No. 20-255
 
Title: Mahanoy Area School District, Petitioner
v.
B. L., a Minor, By and Through Her Father, Lawrence Levy and Her Mother, Betty Lou Levy
Docketed: September 1, 2020
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
   Case Numbers: (19-1842)
   Decision Date: June 30, 2020
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Aug 28 2020 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 1, 2020)
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Sep 21 2020 Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 1, 2020 to November 30, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
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Sep 28 2020 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 30, 2020.
Oct 01 2020 Brief amici curiae of Pennsylvania School Boards Association and Pennsylvania Principals Association filed.
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Oct 01 2020 Brief amici curiae of National School Boards Association, et al. filed.
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Nov 30 2020 Brief of respondents B.L., a minor, by and through her father Lawrence Levy and her mother Betty Lou Levy in opposition filed.
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Dec 14 2020 Reply of petitioner Mahanoy Area School District filed.
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Dec 16 2020 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
Jan 08 2021 Petition GRANTED.
Feb 22 2021 Brief of petitioner Mahanoy Area School District filed.
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Feb 22 2021 Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
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Feb 24 2021 Brief amici curiae of Cyberbullying Research Center, et al. filed.
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Mar 01 2021 Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
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Mar 01 2021 Brief amici curiae of National School Boards Association, et al. filed.
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Mar 01 2021 Brief amici curiae of Massachusetts, et al. in support of neither party filed.
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Mar 01 2021 Brief amicus curiae of Nation Education Association in support of neither party filed.
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Mar 01 2021 Brief amici curiae of National Association of Pupil Services Administrators and Pennsylvania Association of Pupil Services Administrators filed.
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Mar 01 2021 Brief amici curiae of Pennsylvania School Boards Association and Pennsylvania Principals Association filed.
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Mar 01 2021 Brief amici curiae of First Amendment and Education Law Scholars filed.
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Mar 01 2021 Brief amici curiae of The Huntsville, Alabama City Board of Education, et al. filed.
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Mar 01 2021 Brief amicus curiae of American Center for Law and Justice in support of neither party filed.
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Mar 12 2021 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, April 28, 2021.
Mar 15 2021 Record requested.
Mar 24 2021 Brief of respondent B.L., a minor, by and through her father Lawrence Levy and her mother Betty Lou Levy filed.
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Mar 26 2021 Brief amici curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 29 2021 Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
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Mar 30 2021 CIRCULATED
Mar 30 2021 Brief amicus curiae of Parents Defending Education filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 30 2021 Brief amici curiae of Liberty Justice Center, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 31 2021 Brief amicus curiae of Life Legal Defense Foundation filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 31 2021 Brief amici curiae of Alliance Defending Freedom and Christian Legal Society filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 31 2021 Brief amicus curiae of The Independent Women's Law Center filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 31 2021 Brief amicus curiae of College Athlete Advocates filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 31 2021 Brief amici curiae of Law and Education Professors filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 31 2021 Brief amici curiae of Americans for Prosperity Foundation and The Rutherford Institute filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 31 2021 Brief amici curiae of The National Women's Law Center, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 31 2021 Brief amici curiae of Jane Bambauer, Ashutosh Bhagwat, and Eugene Volokh filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 31 2021 Brief amici curiae of School Discipline Professors filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 31 2021 Brief amicus curiae of The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 31 2021 Brief amici curiae of States of Louisiana, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 31 2021 Brief amicus curiae of First Liberty Institute filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 31 2021 Brief amici curiae of Current and Former Student School Board Members filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 31 2021 Brief amici curiae of Advancement Project, Juvenile Law Center, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 31 2021 Brief amici curiae of Student Press Law Center, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 31 2021 Brief amicus curiae of VanHo Law filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 31 2021 Brief amici curiae of Mary Beth Tinker & John Tinker filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 31 2021 Brief amici curiae of HISD Student Congress, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 31 2021 Brief amici curiae of Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 31 2021 Brief amici curiae of Teachers, School Administrators, and the National Council of Teachers of English filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 31 2021 Brief amici curiae of The Electronic Frontier Foundation, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Apr 05 2021 Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Apr 16 2021 Reply of petitioner Mahanoy Area School District filed. (Distributed)
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Apr 28 2021 Argued. For petitioner: Lisa S. Blatt, Washington, D. C.; and Malcolm L. Stewart, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondent: David D. Cole, of Washington, D. C.
Jun 23 2021 Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Breyer, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett, JJ., joined. Alito, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Gorsuch, J., joined. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion.
Jul 26 2021 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Lisa Schiavo Blatt
Counsel of Record
Williams & Connolly LLP
725 12th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005

lblatt@wc.com
Ph: 202-434-5050
Party name: Mahanoy Area School District


Attorneys for Respondents
Witold J. Walczak
Counsel of Record
ACLU of Pennsylvania
P.O. Box 23058
Pittsburgh, PA 15222

vwalczak@aclupa.org
Ph: 412-681-7864
Party name: B.L., a minor, by and through her father Lawrence Levy and her mother Betty Lou Levy


