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Phillip Truesdell, et al. v. Eric Friedlander, in His Official Capacity as Secretary of the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 22-5808 · judgment September 1, 2023


Certiorari denied · April 15, 2024
Pre-decision estimate: 3% cert probability

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

Question presented

  1. Whether this Court should overrule the Slaughter-House Cases and hold that the right to enter a common and lawful occupation is a privilege or immunity protected by the Fourteenth Amendment?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Joshua Warren Polk
Pacific Legal Foundation

For respondent
David Michael Dirr
Dressman Benzinger LaVelle psc

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Related
Vide, 23-725

Proceedings

  1. Apr 15 2024
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Mar 27 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/12/2024.
  3. Mar 21 2024
    Reply of petitioners Phillip Truesdell, et al. filed.
  4. Mar 07 2024
    Brief of respondents Eric Friedlander, in his official capacity as Secretary of the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, et al. in opposition filed.
  5. Mar 01 2024
    Waiver of right of respondent First Care Ohio, LLC to respond filed.
  6. Feb 02 2024
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 7, 2024)