| No. 24-410 | |
| Title: | L. M, a Minor, By and Through His Father and Stepmother and Natural Guardians, Christopher and Susan Morrison, Petitioner v. Town of Middleborough, Massachusetts, et al. |
| Docketed: | October 11, 2024 |
| Linked with 24A161 | |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (23-1535, 23-1645) |
| Decision Date: | June 9, 2024 |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Aug 07 2024 | Application (24A161) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 7, 2024 to October 9, 2024, submitted to Justice Jackson. |
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| Aug 13 2024 | Application (24A161) granted by Justice Jackson extending the time to file until October 9, 2024. |
| Oct 09 2024 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 12, 2024) |
| PetitionCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Nov 08 2024 | Waiver of right of respondent Town of Middleborough, Massachusetts, et al. to respond filed. |
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| Nov 08 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of National Religious Broadcasters filed. |
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| Nov 12 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Life Legal Defense Foundation, et al. filed. |
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| Nov 12 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of Americans for Prosperity Foundation filed. |
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| Nov 12 2024 | Brief amici curiae of J.R., a minor, by and through his mother and general guardian, Eden H. Rodriguez, et al. filed. |
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| Nov 12 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of Independent Women's Law Center filed. |
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| Nov 12 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of Parents Defending Education filed. |
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| Nov 12 2024 | Brief amici curiae of South Carolina, et al. filed. |
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| Nov 12 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression filed. |
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| Nov 12 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Pacific Justice Institute, et al. filed. |
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| Nov 19 2024 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/6/2024. |
| Nov 20 2024 | Response Requested. (Due December 20, 2024) |
| Dec 02 2024 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 20, 2024 to January 21, 2025, submitted to The Clerk. |
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| Dec 03 2024 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 21, 2025, for all respondents. |
| Dec 20 2024 | Brief amici curiae of America's Future, et al. filed. |
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| Jan 21 2025 | Brief of respondents Middleborough, Massachusetts, et al. in opposition filed. |
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| Feb 05 2025 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2025. |
| Feb 07 2025 | Reply of petitioner L. M. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Feb 24 2025 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/28/2025. |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioner | ||
| John J. Bursch Counsel of Record | Alliance Defending Freedom 440 First Street, NW Suite 600 Washington, DC 20001 jbursch@adflegal.org | (616) 450-4235 |
| Party name: L.M. | ||
| Rory Thomas Gray | Alliance Defending Freedom 1000 Hurricane Shoals Rd. NE, Suite D-1100 Lawrenceville, GA 30043 RGRAY@ADFLEGAL.ORG | 770-339-0774 |
| Party name: L.M. | ||
| Attorneys for Respondents | ||
| Douglas Harry Hallward-Driemeier Counsel of Record | Ropes & Gray, LLP 2099 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20006-6807 DOUGLAS.HALLWARD-DRIEMEIER@ROPESGRAY.COM | 202-508-4776 |
| Party name: Middleborough School Committee, Carolyn J. Lyons, Superintendent, Middleborough Public Schools, in her official capacity, and Heather Tucker, Principal, John T. Nichols Middle School, in her official capacity | ||
| Kay H. Hodge | Stoneman, Chandler & Miller, LLP 99 High Street Boston, MA 02110 khodge@scmllp.com | 6175426789 |
| Party name: Town of Middleborough, Massachusetts, et al. | ||
| Other | ||
| Frederick W. Claybrook Jr. Counsel of Record | Claybrook, LLC 655 Fifteenth St., NW, Ste. 425 Washington, DC 20005 rick@claybrooklaw.com | 301-622-0360 |
| Party name: Pacific Justice Institute, Concerned Women for America, and National Legal Foundation | ||
| John Michael Connolly Counsel of Record | Consovoy McCarthy PLLC 1600 Wilson Blvd Suite 700 Arlington, VA 22209 MIKE@CONSOVOYMCCARTHY.COM | 7032439423 |
| Party name: Parents Defending Education | ||
| Cynthia Fleming Crawford Counsel of Record | Americans for Prosperity Foundation 4201 Wilson Blvd. Suite 1000 Arlington, VA 22203 CCRAWFORD@AFPHQ.ORG | 5713292227 |
| Party name: Americans for Prosperity Foundation | ||
| Michael P. Farris Counsel of Record | National Religious Broadcasters 20 F. Street Seventh Floor Washington, DC 20001 mfarris@nrb.org | 202 341 4783 |
| Party name: National Religious Broadcasters | ||
| Arleigh Pritchard Helfer III Counsel of Record | Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression 510 Walnut Street, Ste. 900 Philadelphia, PA 19106 arleigh.helfer@thefire.org | (215) 717-3473 |
| Party name: Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression | ||
| William Jeffrey Olson Counsel of Record | William J. Olson, P.C. 370 Maple Ave. W., Suite 4 Vienna, VA 22180 WJO@MINDSPRING.COM | 7033565070 |
| Party name: America's Future, Public Advocate of the United States, Public Advocate Foundation, Free Speech Coalition, Free Speech Defense and Education Fund, U.S. Constitutional Rights Legal Defense Fund, and Conservative Legal Defense and Education Fund | ||
| Gene Clayton Schaerr Counsel of Record | Schaerr | Jaffe 1717 K Street NW, Suite 900 Washington, DC 20006 GSCHAERR@SCHAERR-JAFFE.COM | 202-787-1060 |
| Party name: Independent Women's Law Center | ||
| Catherine Wynne Short Counsel of Record | Life Legal Defense Foundation P.O. Box 2105 Napa, CA 94558 kshort@lldf.org | (707) 224-6675 |
| Party name: Life Legal Defense Foundation and Young America's Foundation | ||
| Joseph David Spate Counsel of Record | South Carolina Attorney General's Office 1000 Assembly St. Columbia, SC 29201 josephspate@scag.gov | (803) 734-3371 |
| Party name: South Carolina | ||
| William E. Trachman Counsel of Record | Mountain States Legal Foundation 2596 South Lewis Way Lakewood, CO 80227 wtrachman@mslegal.org | 3032922021 |
| Party name: J.R., a minor, by and through his mother and general guardian, Eden Hope Rodriguez, and Claremont Institute’s Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence | ||