NetChoice v. Paxton
Application to vacate stay of preliminary injunction granted on May 31, 2022. Justice Kagan would deny the application. Justice Alito, with whom Justice Thomas and Justice Gorsuch join, dissent from grant of the application.
Issue: Whether the Supreme Court should reinstate the district court's preliminary injunction that blocked Texas from enforcing Texas House Bill 20.
| Date | Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding) |
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| May 13 2022 | Application (21A720) to vacate the stay, submitted to Justice Alito. |
| May 14 2022 | Response to application (21A720) requested by Justice Alito, due by 5 p.m. (EDT) May 18, 2022. |
| May 17 2022 | Motion for Leave to File Amicus Curiae Brief filed by Professor Eric Goldman. |
| May 17 2022 | Motion for Leave to File Brief Amici Curiae and Proposed Brief of Chamber of Progress et al. filed by Chamber of Progress, et al. |
| May 17 2022 | Motion for Leave to File Brief Amicus Curiae of TechFreedom filed by TechFreedom. |
| May 17 2022 | Motion for leave to file brief amicus curiae filed by Floor64, Inc. d/b/a the Copia Institute. |
| May 17 2022 | Motion for Leave to File Amicus Curiae Brief in Support of Emergency Application for Immediate Administrative Relief filed by Christopher Cox. |
| May 17 2022 | Motion for Leave to File Brief Amicus Curiae and Proposed Brief filed by Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press et al. |
| May 17 2022 | Motion for Leave to File Brief Amici Curiae filed by Center for Democracy & Technology, et al. |
| May 18 2022 | Response to application from respondent Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas filed. |
| May 18 2022 | Motion for Leave to file Amicus Curiae filed by State of Florida. |
| May 18 2022 | Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Professor Philip Hamburger; Giganews Inc.; Golden Frog, GmBH. |
| May 18 2022 | Motion for Leave to File Brief Amicus Curiae and Brief of the Cato Institute in Support of Applicants' Emergency Application to Vacate Stay filed by Cato Institute. |
| May 19 2022 | Reply in support of emergency application filed. |
| May 23 2022 | Letter of supplemental authority received. |
| May 31 2022 | Application (21A720) referred to the Court. |
| May 31 2022 | The application (21A720) to vacate stay presented to Justice Alito and by him referred to the Court is granted. The May 11, 2022 order of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit staying the district court’s preliminary injunction is vacated. Justice Kagan would deny the application to vacate stay. Justice Alito, with whom Justice Thomas and Justice Gorsuch join, dissenting from grant of application to vacate stay. (Detached Opinion) |
