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Vugo, Inc. v. City of New York, New York
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, No. 18-807 · judgment July 16, 2019
Before the decision, about 2× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a circuit split argued in the petition, a Second Circuit decision below, and a business petitioner, and down for a state or local-government respondent.
Question presented
In Reed v. Town of Gilbert, this Court clarified that content-based restrictions are those that apply to particular speech because of the topic discussed or the idea or message expressed, and reaffirmed that content-based restrictions on speech require strict scrutiny review. Government restrictions on commercial speech that do not apply to non-commercial speech are content-based. Should strict scrutiny review apply in such a challenge?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Jeffrey Michael Schwab
Liberty Justice Center
For respondent
Richard Paul Dearing
City of New York
Case
Subject area
First Amendment (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Amicus briefs
2 cert-stage
Order
Order list, April 27, 2020 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Apr 27 2020Petition DENIED.
- Apr 08 2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/24/2020.
- Apr 06 2020Reply of petitioner Vugo, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
- Mar 20 2020Brief of respondent City of New York in opposition filed.
- Jan 21 2020Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 20, 2020.
- Jan 21 2020Brief amici curiae of Goldwater Institute & Cato Institute filed.
- Jan 17 2020Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation filed.
- Jan 16 2020Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 21, 2020 to March 20, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
- Dec 18 2019Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 21, 2020)