Judgment and mandate issued.

Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Kagan, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Alito, Kavanaugh, and Jackson, JJ., joined. Sotomayor, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment, in which Gorsuch, J., joined as to Parts I, II, III–A, and III–B. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion. Barrett, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Thomas, J., joined.

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

Reply of petitioner Billy Raymond Counterman filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Coles Whalen filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of the United States filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of First Amendment Scholars, Evelyn Douek, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of First Amendment Scholars, Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, et al. filed. (Distributed)

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

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

Brief amici curiae of National Family Violence Law Center; et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Criminal Justice Legal Foundation filed. (Distributed)

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

CIRCULATED

Brief amicus curiae of Jack Jordan in support of neither party filed.

Amicus brief of American Civil Liberties Union, et al. In Support of Petitioner. not accepted for filing (Corrected version to be submitted--March 03, 2023).

Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union, et al. filed (Mar. 8, 2023).

Brief amici curiae of Southwestern law student Elena Cordonean, et al. filed.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/13/2023.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/9/2022.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/2/2022.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/18/2022.

Reply of petitioner Billy Raymond Counterman filed.

Brief of respondent Colorado in opposition filed.

Brief amicus curiae of The Rutherford Institute filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed.

Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 12, 2022.

Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 12, 2022 to October 12, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 12, 2022)

Application (21A873) granted by Justice Gorsuch extending the time to file until August 9, 2022.

Application (21A873) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 10, 2022 to September 8, 2022, submitted to Justice Gorsuch.

Billy Raymond Counterman, Petitioner, represented by John Patrick Elwood

Cato Institute, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jay Remington Schweikert

Coles Whalen, Amicus Curiae, represented by Allyson Ho

Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, Professor Danielle Citron, Professor Michael C. Dorf, Professor Mary Anne Franks, Professor Eric J. Segall, Professor Cristina Tilley, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jeffrey A. Mandell

First Amendment Scholars, Amicus Curiae, represented by Charlotte Hemenway Taylor

Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and National Women's Law Center, Amicus Curiae, represented by David Ryan Brody

Legal Momentum et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Mary-Christine Sungaila

National Family Violence Law Center; Domestic Violence Legal Empowerment and Appeals Project, Amicus Curiae, represented by David B. Salmons

State of Illinois, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jane Elinor Notz

State of Illinois, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Priyanka Gupta

The Rutherford Institute, Amicus Curiae, represented by John W. Whitehead

United States, Amicus Curiae, represented by Elizabeth B. Prelogar