Argued

No. 24-781

First Choice Women's Resource Centers, Inc. v. Jennifer Davenport, Attorney General of New Jersey

from the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

See other cases from the Third Circuit.

Docket Entries

Letter pursuant to Rule 35.3 from counsel for respondent filed.

Argued. For petitioner: Erin M. Hawley, Washington, D. C.; and Vivek Suri, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondent: Sundeep Iyer, Chief Counsel to the Attorney General, Trenton, N. J.

Reply of First Choice Women's Resource Centers, Inc. not accepted for filing. (Corrected brief to be printed--November 13, 2025)

Reply of petitioner First Choice Women's Resource Centers, Inc. filed. (Distributed)

Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.

Electronic record received from the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey on file with the Clerk.

CIRCULATED

Brief amici curiae of Massachusetts, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

Brief amici curiae of Local Government Legal Center, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Federation of State Medical Boards filed.

SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, December 2, 2025.

Brief of respondent Matthew Platkin, in his official capacity as Attorney General of New Jersey filed.

Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.

Brief amici curiae of America’s Future, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Heartbeat International, Inc., et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Mountain States Legal Foundation filed.

Brief amici curiae of Advancing American Freedom, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Liberty Justice Center filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Americans United for Life filed.

Brief amici curiae of Members of Congress filed.

Brief amici curiae of Save the Storks, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of The Equal Protection Project filed.

Brief amici curiae of Professor O. Carter Snead, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Robertson Center for Constitutional Law filed.

Brief amicus curiae of NetChoice filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed.

Brief amicus curiae of National Taxpayers Union Foundation filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Annunciation House, Inc. filed.

Brief amici curiae of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of United States Conference of Catholic Bishops filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Institute for Free Speech filed.

Brief amici curiae of Anonymous Donors to Pregnancy Resource Centers filed.

Brief amici curiae of A Woman's Concern, Inc., et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of People United for Privacy Foundation filed.

Brief amicus curiae of American Legislative Exchange Council filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Becket Fund for Religious Liberty filed.

Brief amici curiae of Manhattan Institute, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Democrats for Life of America, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed.

Brief amici curiae of Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation filed.

Brief amici curiae of Florida, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Christian Legal Society, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Second Amendment Foundation filed.

Brief amici curiae of Care Net Pregnancy Center Of Paradise, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Hand of Hope Pregnancy Center filed.

Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Americans for Prosperity Foundation filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Buckeye Institute filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Samaritan's Purse filed.

Brief amici curiae of New Jersey Family Policy Center, et al. filed.

Brief of petitioner First Choice Women's Resource Centers, Inc. filed.

Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)

Motion to further extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is further extended to and including August 21, 2025. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is further extended to and including October 14, 2025.

Motion for a further extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.

Motion to extend the time within which to file briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including August 7, 2025. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including September 15, 2025.

Motion for an extension of time within which to file the briefs on the merits filed.

Petition GRANTED.

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Rescheduled.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/28/2025.

Reply of petitioner First Choice Women's Resource Centers, Inc. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Annunciation House, Inc. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Advancing American Freedom, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of The Buckeye Institute filed.

Brief amici curiae of Christian Legal Society, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of The Manhattan Institute, et al. filed.

Brief of respondent Matthew Platkin in opposition filed.

Brief amici curiae of Pennsylvania Pregnancy Wellness Collaborative, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Second Amendment Foundation filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Americans for Prosperity Foundation filed.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 24, 2025)

Parties

First Choice Women's Resource Centers, Inc., Petitioner, represented by Erin Morrow Hawley

Matthew Platkin, in his official capacity as Attorney General of New Jersey, Respondent, represented by Jeremy Michael Feigenbaum

Matthew Platkin, in his official capacity as Attorney General of New Jersey, Respondent, represented by Sundeep Subramanian Iyer

Amici Curiae

Advancing American Freedom, Amicus Curiae, represented by John Marc Wheat

American Legislative Exchange Council, Amicus Curiae, represented by Shawn Toomey Sheehy