David D. Cole
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation
915 15th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005

dcole@aclu.org
Ph: 212-549-2611
Party name: B.L., a minor, by and through her father Lawrence Levy and her mother Betty Lou Levy


Other Attorneys
Stuart Banner
Counsel of Record
UCLA School of Law Supreme Court Clinic
405 Hilgard Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90095

banner@law.ucla.edu
Ph: 3102068506
Party name: Jane Bambauer, Ashutosh Bhagwat, and Eugene Volokh


Eric S. Baxter
Counsel of Record
The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty
1919 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20006

ebaxter@becketlaw.org
Ph: 202-955-0095
Party name: The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty


John J. Bursch
Counsel of Record
Alliance Defending Freedom
440 First Street, NW
Suite 600
Washington, DC 20001

jbursch@adflegal.org
Ph: (616) 450-4235
Party name: Alliance Defending Freedom and Christian Legal Society


William Spencer Consovoy
Counsel of Record
Consovoy McCarthy PLLC
1600 Wilson Boulevard
Suite 700
Arlington, VA 22209

will@consovoymccarthy.com
Ph: (703) 243-9423
Party name: Parents Defending Education


Robert Lawrence Corn-Revere
Counsel of Record
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
1301 K Street, N.W.
Suite 500 East
Washington, DC 20005

bobcornrevere@dwt.com
Ph: 202-973-4225
Party name: Mary Beth Tinker & John Tinker


Cynthia Fleming Crawford
Counsel of Record
Americans for Prosperity Foundation
1310 N. Courthouse Road
7th Floor
Arlington, VA 22201

ccrawford@afphq.org
Ph: 5713292227
Party name: Americans for Prosperity Foundation and The Rutherford Institute


Michael R. Dreeben
Counsel of Record
O'Melveny & Myers LLP
1625 Eye Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006

mdreeben@omm.com
Ph: 2023835300
Party name: Teachers, School Administrators, and the National Council of Teachers of English


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


John Arak Freedman
Counsel of Record
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, LLP
601 Mass. Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20001

John.Freedman@arnoldporter.com
Ph: 202-942-5316
Party name: Advancement Project, Juvenile Law Center, et al.


Gregory George Garre
Counsel of Record
Latham & Watkins LLP
555 11th Street, NW
Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20004

gregory.garre@lw.com
Ph: 202-637-2200
Party name: National School Boards Association, et al.


Christopher Blewer Gilbert
Counsel of Record
Thompson & Horton LLP
3200 Southwest Freeway
Suite 2000
Houston, TX 77027

cgilbert@thompsonhorton.com
Ph: 7135546744
Party name: National Association of Pupil Services Administrators and Pennsylvania Association of Pupil Services Administrators


Naomi Felton Gilens
Counsel of Record
Electronic Frontier Foundation
815 Eddy Street
San Francisco, CA 94109

naomi@eff.org
Ph: (415) 436-9333
Party name: The Electronic Frontier Foundation, The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law and The Pennsylvania Center for the First Amendment


Michael John Grygiel
Counsel of Record
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
54 State Street, Sixth Floor
Albany, NY 12207

grygielm@gtlaw.com
Ph: (518) 689-1400
Party name: HISD Student Congress, Kentucky Student Voice Team, March For Our Lives Action Fund, Students For A Sensible Drug Policy, and Student Voice


Douglas Harry Hallward-Driemeier
Counsel of Record
Ropes & Gray, LLP
2099 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20006-6807

Douglas.Hallward-Driemeier@ropesgray.com
Ph: 202-508-4776
Party name: The National Women's Law Center


Hyland Hunt
Counsel of Record
Deutsch Hunt PLLC
300 New Jersey Ave., NW
Suite 900
Washington, DC 20001

hhunt@deutschhunt.com
Ph: 2028686915
Party name: Current and Former Student School Board Members


