No. 18-18
Vide 17-1717
 
Title: Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, Petitioner
v.
American Humanist Association, et al.
Docketed: July 3, 2018
Linked with: 17A1175
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
   Case Numbers: (15-2597)
   Decision Date: October 18, 2017
   Rehearing Denied: March 1, 2018
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Apr 24 2018 Application (17A1175) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 30, 2018 to June 29, 2018, submitted to The Chief Justice.
Main Document
May 09 2018 Application (17A1175) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until June 29, 2018.
Jun 29 2018 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 2, 2018)
Jul 12 2018 Blanket Consent filed by Respondents, The American Legion, The American Legion Department of Maryland, and The American Legion Colmar Manor Post 131.
Jul 13 2018 Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission.
Jul 25 2018 Brief amicus curiae of American Center for Law & Justice filed. VIDED.
Jul 26 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Military Order of the Purple Heart filed. VIDED.
Jul 27 2018 Brief amicus curiae of The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty filed. VIDED.(Corrected brief to be resubmitted)
Jul 27 2018 Brief amici curiae of Retired Generals and Flag Officers filed. VIDED.
Jul 27 2018 Brief amici curiae of Major General Patrick Brady and Veterans Groups Erecting and Maintaining War Memorials filed. VIDED.
Jul 27 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty filed. VIDED.
Jul 27 2018 Brief amicus curiae of The Islam and Religious Freedom Action Team of the Religious Freedom Institute filed. VIDED
Jul 27 2018 Brief amicus curiae of International Municipal Lawyers Association filed. VIDED.
Jul 27 2018 Brief amici curiae of 109 United States Senators and Members of the United States House of Representatives filed. VIDED.
Jul 27 2018 Brief amici curiae of State of West Virginia, 27 Other States & the Governor of Kentucky filed. VIDED.
Jul 27 2018 Brief amici curiae of Maryland Elected Officials filed. VIDED
Jul 27 2018 Brief amici curiae of Medal of Honor Recipients filed. VIDED.
Jul 27 2018 Brief amici curiae of Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, et al. filed. VIDED.
Jul 27 2018 Brief amicus curiae of The Town of Taos, New Mexico filed. VIDED.
Jul 27 2018 Corrected brief amici curiae of The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty filed. VIDED.
Aug 01 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Moral Law filed.
Aug 02 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Prince George's County, Maryland filed.
Aug 02 2018 Brief amicus curiae of The Rutherford Institute filed.
Aug 02 2018 Brief of respondents American Humanist Association, et al. in opposition filed.
Aug 02 2018 Brief amicus curiae of State of Maryland filed.
Aug 02 2018 Brief amici curiae of Veterans in Defense of Liberty, et al. filed.
Aug 21 2018 Reply of petitioner Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission filed.
Aug 22 2018 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
Oct 01 2018 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/5/2018.
Oct 09 2018 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/12/2018.
Oct 22 2018 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/26/2018.
Oct 29 2018 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/2/2018.
Nov 02 2018 Petition GRANTED. The petition for a writ of certiorari in No. 17-1717 is granted. The cases are consolidated and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument. VIDED.
Nov 02 2018 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. 17-1717. Subsequent filings in these cases must therefore be submitted through the electronic filing system in No. 17-1717. 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 flings is submitted; a document filed in all of the consolidated cases will be noted as “VIDED.”
Dec 21 2018 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, February 27, 2019. VIDED.
Jan 11 2019 Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 4th Circuit.
Jan 15 2019 CIRCULATED
Feb 27 2019 Argued. For petitioner in 18-18: Neal K. Katyal, Washington, D. C. For petitioners in 17-1717: Michael A. Carvin, Washington, D. C. For United States, as amicus curiae, supporting petitioners: Jeffrey B. Wall, Acting Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondents: Monica L. Miller, Washington, D. C. VIDED.
Jun 20 2019 Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Alito, J., announced the judgment of the Court and delivered the opinion of the Court with respect to Parts I, II–B, II–C, III, and IV, in which Roberts, C. J., and Breyer, Kagan, and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined, and an opinion with respect to Parts II–A and II–D, in which Roberts, C. J., and Breyer and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined. Breyer, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Kagan, J., joined. Kavanaugh, J., filed a concurring opinion. Kagan, J., filed an opinion concurring in part. Thomas, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment. Gorsuch, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which Thomas, J., joined. Ginsburg, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Sotomayor, J., joined. VIDED.
Jul 22 2019 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Neal Kumar Katyal
Counsel of Record
Milbank LLP
1850 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
nkatyal@milbank.com
Ph: 202-835-7505
Party name: Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission


Attorneys for Respondents
Michael A. Carvin
Counsel of Record
Jones Day
51 Louisiana Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC 20001
macarvin@jonesday.com
Ph: (202) 879-7643
Party name: The American Legion, The American Legion Department of Maryland, and The American Legion Colmar Manor Post 131


Monica Lynn Miller
Counsel of Record
American Humanist Association
1821 Jefferson Place NW
Washington, DC 20036
mmiller@americanhumanist.org
Ph: 2022389088
Party name: American Humanist Association, et al.


Other Attorneys
Frederick W. Claybrook Jr.
Counsel of Record
Claybrook, LLC
655 Fifteenth St., NW, Ste. 425
Washington, DC 20005
rick@claybrooklaw.com
Ph: 301-622-0360
Party name: Veterans in Defense of Liberty, et al.


