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No. 20-1800
Title:	Harold Shurtleff, et al., Petitioners v. City of Boston, Massachusetts, et al.
Docketed:	June 24, 2021

Lower Ct:	United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Case Numbers:	(20-1158)
Decision Date:	January 22, 2021
Rehearing Denied:
Discretionary Court Decision Date:

Questions Presented

Date	Proceedings and Orders
Jun 21 2021	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 26, 2021)
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Jul 23 2021	Brief of respondents City of Boston, et al. in opposition filed.
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Jul 26 2021	Brief amici curiae of Congressional Prayer Caucus Foundation, et al. filed.
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Aug 11 2021	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.

Sep 17 2021	Reply of petitioners Harold Shurtleff, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Sep 30 2021	Petition GRANTED.

Oct 27 2021	Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Harold Shurtleff, et al.
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Nov 02 2021	Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, City of Boston, et al.
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Nov 12 2021	Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioners Harold Shurtleff, et al.
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Nov 15 2021	Brief of petitioners Harold Shurtleff, et al. filed.
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Nov 16 2021	Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Moral Law filed.
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Nov 17 2021	ARGUMENT SET FOR Tuesday, January 18, 2022.

Nov 17 2021	Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 1st Circuit.

Nov 17 2021	Brief amicus curiae of Liberty, Life and Law Foundation filed.
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Nov 19 2021	Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation filed.
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Nov 22 2021	Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioners GRANTED.

Nov 22 2021	Brief amicus curiae of Bronx Household of Faith filed.
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Nov 22 2021	Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union and American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts filed.
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Nov 22 2021	Brief amicus curiae of American Cornerstone Institute filed.
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Nov 22 2021	Brief amicus curiae of The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty filed.
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Nov 22 2021	Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
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Nov 22 2021	Brief amicus curiae of Notre Dame Law School Religious Liberty Initiative filed.
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Nov 22 2021	Brief amicus curiae of The American Legion filed.
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Nov 22 2021	Brief amicus curiae of The Rutherford Institute filed.
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Nov 22 2021	Brief amicus curiae of Thomas More Society filed.
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Nov 22 2021	Brief amici curiae of Congressional Prayer Caucus Foundation, et al. filed.
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Nov 22 2021	Brief amicus curiae of Protect the First Foundation filed.
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Nov 22 2021	Brief amicus curiae of CatholicVote.org Education Fund filed.
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Nov 22 2021	Brief amici curiae of Advancing American Freedom and Faith & Freedom Coalition filed.
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Nov 22 2021	Brief amici curiae of Kentucky, et al. filed.
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Nov 30 2021	The record from the U.S.D.C. Dist. of Massachusetts is electronic and located on Pacer.

Nov 30 2021	The record from the U.S.C.A. 1st Circuit is electronic and located on Pacer.

Dec 14 2021	CIRCULATED

Dec 15 2021	Brief of respondents City of Boston, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Dec 20 2021	Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae, for divided argument, and for enlargement of time for oral argument filed.
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Dec 22 2021	Brief amici curiae of National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Dec 22 2021	Brief amici curiae of Massachusetts, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Dec 22 2021	Brief amici curiae of Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Dec 22 2021	Brief amici curiae of Local Government Organizations filed. (Distributed)
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Dec 22 2021	Brief amici curiae of Freedom From Religion Foundation and Center for Inquiry filed. (Distributed)
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Dec 22 2021	Brief amicus curiae of Anti-Defamation League filed. (Distributed)
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Jan 07 2022	Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae, for divided argument, and for enlargement of time for oral argument GRANTED.

Jan 07 2022	Reply of Harold Shurtleff, et al. not accepted for filing. (Corrected version submitted)(January 11, 2022)

Jan 07 2022	Reply of petitioners Harold Shurtleff, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Jan 18 2022	Argued. For petitioners: Mathew Staver, Orlando, Fla.; and Sopan Joshi, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondents: Douglas Hallward-Driemeier, Washington, D. C.

May 02 2022	Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Breyer, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Sotomayor, Kagan, Kavanaugh, and Barrett, JJ., joined. Kavanaugh, J., filed a concurring opinion. Alito, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which Thomas and Gorsuch, JJ., joined. Gorsuch, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which Thomas, J., joined.

