No. 23-170
Title:Coalition for TJ, Petitioner
v.
Fairfax County School Board
Docketed:August 23, 2023
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
   Case Numbers:(22-1280)
   Decision Date:May 23, 2023
   Rehearing Denied:
  Discretionary Court Decision Date:

DateProceedings and Orders
Aug 21 2023Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 22, 2023)
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Aug 29 2023Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 22, 2023 to October 23, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
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Aug 31 2023Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 23, 2023.
Sep 19 2023Brief amicus curiae of Southeastern Legal Foundation filed.
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Sep 20 2023Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed.
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Sep 20 2023Brief amicus curiae of Center for Equal Opportunity filed.
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Sep 20 2023Brief amici curiae of American Civil Rights Project, et al. filed.
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Sep 20 2023Brief amici curiae of Liberty Justice Center and Momoko Takahashi filed.
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Sep 21 2023Brief amici curiae of Former Federal Officials of The Department of Education’s Office For Civil Rights filed.
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Sep 22 2023Brief amicus curiae of The Equal Protection Project filed.
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Sep 22 2023Brief amici curiae of The Asian American Coalition for Education, et al. filed.
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Sep 22 2023Brief amici curiae of Chinese American Citizens Alliance of Greater New York, et al. filed.
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Sep 22 2023Brief amici curiae of Advancing American Freedom, Inc., et al. filed.
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Sep 22 2023Brief amicus curiae of Fairfax County Parents Association filed.
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Sep 22 2023Brief amici curiae of Virginia, et al. filed.
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Oct 23 2023Brief of respondent Fairfax County School Board in opposition filed.
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Nov 01 2023Reply of petitioner Coalition for TJ filed.
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Nov 08 2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/1/2023.
Dec 01 2023Rescheduled.
Dec 01 2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/8/2023.
Jan 02 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/5/2024.
Jan 08 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/12/2024.
Jan 16 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/19/2024.
Feb 09 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2024.
Feb 20 2024Petition DENIED. Justice Alito, with whom Justice Thomas joins, dissenting from the denial of certiorari. (Detached Opinion)

NAMEADDRESSPHONE
Attorneys for Petitioner
Joshua Paul Thompson
    Counsel of Record		Pacific Legal Foundation
555 Capitol Mall, Suite 1290
Sacramento, CA 95814

jthompson@pacificlegal.org		9164197111
Party name: Coalition for TJ
William E. Trachman
    Counsel of Record		Mountain States Legal Foundation
2596 South Lewis Way
Lakewood, CO 80227

wtrachman@mslegal.org		3038877284
Party name: Former Federal Officials of The Department of Education’s Office For Civil Rights
Attorneys for Respondent
Donald B. Verrilli Jr.
    Counsel of Record		Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
601 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Suite 500E
Washington, DC 20001-5369

DONALD.VERRILLI@MTO.COM		202-220-1100
Party name: Fairfax County School Board
Other
Bonnie Kay Arthur
    Counsel of Record		1050 30th Street NW
Washington, DC 20007

bkarthur@gmail.com		7033718879
Party name: Fairfax County Parents Association
Anastasia Paulinna Boden
    Counsel of Record		Cato Institute
1000 Massachusetts Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20001

aboden@cato.org		202-216-1414
Party name: Cato Institute
M. E. Buck Dougherty III
    Counsel of Record		Liberty Justice Center
440 N. Wells Street, Suite 200
Chicago, IL 60654

BDOUGHERTY@LIBERTYJUSTICECENTER.ORG		312-637-2280
Party name: Liberty Justice Center and Momoko Takahashi
Gordon M. Fauth Jr.
    Counsel of Record		Fauth Law Firm
66 Franklin St
Suite 300
Oakland, CA 94607

gmf@classlitigation.com		5102389610
Party name: The Asian American Coalition for Education, The Asian American Legal Foundation, and Friends of Lowell Foundation
Andrew Nathan Ferguson
    Counsel of Record		Office of the Attorney General
202 North Ninth Street
Richmond, VA 23219

AFERGUSON@OAG.STATE.VA.US		8047867704
Party name: Commonwealth of Virginia, et al.
William Alan Jacobson
    Counsel of Record		Legal Insurrection Foundation
18 Maple Ave #280
Barrington, RI 02806

contact@legalinsurrection.com		4012461492
Party name: The Equal Protection Project
Gary Michael Lawkowski
    Counsel of Record		Dhillon Law Group
2121 Eisenhower Avenue, Suite 608
Alexandria, VA 22314

GLAWKOWSKI@DHILLONLAW.COM		7035741654
Party name: Chinese American Citizens Alliance of Greater New York, et al.
Daniel Isaac Morenoff
    Counsel of Record		The American Civil Rights Projects
P.O. Box 12207
Dallas, TX 75225

dan@americancivilrightsproject.org		(214) 504-1835
Party name: The American Civil Rights Project, Manhattan Institute, and Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute
Celia Howard O'Leary
    Counsel of Record		Southeastern Legal Foundation
560 West Crossville Road Suite 104
Roswell, GA 30075

COLEARY@SOUTHEASTERNLEGAL.ORG		7709772131
Party name: Southeastern Legal Foundation
Devon Corey Westhill
    Counsel of Record		Center for Equal Opportunity
1054 31st Street, NW, Ste. 330
Washington, DC 20007

devon.westhill@ceousa.org		3524440785
Party name: Center for Equal Opportunity
John Marc Wheat
    Counsel of Record		Advancing American Freedom, Inc.
801 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Suite 930
Washington, DC 20004-2729

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