No. 24-993
 
Title: Gabriel Olivier, Petitioner
v.
City of Brandon, Mississippi, et al.
Docketed: March 18, 2025
Linked with: 24A717
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
   Case Numbers: (22-60566)
   Decision Date: August 25, 2023
   Rehearing Denied: November 14, 2024
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Jan 15 2025 Application (24A717) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 12, 2025 to March 14, 2025, submitted to Justice Alito.
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Jan 21 2025 Application (24A717) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until March 14, 2025.
Mar 14 2025 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 17, 2025)
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Mar 17 2025 Waiver of right of respondent City of Brandon to respond filed.
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Apr 11 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Manhattan Institute filed.
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Apr 14 2025 Brief amici curiae of Life Legal Defense Foundation, et al. filed.
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Apr 15 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Liberty Justice Center filed.
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Apr 16 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Young America's Foundation filed.
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Apr 16 2025 Brief amicus curiae of American Center for Law and Justice filed.
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Apr 17 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Southeastern Legal Foundation filed.
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Apr 17 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression filed.
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Apr 17 2025 Brief amici curiae of Stephen Nylen, et al. filed.
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Apr 17 2025 Brief amicus curiae of International Society For Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) filed.
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Apr 17 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Human Rights Defense Center filed.
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Apr 17 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Moral Law filed.
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Apr 23 2025 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/15/2025.
Apr 29 2025 Response Requested. (Due May 29, 2025)
May 29 2025 Brief of respondents Brandon, Mississippi, et al. in opposition filed.
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May 30 2025 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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Jun 03 2025 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/18/2025.
Jun 03 2025 Reply of petitioner Gabriel Olivier filed. (Distributed)
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Jun 17 2025 Rescheduled.
Jun 23 2025 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/26/2025.
Jul 03 2025 Petition GRANTED.
Jul 10 2025 Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
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Jul 16 2025 Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including September 2, 2025. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including October 16, 2025.
Aug 29 2025 Amicus brief of Cato Institute submitted.
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Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Allyson Ho
Counsel of Record
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
2001 Ross Avenue
Suite 2100
Dallas, TX 75201

AHO@GIBSONDUNN.COM
Ph: (214) 698-3100
Party name: Gabriel Olivier


Attorneys for Respondents
Gregory Todd Butler
Counsel of Record
Phelps Dunbar LLP
1905 Community Bank Way, Suite 200
P. O. Box 320159
Flowood, MS 39232

butlert@phelps.com
Ph: 601-352-2300
Party name: City of Brandon


Other Attorneys
Matthew P. Cavedon
Counsel of Record
1000 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20001

mcavedon@cato.org
Ph: 706-309-2859
Party name: Cato Institute


David Richard Dorey
Counsel of Record
Liff, Walsh & Simmons
181 Harry S. Truman Parkway
Suite 200
Annapolis, MD 21401

ddorey@liffwalsh.com
Ph: (410) 266-9500
Party name: International Society For Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON)


John Allen Eidsmoe
Counsel of Record
Foundation for Moral Law
P.O. Box 148
Gallant, AL 35972

eidsmoeja@juno.com
Ph: 3342621245
Party name: Foundation for Moral Law


Madison Leigh Hahn
Counsel of Record
Young America's Foundation
11480 Commerce Park Drive, Ste 600
Reston, VA 20191

mhahn@yaf.org
Ph: 800-872-1776
Party name: Young America's Foundation


Joshua Aaron House
Counsel of Record
Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
700 Pennsylvania Avenue SE, Suite 340
Washington, DC 20003

Joshua.House@thefire.org
Ph: (215) 717-3473
Party name: Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression


Jacob H. Huebert
Counsel of Record
Liberty Justice Center
7500 Rialto Blvd.
Suite 1-250
Austin, TX 78735

JHUEBERT@ljc.org
Ph: 512-481-4400
Party name: Liberty Justice Center


Tobias Samuel Loss-Eaton
Counsel of Record
Sidley Austin LLP
1501 K Street NW
Washington, DC 20005

tlosseaton@sidley.com
Ph: 2027368427
Party name: Human Rights Defense Center


Thomas Ryan McCarthy
Counsel of Record
Consovoy McCarthy PLLC
1600 Wilson Boulevard
Suite 700
Arlington, VA 22209

TOM@CONSOVOYMCCARTHY.COM
Ph: 7032439423
Party name: Southeastern Legal Foundation


Joshua Craig McDaniel
Counsel of Record
Harvard Law School Religious Freedom Clinic
6 Everett St., Suite 5110
Cambridge, MA 02138

jmcdaniel@law.harvard.edu
Ph: 6174964383
Party name: Stephen Nylen, Jeremy Brown, Calvin VanKoevering, and Jordan Sweezer


Jay Alan Sekulow
Counsel of Record
American Center for Law & Justice
201 Maryland Avenue, N.E.
Washington, DC 20002

sekulow@aclj.org
Ph: 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
Ph: 212599-7000
Party name: Manhattan Institute


Catherine Wynne Short
Counsel of Record
Life Legal Defense Foundation
P.O. Box 2105
Napa, CA 94558

kshort@lldf.org
Ph: (707) 224-6675
Party name: Life Legal, NATIONAL INTITUTE OF FAMILY AND LIFE ADVOCATES, HEARTBEAT INTERNATIONAL, INC., AND HUMAN COALITION