From Richwine v. Matuszak, decided last week by Chief Judge Holly Brady (N.D. Ind.):
Plaintiff … is a "death doula." Through her business and co-Plaintiff, Death Done Differently LLC …, Richwine speaks with people about a difficult topic, one many people avoid: death and dying. This includes providing individualized advice to clients and their families to plan for death, options for funeral goods and services, and how they would like to be remembered. Defendants—officials of the State of Indiana—ordered Richwine to cease speaking unless she obtains a funeral-director license for herself and a funeral-home license for her business….
Richwine sued under the First Amendment, and the court granted her a preliminary injunction, concluding that she was likely to succeed on the merits:
