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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
  Discretionary Court Decision Date:
Questions Presented

DateProceedings and Orders
Oct 24 2019Application (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 2019Application (19A461) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until January 31, 2020.
Jan 31 2020Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 4, 2020)
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Feb 13 2020Blanket Consent filed by Petitioners, Chike Uzuegbunam, et al.
Blanket Consent
Feb 19 2020Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 4, 2020 to April 8, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
Main Document
Feb 19 2020Blanket Consent filed by Respondents, Stanley Preczewski, et al.
Blanket Consent
Feb 24 2020Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 8, 2020.
Feb 28 2020Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Moral Law filed.
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Mar 02 2020Brief amicus curiae of Young Americans for Liberty, Inc. filed.
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Mar 02 2020Brief amicus curiae of Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty filed.
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Mar 03 2020Brief amicus curiae of Americans for Prosperity Foundation filed.
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Mar 03 2020Brief amicus curiae of American Humanist Association filed.
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Mar 04 2020Brief amicus curiae of The Islam and Religious Freedom Action Team of the Religious Freedom Institute filed.
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Mar 04 2020Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Individual Rights in Education filed.
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Mar 04 2020Brief amicus curiae of CatholicVote.org Education Fund filed.
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Mar 27 2020Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 8, 2020 to April 22, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
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Mar 30 2020Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including April 22, 2020.
Apr 22 2020Brief of respondents Stanley Preczewski, et al. in opposition filed.
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May 05 2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/21/2020.
May 05 2020Reply of petitioners Chike Uzuegbunam, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Jul 08 2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 7/8/2020.
Jul 09 2020Petition GRANTED.
Jul 27 2020Joint motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
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Jul 28 2020Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Chike Uzuegbunam, et al.
Blanket Consent
Aug 03 2020Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Stanley Preczewski, et al.
Blanket Consent
Aug 06 2020Joint 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 2020Joint motion for a further extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
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Sep 01 2020Joint 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 2020Joint appendix filed.
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Sep 22 2020Brief of petitioners Chike Uzuegbunam, et al. filed.
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Sep 24 2020Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Moral Law filed.
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Sep 24 2020Brief amicus curiae of Council on American-Islamic Relations filed.
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Sep 25 2020Brief amicus curiae of Young Americans for Liberty, Inc. filed.
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Sep 25 2020Brief amici curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation, et al. filed.
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Sep 28 2020Brief amicus curiae of Public Citizen filed.
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Sep 29 2020Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
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Sep 29 2020Brief amicus curiae of Child Evangelism Fellowship, Inc. filed.
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Sep 29 2020Brief amicus curiae of Frederick Douglass Foundation, Inc. filed.
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Sep 29 2020Brief amici curiae of Foundation for Individual Rights in Education and Cato Institute filed.
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Sep 29 2020Brief amici curiae of General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, et al. filed.
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Sep 29 2020Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union, et al. filed.
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Sep 29 2020Brief amicus curiae of The Islam and Religious Freedom Action Team of the Religious Freedom Institute filed.
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Sep 29 2020Brief amicus curiae of The Rutherford Institute filed.
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Sep 29 2020Brief amici curiae of United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, et al. filed.
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Sep 29 2020Brief amicus curiae of Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty filed.
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Sep 29 2020Brief amicus curiae of National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Inc. filed.
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Sep 29 2020Brief amicus curiae of Christian Legal Society filed.
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Sep 29 2020Brief amicus curiae of CatholicVote.org Education Fund filed.
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Sep 29 2020Brief amicus curiae of The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty filed.
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Sep 29 2020Brief amicus curiae of Institute for Free Speech filed.
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Sep 29 2020Brief amici curiae of Justice and Freedom Fund, et al. filed.
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Sep 29 2020Amicus brief of American Humanist Association not accepted for filing. (October 06, 2020 - Corrected version submitted)
Sep 29 2020Brief amicus curiae of American Humanist Association filed. (October 7, 2020)
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Nov 16 2020Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
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Nov 19 2020Brief of respondents Stanley Preczewski, et al. filed.
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Nov 25 2020SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, January 12, 2021.
Nov 25 2020Brief amici curiae of District of Columbia, et al. filed.
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Nov 25 2020Brief amici curiae of National Conference of State Legislatures, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Dec 03 2020Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 11th Circuit.
Dec 03 2020The record from the U.S.C.A. 11th Circuit is electronic and located on PACER.
Dec 04 2020The record from the U.S. Dist. Court of Northern Dist. of Georgia (Atlanta) is electronic and located on PACER.
Dec 07 2020Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Dec 08 2020CIRCULATED
Dec 21 2020Reply of petitioners Chike Uzuegbunam, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Jan 12 2021Argued. 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 2021Judgment 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 2021JUDGMENT ISSUED.

NAMEADDRESSPHONE
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		202-393-8690
Party name: Chike Uzuegbunam, et al.
John J. BurschAlliance Defending Freedom
440 First Street, NW
Suite 600
Washington, DC 20001

jbursch@adflegal.org		(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		404-458-3409
Party name: Stanley Preczewski, et al.
Other
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		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		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		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		2024992421
Party name: Americans for Prosperity Foundation
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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		(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		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		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		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		(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		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		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		2022389088
Party name: American Humanist Association
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General
United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001

SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov		202-514-2217
Party name: United States
Matthew Adam Seligman
    Counsel of Record		Public Citizen
1600 20th Street NW
Washington, DC 20009

mseligman@citizen.org		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		7038941081
Party name: Christian Legal Society
Mathew D. Staver
    Counsel of Record		Liberty Counsel
PO Box 540774
Orlando, FL 32854

court@lc.org		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		202-301-3300
Party name: Institute for Free Speech

 

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