Paul D. Clement
Counsel of Record
Clement & Murphy, PLLC
706 Duke Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
PAUL.CLEMENT@CLEMENTMURPHY.COM
Ph: (202) 742-8900
Party name: Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, et al.


Miles Edward Coleman
Counsel of Record
2 West Washington Street
Suite 400
Greenville, SC 29601
miles.coleman@nelsonmullins.com
Ph: 8643732352
Party name: The Islam and Religious Freedom Action Team of the Religious Freedom Institute


Charles Justin Cooper
Counsel of Record
Cooper & Kirk, PLLC
1523 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
ccooper@cooperkirk.com
Ph: 202-220-9600
Party name: 109 United States Senators and Members of the United States House of Representatives


David Andrew Cortman
Counsel of Record
Alliance Defending Freedom
440 First Street NW Suite 600
Washington, DC 20001
dcortman@adflegal.org
Ph: 202-347-3622
Party name: Major General Patrick Brady and Veterans Groups Erecting and Maintaining War Memorials


Matthew James Dowd
Counsel of Record
Dowd Scheffel PLLC
1717 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Suite 1025
Washington, DC 20006
mdowd@dowdscheffel.com
Ph: 202-559-9175
Party name: Military Order of the Purple Heart


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


Noel John Francisco
Counsel of Record
Jones Day
51 Louisiana Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001
NJFRANCISCO@JONESDAY.COM
Ph: (202) 879-3939
Party name: USA


Luke W. Goodrich
Counsel of Record
The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty
1919 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20006
lgoodrich@becketlaw.org
Ph: 2029550095
Party name: The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty


Jeffrey Matthew Harris
Counsel of Record
Consovoy McCarthy PLLC
1600 Wilson Blvd.
Suite 700
Arlington, VA 22209
JEFF@CONSOVOYMCCARTHY.COM
Ph: (703) 243-9423
Party name: Maryland Elected Officials


Daniel Patrick Kearney Jr.
Counsel of Record
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP
1875 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20006
Daniel.Kearney@wilmerhale.com
Ph: 202-663-6000
Party name: Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty


Michael J. Lockerby
Counsel of Record
Foley & Lardner LLP
3000 K Street, N.W., Suite 600
951 East Byrd Street
Washington, DC 20007
mlockerby@foley.com
Ph: 202-945-6079
Party name: The Rutherford Institute


Milton Eugene McIver
Counsel of Record
Prince George's County Office of Law
1301 McCormick Drive, Suite 4100
Largo, MD 20774
memciver@co.pg.md.us
Ph: 301-952-5888
Party name: Prince George's County, Maryland


Brian Himanshu Pandya
Counsel of Record
Duane Morris LLP
901 New York Ave NW
Suite 700-East
Washington, DC 20001
BHPandya@duanemorris.com
Ph: (202) 776-7800
Party name: Medal of Honor Recipients


William Perry Pendley
Counsel of Record
Mountain States Legal Foundation
2596 S. Lewis Way
Lakewook, CO 80227
wppendley@mountainstateslegal.com
Ph: 303-292-2021
Party name: The Town of Taos, New Mexico


Lindsay Sara See
Counsel of Record
Office of the West Virginia Attorney General
State Capitol Complex Building 1, Room E-26
Charleston, WV 25305
LINDSAY.S.SEE@WVAGO.GOV
Ph: 3045582021
Party name: State of West Virginia, 27 Other States & the Governor of Kentucky


Jay Alan Sekulow
Counsel of Record
American Center for Law and Justice
201 Maryland Avenue, N.E.
Washington, DC 20002
sekulow@aclj.org
Ph: 2025468890
Party name: American Center for Law & Justice


Aaron Michael Streett
Counsel of Record
Baker Botts, L.L.P.
910 Louisiana Street
Houston, TX 77002
AARON.STREETT@BAKERBOTTS.COM
Ph: 7132291234
Party name: Retired Generals and Flag Officers


Paul J. Zidlicky
Counsel of Record
Sidley Austin LLP
1501 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
pzidlicky@sidley.com
Ph: 202-736-8000
Party name: International Municipal Lawyers Association


Julia Doyle
Office of the Attorney General
200 Saint Paul Place, 20th Floor
Baltimore, MD 21202
jdoyle@oag.state.md.us
Ph: (410) 576-7291
Party name: State of Maryland


John Robert Grimm
Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis, LLP
1919 M Street NW 8th Floor
Washington, DC 20036
jgrimm@hwglaw.com
Ph: 202-796-0590
Party name: State of Maryland


Richard Brian Katskee
Americans United for Separation of Church and Stat
1310 L Street, N.W. Suite 200
Washington, DC 20005
katskee@au.org
Ph: 2024663234
Party name: Religious and Civil-Rights Organizations


Nathan Lewin
Lewin & Lewin, LLP
888 17th St. NW, 4th Floor
Washington, DC 20006
nat@lewinlewin.com
Ph: 2028281000
Party name: THE NATIONAL JEWISH COMMISSION ON LAW AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS


Thomas Ryan McCarthy
Consovoy McCarthy PLLC
1600 Wilson Boulevard
Suite 700
Arlington, VA 22209
TOM@CONSOVOYMCCARTHY.COM
Ph: (703) 243-9423
Party name: MARYLAND ELECTED OFFICIALS AND PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY