No. 24-297
Title:Tamer Mahmoud, et al., Petitioners
v.
Thomas W. Taylor, et al.
Docketed:September 16, 2024
Linked with 24A94
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
   Case Numbers:(23-1890)
   Decision Date:May 15, 2024
   Rehearing Denied:
  Discretionary Court Decision Date:
Questions Presented

DateProceedings and Orders
Jul 24 2024Application (24A94) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from August 13, 2024 to September 12, 2024, submitted to The Chief Justice.
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Jul 26 2024Application (24A94) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until September 12, 2024.
Sep 12 2024Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 16, 2024)
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Oct 04 2024Brief amici curiae of Advancing American Freedom, et al. filed.
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Oct 14 2024Brief amici curiae of Professor S. Ernie Walton, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Oct 14 2024Brief amici curiae of Douglas Laycock, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Oct 14 2024Brief amicus curiae of Christian Legal Society filed. (Distributed)
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Oct 15 2024Waiver of right of respondent Thomas Taylor, et al. to respond filed.
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Oct 15 2024Brief amici curiae of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Oct 16 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/1/2024.
Oct 16 2024Brief amici curiae of West Virginia, et al. filed.
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Oct 16 2024Brief amici curiae of Protect the First Foundation, et al. filed.
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Oct 16 2024Brief amicus curiae of NC Values Institute filed.
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Oct 16 2024Brief amici curiae of America's Future, et al. filed.
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Oct 16 2024Brief amicus curiae of America First Legal Foundation filed.
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Oct 16 2024Brief amici curiae of Parents Nicholas Brown, et al. filed.
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Oct 17 2024Response Requested. (Due November 18, 2024)
Oct 21 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 18, 2024 to December 18, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
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Oct 24 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 18, 2024.
Dec 18 2024Brief of respondents Thomas Taylor, et al. in opposition filed.
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Dec 20 2024Waiver of the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition pursuant to Rule 15.5 filed by petitioners.
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Dec 24 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2025.
Dec 27 2024Reply of petitioners Tamer Mahmoud, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Jan 13 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/17/2025.
Jan 17 2025Petition GRANTED.
Feb 24 2025SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, April 22, 2025.
Feb 26 2025Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Feb 26 2025Record received from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. The record is electronic and is available on PACER.
Feb 28 2025Brief amici curiae of Jaco Booyens Ministries, et al. filed.
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Mar 03 2025Brief of Tamer Mahmoud, et al. not accepted for filing. (March 04, 2025--Reprinted brief and PDF submitted.)
Mar 03 2025Brief of petitioners Tamer Mahmoud, et al. filed.
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Mar 03 2025Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
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Mar 05 2025Brief amicus curiae of LONANG Institute filed.
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Mar 07 2025Brief amicus curiae of Americans for Prosperity Foundation filed.
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Mar 10 2025Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
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Mar 10 2025Brief amici curiae of Our Duty–USA and Partners for Ethical Care filed.
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Mar 10 2025Brief amici curiae of 66 Members of Congress filed.
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Mar 10 2025Brief amici curiae of Muslim Parents, et al. filed.
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Mar 10 2025Brief amicus curiae of America First Legal Foundation filed.
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Mar 10 2025Brief amici curiae of State of West Virginia, et al. filed.
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Mar 10 2025Brief amici curiae of 35 Maryland Legislators filed.
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Mar 10 2025Brief amici curiae of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, et al. filed.
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Mar 10 2025Brief amicus curiae of Legal Insurrection Foundation filed.
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Mar 10 2025Brief amicus curiae of Sutherland Institute filed.
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Mar 10 2025Brief amici curiae of AASA, The School Superintendents Association, et al. supporting neither party filed.
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Mar 10 2025Brief amici curiae of Protect Our Kids (California), et al. filed.
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Mar 10 2025Brief amicus curiae of Ethics and Public Policy Center filed.
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Mar 10 2025Brief amicus curiae of Women's Liberation Front filed.
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Mar 10 2025Brief amicus curiae of Parents Defending Education filed.
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Mar 10 2025Brief amici curiae of Maryland Family Institute, et al. filed.
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Mar 10 2025Brief amicus curiae of Center for American Liberty filed.
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Mar 10 2025Brief amici curiae of National Religious Broadcasters, et al. filed.
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Mar 10 2025Brief amici curiae of Professors S. Ernie Walton, et al. filed.
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Mar 10 2025Brief amici curiae of Defense of Freedom Institute For Policy Studies, et al. filed.
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Mar 10 2025Brief amicus curiae of Tammy Fournier filed.
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Mar 10 2025Brief amicus curiae of Melissa Moschella, Ph.D. filed.
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Mar 10 2025Brief amicus curiae of Liberty Counsel filed.
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Mar 10 2025Brief amicus curiae of American Center for Law and Justice filed.
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Mar 10 2025Brief amici curiae of Christian Legal Society, et al. filed.
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Mar 10 2025Brief amici curiae of Law Professors filed.
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Mar 10 2025Brief amici curiae of Parent Nicholas Brown, et al. filed.
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Mar 10 2025Brief amici curiae of Professor Douglas Laycock, et al. filed.
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Mar 10 2025Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Moral Law filed.
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Mar 10 2025Brief amici curiae of NC Values Institute, et al. filed.
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Mar 10 2025Brief amicus curiae of Nathan Lewin filed.
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Mar 10 2025Brief amicus curiae of Independence Law Center filed.
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Mar 10 2025Brief amici curiae of America's Future, et al. filed.
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Mar 10 2025Brief amici curiae of Manhattan Institute, et al. filed.
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Mar 10 2025Brief amici curiae of Advancing American Freedom, et al. filed.
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Mar 10 2025Brief amicus curiae of California Parents for the Equalization of Educational Materials in support of neither party filed. VIDED.
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Mar 10 2025Brief amici curiae of America's Frontline Doctors, et al. filed.
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Mar 17 2025Motion 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 19 2025CIRCULATED

