No. 24-43
 
Title: West Virginia, et al., Petitioners
v.
B. P. J., By Her Next Friend and Mother, Heather Jackson
Docketed: July 16, 2024
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
   Case Numbers: (23-1078, 23-1130)
   Decision Date: April 16, 2024
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Jul 11 2024 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 15, 2024)
Petition Appendix Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Jul 30 2024 Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 15, 2024 to October 14, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
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Jul 31 2024 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 15, 2024.
Aug 05 2024 Waiver of right of respondent West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission to respond filed.
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Aug 10 2024 Brief amici curiae of 35 Athletic Officials and Coaches of Female Athletes filed. VIDED.
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Aug 12 2024 Brief amici curiae of Dr. Brent Ellis, President Spring Arbor University and the Wagner Center filed.
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Aug 13 2024 Brief amicus curiae of NC Values Institute filed.
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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 Business Leaders filed. VIDED.
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Aug 14 2024 Brief amicus curiae of Empowered Community Coalition, UA filed.
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Aug 14 2024 Brief amici curiae of Arkansas, 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 102 Female Athletes, 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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Aug 15 2024 Brief amici curiae of Billy Burleigh, et al. filed.
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Aug 15 2024 Brief amici curiae of Advancing American Freedom, et al. filed.
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Aug 15 2024 Brief amici curiae of Concerned Women for America and Samaritan’s Purse filed.
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Aug 15 2024 Brief amicus curiae of Parents Defending Education filed.
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Aug 15 2024 Brief amicus curiae of America First Legal Foundation filed.
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Aug 15 2024 Brief amicus curiae of The American Civil Rights Project filed. VIDED.
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Aug 15 2024 Brief amici curiae of America's Future, et al. filed.
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Aug 15 2024 Brief amici curiae of A.C. a minor, by her next friend and mother Abigail Cross filed.
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Oct 15 2024 Brief of respondent B.P.J., by her next friend and mother, Heather Jackson in opposition filed.
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Oct 29 2024 Reply of petitioners West Virginia, 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 West Virginia, 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.
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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 respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including November 10, 2025.
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Kelly Caswell Morgan
Counsel of Record
Bailey & Wyant, PLLC
500 Virginia St. E. Suite 600
P.O. Box 3710
Charleston, WV 25337

kmorgan@baileywyant.com
Ph: 3043454222
Party name: West Virginia State Board of Education


Kelly Caswell Morgan
Counsel of Record
Bailey & Wyant, PLLC
500 Virginia St. E. Suite 600
P.O. Box 3710
Charleston, WV 25337

kmorgan@baileywyant.com
Ph: 3043454222
Party name: W. Clayton Burch, In His Official Capacity as State Superintendent


Amy M. Smith
Counsel of Record
Steptoe & Johnson
400 White Oaks Boulevard
Bridgeport, WV 26330

amy.smith@steptoe-johnson.com
Ph: 304-933-8137
Party name: Harrison County Board of Education and Dora Stutler


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

mwilliams@wvago.gov
Ph: 3045582021
Party name: West Virginia, et al.


John J. Bursch
Alliance Defending Freedom
440 First Street NW
Suite 600
Washington, DC 20001

jbursch@adflegal.org
Ph: (616) 450-4235
Party name: West Virginia, et al.


Attorneys for Respondents
Joshua A. Block
Counsel of Record
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation
125 Broad Street
Floor 18
New York, NY 10004

JBLOCK@ACLU.ORG
Ph: 2125492593
Party name: B.P.J., by her next friend and mother, Heather Jackson


Susan Llewellyn Deniker
Counsel of Record
Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
400 White Oaks Boulevard
Bridgeport, WV 26330

Susan.Deniker@Steptoe-Johnson.com
Ph: 3049338154
Party name: Harrison County Board of Education and Dora Stutler, in her capacity as Harrison County Superintendent


Roberta F. Green
Counsel of Record
Shuman, McCuskey & Slicer
1411 Virginia Street, East
Suite 200
Charleston, WV 25301

rgreen@shumanlaw.com
Ph: 3044825364
Party name: West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission


Other Attorneys
Luke Nathaniel Berg
Counsel of Record
Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty
330 East Kilbourn Avenue
Suite 725
Milwaukee, WI 53202

luke@will-law.org
Ph: 414-727-9455
Party name: Empowered Community Coalition, UA


William Bock III
Counsel of Record
Kroger, Gardis & Regas, LLP
111 Monument Circle
Suite 900
Indianapolis, IN 46204-5125

wbock@kgrlaw.com
Ph: 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
Ph: 317-777-7412
Party name: Independent Council On Women's Sport


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: Arkansas, et al.


Kristine Lee Brown
Counsel of Record
Attorney At Law
8700 E Jefferson Ave #370953
Denver, CO 80237

kristiburtonbrown@gmail.com
Ph: 720-285-9552
Party name: 102 Female Athletes


John Michael Connolly
Counsel of Record
Consovoy McCarthy PLLC
1600 Wilson Blvd
Suite 700
Arlington, VA 22209

MIKE@CONSOVOYMCCARTHY.COM
Ph: 7032439423
Party name: Parents Defending Education


Deborah Dewart
Counsel of Record
111 Magnolia Lane
Hubert, NC 28539

LAWYERDEBORAH@OUTLOOK.COM
Ph: 9103264554
Party name: NC Values Institute


Emily Eileen Jones
Counsel of Record
Jones Law Firm. PLLC
115 N. Broadway, Suite 410
Billings, MT 59101

emily@joneslawmt.com
Ph: 4063847990
Party name: Five Female Olympic Rowers


Christopher E. Mills
Counsel of Record
Spero Law LLC
557 East Bay Street #22251
Charleston, SC 29413

cmills@spero.law
Ph: 8436060640
Party name: America First Legal Foundation


Christopher E. Mills
Counsel of Record
Spero Law LLC
557 East Bay Street #22251
Charleston, SC 29413

cmills@spero.law
Ph: 8436060640
Party name: Concerned Women for America and Samaritan’s Purse


Daniel Isaac Morenoff
Counsel of Record
The American Civil Rights Projects
P.O. Box 12207
Dallas, TX 75225

dan@americancivilrightsproject.org
Ph: (214) 504-1835
Party name: The American Civil Rights Project


Nicholas J. Nelson
Counsel of Record
CrossCastle PLLC
333 Washington Ave. N.
Suite 300-9078
Minneapolis, MN 55401

nicholas.nelson@crosscastle.com
Ph: 612-429-8100
Party name: A.C. a minor, by her next friend and mother Abigail Cross


William Jeffrey Olson
Counsel of Record
William J. Olson, P.C.
370 Maple Ave. W., Suite 4
Vienna, VA 22180

WJO@MINDSPRING.COM
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: (202) 780-4848
Party name: Advancing American Freedom


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
Ph: 18163988305
Party name: Business Leaders