| No. 23-477 | |
| Title: | United States, Petitioner v. Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter for Tennessee, et al. |
| Docketed: | November 6, 2023 |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (23-5600) |
| Decision Date: | September 28, 2023 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Nov 06 2023 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 6, 2023) |
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| Nov 08 2023 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 6, 2023 to January 5, 2024, submitted to The Clerk. |
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| Nov 09 2023 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 5, 2024. |
| Nov 17 2023 | Brief amici curiae of Foreign Non-Profit Organizations Advocating for the Rights of Transgender People filed. VIDED. |
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| Dec 04 2023 | Brief amici curiae of Elliot Page, et al. filed. VIDED. |
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| Dec 08 2023 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 5, 2024 to February 5, 2024, submitted to The Clerk. |
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| Dec 11 2023 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including February 5, 2024. |
| Feb 02 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of Alabama filed. VIDED. |
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| Feb 02 2024 | Brief of respondents Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter for Tennessee, et al. in opposition filed. VIDED. |
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| Feb 20 2024 | Reply of petitioner United States filed. (Distributed) |
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| Jun 24 2024 | Petition GRANTED. |
| Jul 16 2024 | Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed. |
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| Jul 18 2024 | Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits is granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including August 27, 2024. The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including October 8, 2024. |
| Aug 27 2024 | Brief of petitioner United States filed. |
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| Aug 27 2024 | Joint appendix (Volumes I & II) filed. |
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| Aug 27 2024 | Brief of respondents in support of petitioner L.W., By and Through Her Parents and Next Friends, Samantha Williams and Brian Williams, et al. filed. |
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| Aug 27 2024 | Joint Appendix submitted. |
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| Aug 30 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Legal Scholars and National Women's Law Center filed. |
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| Sep 03 2024 | Brief amici curiae of American Academy of Pediatrics and Additional National and State Medical and Mental Health Organizations filed. |
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| Sep 03 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. filed. |
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| Sep 03 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Williams Institute Scholars filed. |
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| Sep 03 2024 | Brief amici curiae of California, et al. filed. |
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| Sep 03 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Equality Florida, et al. filed. |
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| Sep 03 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Dr. Erica E. Anderson, PhD, et al. filed. |
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| Sep 03 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed. |
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| Sep 03 2024 | Brief amici curiae of American Historical Association, et al. filed. |
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| Sep 03 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Foreign Non-Profit Organizations Advocating for the Rights of Transgender People filed. |
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| Sep 03 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, et al. filed. |
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| Sep 03 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Conservative Officials, Advisors, and Activists filed. |
