| No. 20-1088 | |
| Title: | David Carson, as Parent and Next Friend of O. C., et al., Petitioners v. A. Pender Makin |
| Docketed: | February 9, 2021 |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (19-1746) |
| Decision Date: | October 29, 2020 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Feb 04 2021 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 11, 2021) |
| PetitionAppendixCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Feb 26 2021 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, David Carson, et al. |
| Blanket Consent | |
| Mar 09 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Americans for Prosperity Foundation and yes. every kid. filed. |
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| Mar 09 2021 | Waiver of right of respondent A. Pender Makin to respond filed. |
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| Mar 11 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Jewish Coalition of Religious Liberty filed. |
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| Mar 11 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Council of Islamic Schools in North America, Partnership for Inner-City Education, and Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America filed. |
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| Mar 11 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Innovative Schools filed. |
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| Mar 11 2021 | Brief amici curiae of National Legal Foundation, et al. filed. |
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| Mar 11 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of EdChoice filed. |
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| Mar 11 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Liberty Justice Center,et al. filed. |
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| Mar 11 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Christian Legal Society filed. |
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| Mar 11 2021 | Brief amici curiae of States of Arkansas, et al. filed. |
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| Mar 11 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Moral Law filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 16 2021 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/1/2021. |
| Mar 22 2021 | Response Requested. (Due April 21, 2021) |
| Mar 26 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 21, 2021 to May 21, 2021, submitted to The Clerk. |
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| Mar 29 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 21, 2021. |
| Apr 07 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of American Center for Law and Justice filed. |
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| May 21 2021 | Brief of respondent A. Pender Makin in opposition filed. |
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| Jun 03 2021 | Reply of petitioners David Carson, et al. filed. |
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| Jun 07 2021 | Supplemental brief of petitioners David Carson, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Jun 08 2021 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/24/2021. |
| Jul 01 2021 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 7/1/2021. |
| Jul 02 2021 | Petition GRANTED. |
| Jul 09 2021 | Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed. |
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| Jul 09 2021 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, David Carson, et al. |
| Blanket Consent | |
| Jul 12 2021 | 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 3, 2021. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including October 22, 2021. |
| Jul 14 2021 | Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, A. Pender Makin |
| Blanket Consent | |
| Sep 03 2021 | Brief of petitioners David Carson, et al. filed. |
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| Sep 03 2021 | Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed) |
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| Sep 07 2021 | Brief amici curiae of World Faith Foundation, et al. filed. |
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| Sep 08 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of American Center for Law and Justice filed. |
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| Sep 08 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Professor Michael W. McConnell filed. |
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| Sep 09 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Liberty Justice Center, et al. filed. |
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| Sep 09 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Americans for Prosperity Foundation, et al. filed. |
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| Sep 09 2021 | Amicus brief of Foundation for Moral Law submitted. |
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| Sep 10 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty filed. |
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| Sep 10 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Jewish Coalition of Religious Liberty filed. |
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| Sep 10 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Professor Charles L. Glenn filed. |
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| Sep 10 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Members of the United States Senate filed. |
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| Sep 10 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of The Buckeye Institute filed. |
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| Sep 10 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Professor Ashley R. Berner filed. |
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| Sep 10 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Christian Legal Society, et al., filed. |
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| Sep 10 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Protect the First Foundation filed. |
