Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the First Amendment prohibits a State from requiring that social-media companies host third-party communications, and from regulating the time, place, and manner in which they do so
Question Presented (from Petition)
QUESTIONS PRESENTED Florida has enacted a law that attempts to prevent social-media companies from abusing their enormous power to censor speech. The questions presented are: 1. Whether the First Amendment prohibits a State from requiring that social-media companies host third-party communications, and from regulating the time, place, and manner in which they do so. 2. Whether the First Amendment prohibits a State from requiring social-media companies to notify and provide an explanation to their users when they censor the user’s speech.
Docket Entries
2024-07-01
Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Kagan, J., delivered the <a href = 'https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-277_d18f.pdf'>opinion</a> of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Sotomayor, Kavanaugh, and Barrett, JJ., joined in full, and in which Jackson, J., joined as to Parts I, II and III-A. Barrett, J., filed a concurring opinion. Jackson, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment. Thomas, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment. Alito, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which Thomas and Gorsuch, JJ., joined. (Opinion together with No. 22-555).
2024-07-01
Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Kagan, J., delivered the <a href = 'https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-277new_8mjp.pdf'>opinion</a> of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Sotomayor, Kavanaugh, and Barrett, JJ., joined in full, and in which Jackson, J., joined as to Parts I, II and III-A. Barrett, J., filed a concurring opinion. Jackson, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment. Thomas, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment. Alito, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which Thomas and Gorsuch, JJ., joined. (Opinion together with No. 22-555).
2024-02-26
Argued. For petitioners: Henry C. Whitaker, Solicitor General, Tallahassee, Fla.
For respondents: Paul D. Clement, Alexandria, Va.; and Elizabeth B. Prelogar, Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.)
2024-02-16
Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
2024-02-15
Reply of respondents Netchoice, LLC, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2024-01-23
Brief amicus curiae of Donald J. Trump filed. (Distributed)
2024-01-22
Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
2024-01-16
Brief of petitioners Ashley Moody, Attorney General of Florida, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2024-01-10
Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
2024-01-10
Record received from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. The record is electronic and is available on PACER.
2024-01-05
SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, February 26, 2024.
2023-12-07
Brief amici curiae of PEN American Center and Library Futures filed.
2023-11-30
Brief of respondents Netchoice, LLC, et al. filed.
2023-11-30
Joint appendix filed. (Statement of cost received.)
2023-10-10
The following briefing schedule is adopted: Respondents in No. 22-277 and petitioners in No. 22-555 shall file opening briefs on the merits on or before Thursday, November 30, 2023, and the briefs shall bear a light blue cover. Any brief of an amicus curiae in support or in support of neither party shall be filed on or before Thursday, December 7, 2023, and the brief shall bear a light green cover. Petitioners in No. 22-277 and respondents in No. 22-555 shall file response briefs on the merits on or before Tuesday, January 16, 2024, and those briefs shall bear a light red cover. Any brief of an amicus curiae in support shall be filed on or before Tuesday, January 23, 2024, and the briefs shall bear a dark green cover. Reply briefs shall be filed in compliance with Rule 25.3, and the briefs shall bear a yellow cover. An amicus curiae shall file only a single brief in these cases.
2023-09-29
Petition GRANTED limited to Questions 1 and 2 presented by the Solicitor General in her brief for the United States as amicus curiae.
2023-08-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
2023-01-23
The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States.
2023-01-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/20/2023.
2022-12-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/6/2023.
2022-11-23
Reply of petitioners Ashley Moody, Attorney General of Florida, et al., filed.
2022-10-24
Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Attorney General, Florida, et al.
2022-10-24
Brief amici curiae of Reynaldo Gonzalez, et al. in support of neither party filed.
2022-10-24
Brief of respondents Netchoice, LLC, et al. in opposition filed.
2022-10-24
Brief amicus curiae of Alan B. Morrison filed.
2022-10-24
Brief amicus curiae of Freedom X filed.
2022-10-24
Brief amicus curiae of Philip Hamburger in support of neither party filed.
2022-10-21
Brief amicus curiae of Donald J. Trump filed.
2022-10-21
Brief amici curiae of Ohio, et al. filed.
2022-10-17
Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Netchoice, LLC, et al.
2022-10-17
Brief amicus curiae of Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence filed.
2022-09-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 24, 2022)
2022-08-17
Application (22A131) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until September 21, 2022.
2022-08-11
Application (22A131) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from August 21, 2022 to September 21, 2022, submitted to Justice Thomas.
Attorneys
American Center for Law and Justice
American Jewish Committee
American Principles Project
Americans for Prosperity Foundation
Article 19: Global Campaign for Free Expression
Ashley Moody, Attorney General of Florida, et al.
Babylon Bee and Not the Bee
Bluesky, a Public Benefit Corporation, M. Chris Riley, an individual, and Floor64, Inc. d/b/a the Copia Institute
Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence
Center for Democracy & Technology
Center for Growth and Opportunity, et al.
Center for Renewing America
Center for Social Media and Politics at New York University et al.
Chamber of Progress et al.
Children’s Health Defense
Developers Alliance and Software & Information Industry Association
Economists of Technology Policy Institute
Electronic Frontier Foundation, et al.
Electronic Privacy Information Center
First Amendment and Internet Law Scholars
Former Representative Christopher Cox and Senator Ron Wyden
Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence
International Center for Law & Economics
Internet Works, Glassdoor, LLC, Indeed, Inc., Nextdoor, Inc., Mozilla Corporation, Pinterest, Inc., Tripadvisor, LLC, Tumblr, Inc., Vimeo, Inc.
iTexasPolitics, LLC d/b/a The Texan and PowerHouse Management, Inc.
Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University
Legal Scholars Adam Candeub & Adam MacLeod
Marketplace Industry Association; Etsy, Inc.; OfferUp, Inc.; and eBay, Inc.
Media Law Resource Center, Inc.
Moderators of R/Law and R/Scotus
Moms for Liberty, Institute for Free Speech
National Security Experts
National Taxpayers Union Foundation
New York, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawai‘I, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and Wisconsin, and the District of Colum
PEN American Center and Library Futures
Professor Christopher S. Yoo
Professors Richard L. Hasen, Brendan Nyhan, and Amy Wilentz
Protect the First Foundation
Reason Foundation; Committee for Justice; Competitive Enterprise Institute; Taxpayers Protection Alliance
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press et al.
Reynaldo Gonzalez, et al.
States Missouri, Ohio, Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, N. Dakota, Oklahoma, S. Carolina, S. Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, AZ Legislature
States of Ohio, Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Utah
The Anti-Defamation League
The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty
The Center for American Liberty
The Center for Business and Human Rights of the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University
The Digital Progress Institute
The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
The Trust & Safety Foundation
The United States Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján
Washington Legal Foundation