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No. 23-477
Title:United States, Petitioner
v.
Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter for Tennessee, et al.
Docketed:November 6, 2023
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
   Case Numbers:(23-5600)
   Decision Date:September 28, 2023
   Rehearing Denied:
  Discretionary Court Decision Date:
Questions Presented

DateProceedings and Orders
Nov 06 2023Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 6, 2023)
PetitionAppendixProof of Service
Nov 08 2023Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 6, 2023 to January 5, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
Main Document
Nov 09 2023Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 5, 2024.
Nov 17 2023Brief amici curiae of Foreign Non-Profit Organizations Advocating for the Rights of Transgender People filed. VIDED.
Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
Dec 04 2023Brief amici curiae of Elliot Page, et al. filed. VIDED.
Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
Dec 08 2023Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 5, 2024 to February 5, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
Main Document
Dec 11 2023Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including February 5, 2024.
Feb 02 2024Brief amicus curiae of Alabama filed. VIDED.
Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
Feb 02 2024Brief of respondents Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter for Tennessee, et al. in opposition filed. VIDED.
Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
Feb 20 2024Reply of petitioner United States filed. (Distributed)
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Feb 21 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/15/2024.
Mar 13 2024Rescheduled.
Mar 18 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/22/2024.
Mar 20 2024Rescheduled.
Mar 25 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/28/2024.
Mar 26 2024Rescheduled.
Apr 08 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/12/2024.
Apr 11 2024Rescheduled.
Apr 15 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/19/2024.
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Apr 22 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/26/2024.
Apr 25 2024Rescheduled.
May 06 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/9/2024.
May 08 2024Rescheduled.
May 13 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/16/2024.
May 20 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/23/2024.
May 28 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/30/2024.
Jun 03 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/6/2024.
Jun 10 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/13/2024.
Jun 17 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/20/2024.
Jun 24 2024Petition GRANTED.
Jul 16 2024Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
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Jul 18 2024Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits is granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including August 27, 2024. The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including October 8, 2024.
Aug 27 2024Brief of petitioner United States filed.
Main DocumentProof of Service
Aug 27 2024Joint appendix(Volumes I & II) filed.
Main DocumentMain DocumentProof of ServiceProof of Service
Aug 27 2024Brief of respondents in support of petitioner L.W., By and Through Her Parents and Next Friends, Samantha Williams and Brian Williams, et al. filed.
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Aug 27 2024Joint Appendix submitted.
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Aug 30 2024Amicus brief of Legal Scholars and National Women's Law Center submitted.
Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
Sep 03 2024Amicus brief of Expert Researchers and Physicians submitted.
Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
Sep 03 2024Amicus brief of Grace and Parents of Transgender Youth submitted.
Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
Sep 03 2024Amicus brief of Williams Institute Scholars submitted.
Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
Sep 03 2024Amicus brief of Elliot Page, et al. submitted.
Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
Sep 03 2024Amicus brief of Genders & Sexualities Alliance Network, et al. submitted.
Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
Sep 03 2024Amicus brief of The Trevor Project, Juvenile Law Center, National Center for Youth Law submitted.
Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountCertificate of Word Count
Sep 03 2024Amicus brief of Constitutional Accountability Center submitted.
Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
Sep 03 2024Amicus brief of Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund submitted.
Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
Sep 03 2024Amicus brief of The American Psychological Association and Other Leading Mental Health Organizations submitted.
Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
Sep 03 2024Amicus brief of American Bar Association submitted.
Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
Sep 03 2024Amicus brief of Families with Transgender Children submitted.
Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
Sep 03 2024Amicus brief of 164 Members of Congress submitted.
Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
Sep 03 2024Amicus brief of Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine (SEGM) submitted.
Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
Sep 03 2024Amicus brief of William Eskridge Jr., Steven Calabresi, Naomi Cahn, June Carbone, Lawrence Gostin, Christopher Riano, Amanda Shanor, and Alexander Volokh submitted.
Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
Sep 03 2024Amicus brief of NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. submitted.
Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count
Sep 03 2024Amicus brief of State of California submitted.
Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
Sep 03 2024Amicus brief of interACT: Advocates for Intersex Youth submitted.
Main DocumentCertificate of Word Count
Sep 03 2024Amicus brief of Yale Philosophers submitted.
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Sep 03 2024Amicus brief of American Historical Association, Organization Of American Historians, LGBTQ+ History Association, and Historian Scholars submitted.
Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count
Sep 03 2024Amicus brief of Professors of Law, Medicine, and Public Health submitted.
Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
Sep 03 2024Amicus brief of Equality Florida, Georgia Equality, Tennessee Equality Project, Equality Utah, and Wyoming Equality submitted.
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Sep 03 2024Amicus brief of 17 HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS submitted.
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Sep 03 2024Amicus brief of American Academy of Pediatrics and Additional National and State Medical and Mental Health Organizations submitted.
Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
Sep 03 2024Amicus brief of The Kentucky Plaintiffs, GLAD, and LGBTQ+ Advocates submitted.
Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
Sep 03 2024Amicus brief of Family Law and Constitutional Law Scholars submitted.
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Sep 03 2024Amicus brief of Conservative Officials, Advisors, and Activists submitted.
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Sep 03 2024Amicus brief of Giffords Law Center To Prevent Gun Violence, Brady Center To Prevent Gun Violence, Team Enough, and March For Our Lives Action Fund submitted.
Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
Sep 03 2024Amicus brief of Clinical Practice Guideline Experts submitted.
Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
Sep 03 2024Amicus brief of TransParent and Minority Veterans of America submitted.
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Sep 03 2024Amicus brief of Dr. Erica E. Anderson, PhD, and Dr. Laura Edwards-Leeper, PhD submitted.
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Sep 03 2024Amicus brief of Foreign Non-Profit Organizations Advocating for the Rights of Transgender People submitted.
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Sep 03 2024Amicus brief of Experts on Gender Affirming Care submitted.
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NAMEADDRESSPHONE
Attorneys for Petitioner
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
    Counsel of Record		United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001

