Speech First, Inc. v. Whitten

Petition for certiorari denied on March 3, 2025

Docket No.	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
24-361	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	OT 2024

Issue: Whether university bias-response teams " official entities that solicit anonymous reports of bias, track them, investigate them, ask to meet with the perpetrators, and threaten to refer students for formal discipline " objectively chill students" speech under the First Amendment.

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Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
09/27/2024	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 31, 2024)
10/22/2024	Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed.
10/22/2024	Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 31, 2024 to December 2, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
10/24/2024	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 2, 2024.
10/30/2024	Brief amici curiae of Southeastern Legal Foundation, et al. filed.
10/30/2024	Brief amicus curiae of Parents Defending Education filed.
10/31/2024	Brief amicus curiae of Mountain States Legal Foundation filed.
10/31/2024	Brief amicus curiae of Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty, Inc. filed.
10/31/2024	Brief amici curiae of Alliance Defending Freedom, et al. filed.
10/31/2024	Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression filed.
10/31/2024	Brief amicus curiae of Liberty Justice Center filed.
10/31/2024	Brief amicus curiae of The Buckeye Institute filed.
11/27/2024	Brief of respondents Pamela Whitten, et al. in opposition filed.
11/27/2024	Waiver of the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition pursuant to Rule 15.5 filed by petitioner.
12/03/2024	Reply of petitioner Speech First, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
12/04/2024	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2025.
01/13/2025	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/17/2025.
01/21/2025	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/24/2025.
02/14/2025	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2025.
02/24/2025	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/28/2025.
03/03/2025	Petition DENIED. Justice Alito would grant the petition for a writ of certiorari. Justice Thomas, dissenting from the denial of certiorari. (Detached Opinion)