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Leda Health Corporation, a Delaware Corporation v. Bob Ferguson, Governor of Washington, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 24-6659 · judgment July 29, 2025
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Questions presented
The State of Washington makes it unlawful to sell a lawful product “with which evidence of sexual assault is collected” if, and only if, the seller “markets or otherwise presents” it as usable “over-the-counter, at-home, or selfcollected,” or knows the person will use it for that purpose.
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Does a law that bans the sale of otherwise lawful items based exclusively on the content of the seller’s truthful marketing burden speech protected by the First Amendment?
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Do content and viewpoint restrictions on speech avoid strict scrutiny review merely because the speech is commercial in nature?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Joseph Alexander Little IV
Litson PLLC
For respondent
Tera Marie Heintz
Washington State Attorney General's Office
Proceedings
- Feb 23 2026Petition DENIED.
- Feb 04 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
- Feb 02 2026Waiver of right of respondent Bob Ferguson and Nick Brown to respond filed.
- Dec 29 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 4, 2026)
- Oct 22 2025Application (25A452) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until December 26, 2025.
- Oct 16 2025Application (25A452) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 27, 2025 to December 26, 2025, submitted to Justice Kagan.