Americans for Prosperity Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Cynthia Fleming Crawford

Americans United for Life, Amicus Curiae, represented by Carolyn Clare McDonnell

America’s Future, Free Speech Coalition, Free Speech Defense and Education Fund, Gun Owners of America, Gun Owners Foundation, Gun Owners of California, Citizens United, Citizens United Foundation, Public Advocate of the United States, Public Advocate Foundation, Leadership Institute, Eagle Forum, Eagle Forum Foundation, Clare Boothe Luce Center for Conservative Women, U.S. Constitutional Rights Legal Defense Fund, One Nation Under God Foundation, The Senior Citizens League, Downsize DC.org, Inc., Downsize DC Foundation, Conservative Legal Defense and Education Fund, and Eberle Associates, Amicus Curiae, represented by William Jeffrey Olson

Annunciation House, Inc., Amicus Curiae, represented by Christine Alexandra Budasoff

Anonymous Donors to Pregnancy Resource Centers, Amicus Curiae, represented by Aaron Michael Streett

Care Net Pregnancy Center of Paradise, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Catherine Wynne Short

Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jeremy Joseph Broggi

Christian Legal Society, Gateway Pregnancy Center, Obria Medical Clinics PNW, Amicus Curiae, represented by Lori Dawn Kepner

Christian Legal Society, Gateway Pregnancy Center, Obria Medical Clinics PNW, Amicus Curiae, represented by Laura Darien Nammo

Democrats for Life of America, Rainbow Pro-Life Alliance, Rehumanize International, Rockville Women’s Center, Secular Pro-Life and Women’s Care Mary’s Center, Amicus Curiae, represented by Catherine Glenn Foster

Federation of State Medical Boards, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jack R. Bierig

Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey, Amicus Curiae, represented by Joshua Aaron House

Hand of Hope Pregnancy Center, Amicus Curiae, represented by Adam Fuselier Mathews

Heartbeat International Inc. and Care Net, Amicus Curiae, represented by Thomas L. Brejcha Jr.

Institute for Free Speech, Amicus Curiae, represented by Brett Robert Nolan

Liberty Justice Center, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jeffrey Michael Schwab

Local Government Legal Center, National Association of Counties, National League of Cities, and International Municipal Lawyers Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by John J. Korzen

Massachusetts, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Tasha Joy Bahal

Members of Congress, Amicus Curiae, represented by Christopher Owen Murray

Mountain States Legal Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by William E. Trachman

National Taxpayers Union Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Tyler Leandro Martinez

NetChoice, Amicus Curiae, represented by Scott A. Keller

New Jersey Family Policy Center and Pacific Justice Institute, Amicus Curiae, represented by Kevin T. Snider

O. Carter Snead and the Catholic Association Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Michael Hugh McGinley

Pacific Legal Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Ethan Winfred Blevins

Pennsylvania Pregnancy Wellness Collaborative, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jay Alan Sekulow

People United for Privacy Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Allen Joseph Dickerson

Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Amicus Curiae, represented by Bruce David Brown

Robertson Center for Constitutional Law, Amicus Curiae, represented by Laura Brown Hernandez

Samaritan's Purse, Amicus Curiae, represented by Christopher E. Mills

Save the Storks and Twenty-Three of its Partners, Amicus Curiae, represented by Andrew Martin Nussbaum

Second Amendment Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Steven Walter Fogg

State of Florida, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jeffrey Paul DeSousa

The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, Amicus Curiae, represented by Eric S. Baxter

The Buckeye Institute, Amicus Curiae, represented by David Christian Tryon

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Christopher Alan Bates

The Equal Protection Project, Amicus Curiae, represented by Timothy Ray Snowball

The Manhattan Institute, Religious Freedom Institute, and Animal Activist Legal Defense Project, Amicus Curiae, represented by Preston Neal Carter

United States, Amicus Curiae, represented by D. John Sauer

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Amicus Curiae, represented by Gordon Dwyer Todd

Washington Legal Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Zac Morgan

 
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