| No. 21-144 | |
| Title: | Seattle's Union Gospel Mission, Petitioner v. Matthew S. Woods |
| Docketed: | August 3, 2021 |
| Lower Ct: | Supreme Court of Washington |
| Case Numbers: | (96132-8) |
| Decision Date: | March 4, 2021 |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Aug 02 2021 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 2, 2021) |
| PetitionCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Aug 10 2021 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Seattle's Union Gospel Mission |
| Blanket Consent | |
| Aug 24 2021 | Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Matthew S. Woods |
| Blanket ConsentProof of Service | |
| Aug 24 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 2, 2021 to November 1, 2021, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Main Document | |
| Aug 26 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 1, 2021. |
| Aug 30 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Samaritan's Purse filed. |
| Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count | |
| Aug 31 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Westminster Theological Seminary filed. |
| Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count | |
| Aug 31 2021 | Brief amici curiae of 20 Current and Former Washington State Legislators filed. |
| Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count | |
| Sep 01 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Citygate Network filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Sep 02 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Gospel Rescue Mission Fellowship, et al. filed. |
| Proof of ServiceMain DocumentCertificate of Word Count | |
| Sep 02 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Billy Graham Evangelistic Association filed. |
| Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count | |
| Sep 02 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Montana, et al. filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Sep 02 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Alabama, et al. filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Sep 02 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Christian Legal Society, et al. filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Sep 02 2021 | Brief amici curiae of General Conference of the Seventh-day Adventists, et al. filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Sep 02 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Grace Youth and Family Foundation filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Sep 02 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of First Liberty Institute filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Sep 02 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Islam and Religious Freedom Action Team of the Religious Freedom Institute, et al. filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Sep 02 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Sep 02 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Kevin C. Walsh filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Sep 02 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Sep 02 2021 | Brief amici curiae of American Association of Christian Schools, et al. filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Sep 08 2021 | Amicus brief of American Association of Christian Schools, et al. not accepted for filing. (Dupilicate submission) (September 08, 2021) |
| Nov 01 2021 | Brief of respondent Matthew S. Woods in opposition filed. |
| Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count | |
| Nov 15 2021 | Reply of petitioner Seattle's Union Gospel Mission filed. (Distributed) |
| Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count | |
| Nov 16 2021 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/3/2021. |
| Nov 30 2021 | Rescheduled. |
| Dec 06 2021 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/10/2021. |
| Dec 07 2021 | Rescheduled. |
| Jan 03 2022 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/7/2022. |
| Jan 04 2022 | Rescheduled. |
| Jan 10 2022 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/14/2022. |
| Jan 13 2022 | Rescheduled. |
| Jan 18 2022 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/21/2022. |
| Jan 19 2022 | Rescheduled. |
| Feb 11 2022 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/18/2022. |
| Feb 16 2022 | Rescheduled. |
| Feb 22 2022 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/25/2022. |
| Feb 23 2022 | Rescheduled. |
| Feb 28 2022 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/4/2022. |
| Mar 14 2022 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/18/2022. |
| Mar 21 2022 | Petition DENIED. Statement of Justice Alito, with whom Justice Thomas joins, respecting the denial of certiorari. (Detached Opinion) |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioner | ||
| 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: Seattle's Union Gospel Mission | ||
| Attorneys for Respondent | ||
| Jennifer Denise Diskin Counsel of Record | QLaw Foundation of Washington 101 Yesler Way #300 Seattle, WA 98104 denise@qlawfoundation.org | 206-483-2725 |
| Party name: Matthew S. Woods | ||
| Other | ||
| George M. Ahrend Counsel of Record | Ahrend Law Firm PLLC P.O. Box 816 457 1st Ave. N.W. Ephrata, WA 98823 gahrend@ahrendlaw.com | (509) 764-9000 |
| Party name: American Association of Christian Schools, Assoication for Biblical Higher Education, Association of Classical Christian Schools | ||
| Kristine Lee Brown Counsel of Record | Attorney At Law 8700 E Jefferson Ave #371703 Denver, CO 80237 kristi@kristiburtonbrown.com | 302-515-2721 |
| Party name: Westminster Theological Seminary | ||
| 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: Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence | ||
| 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, Administer Justice, New Covenant Legal Services, Access Justice, Christian Legal Aid of Arizona, Compassionate Counsel | ||
| Miles Edward Coleman Counsel of Record | Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP 2 West Washington Street Suite 400 Greenville, SC 29601 miles.coleman@nelsonmullins.com | (864) 373-2352 |
| Party name: Islam and Religious Freedom Action Team of the Religious Freedom Institute and the Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty | ||
| Deborah Dewart Counsel of Record | 111 Magnolia Lane Hubert, NC 28539 lawyerdeborah@outlook.com | 9103264554 |
| Party name: Grace Youth and Family Foundation | ||
| David Michael Hurst Jr. Counsel of Record | Phelps Dunbar 4270 I-55 North Jackson, MS 39211 mike.hurst@phelps.com | 601-352-2300 |
| Party name: Billy Graham Evangelistic Association | ||
| Michael Dean Karpeles Counsel of Record | Greenberg Traurig, LLP 77 W. Wacker Drive, Suite 3100 Chicago, IL 60601 karpelesm@gtlaw.com | 312-456-1076 |
| Party name: Gospel Rescue Mission Fellowship, Market Street Mission, City Rescue Mission of Lansing, The Gospel Mission, and Sunday Breakfast Mission | ||
| Edmund Gerard LaCour Jr. Counsel of Record | Office of the Attorney General 501 Washington Ave Montgomery, AL 36130 edmund.lacour@alabamaag.gov | 334-242-7300 |
| Party name: State of Alabama | ||
| R. Trent McCotter Counsel of Record | Boyden Gray & Associates PLLC 801 17th Street, N.W. Suite 350 Washington, DC 20006 mccotter@boydengrayassociates.com | 202-706-5488 |
| Party name: Samaritan's Purse | ||
| Christopher Ernest Mills Counsel of Record | Spero Law LLC 557 East Bay Street #22251 Charleston, SC 29413 cmills@spero.law | 843 606 0640 |
| Party name: General Conference of the Seventh-day Adventists, et al. | ||
| Tim Newton Counsel of Record | Murphy & Grantland, P.A. Post Office Box 6648 Columbia, SC 29260 tnewton@murphygrantland.com | (803) 782-4100 |
| Party name: National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference | ||
| Steven T. O'Ban Counsel of Record | Attorney at Law 1575 S Seashore Drive Tacoma, WA 98465 stevenoban@gmail.com | 2533121688 |
| Party name: Washington State Legislators | ||
| Kelly J. Shackelford Counsel of Record | First Liberty Institute First Liberty Institute, 2001 W Piano Pkwy Suite 1600 Plano, TX 75075 kshackelford@firstliberty.org | 972-941-4444 |
| Party name: First Liberty Institute | ||
| Kevin Christian Walsh Counsel of Record | University of Richmond School of Law 203 Richmond Way Richmond, VA 23173 kwalsh@richmond.edu | 804-287-6018 |
| Party name: Kevin C. Walsh | ||
| Edward Mark Wenger Counsel of Record | Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky & Josefiak PLLC 15405 John Marshall Highway Haymarket, VA 20169 emwenger@HoltzmanVogel.com | 5403418808 |
| Party name: The State of Montana, Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen, and other Senior Montana State Attorneys | ||