Denied

No. 25-284

Leila Green Little, et al. v. Llano County, Texas, et al.

from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

See other cases from the Fifth Circuit.

Docket Entries

Petition DENIED.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/5/2025.

Reply of petitioners Leila Green Little, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief of respondents Llano County, Texas, et al. in opposition filed.

Brief amicus curiae of PEN American Center, Inc. filed.

Brief amici curiae of The National Coalition Against Censorship, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Penguin Random House LLC, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of American Library Association, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of First Amendment Law Professors filed.

Brief amici curiae of Louisiana Citizens Against Censorship, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression filed.

Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 24, 2025.

Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 14, 2025 to October 24, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 14, 2025)

Application (25A116) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until September 22, 2025.

Application (25A116) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from August 21, 2025 to September 22, 2025, submitted to Justice Alito.

Parties

Leila Green Little, et al., Petitioner, represented by Elizabeth Barchas Prelogar

Llano County et al., Respondent, represented by Jonathan F. Mitchell

Amici Curiae

American Library Association, Freedom to Read Foundation, and Texas Library Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by Kevin Todd Shook

First Amendment Law Professors, Amicus Curiae, represented by Gautam Singh Hans

Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, Amicus Curiae, represented by Robert Lawrence Corn-Revere

Louisiana Citizens Against Censorship and the Louisiana Library Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by Bruce Warfield Hamilton

PEN American Center, Inc., Amicus Curiae, represented by Amer Shahid Ahmed

Penguin Random House LLC, Hachette Book Group, Inc., HarperCollins Publishers LLC, Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC, Simon & Schuster, LLC, Sourcebooks, LLC, and the Authors Guild, Amicus Curiae, represented by Frederick Jay Sperling

The National Coalition Against Censorship and Steven Pico, Amicus Curiae, represented by Peter Blackmer Steffensen

 
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