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Dan McCaleb v. Michelle Long, Director, Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 24-6043 · judgment September 16, 2025
Certiorari denied · March 23, 2026
Pre-decision estimate: 2% cert probability
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
- In determining whether the public has a right to access meetings of the Tennessee Judicial Advisory Commission, must a court apply the “experience and logic” test prescribed by Richmond Newspapers Inc. v. Virginia, 448 U.S. 555 (1980), or is Houchins v. KQED, Inc., 438 U.S. 1, 15 (1978) still the governing rule?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Jeffrey Michael Schwab
Liberty Justice Center
For respondent
Robert Wade Wilson
Office of the Tennessee Atty. General and Reporter
Proceedings
- Mar 23 2026Petition DENIED.
- Mar 04 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/20/2026.
- Feb 24 2026Waiver of right of respondent Michelle Long to respond filed.
- Feb 13 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 23, 2026)
- Jan 14 2026Application (25A817) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until February 13, 2026.
- Dec 05 2025Application (25A817) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 15, 2025 to February 13, 2026, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.