| No. 12-696 | ||||
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| Docketed: | December 6, 2012 | |||
| Linked with 12A366 | ||||
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | |||
| Case Nos.: | (10-3635) |
| Decision Date: | May 17, 2012 |
| Rehearing Denied: | August 8, 2012 |
| Questions Presented |
| ~~~Date~~~ | ~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| Oct 15 2012 | Application (12A366) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 6, 2012 to December 6, 2012, submitted to Justice Ginsburg. |
| Oct 17 2012 | Application (12A366) granted by Justice Ginsburg extending the time to file until December 6, 2012. |
| Dec 6 2012 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 7, 2013) |
| Dec 19 2012 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner. |
| Dec 21 2012 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including March 8, 2013. |
| Jan 7 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of Rev. Dr. Robert E. Palmer filed. |
| Jan 7 2013 | Brief amici curiae of Andrew M. Tobin, et al. filed. |
| Jan 7 2013 | Brief amici curiae of Members of Congress filed. |
| Jan 7 2013 | Brief amici curiae of Mark L. Baily, et al. filed. |
| Jan 7 2013 | Brief amici curiae of Indiana, et al. filed. |
| Feb 21 2013 | Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including April 8, 2013. |
| Apr 8 2013 | Brief of respondents Susan Galloway, and Linda Stephens in opposition filed. |
| Apr 23 2013 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 9, 2013. |
| Apr 23 2013 | Letter of April 23, 2013, from counsel for respondents received. (Distributed) |
| Apr 23 2013 | Reply of petitioner Town of Greece, New York filed. (Distributed) |
| May 13 2013 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 16, 2013. |
| May 20 2013 | Petition GRANTED. |
| Jun 5 2013 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondents. |
| Jun 12 2013 | The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including July 26, 2013. |
| Jun 12 2013 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioners. |
| Jul 26 2013 | Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed.) |
| Jul 26 2013 | Brief of petitioner Town of Greece, New York filed. |
| Jul 30 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of Brevard County, Florida filed. |
| Aug 1 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of Justice and Freedom Fund filed. |
| Aug 1 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of League of California Cities in support of neither party filed. |
| Aug 1 2013 | Brief amici curiae of Dr. Daniel L. Akin, et al. filed. |
| Aug 1 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of Southern Baptist Convention Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission filed. |
| Aug 1 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of Southeastern Legal Foundation filed. |
| Aug 1 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of Liberty Counsel filed. |
| Aug 1 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of State of South Carolina filed. |
| Aug 2 2013 | Brief amici curiae of United States Senators Marco Rubio, et al. filed. |
| Aug 2 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of American Civil Rights Union filed. |
| Aug 2 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of American Center for Law & Justice filed. |
| Aug 2 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of the United States filed. |
| Aug 2 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of Nathan Lewin filed. |
| Aug 2 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of Chaplain Alliance for Religious Liberty filed. |
| Aug 2 2013 | Brief amici curiae of Virginia Christian Alliance, et al. filed. |
| Aug 2 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of Rev. Dr. Robert E. Palmer filed. |
| Aug 2 2013 | Brief amici curiae of Eighty-five Members of Congress serving in the U.S. House of Representatives filed. |
| Aug 2 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence filed. |
| Aug 2 2013 | Brief amici curiae of Gerard V. Bradley, et al. filed. |
| Aug 2 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of Rutherford Institute filed. |
| Aug 2 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Moral Law filed. |
| Aug 2 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty filed. |
| Aug 2 2013 | Brief amici curiae of Seven Prayer-Givers. filed. |
| Aug 2 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of Wallbuilders, Inc. filed. |
