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Soundboard Association v. Federal Trade Commission
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, No. 17-5093 · judgment April 27, 2018
Certiorari denied · April 15, 2019
Pre-decision estimate: 3% cert probability
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Do Petitioners have a right to judicial review under the Administrative Procedure Act of a Federal Trade Commission staff advisory opinion that effectively creates a new rule, chills protected speech, shutters an industry, and which was issued arbitrarily and without the required administrative procedure?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Karen Michelle Donnelly
Copilevitz, Lam & Raney, P.C.
For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day
Proceedings
- Apr 15 2019Petition DENIED.
- Apr 08 2019DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/12/2019.
- Mar 27 2019Rescheduled.
- Mar 25 2019DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/29/2019.
- Mar 20 2019Rescheduled.
- Mar 18 2019DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/22/2019.
- Mar 13 2019Rescheduled.
- Feb 21 2019Reply of petitioner Soundboard Association filed. (Distributed)
- Feb 20 2019DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/15/2019.
- Feb 06 2019Brief of respondent Federal Trade Commission in opposition filed.
- Jan 07 2019Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 6, 2019.
- Jan 07 2019Lodging proposal of amicus curiae Professional Association for Customer Engagement (PACE) filed.
- Jan 07 2019Brief amicus curiae of Professional Association for Customer Engagement filed.
- Jan 07 2019Brief amici curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. filed.
- Jan 03 2019Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 7, 2019 to February 6, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
- Jan 02 2019Brief amici curiae of Cato Institute, et al. filed.
- Nov 30 2018Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 7, 2019)
- Oct 12 2018Application (18A392) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until December 1, 2018.
- Oct 10 2018Application (18A392) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 1, 2018 to December 1, 2018, submitted to The Chief Justice.