| No. 24-394 Vide 24-396 | |
| Title: | Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board, et al., Petitioners v. Gentner Drummond, Attorney General of Oklahoma, ex rel. Oklahoma |
| Docketed: | October 9, 2024 |
| Linked with 24A254 | |
| Lower Ct: | Supreme Court of Oklahoma |
| Case Numbers: | (121,694) |
| Decision Date: | June 25, 2024 |
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| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Sep 09 2024 | Application (24A254) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 23, 2024 to October 7, 2024, submitted to Justice Gorsuch. |
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| Sep 13 2024 | Application (24A254) granted by Justice Gorsuch extending the time to file until October 7, 2024. |
| Oct 07 2024 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 8, 2024) |
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| Oct 29 2024 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 8, 2024 to December 9, 2024, submitted to The Clerk. |
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| Oct 30 2024 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 9, 2024. |
| Oct 31 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of Manhattan Institute filed. VIDED. |
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| Nov 05 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty, Inc. filed. VIDED. |
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| Nov 07 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of The Buckeye Institute filed. VIDED. |
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| Nov 08 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Former Oklahoma Attorneys General John M. O'Connor & E. Scott Pruitt filed.VIDED. |
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| Nov 08 2024 | Brief amici curiae of General Council of the Assemblies of God, et al. filed. VIDED. |
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| Nov 08 2024 | Brief amici curiae of South Carolina, et al. filed. VIDED. |
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| Nov 08 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Ryan Walters in His Official Capacity as Superintendent of Public Instruction for Oklahoma, et al. filed. VIDED. |
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| Nov 08 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of Oklahoma Governor J. Kevin Stitt filed. |
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| Nov 08 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Classical Charter Schools of America, Inc., et al. filed. |
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| Nov 08 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence filed. VIDED. |
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| Nov 08 2024 | Brief amici curiae of the Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty, et al. filed. VIDED. |
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| Dec 09 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of National Alliance for Public Charter Schools filed. VIDED. |
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| Dec 09 2024 | Brief of respondent Gentner Drummond in opposition filed. |
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| Dec 23 2024 | Reply of petitioners Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Dec 24 2024 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2025. |
| Jan 13 2025 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/17/2025. |
| Jan 21 2025 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/24/2025. |
| Jan 24 2025 | Petition GRANTED. The petition for a writ of certiorari in No. 24-396 is granted. The cases are consolidated, and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument. Petitioners' briefs on the merits are to be filed on or before Wednesday, March 5, 2025. Respondent's brief on the merits is to be filed on or before Monday, March 31, 2025. The reply briefs are to be received by the Clerk and served upon opposing counsel on or before 2 p.m., Monday, April 21, 2025. VIDED. Justice Barrett took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition. |
| Jan 24 2025 | Because the Court has consolidated these cases for briefing and oral argument, future filings and activity in the cases will now be reflected on the docket of No. 24-394. Subsequent filings in these cases must therefore be submitted through the electronic filing system in No. 24-394. Each document submitted in connection with one or more of these cases must include on its cover the case number and caption for each case in which the filing is intended to be submitted. Where a filing is submitted in fewer than all of the cases, the docket entry will reflect the case number(s) in which the filing is submitted; a document filed in all of the consolidated cases will be noted as “VIDED.” |