| Aug 2 2013 | Brief amici curiae of Indiana, et al. filed. |
| Aug 2 2013 | Brief amici curiae of Board of Commissioners for Carroll County, Maryland, et al. filed. |
| Aug 9 2013 | The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including September 16, 2013. |
| Aug 19 2013 | CIRCULATED. |
| Aug 20 2013 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, November 6, 2013 |
| Sep 12 2013 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
| Sep 13 2013 | Motion for leave to file an amicus curiae brief out of time filed by Faith and Action networks. |
| Sep 16 2013 | Brief of respondents Susan Galloway and Linda Stephens filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 20 2013 | Brief amici curiae of Law Professors filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 23 2013 | Brief amici curiae of Erwin Chemerinsky and Alan Brownstein filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 23 2013 | Brief amici curiae of Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 23 2013 | Brief amici curiae of Political Scientists filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 23 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of Jewish Social Policy Action Network filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 23 2013 | Brief amici curiae of Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 23 2013 | Brief amici curiae of American Jewish Committee, et al. filed. (Distributed). |
| Sep 23 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of Freedom from Religion Foundation filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 23 2013 | Brief amici curiae of Center for Inquiry, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 23 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of National Conference for Community and Justice filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 23 2013 | Brief amici curiae of Paul Finkelman, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 23 2013 | Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 23 2013 | Brief amici curiae of Members of Congress Rep. Jerrold Nadler, et al'filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 30 2013 | Application (13A321) to extend the time to file a reply brief on the merits from October 16, 2013 to October 22, 2013, submitted to Justice Ginsburg. |
| Oct 1 2013 | Application (13A321) granted by Justice Ginsburg extending the time to file the reply brief on the merits until October 22, 2013. |
| Oct 7 2013 | Motion for leave to file an amicus curiae brief out of time by Faith and Action networks. GRANTED. |
| Oct 15 2013 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. |
| Oct 18 2013 | Record from U.S.C.A. for 2nd Circuit is electronic (Not PACER). |
| Oct 18 2013 | Record from U.S.D.C. for Western District of New York is electronic and located on PACER. |
| Oct 21 2013 | DVD Exhibits received from U.S.D.C. for Western District of New York. (126 DVDs) |
| Oct 22 2013 | Reply of petitioner Town of Greece, New York filed. (Distributed) |
| Oct 29 2013 | DVD Exihbit received from the U.S.C.A. for the 2nd Circuit. (Joint Appendix Vol. I & II) |
| Nov 6 2013 | Argued. For petitioner: Thomas G. Hungar, Washington, D. C.; and Ian H. Gershengorn, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondents: Douglas Laycock, Charlottesville, Va. |
| May 5 2014 | Judgment REVERSED. Kennedy, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, except as to Part II-B. Roberts, C. J., and Alito, J., joined the opinion in full, and Scalia and Thomas, JJ., joined except as to Part II-B. Alito, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Scalia, J., joined. Thomas, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment, in which Scalia, J., joined as to Part II. Breyer, J., filed a dissenting opinion. Kagan, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Ginsburg, Breyer, and Sotomayor, JJ., joined. |
| Jun 6 2014 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| ~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ~~Phone~~~ |
| Attorneys for Petitioner: | ||
| Thomas G. Hungar | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP | (202) 955-8500 |
| Counsel of Record | 1050 Connecticut Ave, N.W. | |
| Washington, DC 20036 | ||
| thungar@gibsondunn.com | ||
| Party name: Town of Greece, New York | ||
| Attorneys for Respondents: | ||
| Ayesha N. Khan | Americans United for Separation of Church and State | (202) 466-3234 |
| Counsel of Record | 1301 K Street, Suite 850 E | |
| Washington, DC 20005 | ||
| khan@au.org | ||
| Party name: Susan Galloway, and Linda Stephens | ||
| Douglas Laycock | University of Virginia School of Law | (434) 243-8546 |
| 580 Massie Road | ||
| Charlottesville, VA 22903 | ||
| dlaycock@virginia.edu | ||
| Party name: Susan Galloway, et al. | ||
| Other: | ||
| Lisa S. Blatt | Arnold & Porter LLP | (202) 942-5000 |
| 555 12th Street, N.W. | ||
| Washington, DC 20004 | ||
| Lisa.Blatt@aporter.com | ||
| Party name: Center for Inquiry, et al. | ||
| Richard L. Bolton | Boardman Suhr Curry & Field LLP | (608) 257-9521 |
| 1 South Pinckney Street, Fourth Floor | ||
| Madison, WI 53703 | ||
| Party name: Freedom from Religion Foundation | ||
| Barry Alan Bostrom | ActRight Legal Foundation | (317) 203-5599 |
| 209 W. Main Street | ||
| Plainfield, IN 46168 | ||
| bbostrom@actrightlegal.org | ||
| Party name: Seven Prayer-Givers. | ||
| Allison E. Burns | 660 Newport Center Drive Suite 1600 | (949)-725-4187 |
| Newport Beach, CA 92660 | ||
| aburns@sycr.com | ||
| Party name: League of California Cities in support of neither party | ||
| Anthony T. Caso | Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence | (714) 628-2666 |
| c/o Dale E. Fowler School of Law at Chapman University | ||
| One University Drive | ||
| Orange, CA 92886 | ||
| caso@chapman.edu | ||
| Party name: Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence | ||
| Robert D. Cook | Assistant Deputy Attorney General | (803) 734-3736 |
| Post Office Box 11549 | ||
| Columbia, SC 29211 | ||
| BCook@scag.gov | ||
| Party name: State of South Carolina | ||
| Rita M. Dunaway | Virginia Christian Alliance | (540) 830-1229 |
| 8604 Staples Mill Road | ||
| Henrico, VA 23228 | ||
| rita.@vachristian.org | ||
| Party name: Virginia Christian Alliance, et al. | ||
| John A. Eidsmoe | Foundation for Moral Law | (334) 262-1245 |
| One Dexter Avenue | ||
| Montgomery, AL 36104 | ||
| eidsmoeja@juno.com | ||
| Party name: Foundation for Moral Law | ||
| Peter J. Ferrara | 20594 Woodmere Court | (703)-582-8466 |
| Sterling, VA 20165 | ||
| peterferrara@msn.com | ||
| Party name: American Civil Rights Union | ||
| Thomas M. Fisher | Solicitor General | (317) 232-6255 |
| Office of the Attorney General | ||
| IGC South, Fifth Floor | ||
| 302 W. Washington Street | ||
| Indianapolis, IN 46204 | ||
| Tom.Fisher@atg.in.gov | ||
| Party name: Indiana, et al. | ||
| Steven W. Fitschen | The National Legal Foundation | (757)-463-6133 |
| 2224 Virginia Beach Blvd. | ||
| Suite 204 | ||
| Virginia Beach, VA 23454 | ||
| nlf@nlf.net | ||
| Party name: Wallbuilders, Inc. | ||
| Peter A. Gentala | Arizona House of Representatives | (602)-926-5544 |
| 1700 West Washington St. | ||
| Suite H | ||
| Phoenix, AZ 85007-2844 | ||
| pgentala@azleg.gov | ||
| Party name: Andrew M. Tobin, et al. | ||
| David C. Gibbs | National Center for Life and Liberty | (888) 223-6255 |
| 2650 FM 407, Suite 255 | ||
| Bartonville, TX 76226 | ||
| dgibbs@gibbsfirm.com | ||
| Party name: Board of Commissioners for Carroll County, Maryland, et al. | ||
| Shannon Lee Goessling | Southeastern Legal Foundation, Inc. | (770) 977-2131 |
| 2255 Sewell Mill Rd., Suite 320 | ||
| Marietta, GA 30062 | ||
| shannon@southeasternlegal.org | ||
| Party name: Southeastern Legal Foundation | ||
| Stephen G. Harvey | 3000 Two Logan Square 18th & Arch Street | (215) 981-4000 |
| Philadelphia, PA 19103-2799 | ||
| harveys@pepperlaw.com | ||
| Party name: National Conference for Community and Justice | ||
| Marc A. Hearron | Morrison & Forester LLP | (202)-778-1663 |
| 2000 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Suite 6000 | ||
| Washington, DC 20006 | ||
| mhearron@mofo.com | ||
| Party name: Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations, et al. | ||
| Beth Heifetz | Jones Day | (202) 879-3939 |
| 51 Louisiana Ave., NW | ||
| Washington, DC 20001 | ||
| bheifetz@jonesday.com | ||
| Party name: Erwin Chemerinsky and Alan Brownstein | ||
| James L. Hirsen | 505 S. Villa Real Drive | (714) 283-8880 |
| Suite 208 | ||
| Anaheim Hills, CA 92807 | ||
| hirsen@earthlink.net | ||
| Party name: Justice and Freedom Fund | ||
| Steffen N. Johnson | Winston & Strawn LLP | (202) 282-5000 |
| 1700 K Street, N.W. | ||
| Washington, DC 20006 | ||
| sjohnson@winston.com | ||
| Party name: United States Senators Marco Rubio, et al. | ||
| Kenneth Alan Klukowski | Family Research Council | (202)-637-4617 |
| 801 G Street, NW | ||
| Washington, DC 20001-3729 | ||
| kklukowski@frc.org | ||
| Party name: Members of Congress | ||