NAMEADDRESSPHONE
Attorneys for Petitioners
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: Tamer Mahmoud, et al.
Attorneys for Respondents
Alan Evan Schoenfeld
    Counsel of Record		Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale and Dorr, LLP
7 World Trade Center
250 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10007

alan.schoenfeld@wilmerhale.com		(212) 230-8800
Party name: Thomas Taylor, et al.
Other
Sarah M. Harris
    Counsel of Record		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
Helen M. Alvare
    Counsel of Record		George Mason University School of Law
3301 Fairfax Drive
Arlington, VA 22201

halvare@gmu.edu		3012761492
Party name: Maryland Family Institute, Hawaii Family Forum, Alabama Policy Institute, Massachusetts Family Institute, Alaska Family Council, Center for Christian Virtue (Ohio), Nebraska Family Alliance, New York Families Foundation, The Family Foundation (Virginia), The Family Foundation (Kentucky), Kansas Family Voice, and Louisiana Family Forum
Thomas L. Brejcha Jr.
    Counsel of Record		Thomas More Society
309 West Washington Street, Suite 1250
Chicago, IL 60606

tbrejcha@thomasmoresociety.org		(312) 782-1680
Party name: Protect Our Kids (California), Colorado Parents Advocacy Network, Protect Ohio Children Coalition, Nebraskans for Founders’ Values and Texas Education 911
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: Tammy Fournier
Frederick W. Claybrook Jr.
    Counsel of Record		Claybrook, LLC
655 Fifteenth St., NW, Ste. 425
Washington, DC 20005

rick@claybrooklaw.com		301-622-0360
Party name: Parents Nicholas Brown, Zeina El Debs, Timothy Janss, Dagmar Janss, and Stephanie Pate
Steven Timothy Collis
    Counsel of Record		University of Texas Law
727 East Dean Keeton Street
Austin , TX 78705

STEVEN.COLLIS@LAW.UTEXAS.EDU		512-475-9090
Party name: Muslim Parents, Sheikhs, and Imams
John Michael Connolly
    Counsel of Record		Consovoy McCarthy PLLC
1600 Wilson Blvd
Suite 700
Arlington, VA 22209

MIKE@CONSOVOYMCCARTHY.COM		7032439423
Party name: Parents Defending Education
Cynthia Fleming Crawford
    Counsel of Record		Americans for Prosperity Foundation
4201 Wilson Blvd.
Suite 1000
Arlington, VA 22203

CCRAWFORD@AFPHQ.ORG		5713292227
Party name: Americans for Prosperity Foundation
Elspeth Benten Cypher
    Counsel of Record		Women's Liberation Front
1802 Vernon Street NW #2036
Washington, DC 20009

elspeth@womensliberationfront.org		(202) 507-9475
Party name: Women's Liberation Front
David Anthony Dalia
    Counsel of Record		David A. Dalia
Attorney at Law
700 Camp Street
New Orleans, LA 70130

davidadalia@gmail.com		504-524-5541
Party name: America's Frontline Doctors
Donald A. Daugherty Jr.
    Counsel of Record		Defense of Freedom Institute For Policy Studies
1455 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Suite 400
Washington , DC 20004

don.daugherty@dfipolicy.org		4145596902
Party name: Defense of Freedom Institute For Policy Studies, Jillian Balow, Michael DiMatteo, Patrick Garrison, Claudine "Beanie" Geoghegan, Nathan Gwinn, Mark Lendhardt, Tammy Rae McMahon-Goran, Paul Rossi, Dicky Shanor and Mitchell M. Zais
Deborah Dewart
    Counsel of Record		111 Magnolia Lane
Hubert, NC 28539

