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Michael Anthony Casillas v. Minnesota
Paid petition · Supreme Court of Minnesota, No. A19-0576 · judgment December 30, 2020
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Does the First Amendment allow a state to criminalize protected speech by means of a statute aimed at prohibiting the nonconsensual dissemination of sexual images when that statute lacks an intent-to-harm requirement and employs a negligence mens rea? The Minnesota Supreme Court upheld a Minnesota statute under a strict scrutiny analysis despite the Court’s holding that the statute prohibits more than obscenity.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
John Thomas Arechigo
Arechigo & Stokka, P.A.
For respondent
Kathryn Marie Keena
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Oct 04 2021Petition DENIED.
- Jul 07 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
- May 20 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 23, 2021)