No. 19-267
Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Agnes Morrissey-Berru
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
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 Lipski — JML Law, A Professional Law Corporation, Respondent
Jeffrey L. Fisher — O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Respondent
Jennifer A. Lipski — JML Law, Respondent
American Center for Law and Justice
American Civil Liberties Union, et al
American Jewish Committee and United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism
Michael Hugh McGinley — Dechert LLP, Amicus
Asma T. Uddin
Billy Graham Evangelical Association, et al.
Frederick W. Claybrook Jr. — Claybrook, LLC, Amicus
Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence
Center for Inquiry
Edward Z. Tabash — Amicus
CHILD USA et al.
Christian Legal Society et al.
Reed Neal Smith — Christian Legal Society, Amicus
Church of God in Christ, Inc. and Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America
Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice and Bet Tzedek
Ryan Hung-Hsi Wu — Capstone Law APC, Amicus
COLPA, et al.
Nathan Lewin — Amicus
Columbia International University and Sixth Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church
Council for Christian Colleges and Universities and Forty Individual Religious Colleges and Universities
Gene Clayton Schaerr — Schaerr | Jaffe, Amicus
Ethics and Public Policy Center
Matthew T. Nelson — Warner Norcross + Judd LLP, Amicus
First Liberty Institute
Kelly J. Shackelford — First Liberty Institute, Amicus
Foundation for Moral Law
John Allen Eidsmoe — Foundation for Moral Law, Amicus
Franciscan University of Steubenville
Linda T. Coberly — Winston & Strawn, LLP, Amicus
General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists and Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty
Eric D. McArthur — Sidley Austin LLP, Amicus
Independent Women's Law Center
Donald Manwell Falk — Mayer Brown LLP, Amicus
Inner Life Fund
James L. Hirsen — 505 S. Villa Real Drive, Amicus
InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA, World Vision Inc., Young Life
Joanne Fratello
Judicial Watch, Inc.
James Forrest Peterson — Judicial Watch, Inc., Amicus
National Catholic Educational Association
National Employment Lawyers Association et. al.
National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Inc.
National Women's Law Center et al.
Kevin K. Russell — Goldstein and Russell, P.C., Amicus
Our Lady of Guadalupe School
Partnership Schools
Professor John D. Inazu
Zachary Guy Parks — Covington & Burling LLP, Amicus
Professors Douglas Laycock, et al.
Victoria Dorfman — Jones Day, Amicus
Senator Mike Lee, et al.
State of Alaska, et al.
Stephen Wise Temple
Paul D. Clement — Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Amicus
The Association of Classical Christian Schools, et al.,
Misha Tseytlin — Troutman Sanders LLP, Amicus
The Christian and Missionary Alliance, et al.
Stuart J. Lark — Sherman & Howard LLC, Amicus
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, et al.
Richard Shawn Gunnarson — Kirton McConkie, Amicus
The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, et al.
Sarah Michelle Harris — Williams & Connolly LLP, Amicus
The Freedom From Religion Foundation
The National Catholic Educational Association
The Rutherford Institute
John W. Whitehead — The Rutherford Institute, Amicus
Torah Umesorah
Igor Victor Timofeyev — Paul Hastings LLP, Amicus
United States
Noel John Francisco — Jones Day, Amicus
Jeffrey B. Wall — Acting Solicitor General, Amicus
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Aaron Michael Streett — Baker Botts, L.L.P., Amicus
Virginia, et al.