No. 17-1623
Vide 17-1618
 
Title: Altitude Express, Inc., et al., Petitioners
v.
Melissa Zarda and William Allen Moore, Jr., Co-Independent Executors of the Estate of Donald Zarda
Docketed: June 1, 2018
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
   Case Numbers: (15-3775)
   Decision Date: February 26, 2018
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
May 29 2018 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 2, 2018)
Jun 19 2018 Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 2, 2018 to August 16, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
Jun 21 2018 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 16, 2018.
Jul 02 2018 Brief amici curiae of Public Advocate of the United States, et al. filed.
Aug 16 2018 Brief of respondents Melissa Zarda, et al. in opposition filed.
Sep 04 2018 Reply of petitioners Altitude Express, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)
Sep 05 2018 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
Sep 11 2018 Rescheduled.
Nov 07 2018 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/30/2018.
Nov 26 2018 Rescheduled.
Dec 03 2018 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/7/2018.
Dec 03 2018 Rescheduled.
Dec 20 2018 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/4/2019.
Jan 07 2019 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/11/2019.
Jan 14 2019 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/18/2019.
Feb 04 2019 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/15/2019.
Feb 19 2019 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/22/2019.
Feb 25 2019 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/1/2019.
Mar 11 2019 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/15/2019.
Mar 18 2019 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/22/2019.
Mar 25 2019 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/29/2019.
Apr 08 2019 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/12/2019.
Apr 15 2019 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/18/2019.
Apr 22 2019 Petition GRANTED. The petition for writ of certiorari in No. 17-1618 is granted. The cases are consolidated and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument. VIDED.
Apr 23 2019 Because the Court has consolidated these cases for briefing and oral argument, future filings and activity in the cases will now be reflected on the docket of No. 17-1618. Subsequent filings in these cases must therefore be submitted through the electronic filing system in No. 17-1618. Each document submitted in connection with one or more of these cases must include on its cover the case number and caption for each case in which the filing is intended to be submitted. Where a filing is submitted in fewer than all of the cases, the docket entry will reflect the case number(s) in which the fling is submitted; a document filed in all of the consolidated cases will be noted as “VIDED.”
May 13 2019 Petitioner in No. 17-1618, respondents in No. 17-1623, and respondent Aimee Stephens in No. 18-107 shall file their briefs on the merits, pursuant to Rule 33.1(g)(v), on or before Wednesday, June 26, 2019. Respondent in No. 17-1618, petitioners in No. 17-1623, and petitioner and respondent EEOC in No. 18-107 shall file their briefs on the merits, pursuant to Rule 33.1(g)(vi), on or before Friday, August 16, 2019. Reply briefs, if any, pursuant to Rule 33.1(g)(vii), shall be filed on or before Monday, September 16, 2019. Amicus curiae briefs shall be filed pursuant to Rule 37.3. VIDED.
Jul 01 2019 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, October 8, 2019. VIDED
Aug 01 2019 CIRCULATED
Aug 16 2019 Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 2nd Circuit.
Aug 20 2019 Record received from the U.S.C.A. 2nd Circuit is electronic.
Oct 08 2019 Argued. For petitioner in 17-1618 and respondents in 17-1623: Pamela S. Karlan, Stanford, Cal. For respondent in 17-1618 and petitioners in 17-1623: Jeffrey M. Harris, Arlington, Va.; and Noel J. Francisco, Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) VIDED.
Jun 15 2020 Adjudged to be AFFIRMED (Reversed and remanded in No. 17-1618). Gorsuch, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Alito, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Thomas, J., joined. Kavanaugh, J., filed a dissenting opinion. (Opinion also for No. 18-107). VIDED.
Jul 17 2020 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Jul 31 2020 AMENDED JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Aug 06 2020 SECOND AMENDED JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Saul D. Zabell
Counsel of Record
Zabell & Associates, P.C.
1 Corporate Drive
Suite 103
Bohemia, NY 11716
szabell@laborlawsny.com
Ph: 631-589-7242
Party name: Altitude Express, Inc., et al.


Attorneys for Respondents
Gregory Antollino
Counsel of Record
Suite 904
588 Broadway
New York, NY 10012
gregory10011@icloud.com
Ph: 212-334-7397
Party name: Melissa Zarda, et al.


Other Attorneys
Laura E. B. Lombardi
Counsel of Record
New Hampshire Department of Justice
1 Granite Place, South
Concord, NH 03301
laura.e.lombardi@doj.nh.gov
Ph: 6032713650
Party name: State of New Hampshire


Todd Steven Anten
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP
51 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10010
toddanten@quinnemanuel.com
Ph: (212) 849-7000
Party name: 206 Businesses


Willieta Burlette Carter
George Washington Univ. (Emerita Prof.)
2000 H. St., N.W.
Washington, DC 20052
bcarter@law.gwu.edu
Ph: 2029945155
Party name: W. Burlette Carter


William C. Duncan
420 E. South Temple, Suite 510
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
bill@sifreedom.org
Ph: (801)-355-1272
Party name: Marriage Law Foundation


John Allen Eidsmoe
Foundation for Moral Law
P.O. Box 148
Gallant, AL 35972
eidsmoeja@juno.com
Ph: 3342621245
Party name: Foundation for Moral Law


Suzanne Beth Goldberg
Columbia Law School Sexuality and Gender Law Clini
435 West 116th Street
New York, NY 10027
sgoldberg@columbia.edu
Ph: 212-854-0411
Party name: Women CEOs and Other C-Suite Executives


Lauren Rosenblum Goldman
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
200 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10166
lgoldman@gibsondunn.com
Ph: (212) 351-4000
Party name: Altria Group, Inc.


Lisa Hogan
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
410 17th St. Suite 2200
Denver, CO 80202
lhogan@bhfs.com
Ph: 303-223-1100
Party name: Philosophy Professors


Erica Courtney Lai
Cohen & Gresser LLP
2001 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20006
elai@cohengresser.com
Ph: 2028512073
Party name: National Women's Law Center


C. Thomas Ludden
Lipson Neilson P.C.
3910 Telegraph Road, Suite 200
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302
tludden@lipsonneilson.com
Ph: 248-593-5000
Party name: Advocates for Faith and Freedom


Lindsay Polastri Nako
Impact Fund
125 University Ave., Suite 102
Berkeley, CA 94710-1616
lnako@impactfund.org
Ph: 5108453473
Party name: Impact Fund, National Employment Lawyers Association, Employee Rights Advocacy Institute for Law & Policy, AARP, AIDS Legal Referral Panel, American Association for Access, Equity and Diversity, Bet Tzedek, California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation, Ca


William Jeffrey Olson
William J. Olson, P.C.
370 Maple Ave. W., Suite 4
Vienna, VA 22180
WJO@MINDSPRING.COM
Ph: 7033565070
Party name: Public Advocate of the United States, et al.


Sasha Minh Samberg-Champion
Relman Colfax PLLC
1225 19th St., NW
Suite 600
Washington, DC 20036
ssamberg-champion@relmanlaw.com
Ph: 2027281888
Party name: Employment Discrimination Law Scholars


Mathew D. Staver
109 Second St., NE
Washington, DC 20002
COURT@LC.ORG
Ph: (202) 289-1776
Party name: Liberty Counsel


Jeffrey S. Trachtman
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (US) LLP
1177 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
Jeffrey.Trachtman@hsfkramer.com
Ph: 212 715 9175
Party name: The Presiding Bishop and President of the House of Deputies of the Episcopal Church; United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism; General Synod of the United Church of Christ; The Central Conference of American Rabbis; More than 700 Individual Faith Leaders,