| 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 |
| Questions Presented | |
| 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.” |
| 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. | ||
| 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 | ||
| Garry Michael Gaskins II Counsel of Record | 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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. | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Trevor Scott Pemberton Counsel of Record | 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||