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Spectrum WT v. Wendler

Emergency application for injunction is denied on March 15, 2024.

Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
23a820 5th Cir. N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2023

Issue: (1) Whether public university administrators violate the First Amendment when they ban student expression from campus simply because it offends others, as several circuits have recognized in similar cases; and (2) whether the courts below erred in not enjoining a viewpoint-based prior restraint on an entire category of protected stage performances.

DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
03/04/2023Application (23A820) for Writ of Injunction Pending Appeal, submitted to Justice Alito.
03/06/2024Response to application (23A820) requested by Justice Alito, due by 5 p.m. (EDT) on March 13, 2024.
03/13/2024Response to application from respondent Walter Wendler filed.
03/13/2024Response to application from respondent Chancellor John Sharp and Dr. Christopher Thomas filed.
03/14/2024Reply of applicant Spectrum WT, et al. filed.
03/15/2024Application (23A820) referred to the Court.
03/15/2024Application (23A820) denied by the Court.