| Feb 24 2025 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, April 30, 2025. VIDED. |
| Mar 03 2025 | Record requested from the Supreme Court of Oklahoma. |
| Mar 04 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of Professor S. Ernie Walton filed. VIDED. |
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| Mar 05 2025 | Brief of petitioners Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board, et al. filed (as to 24-394). (Distributed) |
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| Mar 05 2025 | Brief of petitioner St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School filed. VIDED. |
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| Mar 05 2025 | Joint appendix filed (2 volumes). VIDED. (Statement of costs filed) |
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| Mar 11 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of National Religious Broadcasters filed. VIDED. |
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| Mar 11 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of United States Conference of Catholic Bishops filed. VIDED |
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| Mar 11 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of the Wolff Family filed. VIDED. |
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| Mar 11 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of Manhattan Institute filed. VIDED. |
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| Mar 11 2025 | Brief amici curiae of World Faith Foundation, et al. filed. VIDED. |
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| Mar 11 2025 | Motion for divided argument filed by petitioners. VIDED. |
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| Mar 12 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. VIDED. |
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| Mar 12 2025 | Brief amici curiae of American Center for Law and Justice, et al. filed. VIDED |
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| Mar 12 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty, Inc. filed. VIDED. |
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| Mar 12 2025 | Brief amici curiae of Classical Charter Schools of America, Inc., et al. filed. VIDED. |
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| Mar 12 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of Professor Charles L. Glenn filed. VIDED. |
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| Mar 12 2025 | Brief amici curiae of Senator James Lankford, et al. filed. VIDED. |
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| Mar 12 2025 | Brief amici curiae of Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty, et al. filed. VIDED |
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| Mar 12 2025 | Brief amici curiae of Christian Legal Society, et al. filed. VIDED. |
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| Mar 12 2025 | Brief amici curiae of Ryan Walters, et al. filed. VIDED. |
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| Mar 12 2025 | Brief amici curiae of EdChoice, Inc., et al. filed. VIDED. |
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| Mar 12 2025 | Brief amici curiae of Former Oklahoma Attorney General John M. O'Connor, et al. filed. VIDED. |
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| Mar 12 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of Covenant Journey Academy filed. (as to 24- 394) VIDED. |
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| Mar 12 2025 | Brief amici curiae of Governor Francis Keating II, et al. filed. VIDED. |
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| Mar 12 2025 | Brief amici curiae of General Council of the Assemblies of God, et al. filed. VIDED. |
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| Mar 12 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of Hon. Peter Deutsch filed. VIDED. |
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| Mar 12 2025 | Brief amici curiae of South Carolina, et al. filed. VIDED. |
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| Mar 12 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of Oklahoma Governor J. Kevin Stitt filed. VIDED. |
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| Mar 12 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America filed. VIDED. |
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| Mar 12 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Moral Law filed. VIDED. |
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| Mar 12 2025 | Brief amici curiae of Great Hearts Academies, et al. filed. VIDED. |
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| Mar 12 2025 | Amicus brief of The Rutherford Institute submitted. |
