| No. 19-71 | |
| Title: | FNU Tanzin, et al., Petitioners v. Muhammad Tanvir, et al. |
| Docketed: | July 12, 2019 |
| Linked with 18A1135 | |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (16-1176) |
| Decision Date: | June 25, 2018 |
| Rehearing Denied: | February 14, 2019 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| May 03 2019 | Application (18A1135) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 15, 2019 to June 14, 2019, submitted to Justice Ginsburg. |
| Main DocumentLower Court Orders/OpinionsProof of Service | |
| May 08 2019 | Application (18A1135) granted by Justice Ginsburg extending the time to file until June 14, 2019. |
| Jun 03 2019 | Application (18A1135) to extend further the time from June 14, 2019 to July 14, 2019, submitted to Justice Ginsburg. |
| Written RequestProof of Service | |
| Jun 04 2019 | Application (18A1135) granted by Justice Ginsburg extending the time to file until July 14, 2019. |
| Jul 12 2019 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 12, 2019) |
| PetitionProof of Service | |
| Jul 25 2019 | Motion of Muhammad Tanvir, et al. for an extension of time not accepted for filing. (July 26, 2019 -- Corrected version to be submitted) |
| Jul 29 2019 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 12, 2019 to October 11, 2019, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Main DocumentProof of Service | |
| Aug 02 2019 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 11, 2019. |
| Oct 11 2019 | Brief of respondents Muhammad Tanvir, et al. in opposition filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Oct 30 2019 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/15/2019. |
| Oct 30 2019 | Reply of petitioners FNU Tanzin, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Certificate of Word CountMain Document | |
| Nov 18 2019 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/22/2019. |
| Nov 22 2019 | Petition GRANTED. |
| Dec 18 2019 | Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioners FNU Tanzin, et al. |
| Proof of ServiceMain Document | |
| Jan 06 2020 | Brief of petitioners FNU Tanzin, et al. filed. |
| Proof of ServiceMain Document | |
| Jan 13 2020 | Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioners GRANTED. |
| Jan 13 2020 | Brief amici curiae of American Atheists, Center for Inquiry, et al. filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Jan 13 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Freedom From Religion Foundation, et al. in support of neither party filed. |
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| Jan 28 2020 | Blanket Consent filed by Respondents, Muhammad Tanvir, et al. |
| Blanket Consent | |
| Jan 31 2020 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, March 24, 2020. |
| Feb 05 2020 | Brief of respondents Muhammad Tanvir, et al. filed. |
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| Feb 12 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of The Sikh Coalition filed. |
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| Feb 12 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Jeffrey D. Kahn filed. |
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| Feb 12 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee filed. |
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| Feb 12 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of The Rutherford Institute filed. |
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| Feb 12 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Statutory Interpretation Scholars filed. |
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| Feb 12 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty filed. |
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| Feb 12 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Religious and Civil-Rights Organizations filed. |
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| Feb 12 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists filed. |
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| Feb 12 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Muslim Advocates filed. |
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| Feb 12 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Institute for Justice filed. |
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| Feb 12 2020 | Brief amici curiae of 67 Religious Organizations filed. |
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| Feb 12 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Fourteen Religious-Liberty Scholars, et al. filed. |
| Proof of ServiceMain DocumentCertificate of Word Count | |
| Feb 12 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Religious Organizations, Public Speakers and Scholars filed. |
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| Feb 19 2020 | Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 2nd Circuit. |
| Feb 19 2020 | CIRCULATED |
