Search - Supreme Court of the United States

Docket for 19-968

No. 19-968

Title:	Chike Uzuegbunam, et al., Petitioners v. Stanley C. Preczewski, et al.
Docketed:	February 3, 2020
Linked with:	19A461
Lower Ct:	United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Case Numbers:	(18-12676)
Decision Date:	July 1, 2019
Rehearing Denied:	September 4, 2019
Questions Presented

Proceedings and Orders

Oct 24 2019

Application (19A461) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 3, 2019 to January 31, 2020, submitted to Justice Thomas.
Main Document

Oct 28 2019

Application (19A461) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until January 31, 2020.

Jan 31 2020

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 4, 2020)
Petition Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

Feb 13 2020

Blanket Consent filed by Petitioners, Chike Uzuegbunam, et al.
Blanket Consent

Feb 19 2020

Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 4, 2020 to April 8, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
Main Document

Feb 19 2020

Blanket Consent filed by Respondents, Stanley Preczewski, et al.
Blanket Consent

Feb 24 2020

Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 8, 2020.

Feb 28 2020

Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Moral Law filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count

Mar 02 2020

Brief amicus curiae of Young Americans for Liberty, Inc. filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count

Mar 02 2020

Brief amicus curiae of Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count

Mar 03 2020

Brief amicus curiae of Americans for Prosperity Foundation filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count

Mar 03 2020

Brief amicus curiae of American Humanist Association filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count

Mar 04 2020

Brief amicus curiae of The Islam and Religious Freedom Action Team of the Religious Freedom Institute filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count

Mar 04 2020

Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Individual Rights in Education filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count

Mar 04 2020

Brief amicus curiae of CatholicVote.org Education Fund filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count

Mar 27 2020

Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 8, 2020 to April 22, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
Main Document

Mar 30 2020

Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including April 22, 2020.

Apr 22 2020

Brief of respondents Stanley Preczewski, et al. in opposition filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

May 05 2020

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/21/2020.

May 05 2020

Reply of petitioners Chike Uzuegbunam, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

Jul 08 2020

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 7/8/2020.

Jul 09 2020

Petition GRANTED.

Jul 27 2020

Joint motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
Main Document

Jul 28 2020

Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Chike Uzuegbunam, et al.
Blanket Consent

Aug 03 2020

Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Stanley Preczewski, et al.
Blanket Consent

Aug 06 2020

Joint 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, 2020. The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including October 22, 2020.

Aug 25 2020

Joint motion for a further extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
Main Document

Sep 01 2020

Joint motion to further 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 22, 2020. The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is further extended to and including November 19, 2020.

Sep 22 2020

Joint appendix filed.
Main Document Proof of Service

Sep 22 2020

Brief of petitioners Chike Uzuegbunam, et al. filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

Sep 24 2020

Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Moral Law filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Certificate of Word Count

Sep 24 2020

Brief amicus curiae of Council on American-Islamic Relations filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

Sep 25 2020

Brief amicus curiae of Young Americans for Liberty, Inc. filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

Sep 25 2020

Brief amici curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation, et al. filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

Sep 28 2020

Brief amicus curiae of Public Citizen filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

Sep 29 2020

Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
Main Document Proof of Service

Sep 29 2020

Brief amicus curiae of Child Evangelism Fellowship, Inc. filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

Sep 29 2020

Brief amicus curiae of Frederick Douglass Foundation, Inc. filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

Sep 29 2020

Brief amici curiae of Foundation for Individual Rights in Education and Cato Institute filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

Sep 29 2020

Brief amici curiae of General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, et al. filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

Sep 29 2020

Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union, et al. filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

Sep 29 2020

Brief amicus curiae of The Islam and Religious Freedom Action Team of the Religious Freedom Institute filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

Sep 29 2020

Brief amicus curiae of The Rutherford Institute filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

Sep 29 2020

Brief amici curiae of United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, et al. filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

Sep 29 2020

Brief amicus curiae of Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

Sep 29 2020

Brief amicus curiae of National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Inc. filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

Sep 29 2020

Brief amicus curiae of Christian Legal Society filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

Sep 29 2020

Brief amicus curiae of CatholicVote.org Education Fund filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count

