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25A806 Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America v. Sean O'Day, in His Official Capacity as Director of the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services Ninth Circuit 2026-01-12 Application compelled-speech first-amendment intermediate-scrutiny pharmaceutical-regulation takings-clause trade-secrets Whether a state law requiring pharmaceutical manufacturers to disclose confidential trade secrets and create narrative justifications for drug pricing…
25-802 Foothills Christian Ministries, et al. v. Kim Johnson, in Her Official Capacity as Director of the California Department of Social Services, et al. Ninth Circuit 2026-01-07 Pending Amici (6)Response RequestedResponse Waived child-care-act compelled-speech first-amendment free-exercise religious-services zauderer-review Does California's religious services provision compel speech in violation of the First Amendment and interfere with free exercise rights of parochial …
25A561 Chamber of Commerce of the United States, et al. v. Lauren Sanchez, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-11-14 Application california-law commercial-speech compelled-speech constitutional-challenge emissions-reporting first-amendment Whether the First Amendment prohibits a state from compelling businesses to disclose climate-related emissions and financial risks through mandatory r…
25A514 Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Robert F. Kennedy, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. Third Circuit 2025-11-04 Application compelled-speech fifth-amendment first-amendment government-coercion medicare-drug-negotiation takings-clause Whether the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program's mandatory price negotiations and severe financial penalties for non-compliance constitute an unc…
25A357 Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Department of Health and Human Services, et al. Second Circuit 2025-09-29 Presumed Complete compelled-speech fifth-amendment first-amendment medicare-drug-negotiation price-setting takings-clause Whether the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program's compulsory participation and price-setting mechanism constitutes an unconstitutional taking or c…
25-233 Catharine Miller, et al. v. Civil Rights Department California 2025-08-28 Denied Amici (10) compelled-speech employment-division-smith free-speech public-accommodation religious-freedom same-sex-marriage Whether the Free Speech Clause protects a baker from being compelled to create a custom wedding cake for a same-sex wedding ceremony when the baker be…
24A6 Advance Colorado, et al. v. Jena Griswold, Colorado Secretary of State Tenth Circuit 2024-07-08 Presumed Complete ballot-initiative compelled-speech false-speech first-amendment government-speech petition-process Whether a state law compelling citizens to include government-mandated language on ballot initiative petitions violates the First Amendment by compell…
23-1316 Doug Smith, et al. v. Richard Stillie, Jr., in His Official Capacity as Chair, Alaska Public Offices Commission, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-06-17 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (6) campaign-finance civil-rights compelled-speech disclosure-requirements first-amendment political-contributions Does Alaska's donor disclosure requirements violate the First Amendment?
23-1225 Maryland Shall Issue, Inc., et al. v. Anne Arundel County, Maryland Fourth Circuit 2024-05-21 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 303-creative-llc-v-elenis commercial-speech compelled-speech content-based-regulation expert-testimony first-amendment nifla zauderer zauderer-standard Whether the court of appeals impermissibly allowed the County to violate Petitioners' First Amendment right 'to remain silent,' as reaffirmed in 303 C…
23-1214 Tanishia Hubbard v. Service Employees International Union Local 2015, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-05-14 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived civil-rights compelled-speech due-process first-amendment free-speech government-deduction janus-v-afscme labor-union labor-unions public-employee state-action union-dues Does the First Amendment protect a nonmember public employee against government deduction of union dues when the employee's union forged her membershi…
23-1215 Christopher Deering v. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 18, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-05-14 Denied Response Waived color-of-law compelled-speech dues dues-payments first-amendment free-speech political-speech public-employee union union-membership Whether the First Amendment protects a public employee's right to disassociate from a union
23-1112 Ryan Cram, et al. v. Service Employees International Union Local 503, Oregon Public Employees Union, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-04-12 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 1st-amendment campaign-contributions campaign-finance civil-rights compelled-speech first-amendment free-speech labor-union labor-unions public-employees public-sector union-political-funds Do public employees who are former union members possess the First Amendment right to refuse to contribute to union political campaign funds?
