No. 19-267

Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Agnes Morrissey-Berru

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-08-29
Status: Judgment Issued
Type: Paid
Amici (9)Relisted (2) Experienced Counsel
Tags: civil-court-jurisdiction civil-rights due-process employment-discrimination first-amendment first-amendment-religion-clauses free-speech hosanna-tabor hosanna-tabor-precedent ministerial-exception religious-employer religious-employment religious-freedom religious-functions standing
Key Terms:
Arbitration ERISA FirstAmendment
Latest Conference: 2019-12-13 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the Religion Clauses prevent civil courts from adjudicating employment discrimination claims brought by an employee against her religious employer, where the employee carried out important religious functions.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Religion Clauses prevent civil courts from adjudicating employment discrimination claims brought by an employee against her religious employer, where the employee carried out important religious functions

Docket Entries

2020-08-10
JUDGMENT ISSUED.
2020-04-13
Argument to be rescheduled for May 2020.
2020-03-04
The record of the USCA 9th Circuit is available on Pacer.
2020-02-19
CIRCULATED
2020-02-19
Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit.
2020-02-07
Brief amici curiae of State of Alaska, et al. filed (in 19-267).
2019-11-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/13/2019.
2019-11-12
Rescheduled.
2019-11-01
Reply of petitioner Our Lady of Guadalupe School filed. (Distributed)
2019-10-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/15/2019.
2019-10-28
Waiver of the 14-day waiting period under 15.5 filed.
2019-10-28
Brief of respondent Agnes Morrissey-Berru in opposition filed.
2019-10-18
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including October 28, 2019.
2019-10-17
Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 18, 2019 to October 28, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-10-01
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 18, 2019.
2019-09-30
Brief amicus curiae of National Legal Foundation filed.
2019-09-30
Brief amici curiae of The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, et al. filed.
2019-09-30
Brief amici curiae of Christian Legal Society et al. filed.
2019-09-30
Brief amici curiae of General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, et al. filed.
2019-09-30
Brief amicus curiae of Stephen Wise Temple filed.
2019-09-27
Brief amici curiae of State of Alaska, et al. filed.
2019-09-27
Brief amici curiae of Professors Douglas Laycock, et al. filed.
2019-09-26
Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 30, 2019 to October 18, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-09-11
Brief amicus curiae of The National Catholic Educational Association filed.
2019-08-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 30, 2019)
2019-07-19
Application (19A80) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until August 28, 2019.
2019-07-18
Application (19A80) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 29, 2019 to August 28, 2019, submitted to Justice Kagan.

Attorneys

Agnes Morrissey-Berru
Jennifer Anne LipskiJML Law, A Professional Law Corporation, Respondent
Jeffrey L. FisherO'Melveny & Myers LLP, Respondent
Jennifer A. LipskiJML Law, Respondent
American Center for Law and Justice
Jay Alan SekulowAmerican Center for Law and Justice, Amicus
American Civil Liberties Union, et al
Heather Lynn WeaverAmericans United for Separation of Church and Stat, Amicus
American Jewish Committee and United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism
Michael Hugh McGinleyDechert LLP, Amicus
Asma T. Uddin
Daniel Patrick Kearney Jr.Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP, Amicus
Billy Graham Evangelical Association, et al.
Frederick W. Claybrook Jr.Claybrook, LLC, Amicus
Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence
Anthony Thomas CasoCenter for Constitutional Jurisprudence, Amicus
Center for Inquiry
Edward Z. Tabash — Amicus
CHILD USA et al.
Leslie Carol GriffinUniversity of Nevada, Las Vegas William S. Boyd School of Law, Amicus
Christian Legal Society et al.
Reed Neal SmithChristian Legal Society, Amicus
Church of God in Christ, Inc. and Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America
Thomas Henderson Dupree Jr.Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, Amicus
Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice and Bet Tzedek
Ryan Hung-Hsi WuCapstone Law APC, Amicus
COLPA, et al.
Nathan Lewin — Amicus
Columbia International University and Sixth Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church
Christian Mark PolandBryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP, Amicus
Council for Christian Colleges and Universities and Forty Individual Religious Colleges and Universities
Gene Clayton SchaerrSchaerr | Jaffe, Amicus
Ethics and Public Policy Center
Matthew T. NelsonWarner Norcross + Judd LLP, Amicus
First Liberty Institute
Kelly J. ShackelfordFirst Liberty Institute, Amicus
Foundation for Moral Law
John Allen EidsmoeFoundation for Moral Law, Amicus
Franciscan University of Steubenville
Linda T. CoberlyWinston & Strawn, LLP, Amicus
General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists and Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty
Eric D. McArthurSidley Austin LLP, Amicus
Independent Women's Law Center
Donald Manwell FalkMayer Brown LLP, Amicus
Inner Life Fund
James L. Hirsen505 S. Villa Real Drive, Amicus
InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA, World Vision Inc., Young Life
Steffen Nathanael JohnsonWilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Amicus
Joanne Fratello
Michael David Diederich Jr.Diederich Law Office, Amicus
Judicial Watch, Inc.
James Forrest PetersonJudicial Watch, Inc., Amicus
National Catholic Educational Association
James A. SonneReligious Liberty Clinic, Stanford Law School, Amicus
National Employment Lawyers Association et. al.
Michael L. ForemanPenn State Law - Civil Rights Appellate Clinic, Amicus
National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Inc.
Bruce N. CameronNational Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Inc., Amicus
National Women's Law Center et al.
Kevin K. RussellGoldstein and Russell, P.C., Amicus
Our Lady of Guadalupe School
Eric Christopher RassbachThe Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, Petitioner
Partnership Schools
John Patrick ElwoodArnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Amicus
Professor John D. Inazu
Zachary Guy ParksCovington & Burling LLP, Amicus
Professors Douglas Laycock, et al.
Victoria DorfmanJones Day, Amicus
Senator Mike Lee, et al.
Jesse Michael PanuccioBoies Schiller Flexner LLP, Amicus
State of Alaska, et al.
Katherine Elizabeth DemarestState of Alaska Office of the Attorney General, Amicus
Stephen Wise Temple
Paul D. ClementKirkland & Ellis LLP, Amicus
The Association of Classical Christian Schools, et al.,
Misha TseytlinTroutman Sanders LLP, Amicus
The Christian and Missionary Alliance, et al.
Stuart J. LarkSherman & Howard LLC, Amicus
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, et al.
Richard Shawn GunnarsonKirton McConkie, Amicus
The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, et al.
Sarah Michelle HarrisWilliams & Connolly LLP, Amicus
The Freedom From Religion Foundation
Patrick C ElliottFreedom From Religion Foundation, Amicus
The National Catholic Educational Association
Thomas William Parker DouglasDouglas Law PLLC, Amicus
The Rutherford Institute
John W. WhiteheadThe Rutherford Institute, Amicus
Torah Umesorah
Igor Victor TimofeyevPaul Hastings LLP, Amicus
United States
Noel John FranciscoJones Day, Amicus
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Amicus
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Aaron Michael StreettBaker Botts, L.L.P., Amicus
Virginia, et al.
Toby Jay HeytensOffice of the Attorney General, Amicus