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