| Scott L. Knox | Brevard County Board of County Commissioners | (321) 633-2090 |
| 2725 Judge Fran Jamieson Way | ||
| Viera, FL 32940 | ||
| scott.knox@brevardcounty.us | ||
| Party name: Brevard County, Florida | ||
| Nathan Lewin | Lewin & Lewin, LLP | (202) 828-1000 |
| 1775 Eye Street, N.W., Suite 850 | ||
| Washington, DC 20036 | ||
| nat@lewinlewin.com | ||
| Party name: Nathan Lewin | ||
| Christopher C. Lund | Wayne State University Law School | (313) 577-4046 |
| 471 W. Palmer St. | ||
| Detroit, MI 48202 | ||
| lund@wayne.edu | ||
| Party name: Law Professors | ||
| Daniel Mach | American Civil Liberties Union Foundation | (202) 675-2330 |
| 915 15th St., NW, Suite 600 | ||
| Washington, DC 20005 | ||
| dmach@aclu.org | ||
| Party name: American Civil Liberties Union, et al. | ||
| Christopher H. McGrath | Paul Hastings LLP | (858) 458-3000 |
| 4747 Executive Dr., 12th Floor | ||
| San Diego, CA 92121 | ||
| chrismcgrath@paulhastings.com | ||
| Party name: Gerard V. Bradley, et al. | ||
| John Stewart Moot | Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP | (202) 371-7000 |
| 1440 New York Ave., N.W. | ||
| Washington, DC 20005 | ||
| john.moot@skadden.com | ||
| Party name: Members of Congress | ||
| Mark W. Mosier | Covington & Burling LLP | (202) 662-6000 |
| 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue NW | ||
| Washington, DC 20004 | ||
| mmosier@cov.com | ||
| Party name: Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, et al. | ||
| Jeffrey Ivan Pasek | Cozen O'Connor | (215) 665-2000 |
| 1900 Market Street | ||
| Philadelphia, PA 19103 | ||
| Jpasek@cozen.com | ||
| Party name: Jewish Social Policy Action Network | ||
| Eric C. Rassbach | Becket Fund for Religious Liberty | (202) 349-7214 |
| 3000 K Street, NW, Suite 220 | ||
| Washington, DC 20007 | ||
| erassbach@becketfund.org | ||
| Party name: The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty | ||
| Bernard P Reese Jr. | Reese and Reese | (815) 968-8851 |
| 979 North Miami Street | ||
| Rockford, IL 61103 | ||
| bernardpeters@juno.com | ||
| Party name: Faith and Action networks | ||
| Jay Alan Sekulow | American Center for Law & Justice | (202) 546-8890 |
| 201 Maryland Ave., N.E. | ||
| Washington, DC 20002 | ||
| sekulow@aclj.org | ||
| Party name: American Center for Law & Justice | ||
| Kelly J. Shackelford | Liberty Institute | (972) 941-4444 |
| 2001 Plano Parkway, Suite 1600 | ||
| Plano, TX 75075 | ||
| kshackford@libertyinstitute.org | ||
| Party name: Mark L. Baily, et al. | ||
| Paul M. Smith | Jenner & Block LLP | (202) 639-6000 |
| 1099 New York Avenue, N.W. | ||
| Suite 900 | ||
| Washington, DC 20001 | ||
| psmith@jenner.com | ||
| Party name: Political Scientists | ||
| Mathew D. Staver | Liberty Counsel | (800) 671-1776 |
| P.O. Box 540774 | ||
| Orlando, FL 32854 | ||
| court@lc.org | ||
| Party name: Liberty Counsel | ||
| Eric Anders Tirschwell | 1177 Avenue of the Americas | 212-715-8404 |
| New York, NY 10036 | ||
| etirschwell@kramerlevin.com | ||
| Party name: American Jewish Committee, et al. | ||
| Donald B. Verrilli Jr. | Solicitor General | (202) 514-2217 |
| United States Department of Justice | ||
| 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. | ||
| Washington, DC 20530-0001 | ||
| SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov | ||
| Party name: the United States | ||
| Seth P. Waxman | Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP | (202) 663-6000 |
| 1875 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. | ||
| Washington, DC 20006 | ||
| seth.waxman@wilmerhale.com | ||
| Party name: Paul Finkelman, et al. | ||
| John W. Whitehead | The Rutherford Institute | (434) 978-3888 |
| 1440 Sachem Place | ||
| Charlottesville, VA 22901 | ||
| johnw@rutherford.org | ||
| Party name: Rutherford Institute | ||
| Michael K. Whitehead | Whitehead Law Firm, LLC | (816) 876-2600 |
| 1100 Main Street, Suite 2600 | ||
| Kansas City, MO 64105 | ||
| mike@thewhiteheadfirm.com | ||
| Party name: Southern Baptist Convention Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission | ||
| William C. Wood Jr. | 1320 Main Street, 17th Floor | (803) 799-2000 |
| P.O. Box 11070 | ||
| Columbia, SC 29201 | ||
| jay.thompson@nelsonmullins.com | ||
| Party name: Chaplain Alliance for Religious Liberty | ||
| Evan A. Young | Baker Botts LLP | (512)-322-2506 |
| 98 San Jacinto Boulevard | ||
| Suite 1500 | ||
| Austin, TX 78701-4078 | ||
| evan.young@bakerbotts.com | ||
| Party name: Rev. Dr. Robert E. Palmer | ||