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Diane Gruber, et al. v. Oregon State Bar, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 19-35470 · judgment February 26, 2021
Before the decision, about 3× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a petition filed soon after the judgment below, a Ninth Circuit decision below, and a petition citing three to ten dissents.
Questions presented
This case involves compelled speech of attorneys and whether that compelled speech unconstitutionally infringes upon the attorneys’ Freedom of Speech:
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Did Keller v. State Bar of California, 496 U.S. 1, 110 S. Ct. 2228, 110 L. Ed. 2d 1 (1990), actually decide that an integrated bar may use mandatory dues for germane speech or was it dictum and therefore not binding precedent?
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If Keller did actually decide that an integrated bar may use mandatory dues for germane speech, should Keller be overruled to be consistent with Janus v. AFSCME, et al., ___ U.S. ___, 138 S. Ct. 2448, 201 L. Ed. 2d 924 (2018)?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Michael Lawrence Spencer
Michael L Spencer
For respondent
Steven M. Wilker
Tonkon Torp LLP
Case
Subject area
First Amendment (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Related
Vide, 20-1678
Order
Order list, October 4, 2021 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Oct 04 2021Petition DENIED.
- Jun 30 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
- Jun 25 2021Waiver of right of respondent Oregon State Bar, et al. to respond filed.
- Jun 24 2021Waiver of Oregon State Bar, et al. of right to respond not accepted for filing. (June 25, 2021)
- May 19 2021Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 2, 2021.
- May 18 2021Motion to extend the time to file a response from June 1, 2021 to August 2, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
- Apr 26 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 1, 2021)