No. 23-227

Sarah K. Molina, et al. v. Daniel Book, et al.

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-09-12
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Amici (4)
Tags: circuit-split civil-rights clothing-expression first-amendment free-speech particularized-message police-observation qualified-immunity speech-rights
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity FirstAmendment FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure JusticiabilityDoctri Jurisdiction
Latest Conference: 2024-02-16
Question Presented (AI Summary)

whether-words-on-clothing-are-protected-speech

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether words printed on clothing are pure speech, and thus presumptively entitled to First Amendment protection—as the Fourth, Fifth, and Ninth Circuits have held—or whether they are protected only if they convey a “particularized message,” as the Eighth Circuit below, and the Sixth and Seventh Circuits, have held. 2. Whether, in light of important new historical evidence, this Court should reconsider the doctrine of qualified immunity. 3. Whether the court of appeals erred in holding that a First Amendment right to unobtrusively observe and record police performing their duties in public is not clearly established. i

Docket Entries

2024-02-20
Petition DENIED.
2024-01-19
2024-01-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2024.
2023-12-27
2023-12-06
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including December 27, 2023.
2023-12-04
Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 13, 2023 to December 27, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
2023-11-06
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including December 13, 2023.
2023-11-03
Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 13, 2023 to December 13, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
2023-10-12
2023-10-12
2023-10-12
2023-10-12
Brief amicus curiae of Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press filed.
2023-10-04
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 13, 2023.
2023-10-02
Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 12, 2023 to November 13, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
2023-09-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 12, 2023)
2023-07-18
Application (23A42) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until September 7, 2023.
2023-07-13
Application (23A42) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 23, 2023 to September 7, 2023, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.

Attorneys

Cato Institute
Clark M. Neily IIICato Institute, Amicus
Clark M. Neily IIICato Institute, Amicus
Daniel Book, Joseph Busso, Stephen Dodge, Michael Mayo, Lance Coats, Joseph Mader, Mark Seper, and William Wethington
Brandon David LairdSt. Louis City Counselor's Office, Respondent
Brandon David LairdSt. Louis City Counselor's Office, Respondent
First Amendment Scholars
Kristina Renee Van BockernHolland & Hart LLP, Amicus
Kristina Renee Van BockernHolland & Hart LLP, Amicus
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
Bruce David BrownReporters Committee for Freedom of Press, Amicus
Bruce David BrownReporters Committee for Freedom of Press, Amicus
Sarah K. Molina, et al.
Anthony Edward RothertAmerican Civil Liberties Union of Missouri, Petitioner
Anthony Edward RothertAmerican Civil Liberties Union of Missouri, Petitioner
The Rutherford Institute
John W. WhiteheadThe Rutherford Institute, Amicus
John W. WhiteheadThe Rutherford Institute, Amicus