SISTRUNK SEEDS v. TRUMP: The Docket

 

Complaint, Sistrunk Seeds Inc. v. Donald J. Trump in his official capacity, Civ. A. No. 1:26-cv-23365-RAR-LFL (S.D. Fla. filed May 13, 2026) (filed by the Constitutional Accountability Center), ECF No. 1, 2026 WL 1351543, <https://www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/sistrunk-seeds-v-trump/>; [Tillman’s comment: There is no request for a preliminary injunction or any expedited briefing schedule.]

Memorandum of Law in Support of Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss at 17, Sistrunk Seeds Inc. v. Donald J. Trump in his official capacity, Civ. A. No. 1:26-cv-23365-RAR-LFL (S.D. Fla. brief filed: Aug. 11, 2026) (filed by U.S. DOJ) (citing Tillman’s ‘Trump’s “Emoluments” Problem’ in ‘Harv. J.L. & Pub. Pol’y’), ECF No. 37, 2026 WL 2366865; 

State Defendants’ and the Donald J. Trump Presidential Library Foundation’s Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs’ Complaint at 22, Sistrunk Seeds Inc. v. Donald J. Trump in his official capacity, Civ. A. No. 1:26-cv-23365-RAR-LFL (S.D. Fla. brief filed: Aug. 11, 2026) (filed by the Attorney General and Solicitor General of Florida) (citing: [i] Tillman’s ‘Trump’s “Emoluments” Problem’ in ‘Harv. J.L. & Pub. Pol’y’; and, [ii] Blackman & Tillman’s ‘Domestic Emoluments Clause’ entry in ‘Heritage Guide 3d’), ECF No. 38, 2026 WL 2366866; 

Brief of Professor Seth Barrett Tillman and Landmark Legal Foundation as Amici Curiae in Support of Defendants, Sistrunk Seeds Inc. v. Donald J. Trump in his official capacity, Civ. A. No. 1:26-cv-23365-RAR-LFL (S.D. Fla. brief filed Aug. 13, 2026) (filed by local counsel: Michael Adam Sasso, Esq) (Rodolfo A. Ruiz II, District Judge), ECF No. 41, 2026 WL 2367429; 

Plaintiffs’ Consolidated Response in Opposition to Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss, Sistrunk Seeds Inc. v. Donald J. Trump in his official capacity, Civ. A. No. 1:26-cv-23365-RAR-LFL (S.D. Fla. brief filed Sept. 15, 2026) (Rodolfo A. Ruiz II, District Judge), ECF No. 68, 2026 WL 2748725, <https://www.theusconstitution.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/68-Pls-Consolidated-Opp-to-MTDs.pdf>; 

Brief Amicus Curiae of Corey J. Biazzo, Esq. in Support of Plaintiffs’ Opposition to Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss, Sistrunk Seeds Inc. v. Donald J. Trump in his official capacity, Civ. A. No. 1:26-cv-23365-RAR-LFL (S.D. Fla. brief filed Sept. 14, 2026) (Rodolfo A. Ruiz II, District Judge), ECF No. 63, 2026 WL 2748722, <>; 

Reply in Support of the President’s Motion to Dismiss, Sistrunk Seeds Inc. v. Donald J. Trump in his official capacity, Civ. A. No. 1:26-cv-23365-RAR-LFL (S.D. Fla. brief filed: Oct. 1, 2026) (filed by U.S. DOJ), ECF No. 73, 2026 WL -------; 

State Defendants’ and the Donald J. Trump Presidential Library Foundation’s Reply in Support of Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss, Sistrunk Seeds Inc. v. Donald J. Trump in his official capacity, Civ. A. No. 1:26-cv-23365-RAR-LFL (S.D. Fla. brief filed: Oct. 1, 2026) (filed by the Attorney General and Solicitor General of Florida), ECF No. 74, 2026 WL -------; 

Update: October 1, 2026: briefing is now complete. We are waiting for a date and time to be set for oral argument on Defendants' motion to dismiss--assuming such an argument will be held. 

Seth Barrett Tillman, ‘SISTRUNK SEEDS v. TRUMP: The Docket,’ New Reform Club (Aug. 17, 2026, 4:33 AM), <https://reformclub.blogspot.com/2026/08/sistrunk-seeds-v-trump-docket.html>;