No. 19-267
 
Title: Our Lady of Guadalupe School, Petitioner
v.
Agnes Morrissey-Berru
Docketed: August 29, 2019
Linked with: 19A80
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
   Case Numbers: (17-56624)
   Decision Date: April 30, 2019
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Jul 18 2019 Application (19A80) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 29, 2019 to August 28, 2019, submitted to Justice Kagan.
Main Document Proof of Service
Jul 19 2019 Application (19A80) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until August 28, 2019.
Aug 28 2019 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 30, 2019)
Sep 11 2019 Brief amicus curiae of The National Catholic Educational Association filed.
Sep 26 2019 Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 30, 2019 to October 18, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
Sep 27 2019 Brief amici curiae of Professors Douglas Laycock, et al. filed.
Sep 27 2019 Brief amici curiae of Church of God in Christ, Inc. and Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America filed. VIDED
Sep 27 2019 Brief amici curiae of State of Alaska, et al. filed.
Sep 30 2019 Brief amici curiae of The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, et al. filed.
Sep 30 2019 Brief amici curiae of Christian Legal Society et al. filed.
Sep 30 2019 Brief amici curiae of General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, et al. filed.
Sep 30 2019 Brief amicus curiae of Stephen Wise Temple filed.
Sep 30 2019 Brief amicus curiae of National Legal Foundation filed.
Oct 01 2019 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 18, 2019.
Oct 17 2019 Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 18, 2019 to October 28, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
Oct 18 2019 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including October 28, 2019.
Oct 28 2019 Brief of respondent Agnes Morrissey-Berru in opposition filed.
Oct 28 2019 Waiver of the 14-day waiting period under 15.5 filed.
Oct 30 2019 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/15/2019.
Nov 01 2019 Reply of petitioner Our Lady of Guadalupe School filed. (Distributed)
Nov 12 2019 Rescheduled.
Nov 26 2019 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/13/2019.
Dec 18 2019 Petition GRANTED. The petition for a writ of certiorari in No. 19-348 is granted. The cases are consolidated, and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument. VIDED.
Dec 18 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. 19-267. Subsequent filings in these cases must therefore be submitted through the electronic filing system in No. 19-267. 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 filing is submitted; a document filed in all of the consolidated cases will be noted as “VIDED.”
Jan 27 2020 Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Our Lady of Guadalupe School. VIDED
Jan 31 2020 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, April 1, 2020. VIDED
Feb 03 2020 Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed.) VIDED
Feb 03 2020 Brief of petitioner Our Lady of Guadalupe School filed. VIDED
Feb 06 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Moral Law filed. VIDED.
Feb 07 2020 Brief amici curiae of The Christian and Missionary Alliance, et al. filed. VIDED.
Feb 07 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Judicial Watch, Inc. filed. VIDED.
Feb 07 2020 Brief amici curiae of COLPA, et al. filed. VIDED.
Feb 07 2020 Brief amici curiae of State of Alaska, et al. filed (in 19-267).
Feb 10 2020 Brief amici curiae of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA, World Vision Inc., Young Life filed. VIDED.
Feb 10 2020 Brief amici curiae of The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, et al. filed. VIDED.
Feb 10 2020 Brief amicus curiae of National Catholic Educational Association filed. VIDED.
Feb 10 2020 Brief amici curiae of Church of God in Christ, Inc. and Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America filed. VIDED.
Feb 10 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Torah Umesorah filed. VIDED.
Feb 10 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Franciscan University of Steubenville filed. VIDED.
Feb 10 2020 Brief amicus curiae of United States Conference of Catholic Bishops filed. VIDED.
Feb 10 2020 Brief amici curiae of General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists and Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty filed. VIDED.
Feb 10 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Asma T. Uddin filed. VIDED.
Feb 10 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Independent Women's Law Center filed. VIDED.
Feb 10 2020 Brief amicus curiae of National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Inc. filed. VIDED.
Feb 10 2020 Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. VIDED.
Feb 10 2020 Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union, et al filed. VIDED.
Feb 10 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Partnership Schools filed. VIDED.
Feb 10 2020 Brief amici curiae of Stephen Wise Temple and Milwaukee Jewish Day School filed. VIDED.
Feb 10 2020 Brief amici curiae of Columbia International University and Sixth Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church filed. VIDED.
Feb 10 2020 Brief amicus curiae of American Center for Law and Justice filed. VIDED.
Feb 10 2020 Brief amicus curiae of The Rutherford Institute filed. VIDED.
Feb 10 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Professor John D. Inazu filed. VIDED.
Feb 10 2020 Brief amici curiae of The Association of Classical Christian Schools, et al., filed. VIDED.
Feb 10 2020 Brief amici curiae of Senator Mike Lee, et al. filed. VIDED.
Feb 10 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence filed. VIDED.
Feb 10 2020 Brief amici curiae of Christian Legal Society, et al. filed. VIDED.
Feb 10 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Ethics and Public Policy Center filed. VIDED.
Feb 10 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Inner Life Fund filed. VIDED.
Feb 10 2020 Brief amici curiae of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, et al. filed. VIDED.
Feb 10 2020 Brief amici curiae of American Jewish Committee and United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism filed. VIDED.
Feb 10 2020 Brief amicus curiae of First Liberty Institute filed. VIDED.
Feb 10 2020 Brief amici curiae of Council for Christian Colleges and Universities and Forty Individual Religious Colleges and Universities filed. VIDED.
Feb 10 2020 Brief amici curiae of Billy Graham Evangelical Association, et al. filed. VIDED.
Feb 10 2020 Brief amici curiae of Professors Douglas Laycock, et al. filed. VIDED.
Feb 10 2020 Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
Feb 19 2020 CIRCULATED
Feb 19 2020 Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit.
Mar 04 2020 Brief of respondents filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
Mar 04 2020 The record of the USCA 9th Circuit is available on Pacer.
Mar 10 2020 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. VIDED.
Mar 10 2020 Brief amici curiae of The Freedom From Religion Foundation, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
Mar 11 2020 Brief amici curiae of Center for Inquiry, Inc., et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
Mar 11 2020 Brief amici curiae of National Women's Law Center, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
Mar 11 2020 Motion of Virginia, et al. for leave to participate in oral argument as amici curiae and for divided argument filed. VIDED.
Mar 11 2020 Brief amici curiae of Virginia, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
Mar 11 2020 Brief amici curiae of National Employment Lawyers Association, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
Mar 11 2020 Brief amici curiae of Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice and Bet Tzedek filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
Mar 11 2020 Brief amici curiae of CHILD USA, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
Mar 16 2020 ORAL ARGUMENT POSTPONED. VIDED.
Mar 23 2020 Motion of Virginia, et al. for leave to participate in oral argument as amici curiae and for divided argument DENIED. VIDED.
Mar 23 2020 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. VIDED.
Apr 03 2020 Reply of petitioners filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
Apr 13 2020 Argument to be rescheduled for May 2020.
Apr 15 2020 RESCHEDULED FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, May 11, 2020. VIDED.
May 11 2020 Argued. For petitioners: Eric C. Rassbach, Washington, D. C.; and Morgan L. Ratner, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.). For respondents: Jeffrey L. Fisher, Menlo Park, Cal. VIDED.
Jul 08 2020 Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Alito, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Thomas, Breyer, Kagan, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Gorsuch, J., joined. Sotomayor, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Ginsburg, J., joined. VIDED.
Aug 10 2020 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Eric Christopher Rassbach
Counsel of Record
The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty
1919 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20006
ERASSBACH@BECKETLAW.ORG
Ph: 2029550095
Party name: Our Lady of Guadalupe School


