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The Firearms Policy Coalition and the Second Amendment Foundation filed a petition for writ of certiorari on Wednesday.
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Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Petition for writ of certiorari granted; writ issued; circuit court's gag order vacated.
—The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 29 May 2025
Read filed a writ of certiorari this week after an appellate court denied her request to have charges of murder and fleeing the scene dropped from her second trial after the first ended with a hung jury last year.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Earlier this month, Skadden attorneys petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari on behalf of the NBA in a case involving the federal Video Privacy Protection Act.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 29 Mar. 2025
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Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Petition for writ of certiorari granted; writ issued; circuit court's gag order vacated.
—The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 29 May 2025
Read filed a writ of certiorari this week after an appellate court denied her request to have charges of murder and fleeing the scene dropped from her second trial after the first ended with a hung jury last year.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Earlier this month, Skadden attorneys petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari on behalf of the NBA in a case involving the federal Video Privacy Protection Act.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 29 Mar. 2025
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“Writ of certiorari.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/writ%20of%20certiorari. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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