Last Updated: April 29, 2015 at 2:00 PM

Williams-Yulee v. Florida Bar

Case Information

Date Filed: February 9, 2011
State: Florida
Issue: Campaign Finance
Courts that Heard this Case: Florida Supreme Court (Case SC11-265); United States Supreme Court (Case 13-1499)

Issue:

Whether a rule of judicial conduct that prohibits candidates for judicial office from personally soliciting campaign funds violates the First Amendment

Status:

Complaint filed 2/9/2011. Answer filed 3/7/2011. Opinion filed 5/1/2014. Petition for Writ of Cert filed 8/22/14. Reply to Petition filed 8/26/14. Petition granted 10/2/14. Petitioner's brief filed 11/17/14. Petitioner's Reply filed 1/13/14. Argued 1/20/15. Opinion issued 4/29/15.

U.S. Supreme Court Documents

• Williams-Yulee's Petition for Writ of Certioriari (filed 7/17/14)
• Florida Bar's Response to Petition for Writ of Certiorari (filed 8/22/14)
• Williams-Yulee's Reply (filed 8/26/14)
• Petition Granted 10/2/14
• Petitioner's Motion to Dispense with printing Joint Appendix (filed 11/12/14)
• Petitioner's Brief (filed 11/17/14)
• American Civil Liberties Union amici curiae (filed 11/24/14)
• Randolph Wolfson amicus brief (filed 11/24/14)
• The Thomsas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression amicus brief (filed 11/24/14)
• Cameron Blau amicus brief (filed 11/24/14)
• Petitoner's Motion to Dispense with printing Joint Appendix granted (filed 12/1/14)
• Flordia Bar's Brief (filed 12/17/14)
• Amici curiae brief of Free Speech for People (filed 12/19/14)
• Amici curiae brief of Professor Jed Shugerman (filed 12/22/14)
• Amici curiae brief of Professors of Law, Economics, and Political Science (filed 12/23/14)
• Amici curiae brief of Public Citizen, Inc. and Deomocracy 21 (filed 12/23/14)
• Amici curiae brief of Sates of Arizona et al. (filed 12/23/14)
• Amici curiae brief of State and Local Judicial Reform Groups (filed 12/23/14)
• Amicus curiae of Brennan Center for Justice (filed 12/23/14)
• Amicus curiae of The Carter Center (filed 12/23/14)
• Amici curiae brief of Conference of Chief Justices (filed 12/24/14)
• Amici curiae brief of Thomas R. Phillips (filed 12/24/14)
• Amici curiae brief of Major B. Harding (filed 12/24/14)
• Amicus curiae of American Bar Association (filed 12/24/14)
• Amici curiae of Norman Dorsen et al. (filed 12/24/14)
• Petitoner's Reply (filed 1/13/15)
• Argued on 1/20/15
• Opinion (filed 4/29/15)

Florida Supreme Court Documents

• Complaint (filed 2/9/11)
• Answer (filed 3/7/11)
• Opinion (filed 5/1/14)