Texas’ controversial drone law case could be headed to Supreme Court

The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to decide within the next several months whether to hear the appeal of a decision to uphold a Texas law that severely restricts the use of drones by photojournalists and others.

Plaintiffs in the case of National Press Photographers Association vs Higgins have filed a Petition for a Writ of Certiorari, seeking to appeal a 5th Circuit Court decision to reverse a lower court’s ruling overturning the state law, on grounds that it violated the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The High Court will decide as to whether or not to take up the issue of the appeal at a conference in September or October, Mickey Osterreicher, an attorney for the NPPA told DroneLife.

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