Skip to content

Mckesson v. Doe

Petition for certiorari denied on April 15, 2024

Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
23-373 5th Cir. N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2023

Issue: Whether the First Amendment and this court"s decision in NAACP v. Claiborne Hardware Co. foreclose a state law negligence action making a leader of a protest demonstration personally liable in damages for injuries inflicted by an unidentified person"s violent act, when it is undisputed that the leader neither authorized, directed, nor ratified the perpetrator"s act, nor engaged in or intended violence of any kind.

SCOTUSblog Coverage

DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
08/30/2023Application (23A209) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 14, 2023 to October 5, 2023, submitted to Justice Alito.
09/06/2023Application (23A209) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until October 5, 2023.
10/05/2023Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 9, 2023)
11/07/2023Brief amicus curiae of First Amendment Scholar John D. Inazu filed.
11/08/2023Brief amicus curiae of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People filed.
11/09/2023Brief amici curiae of Floyd Abrams, et al. filed.
11/09/2023Brief amicus curiae of Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center filed.
11/09/2023Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression filed.
11/28/2023Waiver of right of respondent John Doe to respond filed.
11/29/2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/5/2024.
12/04/2023Response Requested. (Due January 3, 2024)
12/15/2023Brief amicus curiae of The Rutherford Institute filed.
01/03/2024Brief of respondent John Doe in opposition filed.
01/17/2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2024.
01/22/2024Reply of petitioner DeRay Mckesson filed. (Distributed)
02/20/2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/23/2024.
02/26/2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/1/2024.
03/11/2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/15/2024.
03/18/2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/22/2024.
03/25/2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/28/2024.
04/08/2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/12/2024.
04/15/2024Petition DENIED. Statement of Justice Sotomayor respecting the denial of certiorari. (Detached Opinion)