SUPREMECTBRIEFS@USDOJ.GOV		202-514-2217
Party name: United States
Attorneys for Respondents
James Matthew Rice
    Counsel of Record		Office of Tennessee Attorney General
P.O. Box 20207
Nashville, TN 37202

MATT.RICE@AG.TN.GOV		615-532-6026
Party name: Jonathan Thomas Skrmetti, et al.
Chase Bachrach Strangio
    Counsel of Record		American Civil Liberties Union Foundation
125 Broad Street
New York, NY 10004

cstrangio@aclu.org		2125492500
Party name: L.W., By and Through Her Parents and Next Friends, Samantha Williams and Brian Williams, et al.
Steven James GriffinTennessee Attorney General's Office
P.O. Box 20207
Nashville, TN 37202

steven.griffin@ag.tn.gov		6157419598
Party name: Jonathan Thomas Skrmetti, et al.
Jeffrey Matthew HarrisConsovoy McCarthy PLLC
1600 Wilson Blvd.
Suite 700
Arlington, VA 22209

JEFF@CONSOVOYMCCARTHY.COM		(703) 243-9423
Party name: Jonathan Thomas Skrmetti, et al.
Whitney Downs HermandorferOffice of the Tennessee Attorney General & Reporte
P.O. Box 20207
Nashville, TN 37202-0207

whitney.hermandorfer@ag.tn.gov		615-741-7403
Party name: Jonathan Thomas Skrmetti, et al.
Cameron Thomas NorrisConsovoy McCarthy PLLC
1600 Wilson Blvd., Ste 700
Arlington, VA 22209

cam@consovoymccarthy.com		7032439423
Party name: Jonathan Thomas Skrmetti, et al.
Other
Jessica Ring Amunson
    Counsel of Record		Jenner & Block LLP
1099 New York Avenue NW
Suite 900
Washington, DC 20001

JAMUNSON@JENNER.COM		202-639-6023
Party name: The American Psychological Association and Other Leading Mental Health Organizations
Peter T. Barbur
    Counsel of Record		Cravath, Swaine & Moore
375 Ninth Avenue
New York, NY 10001

pbarbur@cravath.com		(212) 474-1000
Party name: Families with Transgender Children
Boris Bershteyn
    Counsel of Record		Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
One Manhattan West
New York, NY 10001-8602