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| Sep 03 2024 | Brief amici curiae of the Trevor Project, et al. filed. |
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| Sep 03 2024 | Brief amici curiae of The American Psychological Association, et al. filed. |
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| Sep 03 2024 | Brief amici curiae of TransParent and Minority Veterans of America filed. |
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| Sep 03 2024 | Brief amici curiae of The Kentucky Plaintiffs, GLAD, and LGBTQ+ Advocates filed. |
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| Sep 03 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Families with Transgender Children filed. |
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| Sep 03 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Expert Researchers and Physicians filed. |
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| Sep 03 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Clinical Practice Guideline Experts filed. |
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| Sep 03 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Elliot Page, et al. filed. |
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| Sep 03 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Professors of Law, Medicine, and Public Health filed. |
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| Sep 03 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Yale Philosophers filed. |
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| Sep 03 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine (SEGM) in support of neither party filed. |
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| Sep 03 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Members of Congress filed. |
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| Sep 03 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Grace and Parents of Transgender Youth filed. |
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| Sep 03 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of American Bar Association filed. |
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| Sep 03 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Genders & Sexualities Alliance Network, et al. filed. |
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| Sep 03 2024 | Brief amici curiae of William Eskridge Jr., et al. filed. |
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| Sep 03 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of interACT: Advocates for Intersex Youth filed. |
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| Sep 03 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Family Law and Constitutional Law Scholars filed. |
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| Sep 03 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Giffords Law Center To Prevent Gun Violence, et al. filed. |
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| Sep 03 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Family Law and Constitutional Law Scholars filed. |
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| Sep 03 2024 | Amicus brief of Experts on Gender Affirming Care submitted. |
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| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioner | ||
| Elizabeth B. Prelogar Counsel of Record | 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 | ||
| Attorneys for Respondents | ||
| James Matthew Rice Counsel of Record | Office of Tennessee Attorney General P.O. Box 20207 Nashville, TN 37202 MATT.RICE@AG.TN.GOV | 615-532-6026 |
| Party name: Jonathan Thomas Skrmetti, et al. | ||
| Chase Bachrach Strangio Counsel of Record | American Civil Liberties Union Foundation 125 Broad Street New York, NY 10004 cstrangio@aclu.org | 2125492500 |
| Party name: L.W., By and Through Her Parents and Next Friends, Samantha Williams and Brian Williams, et al. | ||
| Steven James Griffin | Tennessee Attorney General's Office P.O. Box 20207 Nashville, TN 37202 steven.griffin@ag.tn.gov | 6157419598 |
| Party name: Jonathan Thomas Skrmetti, et al. | ||
| Jeffrey Matthew Harris | Consovoy McCarthy PLLC 1600 Wilson Blvd. Suite 700 Arlington, VA 22209 JEFF@CONSOVOYMCCARTHY.COM | (703) 243-9423 |
| Party name: Jonathan Thomas Skrmetti, et al. | ||
| Whitney Downs Hermandorfer | Office of the Tennessee Attorney General & Reporte P.O. Box 20207 Nashville, TN 37202-0207 whitney.hermandorfer@ag.tn.gov | 615-741-7403 |
