No. 23A820

Spectrum WT, et al. v. Walter Wendler, et al.

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-03-06
Status: Presumed Complete
Type: A
Tags: administrative-action campus-speech first-amendment prior-restraint student-expression viewpoint-discrimination
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether public university administrators violate the First Amendment when they ban student expression from campus based on listener offense

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

1. Whether public university administrators violate the First Amendment when they ban student expression from campus simply because it offends others, as several circuits have recognized in similar cases. 2. Whether the courts below erred in not enjoining a viewpoint-based prior restraint on an entire category of protected stage performances. il PARTIES,

Docket Entries

2024-03-15
Application (23A820) referred to the Court.
2024-03-15
Application (23A820) denied by the Court.
2024-03-14
Reply of applicant Spectrum WT, et al. filed.
2024-03-13
Response to application from respondent Walter Wendler filed.
2024-03-13
Response to application from respondent Chancellor John Sharp and Dr. Christopher Thomas filed.
2024-03-06
Response to application (23A820) requested by Justice Alito, due by 5 p.m. (EDT) on March 13, 2024.
2023-03-04
Application (23A820) for Writ of Injunction Pending Appeal, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Chancellor John Sharp and Dr. Christopher Thomas
Allison Marie CollinsTexas Office of the Attorney General, Respondent
Spectrum WT, et al.
Joshua Tyler MorrisFoundation for Individual Rights and Expression, Petitioner
Walter Wendler
Lanora Christine PettitOffice of the Texas Attorney General, Respondent