BORIS.BERSHTEYN@SKADDEN.COM		212-735-3000
Party name: Grace and Parents of Transgender Youth
Benjamin Bradshaw
    Counsel of Record		O'Melveny & Myers LLP
1625 Eye Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006

bbradshaw@omm.com		202-383-5300
Party name: TransParent and Minority Veterans of America
Brian Timothy Burgess
    Counsel of Record		Goodwin Procter, LLP
1900 N Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036

BBurgess@goodwinlaw.com		2023464000
Party name: Conservative Officials, Advisors, and Activists
Claudia Center
    Counsel of Record		Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund
3075 Adeline Street, Suite 210
Berkeley, CA 94703

ccenter@dredf.org		5106442555
Party name: Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund
Samantha Lee Chaifetz
    Counsel of Record		DLA Piper LLC
500 8th Street NW
Washington, DC 20004

SAMANTHA.CHAIFETZ@US.DLAPIPER.COM		(202) 799-4082
Party name: Dr. Erica E. Anderson, PhD, and Dr. Laura Edwards-Leeper, PhD
Daniel Julian Cragg
    Counsel of Record		Eckland & Blando
10 South Fifth Street, Suite 800
Minneapolis, MN 55402

dcragg@ecklandblando.com		6122360165
Party name: Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine (SEGM)
Sydney Victoria Duncan
    Counsel of Record		Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund
520 8th Ave, Suite 2204
New York, NY 10018

sduncan@transequality.org		205-807-1071
Party name: Elliot Page, et al.
John Patrick Elwood
    Counsel of Record		Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP
601 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20001

JOHN.ELWOOD@ARNOLDPORTER.COM		(202) 942-5992
Party name: American Bar Association
David Scott Flugman
    Counsel of Record		Selendy Gay PLLC
1290 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10104

dflugman@selendygay.com		212-390-9000
Party name: Williams Institute Scholars
Brianne Jenna Gorod
    Counsel of Record		Constitutional Accountability Center
1200 18th Street, NW
Suite 501
Washington, DC 20036

BRIANNE@THEUSCONSTITUTION.ORG		202 296 6889
Party name: Constitutional Accountability Center
Leslie A. Greathouse
    Counsel of Record		Spencer Fane LLP
1000 Walnut Street
Suite 1400
Kansas City, MO 64106-2140

lgreathouse@spencerfane.com		8164748100
Party name: William Eskridge Jr., Steven Calabresi, Naomi Cahn, June Carbone, Lawrence Gostin, Christopher Riano, Amanda Shanor, and Alexander Volokh
Kathleen Roberta Hartnett
    Counsel of Record		Cooley LLP
3 Embarcadero Center
San Francisco, CA 94111, CA 94111

KHARTNETT@COOLEY.COM		(415) 693-2000
Party name: Professors of Law, Medicine, and Public Health
Kara Nicole Ingelhart
    Counsel of Record		Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
Bluhm Legal Clinic, LGBTQI+ Rights Clinic
375 E. Chicago Ave.
Chicago, IL 60611

kara.ingelhart@law.northwestern.edu		(312) 503-3770
Party name: American Historical Association, Organization Of American Historians, LGBTQ+ History Association, and Historian Scholars
Jonah Moses Knobler
    Counsel of Record		Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP
1133 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036

jknobler@pbwt.com		2123362134
Party name: interACT: Advocates for Intersex Youth
Craig Joseph Konnoth
    Counsel of Record		580 Massie Road
Charlottesville, VA 22903

Craig.konnoth@virginia.edu		4349247361
Party name: Experts on Gender Affirming Care
Julia Renee Lissner
    Counsel of Record		Akerman LLP
71 South Wacker Drive, 47th Floor
Chicago, IL 60606

julia.lissner@akerman.com		(312) 634-5700
Party name: Genders & Sexualities Alliance Network, et al.
Janice Marie Mac Avoy
    Counsel of Record		Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
One New York Plaza
New York, NY 10004

