No. 24-276

Ryan Crownholm, et al. v. Richard B. Moore, in His Official Capacity as Executive Officer of the California Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists, et al.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-09-11
Status: Pending
Type: Paid
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (6)
Tags: conduct-distinction constitutional-scrutiny first-amendment occupational-licensing professional-speech speech-regulation
Key Terms:
Antitrust FirstAmendment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2025-03-07 (distributed 6 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

What standard applies to determine whether an occupational licensing law's restriction on speech is a regulation of speech or conduct that incidentally involves speech, and what level of constitutional scrutiny applies to such professional speech?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. What standard applies to determine whether an occupational licensing law’s restriction on a person’s use, creation, and dissemination of information in drawings is a regulation of his speech or of his conduct that incidentally involves his speech? 2. What level of constitutional scrutiny applies to speech regulated by an occupational licensing law?

Docket Entries

2025-03-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/7/2025.
2025-02-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/28/2025.
2025-02-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2025.
2025-01-23
Rescheduled.
2025-01-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/24/2025.
2024-12-16
Rescheduled.
2024-12-11
2024-12-11
Reply of Ryan Crownholm, et al. submitted.
2024-12-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2025.
2024-11-27
2024-10-11
2024-10-09
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 27, 2024.
2024-10-08
Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 28, 2024 to November 27, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
2024-10-08
Motion of Richard B. Moore, et al. for an extension of time submitted.
2024-09-26
Response Requested. (Due October 28, 2024)
2024-09-25
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/11/2024.
2024-09-20
Waiver of right of respondent Richard B. Moore, et al. to respond filed.
2024-09-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 11, 2024)
2024-06-10
Application (23A1099) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until September 9, 2024.
2024-06-06
Application (23A1099) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 15, 2024 to September 9, 2024, submitted to Justice Kagan.

Attorneys

John Rosemond, Mats Jarlstrom, Brent Melton, Akhila Murphy
Jennifer Harring PavelecWilkinson Stekloff LLP, Amicus
New England Legal Foundation
John PagliaroThe New England Legal Foundation, Amicus
Richard B. Moore, et al.
Christopher David HuCalifornia Department of Justice, Respondent
Sharon L. O'GradyCalifornia Department of Justice, Respondent
Ryan Crownholm, et al.
Paul Vincent AvelarInstitute for Justice, Petitioner