23-1113 Atishma Kant, et al. v. Service Employees International Union, Local 721, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-04-12 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) affirmative-consent collective-bargaining compelled-speech first-amendment labor-union labor-unions public-employee public-sector waiver-of-rights Can a public sector labor union and government employer unilaterally waive public employees' First Amendment rights through a collective bargaining ag…
23-1111 Glenn Laird v. United Teachers Los Angeles, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-04-12 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) compelled-speech consent first-amendment nonmember-employees public-sector-labor public-sector-unions union-dues waiver-of-rights Do nonmember public employees who have rescinded their prior consent to union dues deductions enjoy the same right to freedom from compelled speech as…
23-926 No on E, San Franciscans Opposing the Affordable Housing Production Act, et al. v. David Chiu, in His Official Capacity as San Francisco City Attorney, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-02-27 Denied Amici (8)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) advertising-regulation association campaign-finance compelled-speech disclosure-requirements donor-disclosure donor-transparency first-amendment free-speech political-speech Whether requiring political advertisers to name their donors' donors within their advertisements advances any important or compelling state interest
23A787 Ryan Cram, et al. v. Service Employees International Union Local 503, Oregon Public Employees Union, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-02-27 Presumed Complete compelled-speech first-amendment government-deduction non-union-employees political-speech union-fees Whether the First Amendment requires specific procedural safeguards to protect non-union public employees from compelled political speech when governm…
23A775 Tanishia Hubbard v. Service Employees International Union Local 2015, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-02-26 Presumed Complete compelled-speech first-amendment janus-precedent section-1983 state-action union-dues Whether a public employee can seek relief under Section 1983 for nonconsensual union dues deductions that violate First Amendment free speech protecti…
23A778 Kristy L. Jimenez v. Service Employees International Union Local 775, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-02-26 Presumed Complete compelled-speech first-amendment janus-precedent section-1983 state-action union-dues Whether public employees can seek relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for nonconsensual union dues deductions that compel political speech without affirmati…
23-6417 Ralph Hall v. New York New York 2024-01-05 Denied IFP civil-rights compelled-speech constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process first-amendment free-speech government-speech prosecutorial-discretion sentencing Whether the First Amendment prohibits the government from compelling speech that contradicts the government's own message
23A511 No on E, San Franciscans Opposing the Affordable Care Housing Production Act, et al. v. David Chiu, in His Official Capacity as San Francisco City Attorney, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-12-05 Presumed Complete campaign-finance compelled-speech donor-disclosure first-amendment free-speech-doctrine political-advertising Whether San Francisco's campaign finance disclosure law requiring political advertisers to name secondary donors violates the First Amendment's free s…
23-5272 Grace Woodham v. Helen Hanks, Commissioner, New Hampshire Department of Corrections, et al. New Hampshire 2023-08-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP compelled-speech content-neutrality first-amendment free-speech government-regulation private-entities Whether the First Amendment prohibits the government from requiring private entities to host speech they disagree with
23-5160 Scott Eric Houston v. Louisiana Louisiana 2023-07-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP compelled-speech content-moderation first-amendment free-speech government-regulation social-media Whether the First Amendment prohibits the government from compelling private entities to host and disseminate speech they disagree with
22-777 William E. Henry v. Steven T. Marshall, Attorney General of Alabama Eleventh Circuit 2023-02-17 Denied Response Waived butterworth-precedent compelled-speech constitutional-law first-amendment free-speech grand-jury grand-jury-secrecy prior-restraint secrecy witness-testimony Whether Alabama's Grand Jury Secrecy Act restricts a grand jury witness's public disclosure of their own testimony — including information known to th…
22-576 Cindy Ellen Ochoa v. Public Consulting Group, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-12-21 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived 42-usc-1983 compelled-speech constitutional-violation due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment public-employee-rights public-sector-unions section-1983 union-dues Does a challenge to a statutory system alleging failure to provide due process under the Fourteenth Amendment and 42 U.S.C. § 1983 require an injured …
22-6143 Blake Sandlain v. C. Maruka, Warden Fourth Circuit 2022-11-22 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP compelled-speech content-neutrality first-amendment free-speech government-regulation private-entities Whether the First Amendment prohibits the government from compelling private entities to host and disseminate speech they disagree with
22-393 NetChoice, LLC, dba NetChoice, et al. v. Ashley Moody, Attorney General of Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-10-26 Denied CVSGAmici (6)Relisted (3) compelled-speech content-based content-based-restrictions editorial-discretion first-amendment free-speech tech-regulation viewpoint-discrimination zauderer Whether S.B. 7072 in its entirety, and its compelled disclosure provisions in particular, comply with the First Amendment
22-212 Jonathan Savas, et al. v. California Statewide Law Enforcement Association, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-09-08 Denied Amici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) associational-rights compelled-speech constitutional-law first-amendment free-speech janus-v-afscme labor-rights speech-rights union-membership waiver Does it violate the First Amendment for a state and union to compel objecting employees to remain union members and to subsidize the union and its spe…
21-890 Gaspee Project, et al. v. Diane C. Mederos, et al. First Circuit 2021-12-15 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) campaign-finance commercial-speech compelled-speech constitutional-law disclosure-requirements donor-disclosure first-amendment free-speech issue-advocacy strict-scrutiny Does Rhode Island's on-advertisement donor disclaimer law impermissibly compel speech in violation of National Institute of Family & Life Advocates v.…
21-800 Tony K. McDonald, et al. v. Sylvia Borunda Firth, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-11-30 Denied Amici (8)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights compelled-speech due-process first-amendment free-speech ideological-speech legal-membership mandatory-bar political-activities political-activity standing state-bar-association Does the First Amendment prohibit a state from compelling attorneys to join and fund a state bar association that engages in extensive political and i…
21-5814 Matthew David George v. Ohio Ohio 2021-09-29 Denied IFP civil-rights compelled-speech constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process first-amendment free-speech judicial-mandate Is a court ordered apology letter in a criminal case a violation of the First Amendment's prohibition on compelled speech?