Sep 29 2020

Brief amicus curiae of The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

Sep 29 2020

Brief amicus curiae of Institute for Free Speech filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

Sep 29 2020

Brief amici curiae of Justice and Freedom Fund, et al. filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

Sep 29 2020

Amicus brief of American Humanist Association not accepted for filing. (October 06, 2020 - Corrected version submitted)

Sep 29 2020

Brief amicus curiae of American Humanist Association filed. (October 7, 2020)
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

Nov 16 2020

Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Main Document Proof of Service

Nov 19 2020

Brief of respondents Stanley Preczewski, et al. filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

Nov 25 2020

SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, January 12, 2021.

Nov 25 2020

Brief amici curiae of District of Columbia, et al. filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

Nov 25 2020

Brief amici curiae of National Conference of State Legislatures, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

Dec 03 2020

Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 11th Circuit.

Dec 03 2020

The record from the U.S.C.A. 11th Circuit is electronic and located on PACER.

Dec 04 2020

The record from the U.S. Dist. Court of Northern Dist. of Georgia (Atlanta) is electronic and located on PACER.

Dec 07 2020

Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.

Dec 08 2020

CIRCULATED

Dec 21 2020

Reply of petitioners Chike Uzuegbunam, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

Jan 12 2021

Argued. For petitioners: Kristen K. Waggoner, Scottsdale, Ariz.; and Hashim M. Mooppan, Counselor to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondents: Andrew A. Pinson, Atlanta, Ga.

Mar 08 2021

Judgment REVERSED and REMANDED. Thomas, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett, JJ., joined. Kavanaugh, J., filed a concurring opinion. Roberts, C. J., filed a dissenting opinion.

Apr 09 2021

JUDGMENT ISSUED.

Attorneys

Attorneys for Petitioners

Kristen Kellie Waggoner
Counsel of Record

Alliance Defending Freedom
440 First Street, N.W.
Suite 600
Washington, DC 20001
kwaggoner@adflegal.org
Ph: 202-393-8690
Party name: Chike Uzuegbunam, et al.

John J. Bursch

Alliance Defending Freedom
440 First Street, NW
Suite 600
Washington, DC 20001
jbursch@adflegal.org
Ph: (616) 450-4235
Party name: Chike Uzuegbunam, et al.

Attorneys for Respondents

Andrew Alan Pinson
Counsel of Record

Office of the Georgia Attorney General
40 Capital Square SW
Atlanta, GA 30334-1300
apinson@law.ga.gov
Ph: 404-458-3409
Party name: Stanley Preczewski, et al.

Other Attorneys

Loren L. AliKhan
Counsel of Record

D.C. Office of the Attorney General
Office of the Solicitor General
400 6th Street, NW, Suite 8100
Washington, DC 20001
loren.alikhan@dc.gov
Ph: 202-727-6287
Party name: District of Columbia

Lisa Schiavo Blatt
Counsel of Record

Williams & Connolly LLP
725 12th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
lblatt@wc.com
Ph: 202-434-5050
Party name: American Civil Liberties Union, Americans for Prosperity Foundation, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, and Institute for Justice

Matthew James Clark
Counsel of Record

Foundation for Moral Law
1 Dexter Avenue
Montgomery, AL 36104
matt@morallaw.org
Ph: 334-262-1245
Party name: Foundation for Moral Law

Cynthia Fleming Crawford
Counsel of Record

Americans for Prosperity Foundation
1310 N. Courthouse Road
7th Floor
Arlington, VA 22201
cynthia.crawford@causeofaction.org
Ph: 2024992421
Party name: Americans for Prosperity Foundation

Brian H. Fletcher

Acting 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

Frank Dawson Garrison IV
Counsel of Record

National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Inc.
8001 Braddock Road, Suite 600
Springfield, VA 22160
fdg@nrtw.org
Ph: 703-321-8510
Party name: National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Inc.

Scott William Gaylord
Counsel of Record

Elon University School of Law Appellate Clinic
201 North Greene Street
Greensboro, NC 27401
sgaylord@elon.edu
Ph: 3362799331
Party name: CatholicVote.org Education Fund

James L. Hirsen
Counsel of Record

Suite 101
505 S. Villa Real Drive
Anaheim Hills, CA 92807
james@jameshirsen.com
Ph: 714-283-8880
Party name: Justice and Freedom Fund, et al.

