Fleck v. Wetch
Petition for certiorari denied on March 9, 2020
Disclosure: Goldstein & Russell, P.C., whose attorneys contribute to this blog in various capacities, is among the counsel to the respondent in this case.
Issues: (1) Whether laws mandating membership in a state
bar association are subject to the same “exacting” First
Amendment scrutiny that the Supreme Court prescribed for
mandatory public-sector union fees in Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 31; and (2) whether it violates the First Amendment to presume that an attorney is willing to pay for a bar association’s “non-chargeable” political and ideological
speech, unless and until that attorney takes steps to
opt out.
| Date | Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding) |
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| Nov 21 2019 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 26, 2019) |
| Nov 26 2019 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Arnold Fleck |
| Dec 09 2019 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 26, 2019 to February 3, 2020, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Dec 12 2019 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 3, 2020. |
| Dec 19 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Liberty Justice Center filed. |
| Dec 19 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation filed. |
| Dec 26 2019 | Brief amici curiae of National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Inc., et al. filed. |
| Dec 26 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of 1889 Institute filed. |
| Jan 30 2020 | Brief of respondent Petra Mandigo Hulm in opposition filed. |
| Feb 03 2020 | Brief of respondents Joe Wetch, Aubrey Fiebelkorn-Zuger, and Tony Weiler in opposition filed. |
| Feb 17 2020 | Reply of petitioner Arnold Fleck filed. (Distributed) |
| Feb 19 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/6/2020. |
| Mar 09 2020 | Petition DENIED. |
| Apr 03 2020 | Petition for Rehearing filed. |
| Apr 15 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/1/2020. |
| May 04 2020 | Rehearing DENIED. |