| Party name: Jonathan Thomas Skrmetti, et al. | ||
| Cameron Thomas Norris | Consovoy McCarthy PLLC 1600 Wilson Blvd., Ste 700 Arlington, VA 22209 cam@consovoymccarthy.com | 7032439423 |
| Party name: Jonathan Thomas Skrmetti, et al. | ||
| Other | ||
| Jessica Ring Amunson Counsel of Record | Jenner & Block LLP 1099 New York Avenue NW Suite 900 Washington, DC 20001 JAMUNSON@JENNER.COM | 202-639-6023 |
| Party name: The American Psychological Association and Other Leading Mental Health Organizations | ||
| Peter T. Barbur Counsel of Record | Cravath, Swaine & Moore 375 Ninth Avenue New York, NY 10001 pbarbur@cravath.com | (212) 474-1000 |
| Party name: Families with Transgender Children | ||
| Boris Bershteyn Counsel of Record | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP One Manhattan West New York, NY 10001-8602 BORIS.BERSHTEYN@SKADDEN.COM | 212-735-3000 |
| Party name: Grace and Parents of Transgender Youth | ||
| Carmine D. Boccuzzi Jr. | Cleary Gottlieb Steen and Hamilton LLP One Liberty Plaza New York, NY 10006 cboccuzzi@cgsh.com | 212-225-2508 |
| Party name: Elliot Page, et al. | ||
| Benjamin Bradshaw Counsel of Record | O'Melveny & Myers LLP 1625 Eye Street, NW Washington, DC 20006 bbradshaw@omm.com | 202-383-5300 |
| Party name: TransParent and Minority Veterans of America | ||
| Brian Timothy Burgess Counsel of Record | Goodwin Procter, LLP 1900 N Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20036 BBurgess@goodwinlaw.com | 2023464000 |
| Party name: Conservative Officials, Advisors, and Activists | ||
| Claudia Center Counsel of Record | Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund 3075 Adeline Street, Suite 210 Berkeley, CA 94703 ccenter@dredf.org | 5106442555 |
| Party name: Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund | ||
| Samantha Lee Chaifetz Counsel of Record | DLA Piper LLC 500 8th Street NW Washington, DC 20004 SAMANTHA.CHAIFETZ@US.DLAPIPER.COM | (202) 799-4082 |
| Party name: Dr. Erica E. Anderson, PhD, and Dr. Laura Edwards-Leeper, PhD | ||
| Daniel Julian Cragg Counsel of Record | Eckland & Blando 10 South Fifth Street, Suite 800 Minneapolis, MN 55402 dcragg@ecklandblando.com | 6122360165 |
| Party name: Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine (SEGM) | ||
| Andrew Rhys Davies Counsel of Record | Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP 7 World Trade Center 250 Greenwich Street New York, NY 10007 andrew.davies@wilmerhale.com | 212 230 8800 |
| Party name: Foreign Non-Profit Organizations Advocating for the Rights of Transgender People | ||
| Sydney Victoria Duncan Counsel of Record | Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund 520 8th Ave, Suite 2204 New York, NY 10018 sduncan@transequality.org | 205-807-1071 |
| Party name: Elliot Page, et al. | ||
| John Patrick Elwood Counsel of Record | Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP 601 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington, DC 20001 JOHN.ELWOOD@ARNOLDPORTER.COM | (202) 942-5992 |
| Party name: American Bar Association | ||
| David Scott Flugman Counsel of Record | Selendy Gay PLLC 1290 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10104 dflugman@selendygay.com | 212-390-9000 |
| Party name: Williams Institute Scholars | ||
| Brianne Jenna Gorod Counsel of Record | Constitutional Accountability Center 1200 18th Street, NW Suite 501 Washington, DC 20036 BRIANNE@THEUSCONSTITUTION.ORG | 202 296 6889 |
| Party name: Constitutional Accountability Center | ||
| Leslie A. Greathouse Counsel of Record | Spencer Fane LLP 1000 Walnut Street Suite 1400 Kansas City, MO 64106-2140 lgreathouse@spencerfane.com | 8164748100 |
| Party name: William Eskridge Jr., Steven Calabresi, Naomi Cahn, June Carbone, Lawrence Gostin, Christopher Riano, Amanda Shanor, and Alexander Volokh | ||
| Kathleen Roberta Hartnett Counsel of Record | Cooley LLP 3 Embarcadero Center San Francisco, CA 94111, CA 94111 KHARTNETT@COOLEY.COM | (415) 693-2000 |
| Party name: Professors of Law, Medicine, and Public Health | ||
| Kara Nicole Ingelhart Counsel of Record | Northwestern Pritzker School of Law Bluhm Legal Clinic, LGBTQI+ Rights Clinic 375 E. Chicago Ave. Chicago, IL 60611 kara.ingelhart@law.northwestern.edu | (312) 503-3770 |
| Party name: American Historical Association, Organization Of American Historians, LGBTQ+ History Association, and Historian Scholars | ||
