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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. 21-3514 · judgment July 28, 2021
Before the decision, modestly above the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for counsel with five or more prior petitions here, a circuit split argued in the petition, and a Sixth Circuit decision below, and down for a state or local-government respondent.
Questions presented
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Whether ever-changing and ongoing governmentissued COVID-19 restrictions moot First Amendment challenges to ballot access restrictions.
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Whether and how the First Amendment applies to regulations that impede a person’s ability to place an initiative on the ballot.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Jeffrey T. Green
Sidley Austin LLP
For respondent
Benjamin Michael Flowers
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Amicus briefs
1 cert-stage
Linked docket
21A173
Order
Order list, March 7, 2022 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Mar 07 2022Petition DENIED.
- Mar 03 2022Brief amici curiae of Direct Democracy Scholars, et al. filed.
- Feb 16 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/4/2022.
- Feb 14 2022Waiver of right of respondent Richard DeWine, et al. to respond filed.
- Feb 10 2022Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 16, 2022)
- Dec 29 2021Application (21A173) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until February 10, 2022.
- Dec 20 2021Application (21A173) to extend further the time from January 12, 2022 to February 10, 2022, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.
- Nov 23 2021Application (21A173) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until January 12, 2022.
- Nov 19 2021Application (21A173) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 12, 2021 to January 12, 2022, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.