LAWYERDEBORAH@OUTLOOK.COM		9103264554
Party name: NC Values Institute
William C. Duncan
    Counsel of Record		420 E. South Temple, Suite 510
Salt Lake City, UT 84111

bill@sifreedom.org		(801)-355-1272
Party name: Sutherland Institute
Michael P. Farris
    Counsel of Record		National Religious Broadcasters
20 F Street
Seventh Floor
Washington, DC 20001

mfarris@nrb.org		2023414783
Party name: National Religious Broadcasters
Michael P. Farris
    Counsel of Record		National Religious Broadcasters
20 F Street
Seventh Floor
Washington, DC 20001

mfarris@nrb.org		2023414783
Party name: Amicus Curiae
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: AASA, The School Superintendents Association, et al.
Robert P. George
    Counsel of Record		Robinson & McElwee, PLLC
700 Virginia Street East, Suite 400
Charleston, WV 25301

RGEORGE@PRINCETON.EDU		609-658-4510
Party name: Melissa Moschella, Ph.D.
Richard Shawn Gunnarson
    Counsel of Record		Kirton McConkie
Key Bank Tower
36 South State Street, Suite 1900
Salt Lake City, UT 84111

SGUNNARSON@KMCLAW.COM		801-328-3600
Party name: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, et al.
Christopher Theodore Holinger
    Counsel of Record		Robertson Center for Constitutional Law
1000 Regent Univ. Drive
Suite 303
Virginia Beach, VA 23464

chriho3@regent.edu		757 410-2293
Party name: Professors S. Ernie Walton and Eric A. Degroff
Eric Alan Hudson
    Counsel of Record		Terrazas PLLC
1001 South Capital of Texas Highway
Building L, Suite 250
Austin, TX 78746

ehudson@terrazaspllc.com		15122949891
Party name: Legal Insurrection Foundation
Erik S. Jaffe
    Counsel of Record		Schaerr | Jaffe LLP
1717 K Street, N.W., Suite 900
Washington, DC 20006

EJAFFE@SCHAERR-JAFFE.COM		202-787-1060
Party name: 66 Members of Congress
Glenn Michael Katon
    Counsel of Record		Mirador Law
6601 Owens Drive, Ste 238
Pleasanton, CA 94588

glenn@miradorlaw.com		9254608484
Party name: California Parents for the Equalization of Educational Materials
Eric Nieuwenhuis Kniffin
    Counsel of Record		Ethics and Public Policy Center
1730 M Street N.W.
Suite 910
Washington, DC 20036

ekniffin@eppc.org		2026281200
Party name: Ethics and Public Policy Center
Nathan Lewin
    Counsel of Record		Lewin & Lewin, LLP
888 17th St. NW, 4th Floor
Washington, DC 20006

nat@lewinlewin.com		2028281000
Party name: Nathan Lewin
Mary Elizabeth McAlister
    Counsel of Record		Child & Parental Rights Campaign, Inc.
5425 Peachtree Pkwy, Suite 110
Norcross, GA 30092

mmcalister@childparentrights.org		770 448 4525
Party name: Our Duty–USA and Partners for Ethical Care
Christopher E. Mills
    Counsel of Record		Spero Law LLC
557 East Bay Street #22251
Charleston, SC 29413

cmills@spero.law		8436060640
Party name: Douglas Laycock, Richard W. Garnett, Helen M. Alvaré, Thomas C. Berg, and Michael W. McConnell
Christopher E. Mills
    Counsel of Record		Spero Law LLC
557 East Bay Street #22251
Charleston, SC 29413

cmills@spero.law		8436060640
Party name: Professors Douglas Laycock, Richard W. Garnett, Thomas C. Berg, Michael W. McConnell, and David Smolin
Christopher E. Mills
    Counsel of Record		Spero Law LLC
557 East Bay Street #22251
Charleston, SC 29413

cmills@spero.law		8436060640
Party name: America First Legal Foundation
Roy Stewart Moore
    Counsel of Record		Foundation for Moral Law
P.O. Box 148
Gallant, AL 35972