Attorneys for Respondents
Jennifer Anne Lipski
Counsel of Record
JML Law, A Professional Law Corporation
5855 Topanga Canyon Boulevard, Suite 300
Woodland Hills, CA 91367
jennifer@jmllaw.com
Ph: 818-610-8800
Party name: Agnes Morrissey-Berru


Jeffrey L. Fisher
Stanford Supreme Court Litigation Clinic
559 Nathan Abbott Way
Stanford, CA 94305
jlfisher@law.stanford.edu
Ph: (650) 7254851
Party name: Agnes Morrissey-Berru


Jennifer A. Lipski
JML Law
5855 Topanga Canyon Blvd., Suite 300
Woodland Hills, CA 91367
jennifer@jmllaw.com
Ph: 818-610-8800
Party name: Agnes Morrissey-Berru


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


Bruce N. Cameron
National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation
8001 Braddock Road Ste. 600
Springfield, VA 22160
bnc@nrtw.org
Ph: 703-321-8510
Party name: National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Inc.


Anthony Thomas Caso
Constitutional Counsel Group
1628 N Main St. #289
Salinas, CA 93906
ATCASO@CCG1776.COM
Ph: 916-601-1916
Party name: Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence


Frederick W. Claybrook Jr.
Claybrook, LLC
655 Fifteenth St., NW, Ste. 425
Washington, DC 20005
rick@claybrooklaw.com
Ph: 301-622-0360
Party name: Billy Graham Evangelical Association, et al.


Frederick W. Claybrook Jr.
Claybrook, LLC
655 Fifteenth St., NW, Ste. 425
Washington, DC 20005
rick@claybrooklaw.com
Ph: 301-622-0360
Party name: National Legal Foundation


Paul D. Clement
Clement & Murphy, PLLC
706 Duke Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
PAUL.CLEMENT@CLEMENTMURPHY.COM
Ph: (202) 742-8900
Party name: Stephen Wise Temple


Linda T. Coberly
Winston & Strawn, LLP
35 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60601
LCOBERLY@WINSTON.COM
Ph: 312-558-5600
Party name: Franciscan University of Steubenville


Katherine Elizabeth Demarest
Alaska Department of Law
1031 W. 4th Avenue, Suite 200
Anchorage, AK 99501
kate.demarest@alaska.gov
Ph: (907) 269-5172
Party name: State of Alaska, et al.


Michael David Diederich Jr.
361 Route 210
Stony Point, NY 10980
mike@diederichlaw.com
Ph: 8459420795
Party name: Joanne Fratello


Victoria Dorfman
Jones Day
51 Louisiana Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20001
VDORFMAN@JONESDAY.COM
Ph: 2028793687
Party name: Professors Douglas Laycock, et al.


Thomas William Parker Douglas
Federal Public Defenders of W.D.MI.
50 Louis Street, N.W., Suite 300
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
parkerdouglas66@gmail.com
Ph: 616-742-7420
Party name: The National Catholic Educational Association


Thomas Henderson Dupree Jr.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
1700 M Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
tdupree@gibsondunn.com
Ph: 202-955-8500
Party name: Church of God in Christ, Inc. and Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America


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


Patrick C Elliott
Freedom From Religion Foundation
PO BOX 750
Madison, WI 53701
pelliott@ffrf.org
Ph: 6082568900
Party name: The Freedom From Religion Foundation


John Patrick Elwood
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP
601 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20001
JOHN.ELWOOD@ARNOLDPORTER.COM
Ph: (202) 942-5992
Party name: Partnership Schools


Donald Manwell Falk
Schaerr Jaffe LLP
Four Embarcadero Center
Suite 1400
San Francisco, CA 94111
dfalk@schaerr-jaffe.com
Ph: 415-562-4942
Party name: Independent Women's Law Center


Michael L. Foreman
Penn State Law - Civil Rights Appellate Clinic
329 Innovation Blvd., Suite 118
University Park, PA 16802
MLF25@PSU.EDU
Ph: 814-865-3832
Party name: National Employment Lawyers Association et. al.


Leslie Carol Griffin
University of Nevada, Las Vegas William S. Boyd Sc
4505 S. Maryland Parkway Box 451003
Las Vegas, NV 89154-1003
leslie.griffin@unlv.edu
Ph: (713) 301-3105
Party name: CHILD USA et al.


Richard Shawn Gunnarson
Kirton McConkie
Key Bank Tower
36 South State Street, Suite 1900
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
SGUNNARSON@KMCLAW.COM
Ph: 801-328-3600
Party name: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, et al.


Sarah Michelle Harris
Williams & Connolly LLP
680 Maine Avenue SW
Washington, DC 20024
SHARRIS@WC.COM
Ph: 202-434-5599
Party name: The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, et al.


Toby Jay Heytens
Office of the Attorney General
202 North Ninth Street
Richmond, VA 23219
SolicitorGeneral@oag.state.va.us
Ph: (804) 786-7240
Party name: Virginia, et al.


James L. Hirsen
505 S. Villa Real
Suite 101
Anaheim, CA 92807
james@jameshirsen.com
Ph: (714) 283-8880
Party name: Inner Life Fund


Steffen Nathanael Johnson
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
1700 K Street, NW, Fifth Floor
Washington, DC 20006
SJOHNSON@WSGR.COM
Ph:
Party name: InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA, World Vision Inc., Young Life


Daniel Patrick Kearney Jr.
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP
1875 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20006
Daniel.Kearney@wilmerhale.com
Ph: 202-663-6000
Party name: Asma T. Uddin


Stuart J. Lark
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
90 South Cascade Avenue
Suite 1500
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
slark@taftlaw.com
Ph: 719-475-2440
Party name: The Christian and Missionary Alliance, et al.


Nathan Lewin
Lewin & Lewin, LLP
888 17th St. NW, 4th Floor
Washington, DC 20006
nat@lewinlewin.com
Ph: 2028281000
Party name: COLPA, et al.