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| Mar 12 2025 | Amicus brief of Lepanto Institute submitted. |
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| Mar 12 2025 | Amicus brief of The Rutherford Institute submitted. |
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| Mar 19 2025 | Record received from the Supreme Court of Oklahoma and available with the Clerk (one box). |
| Mar 19 2025 | CIRCULATED |
| Mar 21 2025 | Brief amicus curiae of Jon R. Meador filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
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| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioners | ||
| James A. Campbell Counsel of Record | Alliance Defending Freedom 44180 Riverside Parkway Lansdowne, VA 20176 jcampbell@adflegal.org | 571-707-4655 |
| Party name: Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board, 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: St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School | ||
| John J. Bursch | Alliance Defending Freedom 440 First Street, NW Suite 600 Washington, DC 20001 jbursch@adflegal.org | (616) 450-4235 |
| Party name: Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board, et al. | ||
| Attorneys for Respondent | ||
| Gregory G. Garre Counsel of Record | Latham & Watkins LLP 555 Eleventh Street, NW Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20004 GREGORY.GARRE@LW.COM | 202-637-2207 |
| Party name: Gentner Drummond | ||
| Garry Michael Gaskins II | Oklahoma Office of Attorney General 313 N.E. Twenty-First St. Oklahoma City, OK 73105 GARRY.GASKINS@OAG.OK.GOV | 405-521-3921 |
| Party name: Gentner Drummond | ||
| Other | ||
| Sarah M. Harris Counsel of Record | 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 | ||
| Gerard V. Bradley Counsel of Record | Notre Dame Law School 1100 Eck Hall of Law Notre Dame, IN 46556 Bradley.16@nd.edu | 5746316627 |
| Party name: Lepanto Institute | ||
| Anthony Thomas Caso Counsel of Record | Constitutional Counsel Group 1628 N Main St. #289 Salinas, CA 93906 ATCASO@CCG1776.COM | 916-601-1916 |
| Party name: Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence | ||
| Miles Edward Coleman Counsel of Record | 2 West Washington Street Suite 400 Greenville, SC 29601 miles.coleman@nelsonmullins.com | 8643732352 |
| Party name: Governor Francis Keating II and Professor William Jeynes | ||
| Richard Michael Esenberg Counsel of Record | Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty 330 E. Kilbourn Suite 725 Milwaukee, WI 53202 rick@will-law.org | 414-727-9455 |
| Party name: Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty, Inc. | ||
| Michael P. Farris Counsel of Record | National Religious Broadcasters 20 F Street Seventh Floor Washington, DC 20001 mfarris@nrb.org | 2023414783 |
| Party name: National Religious Broadcasters | ||
| Anthony Joseph Ferate Counsel of Record | Spencer Fane LLP 9400 N. Broadway Ext. Suite 600 Oklahoma City, OK 73114 ajferate@spencerfane.com | 4057535939 |
| Party name: Ryan Walters in His Official Capacity as Superintendent of Public Instruction for the State of Oklahoma, The Oklahoma Department of Education, and the Oklahoma State Board of Education | ||
| Thomas M. Fisher Counsel of Record | EdChoice, Inc. 111 Monument Circle Suite 2650 Indianapolis, IN 46204 tfisher@edchoice.org | 317-681-0745 |
| Party name: EdChoice, Inc. | ||
| Benjamin Michael Flowers Counsel of Record | Ashbrook Byrne Kresge Flowers LLC PO Box 8248 Cincinnati, OH 45249 bflowers@abkf.com | (513) 201-5775 |
| Party name: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops | ||
| Noel John Francisco Counsel of Record | Jones Day 51 Louisiana Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20001 NJFRANCISCO@JONESDAY.COM | (202) 879-3939 |
| Party name: General Council of the Assemblies of God and the Coalition for Jewish Values | ||
| Noel John Francisco Counsel of Record | Jones Day 51 Louisiana Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20001 NJFRANCISCO@JONESDAY.COM | (202) 879-3939 |
| Party name: General Council of the Assemblies of God, the Coalition for Jewish Values, and the Religious Freedom Institute | ||
| Jason Peter Gosselin Counsel of Record | Faegre Drinker Biddle and Reath LLP One Logan Square 18th and Cherry Streets Philadelphia, PA 19103 jason.gosselin@dbr.com | 2159883371 |
| Party name: The Rutherford Institute | ||
| Denise Harle Counsel of Record | Shutts & Bowen LLP 215 South Monroe Street Suite 804 Tallahassee, FL 32301 DHarle@shutts.com | 850-241-1717 |
| Party name: Great Hearts Academies, et al | ||
| James L. Hirsen Counsel of Record | 505 S. Villa Real Suite 101 Anaheim, CA 92807 james@jameshirsen.com | (714) 283-8880 |
| Party name: World Faith Foundation and NC Values Institute | ||
