No. 25-496

Lawyers for Fair Reciprocal Admission v. United States, et al.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-10-22
Status: Rehearing
Type: Paid
Response WaivedRelisted (2)
Tags: constitutional-review first-amendment licensing-standards nationwide-injunction professional-speech rules-enabling-act
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw FirstAmendment DueProcess JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2026-02-20 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether federal district and bankruptcy court professional speech local rules creating a nationwide patchwork of conflicting licensing standards violate the Rules Enabling Act's uniformity requirements and constitutional freedoms

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Whether federal district and bankruptcy court professional speech local (sic) rules—that create a nationwide patchwork of conflicting licensing standards, effectively imposing nationwide injunctions on the practice rights of qualified attorneys in violation of the Rules Enabling Act’s uniformity requirements and Trump v. Casa ’s prohibition on lower court nationwide injunctions and the First Amendment freedoms to speech, association, and to petition the government for the redress of grievances—are subject to rational basis review?

Docket Entries

2026-01-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
2026-01-14
Supplemental Brief of Lawyers for Fair Reciprocal Admission submitted.
2026-01-14
Supplemental brief of petitioner Lawyers for Fair Reciprocal Admission filed. (Distributed)
2026-01-02
Petition of Lawyers for Fair Reciprocal Admission for rehearing submitted.
2026-01-02
2025-12-08
Petition DENIED.
2025-11-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/5/2025.
2025-11-07
Waiver of Federal Respondents of right to respond submitted.
2025-11-07
Waiver of right of respondent Federal Respondents to respond filed.
2025-10-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 21, 2025)

Attorneys

Federal Respondents
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
Lawyers for Fair Reciprocal Admission
Joseph Robert GianniniLaw Office Joseph R. Giannini, Petitioner
Joseph Robert GianniniLaw Office Joseph R. Giannini, Petitioner
Joseph Robert GianniniLaw Office Joseph R. Giannini, Petitioner