Eric D. McArthur
Sidley Austin LLP
1501 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20005
emcarthur@sidley.com
Ph: (202) 736-8018
Party name: General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists and Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty


Michael Hugh McGinley
Dechert LLP
1900 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
michael.mcginley@dechert.com
Ph: 202-261-3378
Party name: American Jewish Committee and United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism


Matthew T. Nelson
Warner Norcross + Judd LLP
150 Ottawa Avenue NW, Suite 1500
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
MNELSON@WNJ.COM
Ph: (616) 752-2000
Party name: Ethics and Public Policy Center


Jesse Michael Panuccio
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP
401 E. Las Olas Blvd.
Ste. 1200
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
jpanuccio@bsfllp.com
Ph: 954-356-0011
Party name: Senator Mike Lee, et al.


Zachary Guy Parks
Covington & Burling LLP
850 Tenth St. NW
Washington, DC 20001
ZPARKS@COV.COM
Ph: 2026626000
Party name: Professor John D. Inazu


James Forrest Peterson
Judicial Watch, Inc.
425 Third Street, SW
Suite 800
Washington, DC 20024
jpeterson@judicialwatch.org
Ph: 2026465175
Party name: Judicial Watch, Inc.


Christian Mark Poland
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP
161 N. Clark St., Suite 3400
Chicago, IL 60601
CHRISTIAN.POLAND@BCLPLAW.COM
Ph: (312) 602-5085
Party name: Columbia International University and Sixth Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church


Kevin K. Russell
Russell & Woofter LLC
1701 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Suite 200
Washington, DC 20006
krussell@russellwoofter.com
Ph: 2022408433
Party name: National Women's Law Center et al.


Gene Clayton Schaerr
Schaerr | Jaffe
1717 K Street NW, Suite 900
Washington, DC 20006
GSCHAERR@SCHAERR-JAFFE.COM
Ph: 202-787-1060
Party name: Council for Christian Colleges and Universities and Forty Individual Religious Colleges and Universities


Jay Alan Sekulow
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 and Justice


Kelly J. Shackelford
First Liberty Institute
2001 W Piano Pkwy
Suite 1600
Plano, TX 75075
kshackelford@firstliberty.org
Ph: 972-941-4444
Party name: First Liberty Institute


Reed Neal Smith
Tennessee Attorney General
PO Box 20207
Nashville, TN 37202
reed.smith@ag.tn.gov
Ph: 6157419593
Party name: Christian Legal Society et al.


James A. Sonne
Religious Liberty Clinic, Stanford Law School
559 Nathan Abbott Way
Stanford, CA 94305-8610
jsonne@law.stanford.edu
Ph: 650-723-1422
Party name: National Catholic Educational Association


Aaron Michael Streett
Baker Botts, L.L.P.
910 Louisiana Street
Houston, TX 77002
AARON.STREETT@BAKERBOTTS.COM
Ph: 7132291234
Party name: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops


Edward Z. Tabash
1500 West Olympic Blvd Suite 400
Los Angeles, CA 90064
ETABASH@CENTERFORINQUIRY.ORG
Ph: (310) 279-5120
Party name: Center for Inquiry


Igor Victor Timofeyev
Paul Hasstings LLP
2050 M Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
igortimofeyev@paulhastings.com
Ph: (202) 551-1700
Party name: Torah Umesorah


Misha Tseytlin
Troutman Pepper Locke LLP
111 South Wacker Drive
Suite 4100
Chicago, IL 60606
MISHA.TSEYTLIN@TROUTMAN.COM
Ph: 608-999-1240
Party name: The Association of Classical Christian Schools, et al.,


Jeffrey B. Wall
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
1700 New York Ave NW
Suite 700
Washington, DC 20006
wallj@sullcrom.com
Ph: (202) 956-7660
Party name: United States


Heather Lynn Weaver
Americans United for Separation of Church and Stat
915 15th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
hweaver@aclu.org
Ph: 202-675-2330
Party name: American Civil Liberties Union, et al


John W. Whitehead
The Rutherford Institute
109 Deerwood Road
Charlottesville, VA 22911
legal@rutherford.org
Ph: 4349783888
Party name: The Rutherford Institute


Ryan Hung-Hsi Wu
Capstone Law APC
1875 Century Park East, Suite 1000
Los Angeles, CA 90067
ryan.wu@capstonelawyers.com
Ph: 310 556-4811
Party name: Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice and Bet Tzedek