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Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, et al. v. Greater Baltimore Center for Pregnancy Concerns, Inc.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, No. 16-2325 · judgment January 5, 2018

Certiorari denied · June 28, 2018

Pre-decision estimate: 9% cert probability (95% interval 5%–13%)

Before the decision, about 2.1× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a circuit split argued in the petition, a dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition), and a petition filed soon after the judgment below, and down for a business respondent.

Question presented

Whether the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment prohibits the City of Baltimore from requiring an unlicensed entity to make truthful disclosures via a posted sign about the scope of medical services it offers when the entity holds itself out to the public as a medical practice and engages in “purposely vague” advertising.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Suzanne Sangree
City of Baltimore, Department of Law

For respondent
David W. Kinkopf
Gallagher Evelius & Jones LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Proceedings

Jun 28 2018
Petition DENIED.
Jun 27 2018
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/27/2018.
May 15 2018
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/31/2018.
May 14 2018
Reply of petitioners Mayor & City Council of Baltimore, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Apr 30 2018
Brief of respondent Greater Baltimore Center for Pregnancy Concerns, Inc. in opposition filed.
Mar 23 2018
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 30, 2018)