No. 25-1131
 
Title: Missionaries of Saint John the Baptist, Inc., Petitioner
v.
Joel Frederic, et ux.
Docketed: March 26, 2026
Lower Ct: Supreme Court of Kentucky
   Case Numbers: (2024-SC-0006)
   Decision Date: December 18, 2025
 
Proceedings and Orders
Mar 18 2026 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 27, 2026)
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Apr 07 2026 Brief amicus curiae of Liberty, Life and Law Foundation filed.
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Apr 27 2026 Waiver of right of respondents Joel Frederic and Elizabeth Frederic to respond filed.
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Apr 27 2026 Brief amicus curiae of American Center for Law and Justice filed.
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Apr 27 2026 Brief amicus curiae of Protect the First Foundation filed.
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Apr 27 2026 Brief amicus curiae of The Muslim Public Affairs Council filed.
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Apr 27 2026 Brief amicus curiae of Association of Christian Schools International filed.
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Apr 27 2026 Brief amicus curiae of Coalition For Jewish Values filed.
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Apr 27 2026 Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Evangelicals filed.
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Apr 27 2026 Brief amici curiae of Kentucky, et al. filed.
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Apr 27 2026 Brief amicus curiae of Anash Inc., dba Wyoming Valley Yeshiva filed.
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Apr 27 2026 Brief amici curiae of Manhattan Institute, et al. filed.
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Apr 27 2026 Brief amicus curiae of Free Exercise Clinic at Yale Law School filed.
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Apr 27 2026 Brief amicus curiae of American Hindu Jewish Congress filed.
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Apr 27 2026 Brief amicus curiae of Notre Dame Religious Liberty Clinic filed.
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Apr 27 2026 Brief amicus curiae of Monsignor Charles M. Mangan filed.
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Apr 27 2026 Brief amicus curiae of Sikh Coalition filed.
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Apr 27 2026 Brief amicus curiae of The Priory of Saint Albert the Great filed.
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May 12 2026 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/28/2026.
May 14 2026 Response Requested. (Due June 15, 2026)
May 27 2026 Motion of Joel M. Frederic, et ux. for an extension of time submitted.
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Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioner
John Franklin Bash
Counsel of Record
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP
300 W. 6th St., Suite 2010
Austin, TX 78701

johnbash@quinnemanuel.com
Ph: 737-667-6100
Party name: Missionaries of Saint John The Baptist, Inc.


Attorneys for Respondents
Parker Andrew Rider-Longmaid
Counsel of Record
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
500 Boylston St.
Boston, MA 02116

priderlo@skadden.com
Ph: 617-573-4807
Party name: Joel M. Frederic, et ux.


Other Attorneys
Edward Albert Bedard
Counsel of Record
Robbins Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC
500 14th Street NW
Atlanta, GA 30318

ebedard@robbinsfirm.com
Ph: 6787019381
Party name: American Hindu Jewish Congress


Michael Kevin Costello
Counsel of Record
Vinson & Elkins, LLP
555 Mission Street, Suite 2000
San Francisco, CA 94105

kcostello@velaw.com
Ph: 415-979-6900
Party name: The Priory Of Saint Albert The Great


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

LAWYERDEBORAH@OUTLOOK.COM
Ph: 9103264554
Party name: Liberty, Life and Law Foundation


Kevin Michael Gallagher
Counsel of Record
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
2100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20037

kevin.gallagher@wilmerhale.com
Ph: (202) 663-6000
Party name: Association of Christian Schools International


David Joshua Gutierrez
Counsel of Record
Yetter Coleman LLP
811 Main Street, Suite 4100
Houston, TX 77002

dgutierrez@yettercoleman.com
Ph: (713) 632-8000
Party name: Monsignor Charles M. Mangan


Conor Ryan Harvey
Counsel of Record
Wright Close Barger & Guzman, LLP
One Riverway, Suite 2200
Houston, TX 77056

harvey@wcbglaw.com
Ph: (713) 572-4321
Party name: Coalition For Jewish Values


Meredith Holland Kessler
Counsel of Record
Lindsay & Matt Moroun Religious Liberty Clinic
1338 Biolchini Hall of Law
Notre Dame, IN 46556

mhollan4@nd.edu
Ph: 5746318722
Party name: Notre Dame Religious Liberty Clinic


Matthew Franklin Kuhn
Counsel of Record
Office of Attorney General of Kentucky
1024 Capital Center Drive, Suite 200
Frankfort, KY 40601

MATT.KUHN@KY.GOV
Ph: (502) 696-5300
Party name: Kentucky, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah & West Virginia


Carol Celeiro Lumpkin
Counsel of Record
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
333 SE 2nd Ave.
Suite 2400
Miami, FL 33131

clumpkin@hunton.com
Ph: (305) 810-2500
Party name: National Association of Evangelicals


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

jmcdaniel@law.harvard.edu
Ph: 6174964383
Party name: The Muslim Public Affairs Council


John Savage Moran
Counsel of Record
McGuire Woods, LLP
888 16th Street
Washington, DC 20006

jmoran@mcguirewoods.com
Ph: (202) 857-2488
Party name: Anash Inc. (d/b/a Wyoming Valley Yeshiva)


Nicholas Robert Reaves
Counsel of Record
127 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511

nicholas.reaves@yale.edu
Ph: 203-432-6679
Party name: Free Exercise Clinic at Yale Law School


Gene Clayton Schaerr
Counsel of Record
Schaerr | Jaffe
1717 K Street NW, Suite 900
Washington, DC 20006

GSCHAERR@SCHAERR-JAFFE.COM
Ph: 202-787-1060
Party name: Protect the First Foundation


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

sekulow@aclj.org
Ph: 2025468890
Party name: American Center for Law and Justice


Ilya Shapiro
Counsel of Record
Manhattan Institute
52 Vanderbilt Ave.
New York, NY 10017

ishapiro@manhattan-institute.org
Ph: 212-599-7000
Party name: Manhattan Institute and Napa Legal Institute


Andrew Ronald Sperl
Counsel of Record
Duane Morris LLP
30 South 17th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103

arsperl@duanemorris.com
Ph: 2159791000
Party name: Sikh Coalition