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Ashley Ann Krapacs v. The Florida Bar
Paid petition · Supreme Court of Florida, No. SC19-277 · judgment July 8, 2020
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
The Florida Bar, an integrated Bar system under the jurisdiction of the Florida Supreme Court, has disbarred an attorney who has posted what amounts to “contentbased political speech” on various social media platforms, wrote a blog and hosted a program on a YouTube channel. The question presented is whether the state action of disbarment is unconstitutional because it violates the First Amendment as applied to the States through the Fourteenth Amendment.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Ashley Ann Krapacs
For respondent
Richard D. Courtemanche Jr.
The Florida Bar
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences
Proceedings
- Mar 29 2021Rehearing DENIED.
- Mar 10 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/26/2021.
- Feb 01 2021Petition for Rehearing filed.
- Jan 11 2021Petition DENIED.
- Dec 23 2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
- Dec 02 2020Waiver of right of respondent The Florida Bar to respond filed.
- Nov 24 2020Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 31, 2020)