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William T. Schmitt, et al. v. Frank LaRose, Ohio Secretary of State

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 19-3196 · judgment August 7, 2019


Certiorari denied · May 26, 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

SARAH O’ROURKE SCHRUP NORTHWESTERN SUPREME COURT PRACTICUM 357 East Chicago Avenue Chicago, IL 60611 (312) 503-0063

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Mark R. Brown

For respondent
Benjamin Michael Flowers
Ashbrook Byrne Kresge Flowers LLC

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Amicus briefs
2 cert-stage

Linked docket
19A518

Proceedings

  1. May 26 2020
    Petition DENIED.
  2. May 05 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/21/2020.
  3. May 04 2020
    Reply of petitioners William Schmitt, et al. filed. (Distributed)
  4. Apr 27 2020
    Brief of respondent Frank LaRose, Ohio Secretary of State in opposition filed. (Distributed)
  5. Mar 05 2020
    Brief amici curiae of Initiative and Referendum Institute and Center for Competitive Democracy filed.
  6. Mar 05 2020
    Brief amici curiae of Direct Democracy Scholars filed.
  7. Mar 04 2020
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including May 6, 2020.
  8. Mar 02 2020
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 6, 2020 to May 6, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
  9. Feb 04 2020
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 5, 2020 to April 6, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
  10. Feb 04 2020
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 6, 2020.
  11. Feb 03 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 5, 2020)
  12. Nov 13 2019
    Application (19A518) granted by Justice Sotomayor extending the time to file until February 3, 2020.
  13. Nov 07 2019
    Application (19A518) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 3, 2019 to February 1, 2020, submitted to Justice Sotomayor.