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Gregory Luce, et al. v. Town of Campbell, Wisconsin

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, No. 15-2627 · judgment September 22, 2017


Certiorari denied · April 30, 2018
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

Whether a time, place, and manner restriction forbidding speech on the public sidewalk of a highway overpass should be based on objective evidence, or does the First Amendment only require that a municipality offer a subjective basis for its speech restriction without evidentiary support.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Erin Elizabeth Mersino
Advocates for Faith and Freedom

For respondent
Justin Harold Lessner
Axley Brynelson, LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Apr 30 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Apr 11 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/27/2018.
  3. Apr 06 2018
    Reply of petitioners Gregory Luce, et al. filed.
  4. Mar 22 2018
    Brief of respondent Town of Campbell, Wisconsin in opposition filed.
  5. Feb 20 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 26, 2018)