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No. 25-965
 
Title: Daniel Grand, Petitioner
v.
City of University Heights, Ohio, et al.
Docketed: February 17, 2026
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
   Case Numbers: (24-3876)
   Decision Date: November 13, 2025
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Feb 11 2026 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 19, 2026)
Petition Appendix Appendix Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Feb 24 2026 Waiver of right of respondent University of Heights, Ohio, et al. to respond filed.
Main Document
Mar 04 2026 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/20/2026.
Mar 11 2026 Response Requested. (Due April 10, 2026)
Mar 12 2026 Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 10, 2026 to May 11, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
Main Document
Mar 13 2026 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 11, 2026.
Mar 18 2026 Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Justice Institute filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Apr 10 2026 Brief amicus curiae of Protect the First Foundation filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Apr 10 2026 Brief amicus curiae of American Center for Law and Justice filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Apr 10 2026 Brief amici curiae of National Jewish Advocacy Center, et al. filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Apr 10 2026 Amici brief of Agudath Israel of America, et al. not accepted for filing. (To be resubmitted - April 15, 2026)
Apr 10 2026 Brief amici curiae of Agudath Israel of America, et al. filed. (Resubmitted)
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Apr 10 2026 Brief amici curiae of Advancing American Freedom, et al. filed.
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Apr 10 2026 Brief amicus curiae of Manhattan Institute filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Apr 10 2026 Brief amici curiae of Islam & Religious Freedom Action Team of the Religious Freedom Institute, et al. filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Apr 10 2026 Brief amici curiae of United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, et al. filed.
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May 11 2026 Brief of respondents City of University Heights, et al. in opposition filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
May 21 2026 Reply of petitioner Daniel Grand filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
May 26 2026 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/11/2026.
Jun 09 2026 Rescheduled.
Jun 15 2026 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/18/2026.
Jun 16 2026 Rescheduled.
Jun 22 2026 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/25/2026.
Jun 29 2026 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/29/2026.
Jun 30 2026 Petition GRANTED.
Jul 16 2026 Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
Main Document
Jul 28 2026 Motion to extend the time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including August 31, 2026. The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including October 16, 2026. The reply brief is due to be filed pursuant to Rule 25.3.
Aug 06 2026 Brief amicus curiae of NC Values Institute filed.
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Aug 28 2026 Rule 35.3 notification letter filed.
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Aug 31 2026 Brief amici curiae of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, et al. filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Aug 31 2026 Brief of petitioner Daniel Grand filed.
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Aug 31 2026 Joint appendix filed.
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Sep 03 2026 Brief amici curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation, et al. filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Sep 04 2026 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, December 9, 2026.
Sep 04 2026 Amicus brief of The Mattathias Project submitted.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Sep 07 2026 Amicus brief of Protect the First Foundation submitted.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Sep 08 2026 Amicus brief of American Center for Law and Justice submitted.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Sep 08 2026 Amicus brief of The Rieders Foundation submitted.
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Sep 08 2026 Amicus brief of Institute for Justice submitted.
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Sep 08 2026 Amicus brief of Christian Legal Society submitted.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Sep 08 2026 Amicus brief of Agudath Israel Of America, Ratio Christi, and The Baptist Joint Committee For Religious Liberty submitted.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Sep 08 2026 Amicus brief of National Jewish Advocacy Center, The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, and The National Council of Young Israel submitted.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Sep 08 2026 Amicus brief of The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law submitted.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Sep 08 2026 Amicus brief of American Planning Association submitted.
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Sep 08 2026 Amicus brief of Grace New England submitted.
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Sep 08 2026 Amicus brief of Members of Congress submitted.
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Sep 08 2026 Amicus brief of Commonwealth of Kentucky and 13 Other States submitted.
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Sep 08 2026 Amicus brief of Pacific Justice Institute submitted.
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Sep 08 2026 Amicus brief of Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America submitted.
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Sep 08 2026 Amicus brief of The Buckeye Institute submitted.
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Sep 08 2026 Amicus brief of National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States submitted.
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Sep 08 2026 Amicus brief of The Manhattan Institute submitted.
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Sep 08 2026 Amicus brief of The American Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists submitted.
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Sep 08 2026 Amicus brief of The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty submitted.
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Sep 08 2026 Amicus brief of Advancing American Freedom submitted.
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Sep 08 2026 Amicus brief of Religious Freedom Institute, American Hindu Coalition, Muslim Political Affairs Council, Masjid Muhammad, New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, International Society for Krishna Consciousness, Inc., Coalition of Virtue, and American Muslim League submitted.
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Sep 08 2026 Amicus brief of United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission submitted.
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Sep 08 2026 Amicus brief of The Local Government Legal Center, the National League Of Cities, the National Association Of Counties, the International Municipal Lawyers Association, and the International City/County Management Association submitted.
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Sep 08 2026 Amicus brief of United States of America submitted.
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Sep 08 2026 Motion of United States of America for leave to participate in oral argument and for divided argument submitted.
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Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioner
E. Joshua Rosenkranz
Counsel of Record
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
51 West 52nd Street
New York, NY 10019

