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No. 20-255
Title:	Mahanoy Area School District, Petitioner v. B. L., a Minor, By and Through Her Father, Lawrence Levy and Her Mother, Betty Lou Levy
Docketed:	September 1, 2020

Lower Ct:	United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Case Numbers:	(19-1842)
Decision Date:	June 30, 2020
Rehearing Denied:
Discretionary Court Decision Date:

Questions Presented

Date	Proceedings and Orders
Aug 28 2020	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 1, 2020)
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Sep 21 2020	Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 1, 2020 to November 30, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
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Sep 28 2020	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 30, 2020.

Oct 01 2020	Brief amici curiae of Pennsylvania School Boards Association and Pennsylvania Principals Association filed.
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Oct 01 2020	Brief amici curiae of National School Boards Association, et al. filed.
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Nov 30 2020	Brief of respondents B.L., a minor, by and through her father Lawrence Levy and her mother Betty Lou Levy in opposition filed.
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Dec 14 2020	Reply of petitioner Mahanoy Area School District filed.
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Dec 16 2020	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.

Jan 08 2021	Petition GRANTED.

Feb 22 2021	Brief of petitioner Mahanoy Area School District filed.
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Feb 22 2021	Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
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Feb 24 2021	Brief amici curiae of Cyberbullying Research Center, et al. filed.
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Mar 01 2021	Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
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Mar 01 2021	Brief amici curiae of National School Boards Association, et al. filed.
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Mar 01 2021	Brief amici curiae of Massachusetts, et al. in support of neither party filed.
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Mar 01 2021	Brief amicus curiae of Nation Education Association in support of neither party filed.
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Mar 01 2021	Brief amici curiae of National Association of Pupil Services Administrators and Pennsylvania Association of Pupil Services Administrators filed.
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Mar 01 2021	Brief amici curiae of Pennsylvania School Boards Association and Pennsylvania Principals Association filed.
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Mar 01 2021	Brief amici curiae of First Amendment and Education Law Scholars filed.
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Mar 01 2021	Brief amici curiae of The Huntsville, Alabama City Board of Education, et al. filed.
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Mar 01 2021	Brief amicus curiae of American Center for Law and Justice in support of neither party filed.
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Mar 12 2021	SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, April 28, 2021.

Mar 15 2021	Record requested.

Mar 24 2021	Brief of respondent B.L., a minor, by and through her father Lawrence Levy and her mother Betty Lou Levy filed.
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Mar 26 2021	Brief amici curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 29 2021	Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
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Mar 30 2021	CIRCULATED

Mar 30 2021	Brief amicus curiae of Parents Defending Education filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 30 2021	Brief amici curiae of Liberty Justice Center, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 31 2021	Brief amicus curiae of Life Legal Defense Foundation filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 31 2021	Brief amici curiae of Alliance Defending Freedom and Christian Legal Society filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 31 2021	Brief amicus curiae of The Independent Women's Law Center filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 31 2021	Brief amicus curiae of College Athlete Advocates filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 31 2021	Brief amici curiae of Law and Education Professors filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 31 2021	Brief amici curiae of Americans for Prosperity Foundation and The Rutherford Institute filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 31 2021	Brief amici curiae of The National Women's Law Center, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 31 2021	Brief amici curiae of Jane Bambauer, Ashutosh Bhagwat, and Eugene Volokh filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 31 2021	Brief amici curiae of School Discipline Professors filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 31 2021	Brief amicus curiae of The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 31 2021	Brief amici curiae of States of Louisiana, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 31 2021	Brief amicus curiae of First Liberty Institute filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 31 2021	Brief amici curiae of Current and Former Student School Board Members filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 31 2021	Brief amici curiae of Advancement Project, Juvenile Law Center, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 31 2021	Brief amici curiae of Student Press Law Center, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 31 2021	Brief amicus curiae of VanHo Law filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 31 2021	Brief amici curiae of Mary Beth Tinker & John Tinker filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 31 2021	Brief amici curiae of HISD Student Congress, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 31 2021	Brief amici curiae of Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 31 2021	Brief amici curiae of Teachers, School Administrators, and the National Council of Teachers of English filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 31 2021	Brief amici curiae of The Electronic Frontier Foundation, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Apr 05 2021	Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.

Apr 16 2021	Reply of petitioner Mahanoy Area School District filed. (Distributed)
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Apr 28 2021	Argued. For petitioner: Lisa S. Blatt, Washington, D. C.; and Malcolm L. Stewart, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondent: David D. Cole, of Washington, D. C.

Jun 23 2021	Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Breyer, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett, JJ., joined. Alito, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Gorsuch, J., joined. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion.

Jul 26 2021	JUDGMENT ISSUED.

NAME	ADDRESS	PHONE
Attorneys for Petitioner
Lisa Schiavo Blatt Counsel of Record	Williams & Connolly LLP 725 12th Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 lblatt@wc.com	202-434-5050
Party name: Mahanoy Area School District
Attorneys for Respondent
Witold J. Walczak Counsel of Record	ACLU of Pennsylvania P.O. Box 23058 Pittsburgh, PA 15222 vwalczak@aclupa.org	412-681-7864
Party name: B.L., a minor, by and through her father Lawrence Levy and her mother Betty Lou Levy
David D. Cole	American Civil Liberties Union Foundation 915 15th Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 dcole@aclu.org	212-549-2611
Party name: B.L., a minor, by and through her father Lawrence Levy and her mother Betty Lou Levy
Other
Stuart Banner Counsel of Record	UCLA School of Law Supreme Court Clinic 405 Hilgard Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90095 banner@law.ucla.edu	3102068506
Party name: Jane Bambauer, Ashutosh Bhagwat, and Eugene Volokh
Eric S. Baxter Counsel of Record	The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty 1919 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006 ebaxter@becketlaw.org	202-955-0095
Party name: The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty
John J. Bursch Counsel of Record	Alliance Defending Freedom 440 First Street, NW Suite 600 Washington, DC 20001 jbursch@adflegal.org	(616) 450-4235
Party name: Alliance Defending Freedom and Christian Legal Society
William Spencer Consovoy Counsel of Record	Consovoy McCarthy PLLC 1600 Wilson Boulevard Suite 700 Arlington, VA 22209 will@consovoymccarthy.com	(703) 243-9423
Party name: Parents Defending Education
Robert Lawrence Corn-Revere Counsel of Record	Davis Wright Tremaine LLP 1301 K Street, N.W. Suite 500 East Washington, DC 20005 bobcornrevere@dwt.com	202-973-4225
Party name: Mary Beth Tinker & John Tinker
Cynthia Fleming Crawford Counsel of Record	Americans for Prosperity Foundation 1310 N. Courthouse Road 7th Floor Arlington, VA 22201 ccrawford@afphq.org	5713292227
Party name: Americans for Prosperity Foundation and The Rutherford Institute
Michael R. Dreeben Counsel of Record	O'Melveny & Myers LLP 1625 Eye Street, NW Washington, DC 20006 mdreeben@omm.com	2023835300
Party name: Teachers, School Administrators, and the National Council of Teachers of English
John Arak Freedman Counsel of Record	Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, LLP 601 Mass. Ave., NW Washington, DC 20001 John.Freedman@arnoldporter.com	202-942-5316
Party name: Advancement Project, Juvenile Law Center, et al.
Gregory George Garre Counsel of Record	Latham & Watkins LLP 555 11th Street, NW Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20004 gregory.garre@lw.com	202-637-2200
Party name: National School Boards Association, et al.
Christopher Blewer Gilbert Counsel of Record	Thompson & Horton LLP 3200 Southwest Freeway Suite 2000 Houston, TX 77027 cgilbert@thompsonhorton.com	7135546744
Party name: National Association of Pupil Services Administrators and Pennsylvania Association of Pupil Services Administrators
Naomi Felton Gilens Counsel of Record	Electronic Frontier Foundation 815 Eddy Street San Francisco, CA 94109 naomi@eff.org	(415) 436-9333
Party name: The Electronic Frontier Foundation, The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law and The Pennsylvania Center for the First Amendment
Michael John Grygiel Counsel of Record	Greenberg Traurig, LLP 54 State Street, Sixth Floor Albany, NY 12207 grygielm@gtlaw.com	(518) 689-1400
Party name: HISD Student Congress, Kentucky Student Voice Team, March For Our Lives Action Fund, Students For A Sensible Drug Policy, and Student Voice
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: The National Women's Law Center
Hyland Hunt Counsel of Record	Deutsch Hunt PLLC 300 New Jersey Ave., NW Suite 900 Washington, DC 20001 hhunt@deutschhunt.com	2028686915
Party name: Current and Former Student School Board Members
William McGinley Jay Counsel of Record	Goodwin Procter, LLP 1900 N Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20036 WJay@goodwinlaw.com	2023464190
Party name: The Independent Women's Law Center
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, Cato Institute, and P.J. O'Rourke
Justin F. Marceau Counsel of Record	University of Denver, Sturm College of Law 2250 E. Evans Avenue Denver, CO 80210 jmarceau@law.du.edu	6172569073
Party name: College Athlete Advocates
Richard W. Mark Counsel of Record	Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP 200 Park Avenue New York, NY 10166 RMark@gibsondunn.com	(212) 351-3818
Party name: School Discipline Professors
Douglas S. Martland Counsel of Record	Commonwealth of Massachusetts, et. al 1 Ashburton Place 20th Floor Boston, MA 02108 douglas.martland@mass.gov	617-963-2062
Party name: Massachusetts, et al.
Michael Hugh McGinley Counsel of Record	Dechert LLP 1900 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20006 michael.mcginley@dechert.com	202-261-3378
Party name: Pennsylvania School Boards Association and Pennsylvania Principals Association
Elizabeth Baker Murrill Counsel of Record	Office of the Attorney General 1885 N. Third Street Baton Rouge, LA 70802 murrille@ag.louisiana.gov	225-205-8009
Party name: States of Louisiana, Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Texas & Utah
Alice Margaret O'Brien Counsel of Record	National Education Association 1201 16th Street, NW Washington, DC 20036 aobrien@nea.org	202 822 7035
Party name: Nation Education Association
Elizabeth B. Prelogar	Acting 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
Eddie Travis Ramey Counsel of Record	Burr & Forman LLP 420 North 20th Street, Wells Fargo Tower, Suite 3400 Birmingham, AL 35203 tramey@burr.com	2052513000
Party name: The Huntsville, Alabama City Board of Education and Eleven Additional Alabama School Districts
David Beryl Rubin Counsel of Record	The Busch Law Group LLC 450 Main Street, P.O. Box 4579 Metuchen, NJ 08840 drubin@buschlawgroup.com	9088964482
Party name: Cyberbullying Research Center, Committee for Children, Council of Administrators of Special Education, Garden State Equality, The Bully Project, STOMP Out Bullying, One Circle Foundation and SEL4NJ
Jay Alan Sekulow Counsel of Record	American Center for Law and Justice 201 Maryland Avenue, N.E. Washington, DC 20002 sekulow@aclj.org	2025468890
Party name: American Center for Law and Justice
Kelly J. Shackelford Counsel of Record	First Liberty Institute First Liberty Institute 2001 W Plano Pkwy, Suite 1600 Plano, TX 75075 kshackelford@firstliberty.org	972-941-4444
Party name: First Liberty Institute
Darpana M. Sheth Counsel of Record	Foundation for Individual Rights in Education 510 Walnut Street Suite 1250 Philadelphia, PA 19106 darpana.sheth@thefire.org	2157173473
Party name: Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, National Coalition Against Censorship, and Comic Book Legal Defense Fund
Catherine Wynne Short Counsel of Record	Life Legal Defense Foundation P.O. Box 2105 Napa, CA 94558 kshort@lldf.org	(707) 224-6675
Party name: Life Legal Defense Foundation
Daniel Robert Suhr Counsel of Record	Liberty Justice Center 208 South LaSalle Street Suite 1690 Chicago, IL 60604 dsuhr@libertyjusticecenter.org	312-637-2280
Party name: Liberty Justice Center, et al.
Elisabeth Susan Theodore Counsel of Record	Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP 601 Massachusetts Ave, NW Washington, DC 20001 elisabeth.theodore@arnoldporter.com	202-942-5891
Party name: Professors of Law and Education
Misha Tseytlin Counsel of Record	Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP 227 W. Monroe, Suite 3900 Chicago, IL 60606 misha.tseytlin@troutman.com	(312) 759-5947
Party name: First Amendment and Education Law Scholars
Adam Michael Van Ho Counsel of Record	VanHo Law 243 Furnace Street Suite 201 Akron, OH 44304 adam@vanholaw.com	(330) 653-8511
Party name: VanHo Law
David Meir Zionts Counsel of Record	Covington & Burlington LLP 850 Tenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 dzionts@cov.com	202 662 5987
Party name: Student Press Law Center, et al.,