Patrick Michael Kane
Counsel of Record

Fox Rothschild LLP
230 N. Elm Street
Suite 1200
Greensboro, NC 27401
pat.kane@smithmoorelaw.com
Ph: 336-378-5200
Party name: National Conference Of State Legislatures; et al.

Daniel Patrick Kearney Jr.
Counsel of Record

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP
1875 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20006
Daniel.Kearney@wilmerhale.com
Ph: 202-663-6000
Party name: Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty

Adele Auxier Keim
Counsel of Record

The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty
1919 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20006
akeim@becketlaw.org
Ph: 202-955-0095
Party name: The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty

Scott A. Keller
Counsel of Record

Baker Botts LLP
700 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20001
scott.keller@bakerbotts.com
Ph: 2026397837
Party name: Young Americans for Liberty, Inc.

Kevin Franz King
Counsel of Record

Covington & Burling LLP
One CityCenter
850 Tenth Street NW
Washington, DC 20001
kking@cov.com
Ph: 2026625488
Party name: Foundation for Individual Rights in Education

Deborah Joyce La Fetra
Counsel of Record

Pacific Legal Foundation
930 G Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
DLaFetra@pacificlegal.org
Ph: (916) 419-7111
Party name: Pacific Legal Foundation, Delaney Wysingle, Rentberry Inc., Luis Ramirez, Michael Jackson, Tory Smith, and Jillian Ostrewich

Elbert Lin
Counsel of Record

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
951 E. Byrd Street
Riverfront Plaza, East Tower
Richmond, VA 23219-4074
elin@HuntonAK.com
Ph: 804-788-7202
Party name: The Islam and Religious Freedom Action Team of the Religious Freedom Institute

Michael J. Lockerby
Counsel of Record

Foley & Lardner LLP
Washington Harbour
3000 K Street, N.W., Suite 600
Washington, DC 20007-5109
mlockerby@foley.com
Ph: 202-945-6079
Party name: The Rutherford Institute

Lena Fatina Masri
Counsel of Record

CAIR Legal Defense Fund
453 New Jersey Avenue SE
Washington, DC 20003
ldf@cair.com
Ph: 2027426420
Party name: Council on American-Islamic Relations

Eric D. McArthur
Counsel of Record

Sidley Austin LLP
1501 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20005
emcarthur@sidley.com
Ph: (202) 736-8018
Party name: Frederick Douglass Foundation, Inc.

Todd R. McFarland
Counsel of Record

General Conference of Seventh-day Adventist Church
Office of General Counsel
12501 Old Columbia Pike
Silver Spring, MD 20904-6600
mcfarlandt@gc.adventist.org
Ph: 3016816321
Party name: General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists

Michael Hugh McGinley
Counsel of Record

Dechert LLP
1900 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
michael.mcginley@dechert.com
Ph: 202-261-3378
Party name: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, et al.

Monica Lynn Miller
Counsel of Record

American Humanist Association
1821 Jefferson Place NW
Washington, DC 20036
mmiller@americanhumanist.org
Ph: 2022389088
Party name: American Humanist Association

Matthew Adam Seligman
Counsel of Record

Public Citizen
1600 20th Street NW
Washington, DC 20009
mseligman@citizen.org
Ph: 9174286055
Party name: Public Citizen

Reed Neal Smith
Counsel of Record

Christian Legal Society Center For Law and Religious Freedom
8001 Braddock Rd
Ste 302
Springfield, VA 22151
rsmith@clsnet.org
Ph: 7038941081
Party name: Christian Legal Society

Mathew D. Staver
Counsel of Record

Liberty Counsel
PO Box 540774
Orlando, FL 32854
court@lc.org
Ph: 407-875-1776
Party name: Child Evangelism Fellowship, Inc.

Owen Dennis Yeates
Counsel of Record

Institute for Free Speech
1150 Connecticut Ave NW
Ste 801
Washington, DC 20036
oyeates@ifs.org
Ph: 202-301-3300
Party name: Institute for Free Speech