Age Verification Resources > AV Lawsuit Status
Cases in Progress
Keep track of our challenges to unconstitutional age verification laws
- Texas
- Louisiana
- Utah
Most Recent Update: November 15, 2023 – The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals converted the administrative stay of the preliminary injunction to a merits stay (for more, read our statement about what this means)
Coming Next: Ruling by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals on whether the preliminary injunction may go back into effect
Case History
| Oct 4, 2023 | Hearing re: Texas’ appeal of our preliminary injunction in the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Sep 26, 2023 | The ACLU, CDT, EFF, FIRE, Media Coalition, and TechFreedom filed an amicus brief in support of our case in the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Sep 19, 2023 | The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals granted an administrative stay of the preliminary injunction, allowing the law to take effect. |
| Aug 31, 2023 | The judge ordered a preliminary injunction blocking the Texas law from taking effect! (read our announcement) |
| Aug 23, 2023 | Hearing on our motion for preliminary injunction |
| Aug 8, 2023 | The judge set a hearing date for the preliminary injunction: August 23 |
| Aug 4, 2023 | FSC & co-plaintiffs filed a lawsuit and a motion for preliminary injunction to block the law from taking effect (read our statement) |
Most Recent Update: October 4, 2023 – Hearing on our motion for a preliminary injunction to block the government from enforcing the law
Coming Next: Ruling on whether a preliminary injunction will be granted
Case History
| Oct 18, 2023 | Louisiana filed their response to our lawsuit |
| Oct 4, 2023 | The judge granted the state’s motion to dismiss part of the case |
| Sep 22, 2023 | The judge requested briefing from the state about age verification providers |
| Sep 4, 2023 | Louisiana updated their motion to dismiss the case |
| Jul 10, 2023 | Louisiana filed a motion to dismiss our case |
| Jun 22, 2023 | FSC filed a motion for preliminary injunction to block enforcement of Louisiana’s laws |
| Jun 20, 2023 | FSC & co-plaintiffs filed a lawsuit challenging the law’s constitutionality |
Most Recent Update: November 29, 2023 – Utah filed a response brief to our appeal
Coming Next: The judge will determine whether to request more briefing, hold a hearing, or something else entirely.
Case History
| Sep 27, 2023 | FSC filed an appeal at the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Aug 11, 2023 | FSC notified the court of our intent to appeal the ruling dismissing the case to the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Aug 1, 2023 | The judge granted Utah’s motion to dismiss the case (read our statement) |
| Jun 14, 2023 | Utah filed a motion to dismiss our lawsuit |
| May 31, 2023 | FSC filed a motion for preliminary injunction to block the enforcement of the law |
| May 3, 2023 | FSC & co-plaintiffs filed lawsuit challenging the law’s constitutionality |
Last Updated: November 21, 2023