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QUESTION PRESENTED: Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit's failure to apply the Supreme Court's forum doctrine to the First Amendment challenge of a private religious organization that was denied access to briefly display its flag on a city flagpole, pursuant to a city policy expressly designating the flagpole a public forum open to all applicants, with hundreds of approvals and no denials, conflicts with the Supreme Court's precedents holding that speech restrictions based on religious viewpoint or content violate the First Amendment or are otherwise subject to strict scrutiny and that the establishment clause is not a defense to censorship of private speech in a public forum open to all comers; whether the 1st Circuit's classifying as government speech the brief display of a private religious organization's flag on a city flagpole, pursuant to a city policy expressly designating the flagpole a public forum open to all applicants, with hundreds of approvals and no denials, unconstitutionally expands the government speech doctrine, in direct conflict with the court's decisions in Matal v. Tam, Walker v. Texas Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Inc. and Pleasant Grove City v. Summum; and whether the 1st Circuit's finding that the requirement for perfunctory city approval of a proposed brief display of a private religious organization's flag on a city flagpole, pursuant to a city policy expressly designating the flagpole a public forum open to all applicants with hundreds of approvals and no denials, transforms the religious organization's private speech into government speech, conflicts with the Supreme Court's precedent in Matal v. Tam, and circuit court precedents in New Hope Family Services, Inc. v. Poole, Wandering Dago, Inc. v. Destito, Eagle Point Education Association v. Jackson County School District and Robb v. Hungerbeeler. Date Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)Jun 21 2021 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 26, 2021)Jul 23 2021 | Brief of respondents City of Boston, et al. in opposition filed.Jul 26 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Congressional Prayer Caucus Foundation, et al. filed.Aug 11 2021 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.Sep 17 2021 | Reply of petitioners Harold Shurtleff, et al. filed. (Distributed)Sep 30 2021 | Petition GRANTED.Oct 27 2021 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Harold Shurtleff, et al.Nov 02 2021 | Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, City of Boston, et al.Nov 12 2021 | Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioners Harold Shurtleff, et al.Nov 15 2021 | Brief of petitioners Harold Shurtleff, et al. filed.Nov 16 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Moral Law filed.Nov 17 2021 | ARGUMENT SET FOR Tuesday, January 18, 2022.Nov 17 2021 | Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 1st Circuit.Nov 17 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Liberty, Life and Law Foundation filed.Nov 19 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation filed.Nov 22 2021 | Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioners GRANTED.Nov 22 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Bronx Household of Faith filed.Nov 22 2021 | Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union and American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts filed.Nov 22 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of American Cornerstone Institute filed.Nov 22 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty filed.Nov 22 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.Nov 22 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Notre Dame Law School Religious Liberty Initiative filed.Nov 22 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of The American Legion filed.Nov 22 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of The Rutherford Institute filed.Nov 22 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Thomas More Society filed.Nov 22 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Congressional Prayer Caucus Foundation, et al. filed.Nov 22 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Protect the First Foundation filed.Nov 22 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of CatholicVote.org Education Fund filed.Nov 22 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Advancing American Freedom and Faith & Freedom Coalition filed.Nov 22 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Kentucky, et al. filed.Nov 30 2021 | The record from the U.S.D.C. Dist. of Massachusetts is electronic and located on Pacer.Nov 30 2021 | The record from the U.S.C.A. 1st Circuit is electronic and located on Pacer.Dec 14 2021 | CIRCULATEDDec 15 2021 | Brief of respondents City of Boston, et al. filed. (Distributed)Dec 20 2021 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae, for divided argument, and for enlargement of time for oral argument filed.Dec 22 2021 | Brief amici curiae of National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA, et al. filed. (Distributed)Dec 22 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Massachusetts, et al. filed. (Distributed)Dec 22 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action, et al. filed. (Distributed)Dec 22 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Local Government Organizations filed. (Distributed)Dec 22 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Freedom From Religion Foundation and Center for Inquiry filed. (Distributed)Dec 22 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Anti-Defamation League filed. (Distributed)Jan 07 2022 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae, for divided argument, and for enlargement of time for oral argument GRANTED.Jan 07 2022 | Reply of Harold Shurtleff, et al. not accepted for filing. (Corrected version submitted)(January 11, 2022)Jan 07 2022 | Reply of petitioners Harold Shurtleff, et al. filed. (Distributed)Jan 18 2022 | Argued. For petitioners: Mathew Staver, Orlando, Fla.; and Sopan Joshi, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondents: Douglas Hallward-Driemeier, Washington, D. C.★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
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