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Electronic Arts v. Davis

Petition for certiorari denied on March 21, 2016

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
15-424	9th Cir.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	OT 2015

Issue: Whether the First Amendment protects a speaker against a state-law right-of-publicity claim that challenges the realistic portrayal of a person in an expressive work.

Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
10/05/2015	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 5, 2015)
11/03/2015	Order extending time to file response to petition to and including December 8, 2015.
11/04/2015	Brief amicus curiae of Thomas Jefferson Center for Protection of Free Expression filed.
11/04/2015	Brief amici curiae of 31 Constitutional Law and Intellectual Property Law Professors filed.
11/05/2015	Brief amicus curiae of Entertainment Software Association filed.
11/05/2015	Brief amici curiae of Electronic Frontier Foundation, et al. filed.
12/08/2015	Brief of respondents Michael E. Davis, et al. in opposition filed.
12/21/2015	Reply of petitioner Electronic Arts Inc. filed.
12/22/2015	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 8, 2016.
01/04/2016	Rescheduled.
03/02/2016	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 18, 2016.
03/02/2016	Supplemental brief of petitioner Electronic Arts Inc. filed. (Distributed)
03/21/2016	Petition DENIED.