| Jonah Moses Knobler Counsel of Record | Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP 1133 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036 jknobler@pbwt.com | 2123362134 |
| Party name: interACT: Advocates for Intersex Youth | ||
| Craig Joseph Konnoth Counsel of Record | 580 Massie Road Charlottesville, VA 22903 Craig.konnoth@virginia.edu | 4349247361 |
| Party name: Experts on Gender Affirming Care | ||
| 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 | ||
| Julia Renee Lissner Counsel of Record | Akerman LLP 71 South Wacker Drive, 47th Floor Chicago, IL 60606 julia.lissner@akerman.com | (312) 634-5700 |
| Party name: Genders & Sexualities Alliance Network, et al. | ||
| Janice Marie Mac Avoy Counsel of Record | Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP One New York Plaza New York, NY 10004 JANICE.MACAVOY@FRIEDFRANK.COM | 212-859-8182 |
| Party name: Giffords Law Center To Prevent Gun Violence, Brady Center To Prevent Gun Violence, Team Enough, and March For Our Lives Action Fund | ||
| Brian Robert Matsui Counsel of Record | Morrison & Foerster LLP 2100 L Street, NW Suite 900 Washington, DC 20037 BMATSUI@MOFO.COM | 202-887-8784 |
| Party name: Family Law and Constitutional Law Scholars | ||
| Deborah S Mazer Counsel of Record | Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP 450 Lexington Ave New York, NY 10017 deborah.mazer@davispolk.com | 2124504000 |
| Party name: 17 HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS | ||
| Rachel Gabrielle Miller-Ziegler Counsel of Record | Munger, Tolles and Olson LLP 601 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Suite 500E Washington, DC 20001-5369 rachel.miller-ziegler@mto.com | (202) 220-1100 |
| Party name: Equality Florida, Georgia Equality, Tennessee Equality Project, Equality Utah, and Wyoming Equality | ||
| Jonathan F. Mitchell Counsel of Record | Mitchell Law PLLC 111 Congress Avenue Suite 400 Austin, TX 78701 jonathan@mitchell.law | (512) 686-3940 |
| Party name: America First Legal Foundation | ||
| Justin Richard Rassi Counsel of Record | Debevoise & Plimpton LLP 66 Hudson Boulevard New York, NY 10001 jrassi@debevoise.com | (212) 909-6000 |
| Party name: The Trevor Project, Juvenile Law Center, National Center for Youth Law | ||
| Stephanie Schuster Counsel of Record | Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004 STEPHANIE.SCHUSTER@MORGANLEWIS.COM | (202) 739-3000 |
| Party name: The Kentucky Plaintiffs, GLAD, and LGBTQ+ Advocates | ||
| Alexander Rosskamm Shalom Counsel of Record | Lowenstein Sandler LLP One Lowenstein Dr. Roseland, NJ 07068 ashalom@lowenstein.com | 973-597-2500 |
| Party name: Expert Researchers and Physicians | ||
| Samuel Spital Counsel of Record | NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. 40 Rector Street 5th Floor New York, NY 10006 SSPITAL@NAACPLDF.ORG | (212) 965-2200 |
| Party name: NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. | ||
| Amelia Temple Redwood Starr | Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP 450 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10017 amelia.starr@davispolk.com | 2124504000 |
| Party name: Family Law and Constitutional Law Scholars | ||
| Eugene E. Stearns Counsel of Record | 150 West Flagler Street, Suite 2200 Miami, FL 33131 estearns@stearnsweaver.com | 305-789-3280 |
| Party name: Clinical Practice Guideline Experts | ||
| Catherine Emily Stetson Counsel of Record | Hogan Lovells US LLP 555 13th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20004-1109 CATE.STETSON@HOGANLOVELLS.COM | 2026375491 |
| Party name: Legal Scholars and National Women's Law Center | ||
| Conor Denali Tucker Counsel of Record | Steptoe LLP 633 West Fifth Street Los Angeles, CA 90071 ctucker@steptoe.com | 2134399400 |
| Party name: 164 Members of Congress | ||
| Julie Michelle Veroff Counsel of Record | California Department of Justice 455 Golden Gate Avenue Suite 11000 San Francisco, CA 94102 julie.veroff@doj.ca.gov | 4156932000 |
| Party name: State of California | ||
| Debra Jean Veta Counsel of Record | Covington & Burling LLP 850 Tenth Street NW Washington, DC 20001 jveta@cov.com | 202 662-5294 |
| Party name: American Academy of Pediatrics and Additional National and State Medical and Mental Health Organizations | ||
| Jessica Michael Weisel Counsel of Record | Complex Appellate Litigation Group LLP 96 Jessie Street San Francisco, CA 94105 jessica.weisel@calg.com | (415) 649-6700 |
| Party name: Yale Philosophers | ||