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Wade Steven Gardner, et al. v. William Mutz, in His Capacity as Mayor of the City of Lakeland, Florida, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 20-13980 · judgment May 24, 2021
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Should the government speech doctrine as recognized in Pleasant Grove City, Utah v. Summum be modified in cases involving legacy monuments already in place in public forums?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
David Rhodes McCallister
David R. McCallister, Attorney at Law
For respondent
Jack Roy Reiter
GrayRobinson, P.A.
Case
Subject area
First Amendment (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Order
Order list, January 10, 2022 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Jan 10 2022Petition DENIED.
- Dec 08 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/7/2022.
- Nov 24 2021Brief of respondents William Mutz In his Capacity as Mayor of the City of Lakeland, Florida, et al. in opposition filed.
- Nov 24 2021Waiver of right of respondent Florida Secretary of State Laurd M. Lee to respond filed.
- Oct 21 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 26, 2021)