21-476 303 Creative LLC, et al. v. Aubrey Elenis, et al. Tenth Circuit 2021-09-28 Judgment Issued Amici (90)Relisted (4) anti-discrimination-law compelled-speech content-based content-based-regulation free-exercise free-speech religious-beliefs religious-liberty viewpoint-discrimination Whether applying a law to compel an artist to speak or stay silent, contrary to the artist's sincerely held religious beliefs, violates the Free Speec…
21-357 Lucille S. Taylor v. James W. Heath, President-Elect, State Bar of Michigan Board of Commissioners, et al. Sixth Circuit 2021-09-07 Denied Relisted (2) compelled-speech exacting-scrutiny first-amendment integrated-bar keller-v-state-bar labor-unions policy-positions public-sector public-sector-employees Can the State of Michigan compel practicing attorneys to fund an integrated bar association that takes policy positions, or does such a law fail exact…
21-5178 In Re Walter Drummond 2021-07-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights compelled-speech due-process first-amendment free-speech standing Whether the petitioner's First Amendment free speech rights were violated when he was ordered to 'Speak Up!' in violation of the First Amendment's pro…
20-1678 Daniel Z. Crowe, et al. v. Oregon State Bar, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-06-02 Denied Amici (10)Response Waived attorney-regulation compelled-speech constitutional-scrutiny first-amendment free-speech keller-v-state-bar mandatory-dues political-speech public-sector-unions state-bar Is the statute that compels attorneys to subsidize Oregon State Bar's political and ideological speech subject to 'exacting' scrutiny?
20-1587 Louisiana v. Tazin Ardell Hill Louisiana 2021-05-14 Denied Amici (1) compelled-speech first-amendment fraud fraudulent-alteration government-speech sex-offender-registration sex-offender-registry state-id state-identification May a State require convicted sex offenders to obtain and carry a state identification bearing the words 'sex offender' without facially violating the…
20-1574 Joseph Ocol v. Chicago Teachers Union, et al. Seventh Circuit 2021-05-13 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) compelled-speech constitutional-rights exclusive-bargaining exclusive-bargaining-representative first-amendment freedom-of-association janus-precedent janus-v-afscme public-employee public-sector-unions union-representation Should the Court overrule Knight and hold that the First Amendment prohibits States from forcing dissident public employees to accept a hostile union …
20-1534 Patrick Doughty, et al. v. State Employees’ Association of New Hampshire, SEIU Local 1984, CTW, CLC First Circuit 2021-05-04 Denied Amici (1) 42-usc-1983 agency-fees compelled-association compelled-speech damages first-amendment restitution section-1983 Does a First Amendment compelled speech and association claim for damages or restitution brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 require a plaintiff to prove m…
20-1520 Diane Gruber, et al. v. Oregon State Bar, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-04-30 Denied Response Waived bar-association compelled-speech constitutional-law first-amendment freedom-of-speech integrated-bar janus-v-afscme keller-v-state-bar legal-precedent mandatory-dues Whether compelled speech of attorneys unconstitutionally infringes upon their Freedom of Speech
20-1457 Adrian Moon v. Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County, et al. California 2021-04-16 Denied attorney-discipline bar-association civil-rights compelled-speech free-speech mandatory-bar Whether the California State Bar's mandatory bar membership and dues requirements violate the First Amendment rights of attorneys
20-7155 James Scott, Jr. v. Norm Robinson, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-02-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 1st-amendment administrative-law civil-rights compelled-speech constitutional-law content-moderation free-speech judicial-review legal-procedure social-media statutory-interpretation Whether the First Amendment prohibits the government from compelling private entities to host and disseminate speech they disagree with
20-893 Duane Ronald Belanus v. Lynn Guyer, Warden Montana 2021-01-05 Denied Response Waived compelled-speech content-neutrality free-speech government-regulation private-entities public-forum Whether the First Amendment prohibits the government from compelling private entities to host and disseminate speech with which they disagree
20-6008 Brian Evans v. Kaiali'i Kahele Hawaii 2020-10-14 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP compelled-speech content-neutrality first-amendment free-speech government-regulation private-entities Whether the First Amendment prohibits the government from compelling private entities to host and disseminate speech they disagree with
