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No. 24-410
 
Title: L. M., a Minor, By and Through His Father and Stepmother and Natural Guardians, Christopher and Susan Morrison, Petitioner
v.
Town of Middleborough, Massachusetts, et al.
Docketed: October 11, 2024
Linked with: 24A161
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
   Case Numbers: (23-1535, 23-1645)
   Decision Date: June 9, 2024
 
Proceedings and Orders
Aug 07 2024 Application (24A161) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 7, 2024 to October 9, 2024, submitted to Justice Jackson.
Main Document
Aug 13 2024 Application (24A161) granted by Justice Jackson extending the time to file until October 9, 2024.
Oct 09 2024 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 12, 2024)
Petition Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Nov 08 2024 Waiver of right of respondent Town of Middleborough, Massachusetts, et al. to respond filed.
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Nov 08 2024 Brief amicus curiae of National Religious Broadcasters filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Nov 12 2024 Brief amici curiae of Life Legal Defense Foundation, et al. filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Nov 12 2024 Brief amicus curiae of Americans for Prosperity Foundation filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Nov 12 2024 Brief amici curiae of J.R., a minor, by and through his mother and general guardian, Eden H. Rodriguez, et al. filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Nov 12 2024 Brief amicus curiae of Independent Women's Law Center filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Nov 12 2024 Brief amicus curiae of Parents Defending Education filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Nov 12 2024 Brief amici curiae of South Carolina, et al. filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Nov 12 2024 Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Nov 12 2024 Brief amici curiae of Pacific Justice Institute, et al. filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Nov 19 2024 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/6/2024.
Nov 20 2024 Response Requested. (Due December 20, 2024)
Dec 02 2024 Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 20, 2024 to January 21, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
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Dec 03 2024 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 21, 2025, for all respondents.
Dec 20 2024 Brief amici curiae of America's Future, et al. filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Jan 21 2025 Brief of respondents Middleborough, Massachusetts, et al. in opposition filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Feb 05 2025 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2025.
Feb 07 2025 Reply of petitioner L. M. filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Feb 24 2025 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/28/2025.
Mar 03 2025 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/7/2025.
Mar 17 2025 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/21/2025.
Mar 24 2025 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/28/2025.
Mar 31 2025 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/4/2025.
Apr 14 2025 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/17/2025.
Apr 16 2025 Supplemental letter of petitioner L.M. filed. (Distributed)
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Apr 21 2025 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/25/2025.
Apr 28 2025 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/2/2025.
May 12 2025 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/15/2025.
May 19 2025 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/22/2025.
May 27 2025 Petition DENIED. Justice Thomas, dissenting from the denial of certiorari. (Detached Opinion). Justice Alito, with whom Justice Thomas joins, dissenting from the denial of certiorari. (Detached Opinion)
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
John J. Bursch
Counsel of Record
Alliance Defending Freedom
440 First Street, NW
Suite 600
Washington, DC 20001

jbursch@adflegal.org
Ph: (616) 450-4235
Party name: L.M.


Rory Thomas Gray
Alliance Defending Freedom
1000 Hurricane Shoals Rd. NE, Suite D-1100
Lawrenceville, GA 30043

RGRAY@ADFLEGAL.ORG
Ph: 770-339-0774
Party name: L.M.


Attorneys for Respondents
Douglas Harry Hallward-Driemeier
Counsel of Record
Ropes & Gray, LLP
2099 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20006-6807

DOUGLAS.HALLWARD-DRIEMEIER@ROPESGRAY.COM
Ph: 202-508-4776
Party name: Middleborough School Committee, Carolyn J. Lyons, Superintendent, Middleborough Public Schools, in her official capacity, and Heather Tucker, Principal, John T. Nichols Middle School, in her official capacity


Kay H. Hodge
Stoneman, Chandler & Miller, LLP
99 High Street
Boston, MA 02110

khodge@scmllp.com
Ph: 6175426789
Party name: Town of Middleborough, Massachusetts, et al.


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: Pacific Justice Institute, Concerned Women for America, and National Legal Foundation


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

MIKE@CONSOVOYMCCARTHY.COM
Ph: 7032439423
Party name: Parents Defending Education


Cynthia Fleming Crawford
Counsel of Record
Americans for Prosperity Foundation
4201 Wilson Blvd.
Suite 1000
Arlington, VA 22203

CCRAWFORD@AFPHQ.ORG
Ph: 5713292227
Party name: Americans for Prosperity Foundation


Michael P. Farris
Counsel of Record
National Religious Broadcasters
20 F. Street
Seventh Floor
Washington, DC 20001

mfarris@nrb.org
Ph: 202 341 4783
Party name: National Religious Broadcasters


Arleigh Pritchard Helfer III
Counsel of Record
Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
510 Walnut Street, Ste. 900
Philadelphia, PA 19106

arleigh.helfer@thefire.org
Ph: (215) 717-3473
Party name: Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression


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, Free Speech Coalition, Free Speech Defense and Education Fund, U.S. Constitutional Rights Legal Defense Fund, and Conservative Legal Defense and Education Fund


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: Independent Women's Law Center


Catherine Wynne Short
Counsel of Record
Life Legal Defense Foundation
P.O. Box 2105
Napa, CA 94558

kshort@lldf.org
Ph: (707) 224-6675
Party name: Life Legal Defense Foundation and Young America's Foundation


Joseph David Spate
Counsel of Record
South Carolina Attorney General's Office
1000 Assembly St.
Columbia, SC 29201

josephspate@scag.gov
Ph: (803) 734-3371
Party name: South Carolina


William E. Trachman
Counsel of Record
Mountain States Legal Foundation
2596 South Lewis Way
Lakewood, CO 80227

wtrachman@mslegal.org
Ph: 3032922021
Party name: J.R., a minor, by and through his mother and general guardian, Eden Hope Rodriguez, and Claremont Institute’s Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence


 

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