No. 25-233
 
Title: Catharine Miller, et al., Petitioners
v.
Civil Rights Department
Docketed: August 28, 2025
Lower Ct: Court of Appeal of California, Fifth Appellate District
   Case Numbers: (F085800)
   Decision Date: February 11, 2025
   Rehearing Denied: March 5, 2025
Discretionary Court Decision Date: May 28, 2025
 
Proceedings and Orders
Aug 26 2025 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 29, 2025)
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Sep 02 2025 Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 29, 2025 to October 29, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
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Sep 04 2025 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 29, 2025.
Sep 29 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Advocates for Faith and Freedom filed.
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Sep 29 2025 Brief amici curiae of General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, et al. filed.
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Sep 29 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Protect the First Foundation filed.
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Sep 29 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Foothills Christian Church filed.
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Sep 29 2025 Brief amici curiae of Advancing American Freedom, et al. filed.
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Sep 29 2025 Brief amicus curiae of NC Values Institute filed.
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Sep 29 2025 Brief amici curiae of Alabama, et al. filed.
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Sep 29 2025 Brief amici curiae of The National Legal Foundation, et al. filed.
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Sep 29 2025 Brief amici curiae of 14 First Amendment Scholars filed.
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Sep 29 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Manhattan Institute filed.
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Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Eric Christopher Rassbach
Counsel of Record
The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty
1919 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20006

erassbach@becketfund.org
Ph: 2029550095
Party name: Catharine Miller, et al.


Attorneys for Respondent
Julie Michelle Veroff
Counsel of Record
California Department of Justice
455 Golden Gate Avenue
Suite 11000
San Francisco, CA 94102

julie.veroff@doj.ca.gov
Ph: 4155103776
Party name: Civil Rights Dept.


Other Attorneys
Frederick W. Claybrook Jr.
Counsel of Record
Claybrook, LLC
655 Fifteenth St., NW, Ste. 425
Washington, DC 20005

rick@claybrooklaw.com
Ph: 301-622-0360
Party name: The National Legal Foundation, Anglican Church in North America, Concerned Women for America, The Family Foundation, Illinois Family Institute, Pacific Justice Institute, International Conference of Evangelical Chaplain Endorsers, and Congressional Prayer Caucus Foundation


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

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


Paul Raymond Kraus
Counsel of Record
Paul R. Kraus, Attorney at Law, PC
6114 La Salle Avenue, No. 153
Oakland, CA 94611

paul@paulrkrauspc.com
Ph: (510) 339-3075
Party name: Foothills Christian Church


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

TOM@CONSOVOYMCCARTHY.COM
Ph: 7032439423
Party name: Manhattan Institute


Erin Elizabeth Mersino
Counsel of Record
Advocates for Faith and Freedom
25026 Las Brisas Road
Murrieta, CA 92562

emersino@faith-freedom.com
Ph: 951-326-4554
Party name: Advocates for Faith and Freedom


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

cmills@spero.law
Ph: 8436060640
Party name: General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists and Jurisdiction of the Armed Forces and Chaplaincy


William Robert Peterson
Counsel of Record
Office of the Texas Attorney General
P.O. Box 12548 (MC-059)
Austin, TX 78711-2548

william.peterson@oag.texas.gov
Ph: 512-936-1700
Party name: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, South Carolina, Texas, And West Virginia


Mark Ian Pinkert
Counsel of Record
Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky & Josefiak PLLC
119 S. Monroe Street, Suite 500
Tallahassee, FL 32301

mpinkert@holtzmanvogel.com
Ph: 850-270-5938
Party name: 14 First Amendment Scholars


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


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