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Gaspee Project, et al. v. Diane C. Mederos, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, No. 20-1944 · judgment September 14, 2021

Certiorari denied · April 25, 2022
Pre-decision estimate: 7% cert probability (95% interval 4%–12%)

Before the decision, about 1.8× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a First Circuit decision below, a dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition), and a petition filed soon after the judgment below.

Question presented

Rhode Island law requires most issue advocacy groups that mention a candidate or referendum in a communication before an election to register with the State and disclose most donors of at least $1,000. The law also requires that such communications include a disclaimer of the sponsoring group as well as an onadvertisement disclaimer of the group’s top five donors of at least $1,000 during the preceding year. Does Rhode Island’s on-advertisement donor disclaimer law impermissibly compel speech in violation of National Institute of Family & Life Advocates v. Becerra, 138 S. Ct. 2361 (2018)?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Daniel Robert Suhr
Liberty Justice Center

For respondent
Michael W. Field
Department of Attorney General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 3 conferences

Proceedings

  1. Apr 25 2022
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Apr 18 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/22/2022.
  3. Apr 13 2022
    Rescheduled.
  4. Mar 23 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/14/2022.
  5. Mar 22 2022
    Reply of petitioners Gaspee Project, et al. filed. (Distributed)
    Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
  6. Mar 07 2022
    Brief of respondents Diane C. Mederos, et al. in opposition filed.
    Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count
  7. Jan 18 2022
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 7, 2022.
  8. Jan 14 2022
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 4, 2022 to March 7, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
    Main Document
  9. Jan 05 2022
    Response Requested. (Due February 4, 2022)
  10. Dec 29 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/14/2022.
  11. Dec 17 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent Diane C. Mederos, et al. to respond filed.
    Main Document
  12. Dec 10 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 14, 2022)
    PetitionAppendixCertificate of Word CountProof of Service