20-225 John R. Muenster v. Disciplinary Board of the Washington State Bar Association Washington 2020-08-27 Denied Response Waived bar-association-resignation civil-rights compelled-speech constitutional-rights due-process free-speech lawyer-conduct professional-ethics standing state-bar-rules takings Whether petitioner has the right to permanently quit the state bar association without first obtaining the association's permission
20-5319 Juan Carlos Avila-Gonzalez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-08-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability civil-rights compelled-speech competence-to-waive counsel-investigation due-process fifth-circuit free-exercise free-speech ineffective-assistance medical-history public-accommodations Whether the First Amendment prohibits the government from requiring individuals to engage in speech that violates their sincerely held religious belie…
20-5044 Ilya Liviz v. Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts Massachusetts 2020-07-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-obligations compelled-speech constitutional-procedure first-amendment fourth-amendment free-speech government-compulsion search-and-seizure speech-rights subpoena subpoena-law warrant-requirement Can the Government compel speech without a warrant, nor a subpoena?
19-8507 Dominique R. Taylor v. Corporation Worldwide Eighth Circuit 2020-05-20 Denied IFP commercial-speech compelled-speech content-neutrality first-amendment free-speech private-property whether-the-government-can-compel-a-private-party-to-host-speech-it-disagrees-with
19-831 Adam Jarchow, et al. v. State Bar of Wisconsin, et al. Seventh Circuit 2020-01-02 Denied Amici (5)Relisted (3) associational-rights compelled-association compelled-speech first-amendment integrated-bar janus-precedent political-speech state-bar Whether Lathrop and Keller should be overruled and 'integrated bar' arrangements like Wisconsin's invalidated under the First Amendment
19-439 CTIA - The Wireless Association v. City of Berkeley, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-10-02 Denied Amici (6) commercial-speech compelled-disclosure compelled-speech consumer-protection disclosure-requirements first-amendment government-regulation intermediate-scrutiny zauderer zauderer-standard Whether Zauderer's reduced scrutiny of compelled commercial speech applies beyond the need to prevent consumer deception
19-417 EMW Women's Surgical Center, P.S.C., et al. v. Adam Meier Sixth Circuit 2019-09-27 Denied Amici (3) abortion circuit-conflict circuit-split compelled-speech constitutional-rights first-amendment free-speech informed-consent medical-consent physician-autonomy ultrasound ultrasound-law Whether compulsory display-and-describe ultrasound laws abridge physicians' freedom of speech in violation of the First Amendment
19-333 Arlene's Flowers, Inc., dba Arlene's Flowers and Gifts, et al. v. Washington, et al. Washington 2019-09-12 Rehearing Amici (10)Relisted (13) civil-rights compelled-speech content-based first-amendment free-exercise free-speech public-accommodation religious-freedom religious-hostility same-sex-marriage state-action strict-scrutiny Whether the State violates a floral designer's First Amendment rights to free exercise and free speech by forcing her to take part in and create custo…
19-51 Ben Branch, et al. v. Massachusetts Department of Labor Relations, et al. Massachusetts 2019-07-08 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) bargaining-representative civil-rights compelled-speech constitutional-rights due-process exclusive-representation first-amendment free-speech political-activity political-autonomy public-employee state-action union-representation Whether a public employee union's use of its government-granted authority as exclusive bargaining representative to compel employees to choose between…
19-12 Kevin Sewell v. Maryland Maryland 2019-07-01 Denied Response Waived compelled-speech confrontation-clause due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment-self-incrimination first-amendment first-amendment-compelled-speech overbreadth self-incrimination sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-confrontation-clause Whether Maryland's law imposing a duty to report suspected child abuse or neglect on all persons in the State violates the First Amendment where it ma…
18-9605 Don Ferguson v. Florida Florida 2019-06-11 Denied IFP 7th-amendment compelled-speech content-neutrality criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection fair-trial first-amendment free-speech government-regulation jury-instructions private-entities Whether the First Amendment prohibits the government from requiring private entities to host speech they disagree with
