No. 19-968
 
Title: Chike Uzuegbunam, et al., Petitioners
v.
Stanley C. Preczewski, et al.
Docketed: February 3, 2020
Linked with: 19A461
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
   Case Numbers: (18-12676)
   Decision Date: July 1, 2019
   Rehearing Denied: September 4, 2019
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Oct 24 2019 Application (19A461) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 3, 2019 to January 31, 2020, submitted to Justice Thomas.
Main Document
Oct 28 2019 Application (19A461) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until January 31, 2020.
Jan 31 2020 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 4, 2020)
Feb 13 2020 Blanket Consent filed by Petitioners, Chike Uzuegbunam, et al.
Feb 19 2020 Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 4, 2020 to April 8, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
Feb 19 2020 Blanket Consent filed by Respondents, Stanley Preczewski, et al.
Feb 24 2020 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 8, 2020.
Feb 28 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Moral Law filed.
Mar 02 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Young Americans for Liberty, Inc. filed.
Mar 02 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty filed.
Mar 03 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Americans for Prosperity Foundation filed.
Mar 03 2020 Brief amicus curiae of American Humanist Association filed.
Mar 04 2020 Brief amicus curiae of The Islam and Religious Freedom Action Team of the Religious Freedom Institute filed.
Mar 04 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Individual Rights in Education filed.
Mar 04 2020 Brief amicus curiae of CatholicVote.org Education Fund filed.
Mar 27 2020 Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 8, 2020 to April 22, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
Mar 30 2020 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including April 22, 2020.
Apr 22 2020 Brief of respondents Stanley Preczewski, et al. in opposition filed.
May 05 2020 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/21/2020.
May 05 2020 Reply of petitioners Chike Uzuegbunam, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jul 08 2020 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 7/8/2020.
Jul 09 2020 Petition GRANTED.
Jul 27 2020 Joint motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
Jul 28 2020 Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Chike Uzuegbunam, et al.
Aug 03 2020 Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Stanley Preczewski, et al.
Aug 06 2020 Joint motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including September 8, 2020. The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including October 22, 2020.
Aug 25 2020 Joint motion for a further extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
Sep 01 2020 Joint motion to further extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including September 22, 2020. The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is further extended to and including November 19, 2020.
Sep 22 2020 Joint appendix filed.
Sep 22 2020 Brief of petitioners Chike Uzuegbunam, et al. filed.
Sep 24 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Moral Law filed.
Sep 24 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Council on American-Islamic Relations filed.
Sep 25 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Young Americans for Liberty, Inc. filed.
Sep 25 2020 Brief amici curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation, et al. filed.
Sep 28 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Public Citizen filed.
Sep 29 2020 Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
Sep 29 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Child Evangelism Fellowship, Inc. filed.
Sep 29 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Frederick Douglass Foundation, Inc. filed.
Sep 29 2020 Brief amici curiae of Foundation for Individual Rights in Education and Cato Institute filed.
Sep 29 2020 Brief amici curiae of General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, et al. filed.
Sep 29 2020 Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union, et al. filed.
Sep 29 2020 Brief amicus curiae of The Islam and Religious Freedom Action Team of the Religious Freedom Institute filed.
Sep 29 2020 Brief amicus curiae of The Rutherford Institute filed.
Sep 29 2020 Brief amici curiae of United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, et al. filed.
Sep 29 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty filed.
Sep 29 2020 Brief amicus curiae of National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Inc. filed.
Sep 29 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Christian Legal Society filed.
Sep 29 2020 Brief amicus curiae of CatholicVote.org Education Fund filed.
Sep 29 2020 Brief amicus curiae of The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty filed.
Sep 29 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Institute for Free Speech filed.
Sep 29 2020 Brief amici curiae of Justice and Freedom Fund, et al. filed.
Sep 29 2020 Amicus brief of American Humanist Association not accepted for filing. (October 06, 2020 - Corrected version submitted)
Sep 29 2020 Brief amicus curiae of American Humanist Association filed. (October 7, 2020)
Nov 16 2020 Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Nov 19 2020 Brief of respondents Stanley Preczewski, et al. filed.
Nov 25 2020 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, January 12, 2021.
Nov 25 2020 Brief amici curiae of District of Columbia, et al. filed.
Nov 25 2020 Brief amici curiae of National Conference of State Legislatures, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Dec 03 2020 Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 11th Circuit.
Dec 03 2020 The record from the U.S.C.A. 11th Circuit is electronic and located on PACER.
Dec 04 2020 The record from the U.S. Dist. Court of Northern Dist. of Georgia (Atlanta) is electronic and located on PACER.
Dec 07 2020 Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Dec 08 2020 CIRCULATED
Dec 21 2020 Reply of petitioners Chike Uzuegbunam, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jan 12 2021 Argued. For petitioners: Kristen K. Waggoner, Scottsdale, Ariz.; and Hashim M. Mooppan, Counselor to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondents: Andrew A. Pinson, Atlanta, Ga.
Mar 08 2021 Judgment REVERSED and REMANDED. Thomas, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett, JJ., joined. Kavanaugh, J., filed a concurring opinion. Roberts, C. J., filed a dissenting opinion.
Apr 09 2021 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Kristen Kellie Waggoner
Counsel of Record
Alliance Defending Freedom
440 First Street NW Suite 600
Washington, DC 20001
kwaggoner@adflegal.org
Ph: 202-393-8690
Party name: Chike Uzuegbunam, et al.