JROSENKRANZ@ORRICK.COM
Ph: 212-506-5000
Party name: Daniel Grand


Daniel Grand
2343 Miramar Blvd.
University Heights, OH 44118

Ph: 2162603282
Party name: Daniel Grand


Attorneys for Respondents
Lisa S. Blatt
Counsel of Record
Williams & Connolly LLP
680 Maine Avenue SW
Washington, DC 20024

LBLATT@WC.COM
Ph: 202-434-5050
Party name: City of University Heights, et al.


Frank H. Scialdone
Mazanec, Raskin & Ryder Co.
100 Franklin's Row
34305 Solon Road
Cleveland, OH 44139

FSCIALDONE@MRRLAW.COM
Ph: 440-248-7906
Party name: City of University Heights, et al.


Other Attorneys
Farzin Franklin Amanat
Counsel of Record
Motley Rice LLC
800 Third Avenue
Suite 2401
New York, NY 10022

famanat@motleyrice.com
Ph: 2125770040
Party name: National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States


Graham Keith Bryant
Counsel of Record
Troutman Pepper Locke LLP
1001 Haxall Point
15th Floor
Richmond, VA 23219

graham.bryant@troutman.com
Ph: 8046971409
Party name: The American Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists


Yehudah Lev Buchweitz
Counsel of Record
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
767 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10153

yehudah.buchweitz@weil.com
Ph: (212) 310-8000
Party name: Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America


Jay Randall Carson
Counsel of Record
The Buckeye Institute
88 East Broad Street
Suite 1300
Columbus, OH 43215

j.carson@buckeyeinstitute.org
Ph: 614-224-4422
Party name: The Buckeye Institute


Joseph Charles Davis
Counsel of Record
The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty
1919 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20006

jdavis@becketfund.org
Ph: (202) 955-0095
Party name: The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty


Sean Thomas Herbert Dutton
Counsel of Record
Kienbaum Hardy Viviano Pelton & Forrest PLC
280 N Old Woodward Ave
Suite 400
Birmingham, MI 48009

sdutton@khvpf.com
Ph: 2486450000
Party name: Religious Freedom Institute, American Hindu Coalition, Muslim Political Affairs Council, Masjid Muhammad, New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, International Society for Krishna Consciousness, Inc., Coalition of Virtue, and American Muslim League


Allyson Ho
Counsel of Record
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
2001 Ross Avenue
Suite 2100
Dallas, TX 75201

AHO@GIBSONDUNN.COM
Ph: 214-698-3233
Party name: Members of Congress


Matthew Franklin Kuhn
Counsel of Record
Office of Attorney General of Kentucky
1024 Capital Center Drive, Suite 200
Frankfort, KY 40601

MATT.KUHN@KY.GOV
Ph: (502) 696-5300
Party name: Commonwealth of Kentucky and 13 Other States


Joshua Craig McDaniel
Counsel of Record
Harvard Law School Religious Freedom Clinic
1585 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02138

jmcdaniel@law.harvard.edu
Ph: 6179981593
Party name: Agudath Israel Of America, Ratio Christi, and The Baptist Joint Committee For Religious Liberty


Andrew Martin Nussbaum
Counsel of Record
First & Fourteenth PLLC
2 N. Cascade Avenue, Suite 1430
Colorado Springs, CO 80903

andrew@first-fourteenth.com
Ph: 7192862475
Party name: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission


Clifford A. Rieders
Counsel of Record
Rieders Travis Dohrmann Mowrey Humphrey & Waters
161 West Third Street
Williamsport, PA 17701

CRIEDERS@RIEDERSTRAVIS.COM
Ph: 15703238711
Party name: The Rieders Foundation


Richard A. Rosen
Counsel of Record
The Louis D. Brandeis Center For Human Rights
1675 Broadway
Fl 13
New York, NY 10019

rrosen@brandeiscenter.com
Ph: 917-863-3018
Party name: The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law