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| Sep 10 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Freedom X filed. |
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| Sep 10 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Advancing American Freedom filed. |
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| Sep 10 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Partnership for Inner-City Education, et al. filed. |
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| Sep 10 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Claremont Institute's Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence filed. |
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| Sep 10 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Pioneer Institute filed. |
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| Sep 10 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Independent Women's Law Center and Independent Women's Forum filed. |
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| Sep 10 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Concerned Women for America, et al. filed. |
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| Sep 10 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America filed. |
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| Sep 10 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Innovative Schools filed. |
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| Sep 10 2021 | Brief amici curiae of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, et al. filed. |
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| Sep 10 2021 | Brief amici curiae of EdChoice, et al. filed. |
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| Sep 10 2021 | Brief amici curiae of The Southern Christian Leadership Conference - Memphis Chapter, et al. filed. |
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| Sep 10 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Arkansas, et al. |
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| Sep 10 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies, Inc. filed. |
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| Sep 10 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Hillsdale College filed. |
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| Sep 10 2021 | Brief amici curiae of National Jewish Commission on Law and Public Affairs (COLPA), et al. filed. |
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| Sep 10 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of The Cato Institute filed. |
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| Sep 10 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of The Stanley M. Herzog Charitable Foundation filed. |
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| Sep 10 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Georgia Goal Scholarship Program, Inc. filed. |
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| Sep 20 2021 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, December 8, 2021. |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioners | ||
| Michael Eugene Bindas Counsel of Record | Institute for Justice 600 University Street Suite 1730 Seattle, WA 98101 mbindas@ij.org | 2069571300 |
| Party name: David Carson, et al. | ||
| Attorneys for Respondent | ||
| Sarah Ann Forster Counsel of Record | Office of the Attorney General 6 State House Station Augusta, ME 04333 sarah.forster@maine.gov | 2076268866 |
| Party name: A. Pender Makin | ||
| Other | ||
| David Boies Counsel of Record | Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP Boies Schiller Flexner LLP 55 Hudson Yards New York, NY 10001 dboies@bsfllp.com | (914) 749-8200 |
| Party name: Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies, Inc. | ||
| Nicholas Jacob Bronni Counsel of Record | Solicitor General of Arkansas Arkansas Attorney General's Office 323 Center St., Suite 200 Little Rock, AR 72201 nicholas.bronni@arkansasag.gov | 501-682-6302 |
| Party name: The States of Arkansas, Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and West Virginia | ||
| Arthur Joseph Burke Counsel of Record | Davis Polk & Wardell LLP 450 Lexington Ave New York, NY 10017 arthur.burke@davispolk.com | 212-450-4352 |
| Party name: The Southern Christian Leadership Conference - Memphis Chapter, Rev. Vernon Horner, Deborah L. Womack, Deacon George Womack, and Rev. Steven Joiner | ||
| Anthony Thomas Caso Counsel of Record | Constitutional Counsel Group 174 W. Lincoln Ave., #620 Anaheim, CA 92805 atcaso@ccg1776.com | 916-601-1916 |
| Party name: Claremont Institute's Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence | ||
| Frederick W. Claybrook Jr. Counsel of Record | Claybrook, LLC 700 Sixth St., NW, Ste. 430 Washington, DC 20001 rick@claybrooklaw.com | 202-250-3833 |
| Party name: Concerned Women for America, et al. | ||
| Kimberlee Wood Colby Counsel of Record | Christian Legal Society 8001 Braddock Rd., Suite 302 Springfield, VA 22151 kcolby@clsnet.org | 703-894-1087 |
| Party name: Christian Legal Society, et al., | ||
| Cynthia Fleming Crawford Counsel of Record | Cause of Action Institute 1310 N. Courthouse Road 7th Floor Arlington, VA 22201 cynthia.crawford@causeofaction.org | 5713292227 |
| Party name: Americans for Prosperity Foundation; Yes. Every Kid. | ||
| Joshua Daniel Davey Counsel of Record | Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP 301 S. College Street 34th Floor Charlotte, NC 28202 jdavey@mcguirewoods.com | (704) 916-1503 |
| Party name: Members of the United States Senate | ||
| Dominic Emil Draye Counsel of Record | Greenberg Traurig LLP 2101 L Street, NW Washington, DC 20037 drayed@gtlaw.com | (202) 331-3168 |
| Party name: Professor Ashley R. Berner | ||
| John Allen Eidsmoe Counsel of Record | Foundation for Moral Law One Dexter Avenue Montgomery, AL 36104 eidsmoeja@juno.com | 3342621245 |
| Party name: Foundation for Moral Law | ||
| Michael Crow Gilleran Counsel of Record | FisherBroyles, LLP 470 Atlantic Avenue Boston, MA 02210 michael.gilleran@fisherbroyles.com | 3392371384 |
| Party name: Pioneer Institute | ||
| Richard Shawn Gunnarson Counsel of Record | Kirton McConkie Key Bank Tower 36 South State Street, Suite 1900 Salt Lake City, UT 84111 sgunnarson@kmclaw.com | 801-323-5907 |
