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Sody Clements, et al. v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, dba AT&T Oklahoma, et al.

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Oklahoma, No. 115,334 · judgment December 19, 2017

Certiorari denied · May 21, 2018
Pre-decision estimate: 2% cert probability

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

Question presented

In a legislative matter, may a State deny “with prejudice” a citizen’s right to further petition a legislative body for the redress of grievances notwithstanding the “right to petition” clause of the United States Constitution, Amendment I, incorporated to the States by Amendment XIV, Section 1?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Andrew James Waldron
Walker & Walker

For respondent
Andrew John Pincus
Mayer Brown LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. May 21 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. May 01 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/17/2018.
  3. Apr 03 2018
    Waiver of right of respondent Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. d/b/a/ AT&T Oklahoma to respond filed.
  4. Mar 19 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 23, 2018)