No. 25A97

NetChoice, LLC v. Lynn Fitch, Attorney General of Mississippi

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-07-23
Status: Presumed Complete
Type: A
Amici (8) Experienced Counsel
Tags: age-verification content-based-restrictions first-amendment free-speech parental-consent social-media
Key Terms:
FirstAmendment DueProcess Securities Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Question not identified.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a state law imposing content-based restrictions on minors' access to social media websites violates the First Amendment's protections for free speech

Docket Entries

2025-08-14
Application (25A97) to vacate stay presented to Justice Alito and by him referred to the Court is denied. Justice Kavanaugh, concurring in the denial of the application to vacate stay. (Detached <a href = 'https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/25a97_5h25.pdf'>Opinion</a>)
2025-08-14
Application (25A97) referred to the Court.
2025-07-31
Reply of NetChoice in support of application submitted.
2025-07-31
Reply of applicant NetChoice, LLC filed.
2025-07-30
Amicus brief of Taxpayers Protection Alliance submitted.
2025-07-30
Response of Lynn Fitch to application submitted.
2025-07-30
Response to application from respondent Lynn Fitch, Attorney General of Mississippi, filed.
2025-07-30
Brief amicus curiae of Taxpayers Protection Alliance filed.
2025-07-29
Brief amicus curiae of Center for Individual Rights filed.
2025-07-29
Brief amici curiae of American Booksellers for Free Expression, et al. filed.
2025-07-29
Amicus brief of American Booksellers for Free Expression; Association of American Publishers; The Authors Guild, Inc.; Comic Book Legal Defense Fund; Freedom to Read Foundation; The Independent Book Publishers Association submitted.
2025-07-29
Amicus brief of Center for Individual Rights submitted.
2025-07-28
Amicus brief of Stop Child Predators submitted.
2025-07-28
Brief amici curiae of TechNet, et al. filed.
2025-07-28
Brief amicus curiae of Stop Child Predators filed.
2025-07-28
Amicus brief of Technet, Chamber of Progress, Computer & Communications Industry Association, Engine Advocacy, Internet Works, and Software & Information Industry Association submitted.
2025-07-25
Brief amici curiae of Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, et al. filed.
2025-07-25
2025-07-25
Amicus brief of FOUNDATION FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND EXPRESSION, CENTER FOR DEMOCRACY AND TECHNOLOGY, CLAY CALVERT, ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION, NATIONAL COALITION AGAINST CENSORSHIP, STUDENT PRESS LAW CENTER, AND WOODHULL FREEDOM FOUNDATION submitted.
2025-07-24
Amicus brief of TechFreedom submitted.
2025-07-24
Brief amicus curiae of TechFreedom filed.
2025-07-23
Response to application (25A97) requested by Justice Alito, due by 4pm (EDT), on July 30, 2025.
2025-07-21
Application (25A97) to vacate stay, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

American Booksellers for Free Expression; Association of American Publishers; The Authors Guild, Inc.; Comic Book Legal Defense Fund; Freedom to Read Foundation; The Independent Book Publishers Association
Stephanie SchusterMorgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Amicus
Center for Individual Rights
Kristin L. MylesGibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Amicus
FOUNDATION FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND EXPRESSION, CENTER FOR DEMOCRACY AND TECHNOLOGY, CLAY CALVERT, ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION, NATIONAL COALITION AGAINST CENSORSHIP, STUDENT PRESS LAW CENTER, AND WOODHULL FREEDOM FOUNDATION
Robert Lawrence Corn-RevereFoundation for Individual Rights and Expression, Amicus
LGBT Tech
Katelyn Nichole RingroseMcDermott Will & Emery, Amicus
Lynn Fitch
Scott Grant StewartMississippi Attorney General's Office, Respondent
NetChoice
Scott A. KellerLehotsky Keller Cohn LLP, Petitioner
Stop Child Predators
Joshua Nathaniel MitchellWillkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, Amicus
Taxpayers Protection Alliance
Mark Simon DaviesWhite & Case LLP, Amicus
TechFreedom
Corbin Knight BartholdTechFreedom, Amicus
Technet, Chamber of Progress, Computer & Communications Industry Association, Engine Advocacy, Internet Works, and Software & Information Industry Association
Paul Alessio MezzinaKing & Spalding LLP, Amicus