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National Association for Gun Rights, Inc. v. Jeff Mangan, in His Official Capacity as the Commissioner of Political Practices for the State of Montana, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 18-35010 · judgment August 12, 2019


Certiorari denied · June 1, 2020
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

Whether the First Amendment permits imposing burdensome political-committee regulations upon groups that do not engage in any express advocacy for or against the nomination or election of a candidate.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
David Alan Warrington
Dhillon Law Group, Inc.

For respondent
Matthew Thompson Cochenour
State of Montana - Department of Justice Attorney

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Amicus briefs
3 cert-stage

Linked docket
19A478

Proceedings

  1. Jun 01 2020
    Petition DENIED.
  2. May 12 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/28/2020.
  3. May 11 2020
    Reply of petitioner National Association For Gun Rights, Inc. filed.
  4. Apr 27 2020
    Brief of respondent Jeff Mangan, in His Official Capacity as the Commissioner of Political Practices for the State of Montana, et al. in opposition filed.
  5. Mar 10 2020
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including April 27, 2020.
  6. Mar 09 2020
    Letter of March 9, 2020 from counsel for respondent filed.
  7. Mar 06 2020
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 27, 2020 to April 27, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
  8. Feb 04 2020
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 20, 2020 to March 27, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
  9. Feb 04 2020
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 27, 2020.
  10. Jan 21 2020
    Response Requested. (Due February 20, 2020)
  11. Jan 15 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2020.
  12. Jan 15 2020
    Brief amicus curiae of Institute for Free Speech filed.
  13. Jan 15 2020
    Brief amicus curiae of Free Speech Coalition, et al. filed.
  14. Jan 03 2020
    Waiver of right of respondent Jeff Mangan to respond filed.
  15. Dec 31 2019
    Brief amicus curiae of Randy Elf filed.
  16. Dec 12 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 15, 2020)
  17. Oct 31 2019
    Application (19A478) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until December 12, 2019.
  18. Oct 30 2019
    Application (19A478) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 10, 2019 to December 12, 2019, submitted to Justice Kagan.