William McGinley Jay
Counsel of Record
Goodwin Procter, LLP
1900 N Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036

WJay@goodwinlaw.com
Ph: 2023464190
Party name: The Independent Women's Law Center


Deborah Joyce La Fetra
Counsel of Record
Pacific Legal Foundation
930 G Street
Sacramento, CA 95814

DLaFetra@pacificlegal.org
Ph: (916) 419-7111
Party name: Pacific Legal Foundation, Cato Institute, and P.J. O'Rourke


Justin F. Marceau
Counsel of Record
University of Denver, Sturm College of Law
2250 E. Evans Avenue
Denver, CO 80210

jmarceau@law.du.edu
Ph: 6172569073
Party name: College Athlete Advocates


Richard W. Mark
Counsel of Record
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
200 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10166

RMark@gibsondunn.com
Ph: (212) 351-3818
Party name: School Discipline Professors


Douglas S. Martland
Counsel of Record
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, et. al
1 Ashburton Place
20th Floor
Boston, MA 02108

douglas.martland@mass.gov
Ph: 617-963-2062
Party name: Massachusetts, et al.


Michael Hugh McGinley
Counsel of Record
Dechert LLP
1900 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006

michael.mcginley@dechert.com
Ph: 202-261-3378
Party name: Pennsylvania School Boards Association and Pennsylvania Principals Association


Elizabeth Baker Murrill
Counsel of Record
Office of the Attorney General
1885 N. Third Street
Baton Rouge, LA 70802

murrille@ag.louisiana.gov
Ph: 225-205-8009
Party name: States of Louisiana, Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Texas & Utah


Alice Margaret O'Brien
Counsel of Record
National Education Association
1201 16th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036

aobrien@nea.org
Ph: 202 822 7035
Party name: Nation Education Association


Eddie Travis Ramey
Counsel of Record
Burr & Forman LLP
420 North 20th Street, Wells Fargo Tower, Suite 3400
Birmingham, AL 35203

tramey@burr.com
Ph: 2052513000
Party name: The Huntsville, Alabama City Board of Education and Eleven Additional Alabama School Districts


David Beryl Rubin
Counsel of Record
The Busch Law Group LLC
450 Main Street, P.O. Box 4579
Metuchen, NJ 08840

drubin@buschlawgroup.com
Ph: 9088964482
Party name: Cyberbullying Research Center, Committee for Children, Council of Administrators of Special Education, Garden State Equality, The Bully Project, STOMP Out Bullying, One Circle Foundation and SEL4NJ


Jay Alan Sekulow
Counsel of Record
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
Counsel of Record
First Liberty Institute
First Liberty Institute
2001 W Plano Pkwy, Suite 1600
Plano, TX 75075

kshackelford@firstliberty.org
Ph: 972-941-4444
Party name: First Liberty Institute


Darpana M. Sheth
Counsel of Record
Foundation for Individual Rights in Education
510 Walnut Street
Suite 1250
Philadelphia, PA 19106

darpana.sheth@thefire.org
Ph: 2157173473
Party name: Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, National Coalition Against Censorship, and Comic Book Legal Defense Fund


Catherine Wynne Short
Counsel of Record
Life Legal Defense Foundation
P.O. Box 2105
Napa, CA 94558

kshort@lldf.org
Ph: (707) 224-6675
Party name: Life Legal Defense Foundation


Daniel Robert Suhr
Counsel of Record
Liberty Justice Center
208 South LaSalle Street
Suite 1690
Chicago, IL 60604

dsuhr@libertyjusticecenter.org
Ph: 312-637-2280
Party name: Liberty Justice Center, et al.


Elisabeth Susan Theodore
Counsel of Record
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP
601 Massachusetts Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20001

elisabeth.theodore@arnoldporter.com
Ph: 202-942-5891
Party name: Professors of Law and Education


Misha Tseytlin
Counsel of Record
Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP
227 W. Monroe, Suite 3900
Chicago, IL 60606

misha.tseytlin@troutman.com
Ph: (312) 759-5947
Party name: First Amendment and Education Law Scholars


Adam Michael Van Ho
Counsel of Record
VanHo Law
243 Furnace Street
Suite 201
Akron, OH 44304

adam@vanholaw.com
Ph: (330) 653-8511
Party name: VanHo Law


David Meir Zionts
Counsel of Record
Covington & Burlington LLP
850 Tenth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001

dzionts@cov.com
Ph: 202 662 5987
Party name: Student Press Law Center, et al.,