D. John Sauer
Counsel of Record
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 of America


Suranjan Matthew Sen
Counsel of Record
Institute for Justice
901 N. Glebe Road, Suite 900
Arlington, VA 22203

ssen@ij.org
Ph: 7036829320
Party name: Institute for Justice


Kelly J. Shackelford
Counsel of Record
First Liberty Institute
2001 W Plano Pkwy
Suite 1600
Plano, TX 75075

kshackelford@firstliberty.org
Ph: 972-941-4444
Party name: Grace New England


David Steven Silverman
Counsel of Record
Ancel Glink, P.C.
140 S. Dearborn Street, Suite 600
Chicago, IL 60603

dsilverman@ancelglink.com
Ph: 312-782-7606
Party name: The Local Government Legal Center, the National League Of Cities, the National Association Of Counties, the International Municipal Lawyers Association, and the International City/County Management Association


Michael William Thomas
Counsel of Record
Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC
1717 Pennsylvania Avenue NW 12th Floor
Washington, DC 20006

mthomas@eckertseamans.com
Ph: 2026596623
Party name: The Manhattan Institute


Deborah Dewart
Counsel of Record
111 Magnolia Lane
Hubert, NC 28539

LAWYERDEBORAH@OUTLOOK.COM
Ph: 9103264554
Party name: NC Values Institute


Sean Thomas Herbert Dutton
Counsel of Record
Kienbaum Hardy Viviano Pelton & Forrest PLC
280 N Old Woodward Ave
Suite 400
Birmingham, MI 48009

sdutton@khvpf.com
Ph: 2482271105
Party name: Islam & Religious Freedom Action Team of the Religious Freedom Institute and the Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty


Marc Arthur Greendorfer
Counsel of Record
National Jewish Advocacy Center
1954 Airport Road, Suite 1196
Atlanta, GA 30341

marc@njaclaw.org
Ph: (332) 278-1100
Party name: National Jewish Advocacy Center, The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, and The National Council of Young Israel


Richard Shawn Gunnarson
Counsel of Record
Kirton McConkie
Key Bank Tower
36 South State Street, Suite 1900
Salt Lake City, UT 84111

SGUNNARSON@KMCLAW.COM
Ph: 801-328-3600
Party name: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Saints, et al.


Denise Harle
Counsel of Record
425 W Jefferson St
Tallahassee, FL 32306

denise.harle@gmail.com
Ph: 8506443255
Party name: The Mattathias Project


William Henry Hurd
Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC
901 East Byrd Street
Suite 1105
Richmond, VA 23219

whurd@eckertseamans.com
Ph: 804-788-9638
Party name: The Manhattan Institute


Erik S. Jaffe
Counsel of Record
Schaerr | Jaffe LLP
1717 K Street, N.W., Suite 900
Washington, DC 20006

EJAFFE@SCHAERR-JAFFE.COM
Ph: 202-787-1060
Party name: Protect the First Foundation


Deborah Joyce La Fetra
Counsel of Record
Pacific Legal Foundation
3100 Clarendon Blvd.
Arlington, VA 22201

DLAFETRA@PACIFICLEGAL.ORG
Ph: 202-888-6881
Party name: Pacific Legal Foundation; Tedford's Tenancy, LLC; Garnell Walls


Joshua Craig McDaniel
Counsel of Record
Harvard Law School Religious Freedom Clinic
6 Everett Street
Suite 5110
Cambridge, MA 02138

jmcdaniel@law.harvard.edu
Ph: 6174964383
Party name: Agudath Israel of America and Ratio Christi


Laura Darien Nammo
Center for Law & Religious Freedom
8001 Braddock Rd. Suite 302
Springfield, VA 22151

laura@clsnet.org
Ph: 7038621819
Party name: Christian Legal Society


Andrew Martin Nussbaum
Counsel of Record
First & Fourteenth PLLC
2 N. Cascade Avenue, Suite 1430
Colorado Springs, CO 80903

andrew@first-fourteenth.com
Ph: 7192862475
Party name: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, the General Council of the Assemblies of God, and the General Conference of the Seventh-Day Adventists


Mishael Minnie Pine
Counsel of Record
Pacific Justice Institute
75 South Broadway, Suite 4-9272
White Plains, NY 10601

mpine@pji.org
Ph: 916-857-6900
Party name: Pacific Justice Institute


Jay Alan Sekulow
Counsel of Record
American Center for Law and Justice
201 Maryland Avenue, N.E.
Washington, DC 20002

sekulow@aclj.org
Ph: 2025468890
Party name: American Center for Law and Justice


Brian R. Smith
Counsel of Record
Robinson & Cole LLP
One State Street
Hartford, CT 06103

bsmith@rc.com
Ph: 8604904216
Party name: American Planning Association


John Marc Wheat
Counsel of Record
Advancing American Freedom, Inc.
801 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Suite 930
Washington, DC 20004-2729

MWHEAT@ADVANCINGAMERICANFREEDOM.COM
Ph: (202) 780-4848
Party name: Advancing American Freedom


 

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