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Ryan Crownholm, et al. v. Richard B. Moore, in His Official Capacity as Executive Officer of the California Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 23-15138 · judgment April 16, 2024
Certiorari denied · April 20, 2026
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Questions presented
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What standard applies to determine whether an occupational licensing law’s restriction on a person’s use, creation, and dissemination of information in drawings is a regulation of his speech or of his conduct that incidentally involves his speech?
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What level of constitutional scrutiny applies to speech regulated by an occupational licensing law?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Paul Vincent Avelar
Institute for Justice
For respondent
Sharon L. O'Grady
California Department of Justice
Proceedings
- Jun 15 2026Rehearing DENIED.
- May 26 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/11/2026.
- May 15 2026Petition for Rehearing filed.
- Apr 20 2026Petition DENIED.
- Apr 13 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/17/2026.
- Mar 03 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/7/2025.
- Feb 24 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/28/2025.
- Feb 14 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2025.
- Jan 23 2025Rescheduled.
- Jan 08 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/24/2025.
- Dec 16 2024Rescheduled.
- Dec 11 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2025.
- Dec 11 2024Reply of petitioners Ryan Crownholm, et al. filed. (Distributed)
- Nov 27 2024Brief of respondents Richard B. Moore, et al. in opposition filed.
- Oct 28 2024Brief amici curiae of John Rosemond, et al. filed. VIDED.
- Oct 11 2024Brief amicus curiae of New England Legal Foundation filed.
- Oct 09 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 27, 2024.
- Oct 08 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 28, 2024 to November 27, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
- Sep 26 2024Response Requested. (Due October 28, 2024)
- Sep 25 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/11/2024.
- Sep 20 2024Waiver of right of respondent Richard B. Moore, et al. to respond filed.
- Sep 09 2024Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 11, 2024)
- Jun 10 2024Application (23A1099) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until September 9, 2024.
- Jun 06 2024Application (23A1099) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 15, 2024 to September 9, 2024, submitted to Justice Kagan.