| Allyson Ho Counsel of Record | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP 2001 Ross Avenue Suite 2100 Dallas, TX 75201 AHO@GIBSONDUNN.COM | (214) 698-3100 |
| Party name: Ryan Walters, et al. | ||
| Christopher Theodore Holinger Counsel of Record | Robertson Center for Constitutional Law 1000 Regent Univ. Drive Suite 303 Virginia Beach, VA 23464 chriho3@regent.edu | 7574102293 |
| Party name: Professor S. Ernie Walton | ||
| Jacob H. Huebert Counsel of Record | Liberty Justice Center 7500 Rialto Blvd. Suite 1-250 Austin, TX 78735 JHUEBERT@ljc.org | 512-481-4400 |
| Party name: The Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty, Abraham Knowledge Academy and the Religious Freedom Institute | ||
| Eric Nieuwenhuis Kniffin Counsel of Record | Ethics and Public Policy Center 1730 M Street N.W. Suite 910 Washington, DC 20036 ekniffin@eppc.org | 2026281200 |
| Party name: Professor Charles L. Glenn | ||
| Andrew William Lester | Spencer Fane LLP 9400 North Broadway Extension Suite 600 Oklahoma City, OK 73114 alester@spencerfane.com | 4058449900 |
| Party name: Ryan Walters in His Official Capacity as Superintendent of Public Instruction for the State of Oklahoma, The Oklahoma Department of Education, and the Oklahoma State Board of Education | ||
| Thomas Ryan McCarthy Counsel of Record | Consovoy McCarthy PLLC 1600 Wilson Boulevard Suite 700 Arlington, VA 22209 TOM@CONSOVOYMCCARTHY.COM | 7032439423 |
| Party name: Former Oklahoma Attorneys General John M. O'Connor & E. Scott Pruitt | ||
| Jon Rodney Meador Counsel of Record | Jon R. Meador, Attorney at Law 219 E. Schwartz, Ste A Salem, IL 62881 jonrmeador@gmail.com | (512) 395-4425 |
| Party name: Jon R. Meador | ||
| Roy Stewart Moore Counsel of Record | Foundation for Moral Law P.O. Box 148 Gallant, AL 35972 KAYLA@MORALLAW.ORG | 334-262-1245 |
| Party name: Foundation for Moral Law | ||
| Trevor Scott Pemberton | Office of Governor J. Kevin Stitt 2300 N. Lincoln Blvd. Suite 212 Oklahoma City, OK 73105 trevor.s.pemberton@gmail.com | 4055212342 |
| Party name: Oklahoma Governor J. Kevin Stitt | ||
| Mark Ian Pinkert Counsel of Record | Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky & Josefiak PLLC 119 S. Monroe Street, Suite 500 Tallahassee, FL 32301 mpinkert@holtzmanvogel.com | 8052705938 |
| Party name: U.S. Senators James Lankford, Josh Hawley, Kevin Cramer, Ted Budd, and Ted Cruz | ||
| 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 | ||
| Ilya Shapiro Counsel of Record | Manhattan Institute 52 Vanderbilt Ave. New York, NY 10017 ishapiro@manhattan-institute.org | 212599-7000 |
| Party name: Manhattan Institute | ||
| Joseph David Spate Counsel of Record | South Carolina Attorney General's Office P.O. Box 11549 Columbia, SC 29211 josephspate@scag.gov | (803) 734-3371 |
| Party name: State of South Carolina | ||
| Mathew D. Staver Counsel of Record | 109 Second St., NE Washington, DC 20002 COURT@LC.ORG | (202) 289-1776 |
| Party name: Covenant Journey Academy | ||
| Aaron Michael Streett Counsel of Record | Baker Botts, L.L.P. 910 Louisiana Street Houston, TX 77002 AARON.STREETT@BAKERBOTTS.COM | 7132291855 |
| Party name: Classical Charter Schools of America, Inc., Pinnacle Classical Academy, and North Carolina Coalition for Charter Schools | ||
| Gordon Dwyer Todd Counsel of Record | Sidley Austin,LLP 1501 K Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20005 GTODD@SIDLEY.COM | 2027368000 |
| Party name: Hon. Peter Deutsch | ||
| Eric W. Treene Counsel of Record | Catholic University Law School Religious Liberty Clinic 3600 John McCormick Rd. NE Washington, DC 20064 treene@cua.edu | 202-319-6783 |
| Party name: Christian Legal Society et al. | ||
| David Christian Tryon Counsel of Record | The Buckeye Institute 88 East Broad Street Suite 1300 Cleveland, OH 43215 d.tryon@buckeyeinstitute.org | (614) 224-4422 |
| Party name: The Buckeye Institute | ||
| Jonathan Radford Whitehead Counsel of Record | Law Offices of Jonathan R. Whitehead, LLC 229 SE Douglas St., Ste 210 Lee's Summit, MO 64063 JON@WHITEHEADLAWLLC.COM | 18163988305 |
| Party name: Oklahoma Governor J. Kevin Stitt | ||
| Lori Halstead Windham Counsel of Record | Becket 1919 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006 lwindham@becketlaw.org | 202-955-0095 |
| Party name: Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America | ||
| Wilfred Kenneth Wright Jr. Counsel of Record | Wright Law, PLC P.O. Box 982 Claremore, OK 74018 wkw@wkwlex.com | (918) 341-1982 |
| Party name: The Wolff Family | ||
| Randall John Yates Counsel of Record | Crowe and Dunlevy, P.C. 222 N. Detroit Ave., Suite 600 Suite 600 Tulsa, OK 74120 randall.yates@crowedunlevy.com | 918-592-9866 |
| Party name: National Alliance for Public Charter Schools | ||