| Feb 20 2020 | Record from the USCA 2nd Circuit received electronically. |
| Mar 06 2020 | Reply of petitioners FNU Tanzin, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Main DocumentProof of Service | |
| Mar 16 2020 | ORAL ARGUMENT POSTPONED. |
| Apr 13 2020 | Argument to be rescheduled for the October Term 2020. |
| Jul 13 2020 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, October 6, 2020. |
| Oct 06 2020 | Argued. For petitioners: Edwin S. Kneedler, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondents: Ramzi Kassem, Long Island City, N. Y. |
| Dec 10 2020 | Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Thomas, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which all other Members joined, except Barrett, J., who took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. |
| Jan 11 2021 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioners | ||
| Jeffrey B. Wall Counsel of Record | Acting Solicitor General United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530-0001 SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov | 202-514-2217 |
| Party name: FNU Tanzin, et al. | ||
| Attorneys for Respondents | ||
| Ramzi Kassem Counsel of Record | City University of New York School of Law Main Street Legal Services, Inc. 2 Court Square Long Island City, NY 11101 ramzi.kassem@law.cuny.edu | 7183404558 |
| Party name: Muhammad Tanvir, et al. | ||
| Other | ||
| Anna Aleksandrovna Bidwell Counsel of Record | Institute for Justice 816 Congress Avenue Suite 960 Austin, TX 78701 abidwell@ij.org | 5124805936 |
| Party name: Institute for Justice | ||
| Geoffrey Thomas Blackwell Counsel of Record | American Atheists, Inc. 718 7th St. NW Washington, DC 20001 gblackwell@atheists.org | 9086038787 |
| Party name: American Atheists, Center for Inquiry, Ex-Muslims of North America, and Black Nonbelievers | ||
| Matthew William Callahan Counsel of Record | Muslim Advocates P.O. Box 34440 Washington, DC 20043 matthew@muslimadvocates.org | 202-897-1892 |
| Party name: Muslim Advocates | ||
| Patrick C Elliott Counsel of Record | Freedom From Religion Foundation 10 N. Henry St. Madison, WI 53701 pelliott@ffrf.org | 6082568900 |
| Party name: Freedom From Religion Foundation and American Humanist Association | ||
| Richard Brian Katskee Counsel of Record | Americans United for Separation of Church and State 1310 L Street NW, Suite 200 Washington, DC 20005 katskee@au.org | 202-466-3234 |
| Party name: Religious and Civil-Rights Organizations | ||
| Harold Douglas Laycock Counsel of Record | Michigan State University College of Law 648 N. Shaw Lane East Lansing, MI 48824 DLAYCOCK@VIRGINIA.EDU | 512-656-1789 |
| Party name: Fourteen Religious-Liberty Scholars et al. | ||
| Michael J. Lockerby Counsel of Record | Foley & Lardner LLP 3000 K Street, N.W., Suite 600 Washington Harbour Washington, DC 20007 mlockerby@foley.com | 202-945-6079 |
| Party name: The Rutherford Institute | ||
| Adeel Abdullah Mangi Counsel of Record | Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP 1133 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036 aamangi@pbwt.com | (212) 36-2000 |
| Party name: 67 RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS | ||
| Alan Evan Schoenfeld Counsel of Record | Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale and Dorr, LLP 7 World Trade Center, 250 World Trade Center New York, NY 10007 alan.schoenfeld@wilmerhale.com | (212) 937-7518 |
| Party name: Statutory Interpretation Scholars | ||
| Kelly J. Shackelford Counsel of Record | First Liberty Institute 2001 W Piano Pkwy Suite 1600 Plano, TX 75075 kshackelford@firstliberty.org | 972-941-4444 |
| Party name: Religious Organizations, Public Speakers and Scholars | ||
| James A. Sonne Counsel of Record | Religious Liberty Clinic, Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way Stanford, CA 94305-8610 jsonne@law.stanford.edu | 650-723-1422 |
| Party name: The Sikh Coalition | ||
| Gordon Dwyer Todd Counsel of Record | Sidley Austin LLP 1501 K Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20005 gtodd@sidley.com | (202) 736-8000 |
| Party name: General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists | ||
| Andrew Timothy Tutt Counsel of Record | Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer 601 Massachusetts Ave. NW Washington, DC 20001 andrew.tutt@arnoldporter.com | 9196995905 |
| Party name: Jeffrey D. Kahn | ||
| Lori Halstead Windham Counsel of Record | The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty 1200 New Hampshire Ave., NW Suite 700 Washington, DC 20036 lwindham@becketlaw.org | 202-955-0095 |
| Party name: The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty | ||
| Christopher J. Wright Counsel of Record | Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis LLP 1919 M Street, NW, Fl. 8 Washington, DC 20036 cwright@hwglaw.com | 2023331325 |
| Party name: American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee | ||