No. 24-154
 
Title: Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc., et al., Petitioners
v.
Wisconsin Labor & Industry Review Commission, et al.
Docketed: August 13, 2024
Linked with: 23A1067
Lower Ct: Supreme Court of Wisconsin
   Case Numbers: (2020AP2007)
   Decision Date: March 14, 2024
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
May 28 2024 Application (23A1067) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 12, 2024 to August 11, 2024, submitted to Justice Barrett.
Main Document Lower Court Orders/Opinions Proof of Service
May 30 2024 Application (23A1067) granted by Justice Barrett extending the time to file until August 11, 2024.
Aug 09 2024 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 12, 2024)
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Aug 23 2024 Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 12, 2024 to November 8, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
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Aug 27 2024 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 8, 2024.
Sep 12 2024 Brief amici curiae of Religious Liberty Scholars filed.
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Sep 12 2024 Brief amici curiae of The Catholic Conferences of Illinois, Iowa, Michigan and Minnesota filed.
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Sep 12 2024 Brief amici curiae of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, et al. filed.
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Sep 12 2024 Brief amicus curiae of Wisconsin State Legislature filed.
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Sep 12 2024 Brief amicus curiae of By The Hand Club For Kids filed.
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Sep 12 2024 Brief amicus curiae of Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty filed.
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Sep 12 2024 Brief amicus curiae of Wisconsin Catholic Conference filed.
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Sep 12 2024 Brief amici curiae of International Society for Krishna Consciousness and the Sikh Coalition filed.
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Nov 08 2024 Brief of respondents Wisconsin Labor & Industry Review Commission, et al. in opposition filed.
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Nov 14 2024 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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Nov 18 2024 Reply of petitioners Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Nov 19 2024 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/6/2024.
Dec 09 2024 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/13/2024.
Dec 13 2024 Petition GRANTED.
Dec 16 2024 The order granting the petition for a writ of certiorari is amended as follows: The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted limited to Question 1 presented by the petition.
Jan 27 2025 Brief of petitioners Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc., et al. filed.
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Jan 27 2025 Joint appendix filed (Jan. 28, 2025--reprint of paper copies only). (Statement of costs filed)
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Jan 28 2025 Brief amicus curiae of World Faith Foundation filed.
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Jan 30 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty filed.
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Jan 31 2025 Brief amici curiae of The Catholic Conferences of Illinois, et al. filed.
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Jan 31 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Professor Christopher C. Lund filed.
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Feb 03 2025 Brief amicus curiae of the United States filed.
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Feb 03 2025 Brief amicus curiae of American Center for Law and Justice filed.
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Feb 03 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Catholic Charities USA filed.
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Feb 03 2025 Brief amici curiae of Maranatha Baptist University, et al. filed.
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Feb 03 2025 Brief amicus curiae of City on a Hill Legal Ministry filed.
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Feb 03 2025 Brief amici curiae of Evangelical Council For Financial Accountability, et al. filed.
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Feb 03 2025 Brief amici curiae of Religiously Affiliated Universities, et al. filed.
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Feb 03 2025 Brief amicus curiae of New York State Catholic Conference filed.
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Feb 03 2025 Brief amici curiae of Eleven Major Religious Denominations filed.
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Feb 03 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Wisconsin State Legislature filed.
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Feb 03 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Professor Nathan S. Chapman filed.
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Feb 03 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Wisconsin Catholic Conference filed.
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Feb 03 2025 Brief amicus curiae of By The Hand filed.
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Feb 03 2025 Brief amicus curiae of First Liberty Institute filed.
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Feb 03 2025 Brief amici curiae of Ohio, et al. filed.
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Feb 03 2025 Brief amici curiae of Christian Legal Society, et al. filed.
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Feb 03 2025 Brief amicus curiae of International Society for Krishna Consciousness filed.
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Feb 03 2025 Amicus brief of Religious Liberty Scholars not accepted for filing. (To be corrected February 6, 2025)
Feb 03 2025 Brief amici curiae of Religious Liberty Scholars filed. (Corrected)
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Feb 03 2025 Brief amicus curiae of National Legal Foundation filed.
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Feb 10 2025 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, March 31, 2025.
Feb 12 2025 Record requested from the Supreme Court of Wisconsin.
Feb 19 2025 CIRCULATED
Feb 26 2025 Brief of respondents Wisconsin Labor & Industry Review Commission, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Feb 27 2025 Record received from the Supreme Court of Wisconsin and available with the Clerk.
Mar 04 2025 Motion of the Deputy Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
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Mar 04 2025 Brief amici curiae of Economic Policy Institute, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 05 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Freedom From Religion Foundation filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 05 2025 Brief amicus curiae of American Atheists, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 05 2025 Brief amicus curiae of International Municipal Lawyers Association filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 05 2025 Brief amici curiae of Religious and Civil-Rights Organizations filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 05 2025 Brief amici curiae of Service Employees International Union, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 21 2025 Motion of the Deputy Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Mar 21 2025 Reply of petitioners Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 31 2025 Argued. For petitioners: Eric C. Rassbach, Washington, D. C.; and Curtis E. Gannon, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondents: Colin T. Roth, Assistant Attorney General, Madison, Wis.
Jun 05 2025 Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Sotomayor, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court. Thomas, J., and Jackson, J., filed concurring opinions.
Jul 07 2025 Judgment and Mandate Issued.
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Aug 05 2025 Record returned to the Supreme Court of Wisconsin.
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Eric Christopher Rassbach
Counsel of Record
The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty
1919 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20006

ERASSBACH@BECKETLAW.ORG
Ph: 2029550095
Party name: Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc., et al.


Attorneys for Respondents
Colin Thomas Roth
Counsel of Record
Wisconsin Department of Justice
17 West Main Street
Madison, WI 53703

rothct1@doj.state.wi.us
Ph: 608-266-7636
Party name: Wisconsin Labor & Industry Review Commission, et al.


Charlotte Gibson
Wisconsin Department of Justice
17 West Main Street
Madison, WI 53707

gibsoncj@doj.state.wi.us
Ph: 6089575218
Party name: Wisconsin Labor & Industry Review Commission, et al.


Other Attorneys
John Michael Baker
Counsel of Record
Greene Espel, PLLP
222 South Ninth Street
Suite 2200
Minneapolis, MN 55402

JBAKER@GREENEESPEL.COM
Ph: (612) 373-0830
Party name: International Municipal Lawyers Association


Geoffrey Thomas Blackwell
Counsel of Record
American Atheists, Inc.
PO Box 58637
Philadelphia, PA 19121

LEGAL@ATHEISTS.ORG
Ph: (908) 276-7300
Party name: American Atheists, Inc.


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: By The Hand Club For Kids


Frederick W. Claybrook Jr.
Counsel of Record
Claybrook, LLC
655 Fifteenth St., NW, Ste. 425
Washington, DC 20005

rick@claybrooklaw.com
Ph: 301-622-0360
Party name: National Legal Foundation


Richard Simon Cleary Jr.
Counsel of Record
Williams & Connolly LLP
680 Maine Avenue, S.W.
Washington, DC 20024

rcleary@wc.com
Ph: 2024345000
Party name: Religious Liberty Scholars


Michael Louis Costello
Counsel of Record
Tobin and Dempf, LLP
515 Broadway
Albany, NY 12207

mcostello@tdlaws.com
Ph: (518) 463-1177
Party name: New York State Catholic Conference


Anthony John Dick
Counsel of Record
Jones Day
51 Louisiana Ave NW
Washington, DC 20001

ajdick@jonesday.com
Ph: 2028793939
Party name: Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty


Laurence Jacques Dupuis
Counsel of Record
Legal Action of Wisconsin, Inc.
633 W. Wisconsin Ave, #2000
Milwaukee, WI 53203

ldupuis@legalaction.org
Ph: (414) 274-3442
Party name: The Economic Policy Institute, et al.


Thomas Elliot Gaiser
Counsel of Record
Office of the Ohio Attorney General
30 E. Broad St., 17th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215

thomas.gaiser@ohioago.gov
Ph: 6144668980
Party name: State of Ohio and 18 Other States


Samuel Troxell Grover
Counsel of Record
Freedom From Religion Foundation
PO Box 750
Madison, WI 53701

sgrover@ffrf.org
Ph: (608) 256-8900
Party name: Freedom From Religion Foundation


Sarah Michelle Harris
Williams & Connolly LLP
680 Maine Avenue SW
Washington, DC 20024

SHARRIS@WC.COM
Ph: 202-434-5599
Party name: Religious Liberty Scholars


Benjamin Timothy Christian Hayes
Counsel of Record
Goodwin Procter LLP
1900 N Street NW
Washington, DC 20036

bhayes@goodwinlaw.com
Ph: 2023464128
Party name: International Society for Krishna Consciousness


James L. Hirsen
Counsel of Record
505 S. Villa Real, Ste. 101
Anaheim, CA 92807-3432

james@jameshirsen.com
Ph: (714) 283-8880
Party name: World Faith Foundation


Bradley George Hubbard
Counsel of Record
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
2001 Ross Avenue
Suite 2100
Dallas, TX 75201

BHubbard@gibsondunn.com
Ph: (214) 698-3100
Party name: Wisconsin Catholic Conference


James Harold Hulme
ArentFox Schiff LLP
1717 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036-5344

