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No. 25-840
 
Title: International Partners for Ethical Care, Inc., et al., Petitioners
v.
Bob Ferguson, Governor of Washington, et al.
Docketed: January 15, 2026
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
   Case Numbers: (24-3661)
   Decision Date: July 25, 2025
   Rehearing Denied: December 5, 2025
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Jan 07 2026 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 17, 2026)
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Feb 12 2026 Brief amicus curiae of NC Values Institute filed.
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Feb 13 2026 Brief amici curiae of Our Duty-USA, et al. filed.
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Feb 13 2026 Brief amici curiae of Parental Rights Foundation, et al. filed.
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Feb 13 2026 Brief amicus curiae of Erin Lee filed.
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Feb 13 2026 Brief amici curiae of Jodie Holman, et al. filed.
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Feb 17 2026 Waiver of right of respondent Bob Ferguson & Nick Brown to respond filed.
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Feb 17 2026 Brief amicus curiae of Dr. Erica E. Anderson filed.
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Feb 17 2026 Brief amicus curiae of Atlantic Legal Foundation filed.
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Feb 17 2026 Brief amici curiae of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, et al. filed.
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Feb 17 2026 Brief amici curiae of America’s Future, et al. filed.
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Feb 17 2026 Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Moral Law filed.
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Feb 17 2026 Brief amicus curiae of Abigail Martinez filed.
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Feb 17 2026 Brief amici curiae of Manhattan Institute, et al. filed.
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Feb 17 2026 Brief amicus curiae of Defending Education filed.
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Feb 17 2026 Brief amici curiae of Advancing American Freedom, et al. filed.
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Feb 17 2026 Brief amici curiae of America's Frontline Doctors, et al. filed.
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Feb 17 2026 Brief amici curiae of National Legal Foundation, et al. filed.
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Feb 17 2026 Brief amicus curiae of Liberty Counsel filed.
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Feb 17 2026 Brief amicus curiae of Sutherland Institute filed. (Distributed)
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Feb 17 2026 Brief amici curiae of Florida, et al. filed.
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Feb 25 2026 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/20/2026.
Feb 26 2026 Response Requested. (Due March 30, 2026)
Mar 11 2026 Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 30, 2026 to May 14, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
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Mar 13 2026 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 14, 2026.
Mar 30 2026 Brief amicus curiae of S.P. filed.
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May 14 2026 Brief of respondents Bob Ferguson, et al. in opposition filed.
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Jun 02 2026 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/18/2026.
Jun 02 2026 Reply of petitioners International Partners for Ethical Care, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Jun 22 2026 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/25/2026.
Jun 29 2026 Petition GRANTED.
Jul 23 2026 Motion for an extension of time filed.
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Jul 29 2026 Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including September 8, 2026. The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including October 21, 2026. The reply brief shall be filed on or before November 18, 2026.
Aug 26 2026 Brief amicus curiae of NC Values Institute filed.
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Aug 27 2026 Joint motion of the parties to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed.
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Sep 04 2026 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, December 7, 2026.
Sep 08 2026 Brief of petitioners International Partners for Ethical Care, Inc., et al. filed.
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Sep 10 2026 Brief amicus curiae of Atlantic Legal Foundation filed.
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Sep 11 2026 Amicus brief of America First Legal Foundation submitted.
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Sep 15 2026 Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
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Sep 15 2026 Brief amicus curiae of American Center for Law and Justice filed.
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Sep 15 2026 Brief amicus curiae of Erin Lee filed.
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Sep 15 2026 Brief amici curiae of Parents Initiative, et al. filed.
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Sep 15 2026 Brief amicus curiae of Do No Harm filed.
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Sep 15 2026 Brief amici curiae of Detransitioners filed.
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Sep 15 2026 Brief amicus curiae of Sutherland Institute filed.
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Sep 15 2026 Brief amicus curiae of Dr. Erica E. Anderson filed.
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Sep 15 2026 Brief amici curiae of Jeremy Cox, et al. filed.
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Sep 15 2026 Brief amicus curiae of American College of Pediatricians filed.
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Sep 15 2026 Brief amicus curiae of Defending Education filed.
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Sep 15 2026 Brief amicus curiae of Cedar Park Assembly of God filed.
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Sep 15 2026 Amicus brief of Manhattan Institute and Dr. Leor Sapir submitted.
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Sep 15 2026 Amicus brief of Advancing American Freedom submitted.
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Sep 15 2026 Amicus brief of Our Duty-USA, Child & Parental Rights Campaign and LGB Courage Coalition submitted.
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Sep 15 2026 Amicus brief of America's Future, Public Advocate of the United States, Public Advocate Foundation, U.S. Constitutional Rights Legal Defense Fund, Center for Morality, Restoring Liberty Action Committee, and Conservative Legal Defense & Education Fund submitted.
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Sep 15 2026 Amicus brief of The National Legal Foundation, Pacific Justice Institute, Hawaii Family Forum, Illinois Family Institute, Wisconsin Family Action, The Family Foundation, Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, Concerned Women for America, and Protect Our Kids submitted.
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Sep 15 2026 Amicus brief of State of Florida, Idaho, and 20 other States submitted.
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Sep 15 2026 Amicus brief of Legal Scholars submitted.
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Sep 15 2026 Amicus brief of National Jewish Advocacy Center submitted.
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Sep 15 2026 Amicus brief of America's Frontline Doctors and Dr. Simone Gold, M.D., J.D. submitted.
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Sep 15 2026 Amicus brief of Ethics and Public Policy Center submitted.
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Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
D. John Sauer
Counsel of Record
Solicitor General
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001

