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Marshall Spiegel v. Corrine McClintic, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, No. 18-1070 · judgment February 14, 2019

Certiorari denied · October 7, 2019
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

Does the First Amendment protect a person’s right to photograph or videotape in public? If so, where officers threaten to arrest a person for photographing or videotaping in public does the First Amendment require a heightened pleading standard or particular mental state to hold the officer and municipality liable? Similarly, should municipalities have rules forbidding officers from arresting persons who photograph or videotape in public?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Marina Tramontozzi

For respondent
Michael R. Hartigan
Hartigan and O'Connor P.C.

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 07 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Aug 07 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
  3. Jul 22 2019
    Brief of respondent Corinne McClintic in opposition filed.
  4. Jun 17 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 22, 2019)