| No. 24-38 | |
| Title: | Bradley Little, Governor of Idaho, et al., Petitioners v. Lindsay Hecox, et al. |
| Docketed: | July 15, 2024 |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (20-35813, 20-35815) |
| Decision Date: | June 14, 2024 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Jul 11 2024 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 14, 2024) |
| PetitionAppendixAppendixCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Aug 01 2024 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 14, 2024 to October 14, 2024, submitted to The Clerk. |
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| Aug 02 2024 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 15, 2024 |
| Aug 06 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Dr. Brent Ellis, President Spring Arbor University, et al. filed. |
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| Aug 12 2024 | Brief amici curiae of 35 Athletic Officials and Coaches of Female Athletes filed. VIDED. |
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| Aug 14 2024 | Amicus brief of Business Leaders not accepted for filing. (August 14, 2024) (corrected brief submitted) |
| Aug 14 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Billy Burleigh, et al. filed. |
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| Aug 14 2024 | Brief amici curiae of 102 Female Athletes, et al. filed. |
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| Aug 14 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Five Female Olympic Rowers filed. |
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| Aug 14 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Alabama, et al. filed. |
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| Aug 14 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Business Leaders filed. VIDED. |
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| Aug 14 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Rep. Barbara Ehardt of Idaho, et al. filed. |
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| Aug 14 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of Women’s Declaration International USA filed. |
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| Aug 14 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Advancing American Freedom, Inc., et al. filed. |
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| Aug 14 2024 | Brief amici curiae of America's Future, et al. filed. |
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| Aug 14 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Thomas Hartley, MD, et al. filed. |
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| Aug 14 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of International Consortium on Female Sport filed. VIDED |
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| Aug 14 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of Independent Council on Women's Sport filed. VIDED |
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| Aug 14 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of Do No Harm (Aug. 22, 2024) filed. |
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| Oct 15 2024 | Brief of respondents Lindsay Hecox, et al. in opposition filed. |
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| Oct 29 2024 | Reply of petitioners Bradley Little, Governor of Idaho, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Oct 30 2024 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/15/2024. |
| Nov 18 2024 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/22/2024. |
| Jun 23 2025 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/26/2025. |
| Jun 23 2025 | Supplemental brief of petitioners Bradley Little, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Jul 03 2025 | Petition GRANTED. |
| Jul 22 2025 | Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed. |
| Main Document | |
| Jul 22 2025 | Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including September 12, 2025. The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including November 10, 2025. |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioners | ||
| Alan Michael Hurst Counsel of Record | Idaho Office of the Attorney General 700 W. Jefferson Street Boise, ID 83720-0010 alan.hurst@ag.idaho.gov | 2083323548 |
| Party name: Bradley Little, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of Idaho, et al. | ||
| John J. Bursch | Alliance Defending Freedom 440 First Street NW Suite 600 Washington, DC 20001 jbursch@adflegal.org | (616) 450-4235 |
| Party name: Bradley Little, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of Idaho, et al. | ||
| Attorneys for Respondents | ||
| Kathleen Roberta Hartnett Counsel of Record | Cooley LLP 3 Embarcadero Center 20th Floor San Francisco, CA 94111 KHARTNETT@COOLEY.COM | (415) 693-2071 |
| Party name: Lindsay Hecox, et al. | ||
| Other | ||
| William Bock III Counsel of Record | Kroger, Gardis & Regas, LLP 111 Monument Circle Suite 900 Indianapolis, IN 46204-5125 wbock@kgrlaw.com | 317-777-7412 |
| Party name: International Consortium on Female Sport | ||
| William Bock III Counsel of Record | Kroger, Gardis & Regas, LLP 111 Monument Circle Suite 900 Indianapolis, IN 46204-5125 wbock@kgrlaw.com | 317-777-7412 |
| Party name: Independent Council on Women's Sport | ||
| Kristine Lee Brown Counsel of Record | Attorney At Law 8700 E Jefferson Ave #370953 Denver, CO 80237 kristiburtonbrown@gmail.com | 720-285-9552 |
| Party name: 102 Female Athletes | ||
| 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: Thomas Hartley, MD, et al. | ||
| Kara Patrice Dansky Counsel of Record | Attorney at Law P.O. Box 21160 Washington, DC 20009 info@karadansky.com | 2023605217 |
| Party name: Women’s Declaration International USA | ||
| Emily Eileen Jones Counsel of Record | Jones Law Firm. PLLC 115 N. Broadway, Suite 410 Billings, MT 59101 emily@joneslawmt.com | 4063847990 |
| Party name: Five Female Olympic Rowers | ||
| 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: Alabama, Arkansas, and 24 Other States | ||
| 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 | ||
| Nicholas J. Nelson Counsel of Record | CrossCastle PLLC 333 Washington Ave. Suite 300-9078 Minneapolis, MN 55401 nicholas.nelson@crosscastle.com | 612-429-8100 |
| Party name: Rep. Barbara Ehardt of Idaho, 55 Other Female State Legislators, and 34 Family Policy Organizations | ||
| 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, Public Advocate of the United States, Eagle Forum, Eagle Forum Foundation, Clare Boothe Luce Center for Cons. Women, Leadership Institute, U.S. Constitutional Rights Legal Def. Fund, Fitzgerald Griffin Foundation, One Nation Under God Foundation, and Conservative Legal Def. and Education Fund | ||
| Joshua Kerry Payne Counsel of Record | Campbell Miller Payne, PLLC 5955 Alpha Road #1491 Dallas, TX 75240 josh@cmppllc.com | 214-316-7156 |
| Party name: Billy Burleigh, KathyGrace Duncan, Laura Perry Smalts, and Jane Smith | ||
| Anna Elizabeth Wagner St. John Counsel of Record | Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute 1629 K St. NW Suite 300 Washington, DC 20006 anna.stjohn@hlli.org | 9173272392 |
| Party name: 35 Athletic Officials and Coaches of Female Athletes | ||
| David H. Thompson Counsel of Record | Cooper & Kirk, PLLC 1523 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20036 DTHOMPSON@COOPERKIRK.COM | 202-220-9600 |
| Party name: Do No Harm | ||
| William Wagner Counsel of Record | Great Lakes Justice Center 5600 West Mount Hope Hwy Lansing, MI 48917 PROF.WWJD@GMAIL.COM | 517-643-1765 |
| Party name: Dr. Brent Ellis, President Spring Arbor University and The Wagner 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, Inc. | ||
| Jonathan Radford Whitehead Counsel of Record | Law Offices of Jonathan R. Whitehead, LLC 229 SE Douglas St., Ste 210 Lee's Summit, MO 64063 JON@WHITEHEADLAWLLC.COM | 18163988305 |
| Party name: Business Leaders | ||