SUPREMECTBRIEFS@USDOJ.GOV
Ph: 202-514-2217
Party name: United States


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: International Partners for Ethical Care, Inc., et al.


Attorneys for Respondents
Cristina Marie Hwang Sepe
Counsel of Record
Washington State Office of the Attorney General
1125 Washington Street SE
Olympia, WA 98504

cristina.sepe@atg.wa.gov
Ph: 360-753-6200
Party name: Bob Ferguson, Nick Brown, & Tana Senn


Other Attorneys
Luke Nathaniel Berg
Counsel of Record
Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty
1241 N. Franklin Pl.
Milwaukee, WI 53202

luke@will-law.org
Ph: 6084696891
Party name: Dr. Erica E. Anderson


Luke Nathaniel Berg
Counsel of Record
Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty
1241 N. Franklin Place
Milwaukee, WI 53202

luke@will-law.org
Ph: 414-727-9455
Party name: S.P.


James A. Campbell
Counsel of Record
Alliance Defending Freedom
44180 Riverside Parkway
Lansdowne, VA 20176

jcampbell@adflegal.org
Ph: 571-707-4655
Party name: Cedar Park Assembly of God


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, Pacific Justice Institute, Hawaii Family Forum, Illinois Family Institute, Wisconsin Family Action, The Family Foundation, Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, Concerned Women for America, and Protect Our Kids


John Michael Connolly
Counsel of Record
Consovoy McCarthy PLLC
1600 Wilson Blvd.
Suite 700
Arlington, VA 22209

MIKE@CONSOVOYMCCARTHY.COM
Ph: (703) 243-9423
Party name: Defending Education


Daniel Julian Cragg
Counsel of Record
Eckland & Blando
100 Washington Avenue South
Suite 1500
Minneapolis, MN 55401

dcragg@ecklandblando.com
Ph: 6122360160
Party name: David Holman and Jodie Holman, Ashly Wallace, LGB Courage Coalition


David Anthony Dalia
Counsel of Record
David A. Dalia
Attorney at Law
700 Camp Street
New Orleans, LA 70130

davidadalia@gmail.com
Ph: 504-524-5541
Party name: America's Frontline Doctors and Dr. Simone Gold, M.D., J.D.


Gina Michele D'Andrea
America First Policy Institute
1455 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Suite 255
Washington, DC 20004

gdandrea@americafirstpolicy.com
Ph: 5169933154
Party name: Erin Lee


Jeffrey Paul DeSousa
Florida Office of the Attorney General
107 W. Gaines Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399

jeffrey.desousa@myfloridalegal.com
Ph: 5088018425
Party name: State of Florida, Idaho, and 14 other States


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

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


David Morgan Steven Dewhirst
Counsel of Record
Office of the Solicitor General
PL-01, The Capitol
Tallahassee, FL 32399-1050

David.Dewhirst@myfloridalegal.com
Ph: 850-414-3681
Party name: State of Florida, Idaho, and 20 other States


Joshua Wallace Dixon
Counsel of Record
Center for American Liberty
2145 14th Avenue, Suite 8
Vero Beach, FL 32960

jdixon@libertycenter.org
Ph: 7036876200
Party name: Detransitioners


William C. Duncan
Counsel of Record
420 E South Temple
Suite 510
Salt Lake City, UT 84111

bill@sifreedom.org
Ph: 801-355-1272
Party name: Sutherland Institute


Lawrence S. Ebner
Counsel of Record
Atlantic Legal Foundation
1701 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20006

lawrence.ebner@atlanticlegal.org
Ph: 202-729-6337
Party name: Atlantic Legal Foundation


John Allen Eidsmoe
Counsel of Record
P.O. Box 148
Gallant, AL 35972

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


Marc Arthur Greendorfer
Counsel of Record
National Jewish Advocacy Center
1954 Airport Road, Suite 1196
Atlanta, GA 30341

marc@njaclaw.org
Ph: (332) 278-1100
Party name: National Jewish Advocacy Center


Richard Shawn Gunnarson
Counsel of Record
Kirton McConkie
Key Bank Tower
36 South State Street, Suite 1900
Salt Lake City, UT 84111

SGUNNARSON@KMCLAW.COM
Ph: 801-328-3600
Party name: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, et al.


