Petition DENIED.

Reply of petitioner Bethany Austin filed. (Distributed)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.

Brief of respondent State of Illinois in opposition filed.

Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including July 6, 2020. See Rule 30.1.

Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 4, 2020 to July 3, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.

Response Requested. (Due May 4, 2020)

Brief amici curiae of The Cato Institute filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Woodhull Freedom Foundation filed.

Brief amici curiae of First Amendment Lawyers Association and the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project filed.

Letter of petitioner Bethany Austin received.

Letter of Bethany Austin not accepted for filing. (March 20, 2020 - Corrected version to be submitted)

Waiver of right of respondent Illinois to respond filed.

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

Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Bethany Austin.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 20, 2020)

Application (19A777) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until February 14, 2020.

Application (19A777) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 16, 2020 to February 14, 2020, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.

Bethany Austin, Petitioner, represented by Robert Lawrence Corn-Revere

Illinois, Respondent, represented by Michael Marc Glick

State of Illinois, Respondent, represented by Jane Elinor Notz

First Amendment Lawyers Association and the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project, Amicus Curiae, represented by Mark William Bennett

Institute for Justice, Amicus Curiae, represented by Samuel Bracken Gedge

The Cato Institute, Amicus Curiae, represented by Ilya Shapiro

Woodhull Freedom Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Lawrence G. Walters