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Freedom Watch, Inc., et al. v. Google Inc., et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, No. 19-7030 · judgment May 27, 2020

Certiorari denied · April 5, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 3% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Questions presented

  1. Did the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit err by failing to find that the District of Columbia Human Rights Act’s prohibition on political discrimination does not require a physical location?

  2. Did the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit err by failing to find that Respondents are subject to the First Amendment to the Constitution?

  3. Did the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit err by failing to find that Respondents had violated the Sherman Act?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Larry Elliot Klayman
Klayman Law Group, P.A.

For respondent
Kenneth Winn Allen
Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 6 conferences

Proceedings

  1. Apr 05 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Mar 29 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/1/2021.
  3. Mar 25 2021
    Rescheduled.
  4. Mar 22 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/26/2021.
  5. Mar 18 2021
    Rescheduled.
  6. Mar 15 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/19/2021.
  7. Mar 04 2021
    Rescheduled.
  8. Mar 01 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/5/2021.
  9. Feb 25 2021
    Rescheduled.
  10. Feb 22 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/26/2021.
  11. Feb 19 2021
    Rescheduled.
  12. Feb 03 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/19/2021.
  13. Jan 19 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent Twitter, Inc. to respond filed.
  14. Jan 19 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent Apple Inc. to respond filed.
  15. Jan 19 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent Facebook, Inc. to respond filed.
  16. Jan 19 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent Google LLC (formerly Google Inc.) to respond filed.
  17. Jan 02 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 16, 2021)