JANICE.MACAVOY@FRIEDFRANK.COM		212-859-8182
Party name: Giffords Law Center To Prevent Gun Violence, Brady Center To Prevent Gun Violence, Team Enough, and March For Our Lives Action Fund
Brian Robert Matsui
    Counsel of Record		Morrison & Foerster LLP
2100 L Street, NW
Suite 900
Washington, DC 20037

BMATSUI@MOFO.COM		202-887-8784
Party name: Family Law and Constitutional Law Scholars
Deborah S Mazer
    Counsel of Record		Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
450 Lexington Ave
New York, NY 10017

deborah.mazer@davispolk.com		2124504000
Party name: 17 HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS
Rachel Gabrielle Miller-Ziegler
    Counsel of Record		Munger, Tolles and Olson LLP
601 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Suite 500E
Washington, DC 20001-5369

rachel.miller-ziegler@mto.com		(202) 220-1100
Party name: Equality Florida, Georgia Equality, Tennessee Equality Project, Equality Utah, and Wyoming Equality
Justin Richard Rassi
    Counsel of Record		Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
66 Hudson Boulevard
New York, NY 10001

jrassi@debevoise.com		(212) 909-6000
Party name: The Trevor Project, Juvenile Law Center, National Center for Youth Law
Stephanie Schuster
    Counsel of Record		Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20004

STEPHANIE.SCHUSTER@MORGANLEWIS.COM		(202) 739-3000
Party name: The Kentucky Plaintiffs, GLAD, and LGBTQ+ Advocates
Alexander Rosskamm Shalom
    Counsel of Record		Lowenstein Sandler LLP
One Lowenstein Dr.
Roseland, NJ 07068

ashalom@lowenstein.com		973-597-2500
Party name: Expert Researchers and Physicians
Samuel Spital
    Counsel of Record		NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.
40 Rector Street
5th Floor
New York, NY 10006

SSPITAL@NAACPLDF.ORG		(212) 965-2200
Party name: NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.
Eugene E. Stearns
    Counsel of Record		150 West Flagler Street, Suite 2200
Miami, FL 33131

estearns@stearnsweaver.com		305-789-3280
Party name: Clinical Practice Guideline Experts
Catherine Emily Stetson
    Counsel of Record		Hogan Lovells US LLP
555 13th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20004-1109

CATE.STETSON@HOGANLOVELLS.COM		2026375491
Party name: Legal Scholars and National Women's Law Center
Conor Denali Tucker
    Counsel of Record		Steptoe LLP
633 West Fifth Street
Los Angeles, CA 90071

ctucker@steptoe.com		2134399400
Party name: 164 Members of Congress
Julie Michelle Veroff
    Counsel of Record		California Department of Justice
455 Golden Gate Avenue
Suite 11000
San Francisco, CA 94102

julie.veroff@doj.ca.gov		4156932000
Party name: State of California
Debra Jean Veta
    Counsel of Record		Covington & Burling LLP
850 Tenth Street NW
Washington, DC 20001

jveta@cov.com		202 662-5294
Party name: American Academy of Pediatrics and Additional National and State Medical and Mental Health Organizations
Jessica Michael Weisel
    Counsel of Record		Complex Appellate Litigation Group LLP
96 Jessie Street
San Francisco, CA 94105

jessica.weisel@calg.com		(415) 649-6700
Party name: Yale Philosophers
Carmine D. Boccuzzi Jr.Cleary Gottlieb Steen and Hamilton LLP
One Liberty Plaza
New York, NY 10006

cboccuzzi@cgsh.com		212-225-2508
Party name: Elliot Page, et al.
Andrew Rhys Davies
    Counsel of Record		Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
7 World Trade Center
250 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10007

andrew.davies@wilmerhale.com		212 230 8800
Party name: Foreign Non-Profit Organizations Advocating for the Rights of Transgender People
Edmund Gerard LaCour Jr.
    Counsel of Record		Office of the Attorney General
501 Washington Ave
Montgomery, AL 36130

EDMUND.LACOUR@ALABAMAAG.GOV		334-242-7300
Party name: State of Alabama
Jonathan F. Mitchell
    Counsel of Record		Mitchell Law PLLC
111 Congress Avenue
Suite 400
Austin, TX 78701

jonathan@mitchell.law		(512) 686-3940
Party name: America First Legal Foundation

 

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