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Friends of Danny DeVito, et al. v. Tom Wolf, Governor of Pennsylvania, et al.
Paid petition · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Middle District, No. 68 MM 2020 · judgment April 13, 2020
Before the decision, modestly above the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a petition filed soon after the judgment below and a dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition), and down for a state or local-government respondent.
Question presented
Whether the Order exceeded the Governor’s permissible scope of his police powers and as such violated Petitioners’ rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. Suggested Answers: Yes Whether Petitioners’ rights not to be deprived of life, liberty and property without due process of law and not to have their property taken without just compensation guaranteed by the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments are violated by the Order. Suggested Answer: Yes Whether Petitioners’ rights not to be deprived of life, liberty and property without due process of law guaranteed by the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments are violated by this Order. Suggested Answer: Yes Whether Petitioners’ rights to equal protection of the law guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment are violated by the Order. Suggested Answer: Yes Whether Petitioners’ rights to free speech and assembly protected by U.S. Const. amend. 1 are violated by the Order. Suggested Answer: Yes
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Marc A. Scaringi
Scaringi & Scaringi, PC
For respondent
John Bartley DeLone
Attorney General's Office
Proceedings
- Oct 05 2020Petition DENIED.
- Sep 22 2020Supplemental brief of petitioners Friends of Danny DeVito, et al. filed.
- Sep 09 2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
- Aug 31 2020Reply of petitioners Friends of Danny DeVito, et al. filed. (Distributed)
- Aug 21 2020Brief of respondents Tom Wolf, Governor of Pennsylvania, et al. in opposition filed.
- Jul 28 2020Second supplemental brief of petitioners Friends of Danny DeVito, et al. filed.
- Jul 09 2020Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 21, 2020.
- Jul 07 2020Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 22, 2020 to August 21, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
- Jun 22 2020Response Requested. (Due July 22, 2020)
- Jun 09 2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/25/2020.
- Jun 05 2020Supplemental Brief in Support of Petitioners' Petition for Writ of Certiorari of Friends of Danny DeVito, et al. not accepted for filing. (June 05, 2020)
- Jun 05 2020Supplemental brief of petitioners Friends of Danny DeVito, et al. filed. (Distributed)
- Jun 03 2020Waiver of right of respondent Tom Wolf, Governor of Pennsylvania, et al. to respond filed.
- May 19 2020Brief amici curiae of County of Butler, et al. filed.
- May 06 2020Reply of applicants Friends of Danny DeVito, et al. filed.
- May 06 2020Application (19A1032) referred to the Court.
- May 06 2020Application (19A1032) denied by the Court.
- May 04 2020Response to application from respondents Tom Wolf, Governor of Pennsylvania, et al.
- May 04 2020Amended Application to Stay the Enforcement of Gov. Wolf's Executive Order Dated March 19, 2020 Pending the Filing and Disposition by the US Supreme Court of Petitioners' Petition for Writ of Certiorari of Friends of Danny DeVito, et al. not accepted for filing. (May 04, 2020)
- May 04 2020Supplemental brief of applicants Friends of Danny DeVito, et al. filed.
- Apr 28 2020Response to application (19A1032) requested by Justice Alito, due Monday, May 4, by noon.
- Apr 27 2020Application (19A1032) for a stay, submitted to Justice Alito.
- Apr 27 2020Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 4, 2020)