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Sarah K. Molina, et al. v. Daniel Book, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, No. 21-1830 · judgment February 2, 2023
Before the decision, about 1.8× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a circuit split argued in the petition, an Eighth Circuit decision below, and a dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition).
Questions presented
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Whether words printed on clothing are pure speech, and thus presumptively entitled to First Amendment protection—as the Fourth, Fifth, and Ninth Circuits have held—or whether they are protected only if they convey a “particularized message,” as the Eighth Circuit below, and the Sixth and Seventh Circuits, have held.
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Whether, in light of important new historical evidence, this Court should reconsider the doctrine of qualified immunity.
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Whether the court of appeals erred in holding that a First Amendment right to unobtrusively observe and record police performing their duties in public is not clearly established.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Anthony Edward Rothert
American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri
For respondent
Brandon David Laird
St. Louis City Counselor's Office
Proceedings
- Feb 20 2024Petition DENIED.
- Jan 19 2024Reply of petitioners Sarah K. Molina, et al. filed. (Distributed)
- Jan 10 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2024.
- Dec 27 2023Brief of respondents Daniel Book, et al. in opposition filed.
- Dec 06 2023Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including December 27, 2023.
- Dec 04 2023Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 13, 2023 to December 27, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
- Nov 06 2023Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including December 13, 2023.
- Nov 03 2023Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 13, 2023 to December 13, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
- Oct 12 2023Brief amicus curiae of Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press filed.
- Oct 12 2023Brief amici curiae of First Amendment Scholars filed.
- Oct 12 2023Brief amicus curiae of The Rutherford Institute filed.
- Oct 12 2023Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed.
- Oct 04 2023Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 13, 2023.
- Oct 02 2023Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 12, 2023 to November 13, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
- Sep 07 2023Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 12, 2023)
- Jul 18 2023Application (23A42) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until September 7, 2023.
- Jul 13 2023Application (23A42) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 23, 2023 to September 7, 2023, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.