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