No. 24-920

Keith Pardue, Vice President, Texas State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners, et al. v. Ronald S. Hines

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-02-26
Status: Pending
Type: Paid
Amici (1) Experienced Counsel
Tags: constitutional-law first-amendment heightened-scrutiny professional-conduct speech-regulation veterinary-medicine
Key Terms:
FirstAmendment DueProcess JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2025-05-02
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether professional conduct regulations that incidentally burden speech are subject to heightened First Amendment scrutiny and whether Texas's physical-examination requirement satisfies such scrutiny

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

are: (1) Whether professional conduct regulation s that incidentally burden speech are subject to heightened First Amendment scrutiny. (2) Assuming heightened scrutiny applies, whether Texas’s physical -examination requirement satisfies it. (II)

Docket Entries

2025-04-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/2/2025.
2025-04-11
Reply of Keith Pardue, et al. submitted.
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2025-04-11
Reply of petitioners Keith Pardue, et al. filed.
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2025-03-28
Brief of Ronald S. Hines in opposition submitted.
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2025-03-28
Amicus brief of The American Veterinary Medical Association and Texas Veterinary Medical Association submitted.
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2025-03-28
Brief amici curiae of The American Veterinary Medical Association, et al. filed.
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2025-03-28
Brief of respondent Ronald S. Hines in opposition filed.
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2025-02-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 28, 2025)
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2024-12-20
Application (24A613) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until February 23, 2025.
2024-12-19
Application (24A613) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 25, 2024 to February 23, 2025, submitted to Justice Alito.
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Attorneys

Keith Pardue, et al.
Aaron Lloyd Nielson — Office of the Texas Attorney General, Petitioner
Aaron Lloyd Nielson — Office of the Texas Attorney General, Petitioner
Ronald S. Hines
Jeff Rowes — Institute for Justice, Respondent
Jeff Rowes — Institute for Justice, Respondent
Andrew Heller Ward — Institute for Justice, Respondent
Andrew Heller Ward — Institute for Justice, Respondent
The American Veterinary Medical Association and Texas Veterinary Medical Association
Philip S. Goldberg — Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP, Amicus
Philip S. Goldberg — Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP, Amicus