Fleck v. Wetch

Petition for certiorari denied on March 9, 2020

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
19-670	8th Cir.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	OT 2019

Issue: (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.

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Petitions of the week (Andrew Hamm, February 14, 2020)

Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
11/21/2019	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 26, 2019)
11/26/2019	Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Arnold Fleck
12/09/2019	Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 26, 2019 to February 3, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
12/12/2019	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 3, 2020.
12/19/2019	Brief amicus curiae of Liberty Justice Center filed.
12/19/2019	Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation filed.
12/26/2019	Brief amici curiae of National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Inc., et al. filed.
12/26/2019	Brief amicus curiae of 1889 Institute filed.
01/30/2020	Brief of respondent Petra Mandigo Hulm in opposition filed.
02/03/2020	Brief of respondents Joe Wetch, Aubrey Fiebelkorn-Zuger, and Tony Weiler in opposition filed.
02/17/2020	Reply of petitioner Arnold Fleck filed. (Distributed)
02/19/2020	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/6/2020.
03/09/2020	Petition DENIED.
04/03/2020	Petition for Rehearing filed.
04/15/2020	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/1/2020.
05/04/2020	Rehearing DENIED.