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Cody A. Craig v. Emma R. Solorzano

Paid petition · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, No. Lin-22-354 · judgment April 27, 2023

Certiorari denied · October 10, 2023

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

I. Does a court decision limiting parental rights, based upon express disapproval of the parent’s “troubling” religious views, violate of the free exercise clause of the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Stephen C. Smith
Steve Smith Trial Lawyers

For respondent
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Case

Subject area
First Amendment (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, October 10, 2023 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

Oct 10 2023
Petition DENIED.
Sep 13 2023
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/6/2023.
Jul 26 2023
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 30, 2023)
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