KAYLA@MORALLAW.ORG		334-262-1245
Party name: Foundation for Moral Law
Kerry Lee Morgan
    Counsel of Record		Pentiuk, Couvreue & Kobiljak, P.C.
2915 Biddle Avenue
Suite 200
Wyandotte, MI 48192

kmorgan@pck-law.com		(734) 281-7100
Party name: The Lonang Institute
William Jeffrey Olson
    Counsel of Record		William J. Olson, P.C.
370 Maple Ave. W., Suite 4
Vienna, VA 22180

WJO@MINDSPRING.COM		7033565070
Party name: America's Future, U.S. Constitutional Rights Legal Def. Fund, Fitzgerald Griffin Foundation, and Conservative Legal Def. and Education Fund
William Jeffrey Olson
    Counsel of Record		William J. Olson, P.C.
370 Maple Ave. W., Suite 4
Vienna, VA 22180

WJO@MINDSPRING.COM		7033565070
Party name: America's Future, Citizens United Foundation, Public Advocate of the United States, U.S. Constitutional Rights Legal Defense Fund, Fitzgerald Griffin Foundation, and Conservative Legal Defense and Education Fund
Natalie Carter Rhoads
    Counsel of Record		Liberty University School of Law
1971 University Blvd.
Lynchburg, VA 24515

nrhoads@liberty.edu		(434) 592-5300
Party name: Law Professors
Gene Clayton Schaerr
    Counsel of Record		Schaerr | Jaffe
1717 K Street NW, Suite 900
Washington, DC 20006

GSCHAERR@SCHAERR-JAFFE.COM		202-787-1060
Party name: Protect the First Foundation; The Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty; The Islam and Religious Freedom Action Team; Carmilla Tatel; Gretchen Melton; Stacy Dunn
Dale Michael Schowengerdt
    Counsel of Record		Landmark Law, PLLC
7 West 6th Avenue
#518
Helena, MT 59601

DALE@LANDMARKLAWPLLC.COM		4064382163
Party name: Center for American Liberty
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 & Justice
Ilya Shapiro
    Counsel of Record		Manhattan Institute
52 Vanderbilt Ave.
New York, NY 10017

ishapiro@manhattan-institute.org		212-599-7000
Party name: Manhattan Institute and Seven Psychologists
Mathew D. Staver
    Counsel of Record		109 Second St., NE
Washington, DC 20002

COURT@LC.ORG		(202) 289-1776
Party name: Liberty Counsel
Eric W. Treene
    Counsel of Record		Sotorzer and Associates, PC
1025 Connecticut Ave., NW
Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20036

treene@storzerlaw.com		2028579766
Party name: Christian Legal Society
Walter M. WeberAmerican Center for Law & Justice
201 Maryland Avenue, N.E.
Washington, DC 20002-5703

WMWEBER@ACLJ-DC.ORG		703.639.0775
Party name: American Center for Law & Justice
Edward Mark Wenger
    Counsel of Record		Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky & Josefiak PLLC
2300 N Street, NW
Suite 643A
Washington, DC 20037

emwenger@HoltzmanVogel.com		2027378808
Party name: 35 Maryland Legislators
Randall L. Wenger
    Counsel of Record		Independence Law Center
23 N. Front Street, First Floor
Harrisburg, PA 17101

rwenger@indlawcenter.org		717-657-4990
Party name: Independence Law Center
John Marc Wheat
    Counsel of Record		Advancing American Freedom, Inc.
801 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Suite 930
Washington, DC 20004-2729

MWHEAT@ADVANCINGAMERICANFREEDOM.COM		(202) 780-4848
Party name: Advancing American Freedom
Michael Ray Williams
    Counsel of Record		Office of the West Virginia Attorney General
State Capitol Complex, Bldg. 1, Rm E-26
1900 Kanawha Blvd. E
Charleston, WV 25305

michael.r.williams@wvago.gov		304-558-2021
Party name: State of West Virginia, Commonwealth of Virginia, and 23 Other States
Michael Ray Williams
    Counsel of Record		Office of the West Virginia Attorney General
State Capitol Complex, Bldg. 1, Rm E-26
1900 Kanawha Blvd. E
Charleston, WV 25305

michael.r.williams@wvago.gov		304-558-2021
Party name: State of West Virginia, Commonwealth of Virginia, and 24 Other States
Frank J. Wright
    Counsel of Record		Law Offices of Frank J. Wright. PLLC
1800 Valley View Lane, Suite 250
Farmers Branch, TX 75234

frank@fjwright.law		(214) 935-9100
Party name: Jaco Booyens Ministries, Ilonka Deaton, Tami Brown Rodriquez, and Truth in Education