| 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 |
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| Date | 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. |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioner | ||
| Lisa Schiavo Blatt Counsel of Record | Williams & Connolly LLP 725 12th Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 lblatt@wc.com | 202-434-5050 |
| Party name: Mahanoy Area School District | ||
| Attorneys for Respondent | ||
| Witold J. Walczak Counsel of Record | ACLU of Pennsylvania P.O. Box 23058 Pittsburgh, PA 15222 vwalczak@aclupa.org | 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 | 212-549-2611 |
| Party name: B.L., a minor, by and through her father Lawrence Levy and her mother Betty Lou Levy | ||
| Other | ||
| Stuart Banner Counsel of Record | UCLA School of Law Supreme Court Clinic 405 Hilgard Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90095 banner@law.ucla.edu | 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 | 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 | (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 | (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 | 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 | 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 | 2023835300 |
| Party name: Teachers, School Administrators, and the National Council of Teachers of English | ||
| John Arak Freedman Counsel of Record | Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, LLP 601 Mass. Ave., NW Washington, DC 20001 John.Freedman@arnoldporter.com | 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 | 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 | 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 | (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 | (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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | (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 | 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 | (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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 202 822 7035 |
| Party name: Nation Education Association | ||
| Elizabeth B. Prelogar | Acting Solicitor General United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530-0001 SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov | 202-514-2217 |
| Party name: United States | ||
| Eddie Travis Ramey Counsel of Record | Burr & Forman LLP 420 North 20th Street, Wells Fargo Tower, Suite 3400 Birmingham, AL 35203 tramey@burr.com | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | (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 | 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 | 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 | (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 | (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 | 202 662 5987 |
| Party name: Student Press Law Center, et al., | ||