| Party name: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, et al. | ||
| Sarah Michelle Harris Counsel of Record | Williams & Connolly LLP 725 Twelfth Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20005 sharris@wc.com | 202-434-5000 |
| Party name: Professor Charles L. Glenn | ||
| Leslie Davis Hiner Counsel of Record | EdChoice 111 Monument Circle, Suite 2650 lndianapolis, IN 46204 leslie@edchoice.org | 317-681-0745 |
| Party name: EdChoice and Maine Policy Institute | ||
| James L. Hirsen Counsel of Record | Suite 101 505 S. Villa Real Drive Anaheim Hills, CA 92807 james@jameshirsen.com | (714) 283-8880 |
| Party name: World Faith Foundation and Institute for Faith and Family in Support | ||
| Allyson Ho Counsel of Record | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP 2100 McKinney Avenue Suite 1100 Dallas, TX 75201 aho@gibsondunn.com | 214-698-3100 |
| Party name: Innovative Schools | ||
| Mitchell Keiter Counsel of Record | Keiter Appellate Law The Beverly Hills Law Building, 424 South Beverly Drive Beverly Hills, CA 90212 mitchell.keiter@gmail.com | 13105538533 |
| Party name: Freedom X | ||
| James Patrick Kelly III Counsel of Record | Solidarity Ctr./Law & Justice 3740 Davinci Court Suite 375 Peachtree Corners, GA 30092 jamespkellyiii@gmail.com | 678-231-1209 |
| Party name: Georgia Goal Scholarship Program, Inc. | ||
| Nathan Lewin Counsel of Record | Lewin & Lewin, LLP 888 17th St. NW, 4th Floor Washington, DC 20006 nat@lewinlewin.com | 2028281000 |
| Party name: National Jewish Commission on Law and Public Affairs (COLPA) | ||
| Jonathan Philip Lienhard Counsel of Record | Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky Josefiak PLLC 15405 John Marshall Hwy Haymarket, VA 20169 jlienhard@holtzmanvogel.com | 15403418808 |
| Party name: The Stanley M. Herzog Charitable Foundation | ||
| Michael Hugh McGinley Counsel of Record | Dechert LLP 1900 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20006 michael.mcginley@dechert.com | 202-261-3378 |
| Party name: Partnership for Inner-City Education, Council of Islamic Schools in North America, and National Council of Young Israel | ||
| L. Martin Nussbaum Counsel of Record | Nussbaum Speir Gleason PLLC 2 N. Cascade Avenue Suite 1430 Colorado Springs, CO 80903 martin@nussbaumspeir.com | (719) 428-1919 |
| Party name: Professor Michael W. McConnell | ||
| Larry James Obhof Jr. Counsel of Record | Shumaker, Loop and Kendrick LLP 2400 Huntington Center 41 South High Street Columbus, OH 43215 lobhof@shumaker.com | (614) 628-4433 |
| Party name: The Buckeye Institute | ||
| Eric Christopher Rassbach Counsel of Record | The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty 1919 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006 erassbach@becketlaw.org | 2029550095 |
| Party name: The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty | ||
| Paul Joseph Ray Counsel of Record | 750 17th St. Northwest, Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20006 pjr@beaufortstrategies.com | 19102809652 |
| Party name: Hillsdale College | ||
| Gene Clayton Schaerr Counsel of Record | Schaerr | Jaffe 1717 K Street NW, Suite 900 Washington, DC 20006 gschaerr@schaerr-jaffe.com | 202-787-1060 |
| Party name: Protect the First Foundation | ||
| Ilya Shapiro Counsel of Record | Cato Institute 1000 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington, DC 20001 ishapiro@cato.org | 2028420200 |
| Party name: The Cato Institute | ||
| Matthew Jared Sheehan Counsel of Record | Advancing American Freedom, Inc. 801 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20004 matt@advancingamericanfreedom.com | (570) 294-1039 |
| Party name: Advancing American Freedom | ||
| Daniel Robert Suhr Counsel of Record | Liberty Justice Center 141 W. Jackson St. Suite 1065 Chicago, IL 60604 dsuhr@libertyjusticecenter.org | 312-637-2280 |
| Party name: Liberty Justice Center | ||
| Gordon Dwyer Todd Counsel of Record | Sidley Austin LLP 1501 K Street, N.W. Washington, DC 22305 gtodd@sidley.com | (202) 736-8760 |
| Party name: Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America | ||
| Edward Mark Wenger Counsel of Record | Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky & Josefiak PLLC 2300 N Street, NW Suite 643A Washington, DC 20037 emwenger@HoltzmanVogel.com | 2027378808 |
| Party name: Independent Women's Law Center and Independent Women's Forum | ||
| Nicholas Jacob Bronni Counsel of Record | Solicitor General of Arkansas Arkansas Attorney General's Office 323 Center St., Suite 200 Little Rock, AR 72201 nicholas.bronni@arkansasag.gov | 501-682-6302 |
| Party name: States of Arkansas, Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and West Virginia | ||
| John J. Bursch Counsel of Record | Alliance Defending Freedom 440 First Street NW Suite 600 Washington, DC 20001 jbursch@adflegal.org | (616) 450-4235 |
| Party name: Jewish Coalition of Religious Liberty | ||
| Frederick W. Claybrook Jr. Counsel of Record | Claybrook, LLC 700 Sixth St., NW, Ste.430 Washington, DC 20001 rick@claybrooklaw.com | 202-250-3833 |
| Party name: National Legal Foundation, et al. | ||
| Cynthia Fleming Crawford Counsel of Record | Americans for Prosperity Foundation 1310 N. Courthouse Road 7th Floor Arlington, VA 22201 ccrawford@afphq.org | 5713292227 |
| Party name: Americans for Prosperity Foundation and yes. every kid. | ||
| Michael Hugh McGinley Counsel of Record | Dechert LLP 1900 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20006 michael.mcginley@dechert.com | 202-261-3378 |
| Party name: Brief for Council of Islamic Schools in North America, Partnership for Inner-City Education, and Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America | ||
| Russell Charles Menyhart | Taft Stettinius & Hollister 0ne lndiana Square. Ste 3500 lndianapolis, IN 46204 rmenyhart@taftlaw.com | 3177139423 |
| Party name: EdChoice and Maine Policy Institute | ||
| Jay Alan Sekulow Counsel of Record | American Center for Law and Justice 201 Maryland Avenue, N.E. Washington, DC 20002 sekulow@aclj.org | 2025468890 |
| Party name: American Center for Law and Justice | ||