JAMES.HULME@ARENTFOX.COM
Ph: 2028576144
Party name: Catholic Charities USA


Jeffrey Ryan Johnson
Counsel of Record
Jones Day
51 Louisiana Avenue N.W.
Washington, DC 20001

jeffreyjohnson@jonesday.com
Ph: 202 879 3939
Party name: Professor Nathan S. Chapman


Scott A. Kronland
Counsel of Record
Altshuler Berzon, LLP
177 Post Street
Suite 300
San Francisco, CA 94108

skronland@altber.com
Ph: 415-421-7151
Party name: Service Employees International Union and American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees


Stuart J. Lark
Counsel of Record
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
90 South Cascade Avenue
Suite 1500
Colorado Springs, CO 80903

slark@taftlaw.com
Ph: 719-475-2440
Party name: Evangelical Council For Financial Accountability, et al.


Dino Luigi LaVerghetta
Counsel of Record
Sidley Austin LLP
1501 K Street NW
Washington, DC 20005

dlaverghetta@sidley.com
Ph: 2027368000
Party name: City on a Hill Ministry


James Ney Law
Counsel of Record
Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c.
1000 North Water Street, Suite 1700
Milwaukee, WI 53202

jlaw@reinhartlaw.com
Ph: 414-298-1000
Party name: The Catholic Conferences of Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Tennessee, and Washington


James Ney Law
Counsel of Record
Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c.
1000 North Water Street, Suite 1700
Milwaukee, WI 53202

jlaw@reinhartlaw.com
Ph: 414-298-1000
Party name: The Catholic Conferences of Illinois, Iowa, Michigan and Minnesota


Alexander J. Luchenitser
Counsel of Record
Americans United for Separation of Church & State
1310 L St NW
Suite 200
Washington, DC 20005

luchenitser@au.org
Ph: 202-466-7306
Party name: Religious and Civil-Rights Organizations


Christopher C. Lund
Counsel of Record
Wayne State University Law School
471 W. Palmer St.
Detroit, MI 48202

lund@wayne.edu
Ph: 3135773933
Party name: Professor Christopher C. Lund


Steven T. McFarland
Counsel of Record
Suite 302
8001 Braddock Rd
Springfield, VA 22151

smcfarland@clsnet.org
Ph: 7036421070
Party name: Christian Legal Society, et al.


Laura Darien Nammo
Center for Law & Religious Freedom
8001 Braddock Rd. Suite 302
Springfield, VA 22151

laura@clsnet.org
Ph: 7038621819
Party name: Christian Legal Society


Zachary Guy Parks
Counsel of Record
Covington & Burling LLP
850 Tenth St. NW
Washington, DC 20001

ZPARKS@COV.COM
Ph: 2026626000
Party name: Religiously Affiliated Universities and Higher-Education Associations


D. John Sauer
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


Gene Clayton Schaerr
Counsel of Record
Schaerr | Jaffe
1717 K Street NW, Suite 900
Washington, DC 20006

GSCHAERR@SCHAERR-JAFFE.COM
Ph: 202-787-1060
Party name: Eleven Major Religious Denominations


Gene Clayton Schaerr
Counsel of Record
Schaerr | Jaffe
1717 K Street NW, Suite 900
Washington, DC 20006

GSCHAERR@SCHAERR-JAFFE.COM
Ph: 202-787-1060
Party name: THE LUTHERAN CHURCH—MISSOURI SYNOD; THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EVANGELICALS; THE ETHICS AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTY COMMISSION; THE MINNESOTA-WISCONSIN BAPTIST CONVENTION; AND THE ISLAM AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ACTION TEAM


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 & Justice


Kelly J. Shackelford
Counsel of Record
First Liberty Institute
2001 W Piano Pkwy
Suite 1600
Plano, TX 75075

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


Keith R. Styles
Counsel of Record
Catholic Charities USA
2050 Ballenger Avenue
Suite 400
Alexandria, VA 22314

kstyles@catholiccharitiesusa.org
Ph: 7035491390
Party name: Catholic Charities USA


Daniel Robert Suhr
Counsel of Record
Center for American Rights
747 N LaSalle Street
Suite 210
Chicago, IL 60654

dsuhr@americanrights.org
Ph: 414.588.1658
Party name: Maranatha Baptist University, et al.


Ryan Joseph Walsh
Counsel of Record
Eimer Stahl LLP
10 East Doty Street
Suite 621
Madison, WI 53703

rwalsh@eimerstahl.com
Ph: (608) 620-8346
Party name: Wisconsin State Legislature


Walter M. Weber
American Center for Law & Justice
201 Maryland Avenue, N.E.
Washington, DC 20002-5703

WMWEBER@ACLJ-DC.ORG
Ph: 703.639.0775
Party name: American Center for Law & Justice