No. 22-193
 
Title: Jatonya Clayborn Muldrow, Petitioner
v.
City of St. Louis, Missouri, et al.
Docketed: August 31, 2022
Linked with: 21A835
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
   Case Numbers: (20-2975)
   Decision Date: April 4, 2022
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Jun 15 2022 Application (21A835) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 3, 2022 to September 1, 2022, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.
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Jun 21 2022 Application (21A835) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until September 1, 2022.
Aug 29 2022 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 30, 2022)
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Sep 28 2022 Waiver of right of respondent City of St. Louis, et al. to respond filed.
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Sep 30 2022 Brief amicus curiae of National Employment Lawyers Association filed.
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Sep 30 2022 Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed.
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Oct 05 2022 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/28/2022.
Oct 11 2022 Response Requested. (Due November 10, 2022)
Oct 31 2022 Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 10, 2022 to December 12, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
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Nov 01 2022 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 12, 2022.
Dec 12 2022 Brief of respondents City of St. Louis, Missouri, et al. in opposition filed.
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Dec 19 2022 Waiver of the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition pursuant to Rule 15.5 filed by petitioner.
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Dec 20 2022 Reply of petitioner Jatonya Clayborn Muldrow filed. (Distributed)
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Dec 21 2022 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/6/2023.
Jan 09 2023 The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States.
May 18 2023 Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
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Jun 01 2023 Supplemental brief of respondents City of St. Louis, Missouri, et al. filed.
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Jun 06 2023 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/22/2023.
Jun 29 2023 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/29/2023.
Jun 30 2023 Petition GRANTED limited to the following question: Does Title VII prohibit discrimination in transfer decisions absent a separate court determination that the transfer decision caused a significant disadvantage?
Jul 07 2023 Motion for an extension of time within which to file the briefs on the merits filed.
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Jul 19 2023 Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including August 28, 2023. The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including October 11, 2023.
Aug 28 2023 Brief of petitioner Jatonya Clayborn Muldrow filed.
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Aug 28 2023 Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
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Aug 31 2023 Brief amici curiae of Professor Suja A. Thomas, et al. filed.
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Sep 01 2023 Brief amici curiae of The National Employment Lawyers Association, et al. filed.
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Sep 01 2023 Brief amici curiae of The Legal Aid Society and The National Employment Law Project filed.
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Sep 05 2023 Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
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Sep 05 2023 Brief amici curiae of District of Columbia, et al. in support of neither party filed.
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Sep 05 2023 Brief amici curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center, et al. filed.
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Sep 05 2023 Brief amicus curiae of National Treasury Employees Union filed.
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Oct 11 2023 Brief of respondent City of St. Louis filed.
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Oct 12 2023 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, December 6, 2023.
Oct 12 2023 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
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Oct 17 2023 Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
Oct 18 2023 Brief amicus curiae of The Society for Human Resource Management filed. (Distributed)
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Oct 18 2023 Brief amici curiae of National School Boards Association, AASA, The Superintendents Association, and Association of School Business Officials International filed. (Distributed)
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Oct 18 2023 Brief amici curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center, Inc., Restaurant Law Center, Inc., and National Retail Federation filed. (Distributed)
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Oct 18 2023 Brief amici curiae of State of Arkansas, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Oct 18 2023 Brief amici curiae of Local Government Legal Center, National Association of Counties, National League of Cities, and International Municipal Lawyers Association filed. (Distributed)
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Oct 19 2023 CIRCULATED
Oct 30 2023 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Nov 09 2023 Reply of petitioner Jatonya Clayborn Muldrow filed. (Distributed)
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Nov 29 2023 Record received from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. The record is available with the Clerk (one box).
Dec 06 2023 Argued. For petitioner: Brian Wolfman, Washington, D. C.; and Aimee W. Brown, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondents: Robert M. Loeb, Washington, D. C.
Apr 17 2024 Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Kagan, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Sotomayor, Gorsuch, Barrett, and Jackson, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., Alito, J., and Kavanaugh, J., each filed an opinion concurring in the judgment.
May 20 2024 Judgment Issued.
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Aug 19 2024 Record returned to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Brian Wolfman
Counsel of Record
Georgetown Law Appellate Courts Immersion Clinic
600 New Jersey Avenue
Suite 312
Washington, DC 20001

wolfmanb@georgetown.edu
Ph: 202-661-6582
Party name: Jatonya Clayborn Muldrow


Attorneys for Respondents
Sheena Renee Hamilton
Counsel of Record
City of St. Louis Civil Law Department
1200 Market Street, Room 314
St. Louis, MO 63103

