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
 
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 Document Lower Court Orders/Opinions Proof 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 Request Proof 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)
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.
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.
Oct 30 2019 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/15/2019.
Oct 30 2019 Reply of petitioners FNU Tanzin, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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.
Jan 06 2020 Brief of petitioners FNU Tanzin, et al. filed.
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.
Jan 13 2020 Brief amici curiae of Freedom From Religion Foundation, et al. in support of neither party filed.
Jan 28 2020 Blanket Consent filed by Respondents, Muhammad Tanvir, et al.
Jan 31 2020 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, March 24, 2020.
Feb 05 2020 Brief of respondents Muhammad Tanvir, et al. filed.
Feb 12 2020 Brief amicus curiae of The Sikh Coalition filed.
Feb 12 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Jeffrey D. Kahn filed.
Feb 12 2020 Brief amicus curiae of American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee filed.
Feb 12 2020 Brief amicus curiae of The Rutherford Institute filed.
Feb 12 2020 Brief amici curiae of Statutory Interpretation Scholars filed.
Feb 12 2020 Brief amicus curiae of The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty filed.
Feb 12 2020 Brief amici curiae of Religious and Civil-Rights Organizations filed.
Feb 12 2020 Brief amicus curiae of General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists filed.
Feb 12 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Muslim Advocates filed.
Feb 12 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Institute for Justice filed.
Feb 12 2020 Brief amici curiae of 67 Religious Organizations filed.
Feb 12 2020 Brief amici curiae of Fourteen Religious-Liberty Scholars, et al. filed.
Feb 12 2020 Brief amici curiae of Religious Organizations, Public Speakers and Scholars filed.
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)
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.
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Jeffrey B. Wall
Counsel of Record
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
1700 New York Ave NW
Suite 700
Washington, DC 20006
wallj@sullcrom.com
Ph: (202) 956-7660
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
Ph: 7183404558
Party name: Muhammad Tanvir, et al.


Other Attorneys
Anna Aleksandrovna Bidwell
Institute for Justice
901 N. Glebe Rd.
Suite 900
Arlington, VA 22203
ABIDWELL@IJ.ORG
Ph: 7036829320
Party name: Institute for Justice


Geoffrey Thomas Blackwell
American Atheists, Inc.
PO Box 58637
Philadelphia, PA 19102
LEGAL@ATHEISTS.ORG
Ph: (908) 276-7300
Party name: American Atheists, Center for Inquiry, Ex-Muslims of North America, and Black Nonbelievers


Matthew William Callahan
Muslim Advocates
P.O. Box 34440
Washington, DC 20043
matthew@muslimadvocates.org
Ph: 202-897-1892
Party name: Muslim Advocates


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


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


Harold Douglas Laycock
University of Texas Law School
727 E. Dean Keeton St.
Austin, TX 78705
dlaycock@law.utexas.edu
Ph: 512-475-9090
Party name: Fourteen Religious-Liberty Scholars et al.


Michael J. Lockerby
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


Adeel Abdullah Mangi
Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP
1133 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
aamangi@pbwt.com
Ph: (212) 36-2000
Party name: 67 RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS


Alan Evan Schoenfeld
Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale and Dorr, LLP
7 World Trade Center
250 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10007
alan.schoenfeld@wilmerhale.com
Ph: (212) 230-8800
Party name: Statutory Interpretation Scholars


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


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: The Sikh Coalition


Gordon Dwyer Todd
Sidley Austin,LLP
1501 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 22305
GTODD@SIDLEY.COM
Ph: 2027368760
Party name: General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists


Andrew Timothy Tutt
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer
601 Massachusetts Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20001
ANDREW.TUTT@ARNOLDPORTER.COM
Ph: 202-942-5000
Party name: Jeffrey D. Kahn


Lori Halstead Windham
Becket
1919 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20006
lwindham@becketlaw.org
Ph: 202-955-0095
Party name: The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty


Christopher J. Wright
HWG LLP
1919 M Street NW, Fl. 8
Washington, DC 20036
CWRIGHT@HWGLAW.COM
Ph: 202-730-1325
Party name: American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee