Elane Photography, LLC v. Willock

Petition for certiorari denied on April 7, 2014

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
13-585	N.M.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	OT 2013

Issue: Whether applying a state public-accommodations statute to require a photographer to create expressive images and picture books conveying messages that conflict with her religious beliefs violates the First Amendment"s ban on compelled speech.

SCOTUSblog Coverage

Petition of the day (Mary Pat Dwyer, March 14, 2014)
Photos as messages: A new constitutional case (Lyle Denniston, November 8, 2013)

Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
11/08/2013	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 13, 2013)
11/20/2013	Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party, or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondent.
12/02/2013	Order extending time to file response to petition to and including February 11, 2014.
12/05/2013	Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner.
12/13/2013	Brief amici curiae of Alabama, et al. filed.
12/13/2013	Brief amici curiae of Cato Institute, Eugene Volokh, and Dale Carpenter filed.
12/13/2013	Brief amici curiae of Wedding Photographers filed.
02/07/2014	Brief of respondent Vanessa Willock in opposition filed.
02/25/2014	Reply of petitioner Elane Photography, LLC filed.
02/26/2014	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 21, 2014.
03/24/2014	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 28, 2014.
03/31/2014	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 4, 2014.
04/07/2014	Petition DENIED.