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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: 1% 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
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Related
Vide, 23-725
Order
Order list, April 15, 2024 · Certiorari denied
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)