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Chad Thompson, et al. v. Richard Michael DeWine, Governor of Ohio, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 20-3526 · judgment September 16, 2020

Certiorari denied · April 19, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 5% cert probability

Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a circuit split argued in the petition, a dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition), and a Sixth Circuit decision below, and down for a state or local-government respondent.

Question presented

Whether and how the First Amendment applies to regulations that impede a person’s ability to place an initiative on the ballot. (i)

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
1 cert-stage

Proceedings

  1. Apr 19 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Mar 31 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/16/2021.
  3. Mar 30 2021
    Reply of petitioners Chad Thompson, et al. filed. (Distributed)
  4. Mar 11 2021
    Brief of respondents Richard Michael DeWine, et al. in opposition filed.
  5. Mar 08 2021
    Brief amici curiae of Direct Democracy Scholars, The Initiative and Referendum Institute and Citizens in charge filed.
  6. Feb 09 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 7, 2021.
  7. Feb 08 2021
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 8, 2021 to April 7, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
  8. Feb 02 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 8, 2021)