John J. Bursch
Alliance Defending Freedom
440 First Street NW
Suite 600
Washington, DC 20001
jbursch@adflegal.org
Ph: (616) 450-4235
Party name: Chike Uzuegbunam, et al.


Attorneys for Respondents
Andrew Alan Pinson
Counsel of Record
Office of the Georgia Attorney General
40 Capital Square SW
Atlanta, GA 30334-1300
apinson@law.ga.gov
Ph: 404-458-3409
Party name: Stanley Preczewski, et al.


Other Attorneys
Loren L. AliKhan
D.C. Office of the Attorney General
Office of the Solicitor General 400 6th Street, NW, Suite 8100
Washington, DC 20001
loren.alikhan@dc.gov
Ph: 202-727-6287
Party name: District of Columbia


Lisa S. Blatt
Williams & Connolly LLP
680 Maine Avenue SW
Washington, DC 20024
LBLATT@WC.COM
Ph: 202-434-5050
Party name: American Civil Liberties Union, Americans for Prosperity Foundation, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, and Institute for Justice


Matthew James Clark
Alabama Attorney General's Office
501 Washington Avenue
Montgomery, AL 36104
matthew.clark@alabamaag.gov
Ph: 256-510-1828
Party name: Foundation for Moral Law


Cynthia Fleming Crawford
Americans for Prosperity Foundation
4201 Wilson Blvd.
Suite 1000
Arlington, VA 22203
CCRAWFORD@AFPHQ.ORG
Ph: 5713292227
Party name: Americans for Prosperity Foundation


Brian H. Fletcher
Acting Solicitor General
United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001
SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov
Ph: 202-514-2217
Party name: United States


Frank Dawson Garrison IV
Pacific Legal Foundation
3100 Clarendon Blvd., Suite 1000
Arlington, VA 22201
FGARRISON@PACIFICLEGAL.ORG
Ph: (202) 888-6881
Party name: National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Inc.


Scott William Gaylord
High Point University School of Law
One University Parkway
High Point, NC 27268
sgaylord@highpoint.edu
Ph: 3368412635
Party name: CatholicVote.org Education Fund


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


Patrick Michael Kane
Fox Rothschild LLP
230 N. Elm Street Suite 1200
Greensboro, NC 27401
pkane@foxrothschild.com
Ph: 336.378.5352
Party name: National Conference Of State Legislatures; et al.


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: Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty


Adele Auxier Keim
The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty
1919 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20006
akeim@becketlaw.org
Ph: 2029550095
Party name: The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty


Scott A. Keller
Lehotsky Keller Cohn LLP
200 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Suite 700
Washington, DC 20001
scott@lkcfirm.com
Ph: 5126938350
Party name: Young Americans for Liberty, Inc.


Kevin Franz King
Covington & Burling LLP
One CityCenter
850 Tenth Street NW
Washington, DC 20001
KKING@COV.COM
Ph: 2026625488
Party name: Foundation for Individual Rights in Education


Deborah Joyce La Fetra
Pacific Legal Foundation
555 Capitol Mall, Suite 1290
Sacramento, CA 95814
DLAFETRA@PACIFICLEGAL.ORG
Ph: (916) 419-7111
Party name: Pacific Legal Foundation, Delaney Wysingle, Rentberry Inc., Luis Ramirez, Michael Jackson, Tory Smith, and Jillian Ostrewich


Elbert Lin
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
951 East Byrd Street
Riverfront Plaza, East Tower
Richmond, VA 23219-4074
ELIN@HUNTONAK.COM
Ph: (804) 788-8200
Party name: The Islam and Religious Freedom Action Team of the Religious Freedom Institute


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


Lena Fatina Masri
CAIR Legal Defense Fund
453 New Jersey Ave SE
Washington, DC 20003
ldf@cair.com
Ph: 12027426420
Party name: Council on American-Islamic Relations


Eric D. McArthur
Sidley Austin LLP
1501 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20005
emcarthur@sidley.com
Ph: (202) 736-8018
Party name: Frederick Douglass Foundation, Inc.


Todd R. McFarland
General Conference of Seventh-day Adventist Church
Office of General Counsel 12501 Old Columbia Pike
Silver Spring, MD 20904-6600
mcfarlandt@gc.adventist.org
Ph: 3016806321
Party name: General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists


Michael Hugh McGinley
Dechert LLP
1900 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
michael.mcginley@dechert.com
Ph: 202-261-3378
Party name: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, et al.


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


Matthew Adam Seligman
Stris & Maher LLP
777 S. Figueroa Street Suite 3850
Los Angeles, CA 90017
mseligman@stris.com
Ph: (202) 656-8178
Party name: Public Citizen


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


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


Owen Dennis Yeates
Institute for Free Speech
1150 Connecticut Ave NW
Ste 801
Washington, DC 20036
oyeates@ifs.org
Ph: 202-301-3300
Party name: Institute for Free Speech