No. 25A817

Dan McCaleb v. Michelle Long, Director, Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2026-01-14
Status: Application
Type: A
Experienced Counsel
Tags: advisory-body experience-and-logic first-amendment government-proceedings public-access richmond-newspapers
Key Terms:
FirstAmendment
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

This case concerns whether, in determining whether the public has a right to access meetings of the Tennessee Judicial Advisory Commission, a court must apply the "experience and logic" test prescribed by Richmond Newspapers Inc v. Virginia, 448 U.S. 555 (1980) and Detroit Free Press v. Ashcroft, 303 F.3d 681 (6th Cir. 2002).

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the First Amendment requires public access to government advisory body meetings under the Richmond Newspapers 'experience and logic' test

Docket Entries

2026-01-14
Application (25A817) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until February 13, 2026.
2025-12-05
Application (25A817) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 15, 2025 to February 13, 2026, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.

Attorneys

Dan McCaleb
Jeffrey Michael SchwabLiberty Justice Center, Petitioner