| No. 24-993 | |
| Title: | Gabriel Olivier, Petitioner v. City of Brandon, Mississippi, et al. |
| Docketed: | March 18, 2025 |
| Linked with 2 | |
| 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 | |
| Date | 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. |
| Main DocumentLower Court Orders/OpinionsProof of Service | |
| 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) |
| PetitionAppendixCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Mar 17 2025 | Waiver of right of respondent City of Brandon to respond filed. |
| Main Document | |
| Apr 11 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of Manhattan Institute filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Apr 14 2025 | Brief amici curiae of Life Legal Defense Foundation, et al. filed. |
| Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count | |
| Apr 15 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of Liberty Justice Center filed. |
| Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count | |
| Apr 16 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of Young America's Foundation filed. |
| Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count | |
| Apr 16 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of American Center for Law and Justice filed. |
| Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count | |
| 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. |
| Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count | |
| Apr 17 2025 | Brief amici curiae of Stephen Nylen, et al. filed. |
| Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count | |
| Apr 17 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of International Society For Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) filed. |
| Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count | |
| Apr 17 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of Human Rights Defense Center filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Apr 17 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Moral Law filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| 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. |
| Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count | |
| May 30 2025 | Waiver of the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition pursuant to Rule 15.5 filed by petitioner. |
| Main Document | |
| Jun 03 2025 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/18/2025. |
| Jun 03 2025 | Reply of petitioner Gabriel Olivier filed. (Distributed) |
| Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count | |
| 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. |
| Main Document | |
| 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. |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioner | ||
| Allyson Ho Counsel of Record | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP 2001 Ross Avenue Suite 2100 Dallas, TX 75201 AHO@GIBSONDUNN.COM | (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 | 601-352-2300 |
| Party name: City of Brandon | ||
| Other | ||
| David Richard Dorey Counsel of Record | Liff, Walsh & Simmons 181 Harry S. Truman Parkway Suite 200 Annapolis, MD 21401 ddorey@liffwalsh.com | (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 | 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 | 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 | (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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | (707) 224-6675 |
| Party name: Life Legal, NATIONAL INTITUTE OF FAMILY AND LIFE ADVOCATES, HEARTBEAT INTERNATIONAL, INC., AND HUMAN COALITION | ||