HamiltonS@stlouis-mo.gov
Ph: 314-622-3361
Party name: City of St. Louis


Robert Mark Loeb
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
1152 15th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005

RLOEB@ORRICK.COM
Ph: 202-339-8475
Party name: City of St. Louis, Missouri, et al.


Other Attorneys
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
Ph: 501-682-6302
Party name: State of Arkansas, et al.


James Patrick Davy
Counsel of Record
All Rise Trial & Appellate
P.O. Box 15216
Philadelphia, PA 19125

jimdavy@allriselaw.org
Ph: (215) 792-3579
Party name: The Legal Aid Society and The National Employment Law Project


Brianne Jenna Gorod
Counsel of Record
Constitutional Accountability Center
1200 18th Street, NW
Suite 501
Washington, DC 20036

brianne@theusconstitution.org
Ph: 202 296 6889
Party name: Constitutional Accountability Center


Brianne Jenna Gorod
Counsel of Record
Constitutional Accountability Center
1200 18th Street, NW
Suite 501
Washington, DC 20036

BRIANNE@THEUSCONSTITUTION.ORG
Ph: 202 296 6889
Party name: Constitutional Accountability Center, American Civil Liberties Union, and American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri


Amanda Kellar Karras
Counsel of Record
International Municipal Lawyers Association
51 Monroe St., Suite 404
Rockville, MD 20850

akarras@imla.org
Ph: (202) 466-5424
Party name: Local Government Legal Center, National Association of Counties, National League of Cities, and International Municipal Lawyers Association


Richard B. Lapp
Counsel of Record
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
233 South Wacker Drive
Suite 8000
Chicago, IL 60606

rlapp@seyfarth.com
Ph: (312) 460-5914
Party name: The Society for Human Resource Management


Francisco Maria Negron Jr.
Counsel of Record
National School Boards Association
1680 Duke St.
Alexandria, VA 22314

fnegron@nsba.org
Ph: 7038386722
Party name: National School Boards Association, AASA, The Superintendents Association, and Association of School Business Officials International


Elizabeth B. Prelogar
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


Suja Aley Thomas
Counsel of Record
University of Illinois College of Law
504 E. Pennsylvania Avenue
Champaign, IL 61820

sathomas@illinois.edu
Ph: 3126076158
Party name: Professor Suja A. Thomas, et al.


Lucas Cody Townsend
Counsel of Record
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
1050 Connecticut Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC 20036

ltownsend@gibsondunn.com
Ph: 202-887-3731
Party name: Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center, Inc., Restaurant Law Center, Inc., and National Retail Federation


Caroline Sage Van Zile
Counsel of Record
Office of the Attorney General for D.C.
Office of the Solicitor General
400 6th Street, NW, Suite 8100
Washington, DC 20001

caroline.vanzile@dc.gov
Ph: (202) 724-6609
Party name: District of Columbia, et al.


Carolyn L. Wheeler
Counsel of Record
Katz Banks Kumin LLP
11 Dupont Circle NW
Suite 600
Washington, DC 20036

wheeler@katzbanks.com
Ph: (202) 299-1140
Party name: The National Employment Lawyers Association, The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., and The National Women’s Law Center


Carolyn L. Wheeler
Counsel of Record
Katz Banks Kumin LLP
11 Dupont Circle
Suite 600
Washington, DC 20036

wheeler@katzbanks.com
Ph: (202) 299-1140
Party name: National Employment Lawyers Association


Julie Marie Wilson
Counsel of Record
800 K Street, NW
Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20001

JULIE.WILSON@NTEU.ORG
Ph: 703-352-3325
Party name: National Treasury Employees Union