Doe v. Backpage.com LLC
Petition for certiorari denied on January 9, 2017
Issue: Whether Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which provides that no internet service provider "shall be treated as the publisher or speaker" of internet content that was "provided by another," precludes a civil lawsuit against a website owner and operator based on its own criminal conduct any time online content created by a third party was part of the chain of causation leading to the plaintiff's injuries.
SCOTUSblog Coverage
- Petition of the day (Kate Howard, October 14, 2016)
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
|---|---|
| 07/11/2016 | Application (16A49) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from August 1, 2016 to August 31, 2016, submitted to Justice Breyer. |
| 07/13/2016 | Application (16A49) granted by Justice Breyer extending the time to file until August 31, 2016. |
| 08/31/2016 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 3, 2016) |
| 09/14/2016 | Waiver of right of respondents Backpage.com, LLC, et al. to respond filed. |
| 09/27/2016 | Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. |
| 09/28/2016 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 14, 2016. |
| 09/28/2016 | Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by FAIR Girls. (Distributed) |
| 09/29/2016 | Response Requested . (Due October 31, 2016) |
| 09/29/2016 | Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by Coalition Against Trafficking Women, et al. |
| 09/29/2016 | Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by Professors Chad Flanders, et al. |
| 09/30/2016 | Brief amici curiae of Washington, et al. filed. |
| 10/05/2016 | Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by The Human Trafficking Institute, et al. |
| 10/25/2016 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including November 30, 2016. |
| 10/27/2016 | Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by Legal Momentum, et al. |
| 11/30/2016 | Brief of respondents Backpage.com, LLC, et al. in opposition filed. |
| 12/13/2016 | Reply of petitioners Jane Doe No. 1, et al. filed. |
| 12/14/2016 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 6, 2017. |
| 01/09/2017 | Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by The Human Trafficking Institute, et al. GRANTED. |
| 01/09/2017 | Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by National Center for Missing and Exploited Children GRANTED. |
| 01/09/2017 | Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by FAIR Girls GRANTED. |
| 01/09/2017 | Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by Coalition Against Trafficking Women, et al. GRANTED. |
| 01/09/2017 | Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by Professors Chad Flanders, et al. GRANTED. |
| 01/09/2017 | Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by Legal Momentum, et al. GRANTED. |
| 01/09/2017 | Petition DENIED. |