Brian Kirk Kelsey
Counsel of Record
America First Policy Institute
1455 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Suite 225
Washington, DC 20004

bkelsey@americafirstpolicy.com
Ph: 703-637-3690
Party name: Erin Lee


Eric Nieuwenhuis Kniffin
Counsel of Record
Ethics and Public Policy Center
1730 M Street N.W.
Suite 910
Washington, DC 20036

ekniffin@eppc.org
Ph: 2026281200
Party name: Ethics and Public Policy Center


Mary Elizabeth McAlister
Counsel of Record
Child & Parental Rights Campaign, Inc.
5425 Peachtree Pkwy, Suite 110
Norcross, GA 30092

mmcalister@childparentrights.org
Ph: 770 448 4525
Party name: Our Duty-USA and Child & Parental Rights Campaign, Inc.


Mary Elizabeth McAlister
Counsel of Record
Child & Parental Rights Campaign, Inc.
5425 Peachtree Pkwy, Suite 110
Norcross, GA 30092

mmcalister@childparentrights.org
Ph: 770 448 4525
Party name: Our Duty-USA, Child & Parental Rights Campaign and LGB Courage Coalition


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

cmills@spero.law
Ph: 8436060640
Party name: American College of Pediatricians


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: America First Legal Foundation


William Jeffrey Olson
Counsel of Record
William J. Olson, P.C.
370 Maple Ave. W., Suite 4
Vienna, VA 22180

WJO@MINDSPRING.COM
Ph: 7033565070
Party name: America’s Future, Public Advocate of the United States, Public Advocate Foundation, U.S. Constitutional Rights Legal Defense Fund, Judicial Action Group, Judicial Action Group Foundation, Center for Morality, and Conservative Legal Defense and Education Fund


William Jeffrey Olson
Counsel of Record
William J. Olson, P.C.
370 Maple Ave. W., Suite 4
Vienna, VA 22180

WJO@MINDSPRING.COM
Ph: 7033565070
Party name: America's Future, Public Advocate of the United States, Public Advocate Foundation, U.S. Constitutional Rights Legal Defense Fund, Center for Morality, Restoring Liberty Action Committee, and Conservative Legal Defense & Education Fund


Emily Kate Rae
California Justice Center
18002 Irvine Blvd., Suite 108
Tustin, CA 92780

emily@calpolicycenter.org
Ph: (949) 237-2573
Party name: Dr. Erica E. Anderson


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


Kelly J. Shackelford
Counsel of Record
First Liberty Institute
2001 W Piano Pkwy
Suite 1600
Plano, TX 75075

kshackelford@firstliberty.org
Ph: 972-941-4444
Party name: Abigail Martinez


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 and Dr. Leor Sapir


Timothy Ray Snowball
Counsel of Record
Parents Initiative of the Liberty Justice Center
1629 K Street N.W., Suite 300
Washington, DC 20006

tsnowball@libertyjusticecenter.org
Ph: (512) 481-4400
Party name: Parents Initiative and Defense of Freedom Institute


Mathew D. Staver
Counsel of Record
109 Second St., NE
Washington, DC 20002

COURT@LC.ORG
Ph: (202) 289-1776
Party name: Liberty Counsel


Judd Edward Stone II
Counsel of Record
Stone | Hilton PLLC
600 Congress Ave.
Suite 2350
Austin, TX 78701

judd@stonehilton.com
Ph: (737) 465-7248
Party name: Legal Scholars


William Wagner
Counsel of Record
Great Lakes Justice Center
5600 West Mount Hope Hwy
Lansing, MI 48917

PROF.WWJD@GMAIL.COM
Ph: 517-643-1765
Party name: Parental Rights Foundation and the Wagner Center


Andrew DeWitt Watkins
Counsel of Record
Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky & Josefiak PLLC
15405 John Marshall Highway
Haymarket, VA 20169

awatkins@holtzmanvogel.com
Ph: 5403418808
Party name: Do No Harm


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


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


Lori Halstead Windham
Counsel of Record
The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty
1919 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20006

lwindham@becketfund.org
Ph: 202-955-0095
Party name: Jeremy and Mary Cox


 

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