18-1438 Caleigh Wood v. Evelyn Arnold, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-05-16 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) 1st-amendment compelled-speech curriculum establishment-clause First-Amendment free-speech Lemon-Test lemon-v-kurtzman preferential-treatment public-school Public-School-Curriculum public-schools religion Religious-Freedom religious-practices Whether public schools may require students to assert religious beliefs and recite prayers that offend their religious convictions
18-8764 Tatyana Evgenievna Drevaleva v. Department of Veterans Affairs, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-04-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-hearing calfresh-benefits civil-procedure civil-rights compelled-speech county-notice establishment-clause first-amendment food-stamps free-speech hearing-rights notice public-assistance state-hearing utility-allowance wedding-services welfare-assistance Whether the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment prohibits the government from requiring a private business to create custom wedding invitation…
18-7942 Shannon Lancaster v. James Ruane Fourth Circuit 2019-02-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process homeland-security standing takings civil-rights compelled-speech due-process first-amendment free-speech religious-freedom Whether the First Amendment prohibits the government from compelling private individuals to engage in speech that violates their sincerely held religi…
18-7931 Michael Keith Henley v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-02-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure compelled-speech content-neutrality due-process fraudulent-plea-agreement free-speech government-regulation ineffective-assistance-of-counsel miscarriage-of-justice private-property public-forum standing Whether the First Amendment prohibits the government from requiring private entities to host speech they disagree with
18-583 Kenneth Mayle v. United States, et al. Seventh Circuit 2018-11-05 Denied Response Waived compelled-speech compelling-governmental-interest equal-protection free-exercise free-speech government-burden least-restrictive-means minority-rights religious-beliefs religious-freedom-restoration-act sincerely-held-religious-beliefs standing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court's ruling violates the Supreme Court's precedents by improperly substituting its own view that carrying currency bearing a reli…
18-6452 Alan Bartlett v. State Bar of California, et al. California 2018-10-29 Denied IFP access-to-courts attorney-discipline bar-association civil-rights compelled-speech due-process free-speech mandatory-bar professional-conduct standing Whether the State Bar of California deprived the petitioner of due process by failing to investigate his complaints against attorneys
18-547 Melissa Elaine Klein, et vir v. Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries Oregon 2018-10-26 GVR Amici (10)Relisted (13) commercial-art compelled-speech employment-division-v-smith expressive-conduct first-amendment free-exercise free-speech hybrid-rights public-accommodations religious-liberty Whether Oregon violated the Free Speech and Free Exercise Clauses of the First Amendment by compelling the Kleins to design and create a custom weddin…
18-340 In-N-Out Burger, Incorporated v. National Labor Relations Board Fifth Circuit 2018-09-14 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law compelled-speech constitutional-rights-free-speech employer-rights first-amendment free-speech janus-v-afscme labor-relations national-institute-of-family-and-life-advocates-v- nlrb-doctrine special-circumstances special-circumstances-doctrine Whether the NLRB's order compelling speech of a private employer violates the First Amendment
18-300 Delano Farms Company, et al. v. California Table Grape Commission California 2018-09-07 Denied Amici (2) attribution commercial-speech compelled-speech compelled-subsidy first-amendment government-speech industry-advertising industry-group oversight speech-attribution Whether compelled subsidy of promotional advertising by an industry group may be deemed 'government speech' without democratically accountable oversig…
18-5781 Larry Dean Dusenbery v. Ronnie R. Holt, Warden Third Circuit 2018-08-27 Denied Relisted (5)IFP circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights compelled-speech due-process federal-prisoner free-speech habeas-corpus religious-freedom section-2241 sentencing-issue standing Does the First Amendment prohibit the government from requiring individuals to engage in speech that violates their sincerely held religious beliefs?