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Editor's Note :

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Walker v. Texas Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Inc.

Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
14-144 5th Cir. TBD TBD TBD TBD OT 2014

Issue: (1) Whether the messages and images that appear on state-issued specialty license plates qualify as government speech immune from any requirement of viewpoint neutrality; and (2) whether Texas engaged in “viewpoint discrimination” by rejecting the license-plate design proposed by the Sons of Confederate Veterans, when Texas has not issued any license plate that portrays the confederacy or the confederate battle flag in a negative or critical light.

SCOTUSblog Coverage

DateProceedings and Orders
Aug 7 2014Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 8, 2014)
Aug 26 2014Order extending time to file response to petition to and including October 8, 2014.
Oct 8 2014Brief of respondents Texas Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Inc., et al. in opposition filed.
Oct 21 2014Reply of petitioners John Walker, III, in His Official Capacity as Chairman of the Board, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Oct 22 2014DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 7, 2014.
Nov 10 2014DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 14, 2014.
Nov 17 2014DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 25, 2014.
Dec 1 2014DISTRIBUTED for Conference of December 5, 2014.
 
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