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Michale Anthony Hoffman v. Florida

Paid petition · District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District, No. 1D17-2887 · judgment June 20, 2018


Certiorari denied · February 19, 2019
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

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

Question presented

Whether the shoulder of a public street, owned by the Jacksonville Aviation Authority, but approximately one mile from the Jacksonville International Airport, should be treated as an airport and, therefore, a traditional non-public forum, or should be treated as a public street or sidewalk and, therefore, a quintessential public forum, for purpose of First Amendment forum analysis. II. Whether a public airport authority's reservation of a right to disapprove an "application for protest" upon an applicant's ability to "demonstrate adequate financial capacity or responsibility to undertake the proposed use" or alternatively upon an applicant's ability to "obtain a bond or insurance in a type and amount required by the Authority for the proposed use," provides a "reasonably specific and objective" standard for approval of such applications, as required by Thomas v. Chicago Park Dist., 534 U.S. 316, 324, 122 5.Ct. 775, 781, 151 L.Ed.2d 783 (2002).

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Andrew M. Bonderud
The Bonderud Law Firm, P.A.

For respondent
Trisha Meggs Pate
Office of the Attorney General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Linked docket
18A491

Proceedings

  1. Feb 19 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jan 16 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/15/2019.
  3. Jan 09 2019
    Waiver of right of respondent Florida to respond filed.
  4. Nov 16 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 4, 2019)
  5. Nov 08 2018
    Application (18A491) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until November 16, 2018.
  6. Sep 18 2018
    Application (18A491) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 18, 2018 to November 16, 2018, submitted to Justice Thomas.