Jun 03 2022	JUDGMENT ISSUED

NAME	ADDRESS	PHONE
Attorneys for Petitioners
Mathew D. Staver Counsel of Record	Liberty Counsel PO Box 540774 Orlando, FL 32854 court@lc.org	407-875-1776
Party name: Harold Shurtleff, et al.
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	202-508-4776
Party name: City of Boston, et al.
Other
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 and American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts
Richard L. Bolton Counsel of Record	Boardman and Clark LLP 1 South Pinckney Street Suite 410 Madison, WI 53701 rbolton@boardmanclark.com	608-257-9521
Party name: Freedom From Religion Foundation and Center for Inquiry
Thomas L. Brejcha Jr. Counsel of Record	309 W Washington Street Chicago, IL 60606 brejcha@aol.com	3127821680
Party name: Thomas More Society
Daniel H. Bromberg Counsel of Record	Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP Four Embarcadero Center 22nd Floor San Francisco, CA 94111 dan.bromberg@pillsburylaw.com	415 983-1000
Party name: National Association of Counties, National League of Cities, United States Conference of Mayors, International City/County Management Association, and International Municipal Lawyers Association
Frederick W. Claybrook Jr. Counsel of Record	Claybrook, LLC 700 Sixth St., NW, Ste.430 Washington, DC 20001 rick@claybrooklaw.com	202-250-3833
Party name: Congressional Prayer Caucus Foundation, et al.
Deborah Dewart Counsel of Record	111 Magnolia Lane Hubert, NC 28539 lawyerdeborah@outlook.com	9103264554
Party name: Liberty, Life and Law Foundation
Anthony John Dick Counsel of Record	Jones Day 51 Louisiana Ave., N.W. Washington, DC 20001 ajdick@jonesday.com	(202) 879-3939
Party name: American Cornerstone Institute
John Allen Eidsmoe Counsel of Record	Foundation for Moral Law One Dexter Avenue Montgomery, AL 36104 eidsmoeja@juno.com	(334) 262-1245
Party name: Foundation for Moral Law
Scott William Gaylord Counsel of Record	Elon University School of Law 201 North Greene Street Greensboro, NC 27401 sgaylord@elon.edu	3362799331
Party name: CatholicVote.org Education Fund
Andrew Michael Grossman Counsel of Record	Baker & Hostetler LLP 1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Suite 1100 Washington, DC 20036 agrossman@bakerlaw.com	2028611697
Party name: Bronx Household of Faith
Dorothy Alicia Hickok Counsel of Record	Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP One Logan Square Suite 2000 Philadelphia, PA 19103 alicia.hickok@faegredrinker.com	215-988-3364
Party name: The Rutherford Institute
Erik S. Jaffe Counsel of Record	Schaerr \| Jaffe LLP 1717 K Street, N.W., Suite 900 Washington, DC 20006 ejaffe@schaerr-jaffe.com	202-787-1060
Party name: Protect the First Foundation
David Clark Kravitz Counsel of Record	Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General One Ashburton Place Boston, MA 02108 david.kravitz@state.ma.us	6179632427
Party name: Massachusetts, Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Maine, Minnesota, New York, Oregon, and Virginia
Deborah Joyce La Fetra Counsel of Record	Pacific Legal Foundation 555 Capitol Mall, Suite 1290 Sacramento, CA 95814 DLaFetra@pacificlegal.org	(916) 419-7111
Party name: Pacific Legal Foundation
Susan Leann Baker Manning Counsel of Record	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP 1111 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, DC 20004 susan.manning@morganlewis.com	2023736172
Party name: Anti-Defamation League
Michael Hugh McGinley Counsel of Record	Dechert LLP 1900 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20006 michael.mcginley@dechert.com	2022613300
Party name: Notre Dame Law School Religious Liberty Initiative
Ryan Patrick McManus Counsel of Record	Hemenway & Barnes 60 State Street Boston, MA 02109 rmcmanus@hembar.com	6175579705
Party name: Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action, et al.
Brett Robert Nolan Counsel of Record	Office of the Kentucky Attorney General 700 Capital Avenue, Suite 118 Frankfort, KY 40601 brett.nolan@ky.gov	502-696-5300
Party name: Kentucky, Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, and West Virginia
Elizabeth B. Prelogar	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
Charles Rothfeld Counsel of Record	Mayer Brown LLP 1999 K St NW Washington, DC 20006 crothfeld@mayerbrown.com	202-263-3233
Party name: National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA, et al.
Kelly J. Shackelford Counsel of Record	First Liberty Institute First Liberty Institute, 2001 W Piano Pkwy Suite 1600 Plano, TX 75075 kshackelford@firstliberty.org	972-941-4444
Party name: The American Legion
Matthew Jared Sheehan Counsel of Record	Advancing American Freedom, Inc. 801 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20004 matt@advancingamericanfreedom.com	(202) 780-4848
Party name: Advancing American Freedom and Faith & Freedom Coalition
Lori Halstead Windham Counsel of Record	The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty 1919 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006 lwindham@becketlaw.org	202-349-7202
Party name: The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty