No. 26-193
 
Title: Bethany M. Hall, Petitioner
v.
A. Scott Fleming, Director, Virginia State Counsel of Higher Education
Docketed: August 14, 2026
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
   Case Numbers: (25-1574)
   Decision Date: May 13, 2026
 
Proceedings and Orders
Aug 11 2026 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 14, 2026)
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Aug 24 2026 Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 14, 2026 to October 14, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
Main Document
Aug 25 2026 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 14, 2026.
Sep 01 2026 Brief amicus curiae of NC Values Institute filed.
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Sep 11 2026 Brief amici curiae of Association of Christian Schools International, et al. filed.
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Sep 14 2026 Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Justice Institute filed.
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Sep 14 2026 Brief amicus curiae of Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty filed.
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Sep 14 2026 Brief amici curiae of The Council For Christian Colleges & Universities, et al. filed. VIDED.
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Sep 14 2026 Brief amici curiae of West Virginia, et al. filed.
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Sep 14 2026 Brief amicus curiae of American Center for Law and Justice filed. VIDED
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Sep 14 2026 Brief amici curiae of National Religious Broadcasters, et al. filed. VIDED.
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Sep 14 2026 Brief amicus curiae of The Buckeye Institute filed.
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Sep 14 2026 Brief amici curiae of Notre Dame Education Law Project, et al. filed. VIDED.
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Sep 14 2026 Brief amici curiae of Christian Legal Society, et al. filed.
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Sep 14 2026 Brief amici curiae of Samaritan’s Purse, et al. filed. VIDED.
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Sep 14 2026 Brief amicus curiae of The Heritage Foundation filed.
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Sep 14 2026 Brief amici curiae of Association for Biblical Higher Education, et al. filed. VIDED.
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Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioner
Steven Werner Fitschen
Counsel of Record
National Legal Foundation
524 Johnstown Rd
Chesapeake, VA 23322

sfitschen@nationallegalfoundation.org
Ph: 7574636133
Party name: Bethany Hall


Attorneys for Respondent
Tillman J. Breckenridge
Counsel of Record
Office of the Attorney General of Virginia
202 North 9th Street
Richmond, VA 23219

tbreckenridge@oag.state.va.us
Ph: 8047867704
Party name: A. Scott Fleming


Other Attorneys
Steven T. McFarland
Counsel of Record
Christian Legal Society Ctr For Law Religious Free
8001 Braddock Rd
Suite 302
Springfield, VA 22151

smcfarland@clsnet.org
Ph: 703-894-1087
Party name: Christian Legal Society & National Association of Evangelicals


Kevin Barry Collins
Counsel of Record
Covington & Burling LLP
850 Tenth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001

kcollins@cov.com
Ph: 202-662-6000
Party name: Association of Christian Schools International and American Association of Christian Schools


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

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


Michael P. Farris
Counsel of Record
National Religious Broadcasters
800 Maryland Ave NE
Washington, DC 20002

mfarris@nrb.org
Ph: 2023414783
Party name: National Religious Broadcasters


Richard Wingfield Garnett IV
Counsel of Record
Notre Dame Law School
3117 Eck Hall of Law
Notre Dame, IN 46556

rgarnett@nd.edu
Ph: 574-631-6981
Party name: Notre Dame Education Law Project, Notre Dame Project on Church, State & Society, Lindsay and Matt Moroun Religious Liberty Clinic, and Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America


Daniel John Hay
Counsel of Record
Sidley Austin LLP
1501 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20005

dhay@sidley.com
Ph: 2027368000
Party name: The Council For Christian Colleges & Universities And the Association of Presbyterian Colleges & Universities


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

cmills@spero.law
Ph: 8436060640
Party name: Samaritan’s Purse and Billy Graham Evangelistic Association


Jonathan F. Mitchell
Counsel of Record
Mitchell Law PLLC
111 Congress Avenue
Suite 400
Austin, TX 78701

jonathan@mitchell.law
Ph: (512) 686-3940
Party name: The Heritage Foundation


Laura Darien Nammo
Center for Law & Religious Freedom
8001 Braddock Rd. Suite 302
Springfield, VA 22151

laura@clsnet.org
Ph: 7038941087
Party name: Christian Legal Society & National Association of Evangelicals


Eliot Pedrosa
Counsel of Record
Jones Day
600 Brickell Ave
Suite 3300
Miami, FL 33131

epedrosa@jonesday.com
Ph: 3057149700
Party name: Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty


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


Michael Benjamin Sylvester
Counsel of Record
Founding Freedoms Law Center
707 E. Franklin Street
Richmond, VA 23219

michael@foundingfreedomslaw.org
Ph: 8049715509
Party name: Association for Biblical Higher Education; International Alliance for Christian Education; International Association of Baptist Colleges and Universities; and The Cardinal Newman Society


Tracy Jan Tribbett Samson
Counsel of Record
Pacific Justice Institute
6404 Three Rivers Drive
Pasco, WA 99301

ttribbett@pji.org
Ph: 509-713-9868
Party name: Pacific Justice Institute


David Christian Tryon
Counsel of Record
The Buckeye Institute
88 East Broad Street, Suite 1300
Columbus, OH 43215

d.tryon@buckeyeinstitute.org
Ph: (614) 224-4422
Party name: The Buckeye Institute


Walter M. Weber
American Center for Law & Justice
201 Maryland Avenue, N.E.
Washington, DC 20002-5703

WWEBER@ACLJ.ORG
Ph: 202.641.9166
Party name: American Center for Law and Justice


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

michael.r.williams@wvago.gov
Ph: 304-558-2021
Party name: State of West Virginia and 21 Other States