marie Keena — Respondent
Kathryn Marie Keena — Respondent