No. 24-881

Georgia Association of Club Executives, Inc. v. Georgia, et al.

Lower Court: Georgia
Docketed: 2025-02-18
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) Experienced Counsel
Tags: content-based-regulation first-amendment intermediate-scrutiny reed-v-gilbert strict-scrutiny tax-law
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Latest Conference: 2025-06-26 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a tax targeting businesses based on expressive content is subject to strict or intermediate First Amendment scrutiny

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

A Georgia statute imposes a tax that, on its face, singles out businesses defined by the content of their expression; the State seeks to justify the tax by the need to address “secondary effects.” Is this tax subject to strict scrutiny under the First Amendment because it is facially as recently reaffirmed by Reed v. Town of Gilbert , 576 U.S. 155 (2015), or does a contentneutral rationale make the tax subject to intermediate scrutiny under City of Renton v. Playtime Theatres, Inc. , 475 U.S. 41 (1986)?

Docket Entries

2025-06-30
Petition DENIED.
2025-06-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/26/2025.
2025-06-06
Reply of petitioner Georgia Association of Club Executives, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
2025-06-06
Reply of Georgia Association of Club Executives, Inc. submitted.
2025-05-22
2025-05-22
Brief of Georgia, et al. in opposition submitted.
2025-04-23
Amicus brief of Secular Pro-Life, Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising, and Law Professors submitted.
2025-04-23
2025-04-23
2025-03-31
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 23, 2025.
2025-03-28
Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 23, 2025 to May 23, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
2025-03-28
Motion of Georgia, et al. for an extension of time submitted.
2025-03-24
Response Requested. (Due April 23, 2025)
2025-03-18
Brief amici curiae of Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2025-03-18
Amicus brief of First Amendment Lawyers Association & The Foundation for Individual Rights & Expression submitted.
2025-03-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/28/2025.
2025-03-10
Waiver of right of respondent Georgia, et al. to respond filed.
2025-03-10
Waiver of Georgia, et al. of right to respond submitted.
2025-02-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 20, 2025)

Attorneys

First Amendment Lawyers Association & The Foundation for Individual Rights & Expression
Edward S. RudofskyEdward S. Rudofsky, P.C., Amicus
First Amendment Scholars
Christopher Julian PaolellaReich and Paolella LLP, Amicus
Georgia Association of Club Executives, Inc.
Alexander VolokhEmory Law School, Petitioner
Georgia, et al.
Stephen John PetranyGeorgia Department of Law, Respondent
Secular Pro-Life, Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising, and Law Professors
Thomas Carlton ArthurEmory University School of Law, Amicus