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Mark Janus v. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Council 31, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, No. 19-1553 · judgment November 5, 2019

Certiorari denied · January 25, 2021
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

Is there a “good faith defense” to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 that shields a defendant from damages liability for depriving citizens of their constitutional rights if the defendant acted under color of a law before it was held unconstitutional? (i)

Counsel of record

For petitioner
William L. Messenger

For respondent
Jane Elinor Notz
Office of the Attorney General, State of Illinois

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 9 conferences

Amicus briefs
1 cert-stage

Proceedings

  1. Jan 25 2021
    Petition DENIED. Justice Barrett took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
  2. Jan 19 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/22/2021.
  3. Jan 14 2021
    Rescheduled.
  4. Dec 30 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/15/2021.
  5. Nov 10 2020
    Rescheduled.
  6. Nov 04 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/20/2020.
  7. Oct 29 2020
    Rescheduled.
  8. Oct 26 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/30/2020.
  9. Oct 14 2020
    Rescheduled.
  10. Oct 13 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/16/2020.
  11. Oct 05 2020
    Rescheduled.
  12. Sep 23 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/9/2020.
  13. Sep 11 2020
    Supplemental brief of respondents American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 31, et al. filed.
  14. Sep 04 2020
    Supplemental brief of petitioner Mark Janus filed.
  15. Aug 04 2020
    Rescheduled.
  16. Jul 15 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
  17. Jun 23 2020
    Rescheduled.
  18. Jun 22 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/25/2020.
  19. Jun 16 2020
    Rescheduled.
  20. Jun 02 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/18/2020.
  21. May 22 2020
    Reply of petitioner Mark Janus filed.
  22. May 11 2020
    Brief of respondent American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 31 in opposition filed.
  23. May 11 2020
    Brief of respondents Kwame Raoul and Janel L. Forde in opposition filed.
  24. Apr 09 2020
    Brief amici curiae of Goldwater Institute; Cato Institute; Mackinac Center for Public Policy filed.
  25. Mar 20 2020
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 9, 2020 to May 11, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
  26. Mar 20 2020
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 11, 2020, for all respondents.
  27. Mar 09 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 9, 2020)