No. 19-968
Chike Uzuegbunam, et al. v. Stanley C. Preczewski, et al.
Tags: censorship civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech government-policy mootness nominal-damages standing
Latest Conference:
2020-07-08
(distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether a government's post-filing change of an unconstitutional policy moots nominal-damages claims that vindicate the government's past, completed violation of a plaintiff's constitutional right.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a government's post-filing change of an unconstitutional policy moots nominal-damages claims that vindicate the government's past, completed violation of a plaintiff's constitutional right
Docket Entries
2021-04-09
JUDGMENT ISSUED.
2021-03-08
Judgment REVERSED and REMANDED. Thomas, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett, JJ., joined. Kavanaugh, J., filed a concurring opinion. Roberts, C. J., filed a dissenting opinion.
2021-01-12
Argued. For petitioners: Kristen K. Waggoner, Scottsdale, Ariz.; and Hashim
M. Mooppan, Counselor to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondents: Andrew A. Pinson, Atlanta, Ga.
2020-12-21
Reply of petitioners Chike Uzuegbunam, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2020-12-08
CIRCULATED
2020-12-07
Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
2020-12-04
The record from the U.S. Dist. Court of Northern Dist. of Georgia (Atlanta) is electronic and located on PACER.
2020-12-03
The record from the U.S.C.A. 11th Circuit is electronic and located on PACER.
2020-12-03
Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 11th Circuit.
2020-11-25
SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, January 12, 2021.
2020-11-25
Brief amici curiae of District of Columbia, et al. filed.
2020-11-25
Brief amici curiae of National Conference of State Legislatures, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2020-11-19
Brief of respondents Stanley Preczewski, et al. filed.
2020-11-16
Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
2020-09-29
Brief amici curiae of Justice and Freedom Fund, et al. filed.
2020-09-29
Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
2020-09-29
Brief amicus curiae of Child Evangelism Fellowship, Inc. filed.
2020-09-29
Brief amicus curiae of Frederick Douglass Foundation, Inc. filed.
2020-09-29
Brief amici curiae of Foundation for Individual Rights in Education and Cato Institute filed.
2020-09-29
Brief amici curiae of General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, et al. filed.
2020-09-29
Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union, et al. filed.
2020-09-29
Brief amicus curiae of The Islam and Religious Freedom Action Team of the Religious Freedom Institute filed.
2020-09-29
Brief amicus curiae of The Rutherford Institute filed.
2020-09-29
Brief amici curiae of United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, et al. filed.
2020-09-29
Brief amicus curiae of Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty filed.
2020-09-29
Brief amicus curiae of National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Inc. filed.
2020-09-29
Brief amicus curiae of Christian Legal Society filed.
2020-09-29
Brief amicus curiae of CatholicVote.org Education Fund filed.
2020-09-29
Brief amicus curiae of The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty filed.
2020-09-29
Brief amicus curiae of Institute for Free Speech filed.
2020-09-29
Brief amicus curiae of American Humanist Association filed. (October 7, 2020)
2020-09-28
Brief amicus curiae of Public Citizen filed.
2020-09-25
Brief amici curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation, et al. filed.
2020-09-25
Brief amicus curiae of Young Americans for Liberty, Inc. filed.
2020-09-24
Brief amicus curiae of Council on American-Islamic Relations filed.
2020-09-24
Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Moral Law filed.
2020-09-22
Brief of petitioners Chike Uzuegbunam, et al. filed.
2020-09-22
Joint appendix filed.
2020-09-01
Joint motion to further extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including September 22, 2020. The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is further extended to and including November 19, 2020.
2020-08-25
Joint motion for a further extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
2020-08-06
Joint motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including September 8, 2020. The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including October 22, 2020.
2020-08-03
Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Stanley Preczewski, et al.
2020-07-28
Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Chike Uzuegbunam, et al.
2020-07-27
Joint motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
2020-07-09
Petition GRANTED.
2020-07-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 7/8/2020.
2020-05-05
Reply of petitioners Chike Uzuegbunam, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2020-05-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/21/2020.
2020-04-22
Brief of respondents Stanley Preczewski, et al. in opposition filed.
2020-03-30
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including April 22, 2020.
2020-03-27
Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 8, 2020 to April 22, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-03-04
Brief amicus curiae of CatholicVote.org Education Fund filed.
2020-03-04
Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Individual Rights in Education filed.
2020-03-04
Brief amicus curiae of The Islam and Religious Freedom Action Team of the Religious Freedom Institute filed.
2020-03-03
Brief amicus curiae of American Humanist Association filed.
2020-03-03
Brief amicus curiae of Americans for Prosperity Foundation filed.
2020-03-02
Brief amicus curiae of Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty filed.
2020-03-02
Brief amicus curiae of Young Americans for Liberty, Inc. filed.
2020-02-28
Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Moral Law filed.
2020-02-24
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 8, 2020.
2020-02-19
Blanket Consent filed by Respondents, Stanley Preczewski, et al.
2020-02-19
Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 4, 2020 to April 8, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-02-13
Blanket Consent filed by Petitioners, Chike Uzuegbunam, et al.
2020-01-31
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 4, 2020)
2019-10-28
Application (19A461) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until January 31, 2020.
2019-10-24
Application (19A461) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 3, 2019 to January 31, 2020, submitted to Justice Thomas.
Attorneys
American Civil Liberties Union, Americans for Prosperity Foundation, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, and Institute for Justice
Lisa Schiavo Blatt — Williams & Connolly LLP, Amicus
American Humanist Association
Americans for Prosperity Foundation
CatholicVote.org Education Fund
Scott William Gaylord — Amicus
Chike Uzuegbunam, et al.
Kristen Kellie Waggoner — Alliance Defending Freedom, Petitioner
John J. Bursch — Alliance Defending Freedom, Petitioner
Child Evangelism Fellowship, Inc.
Mathew D. Staver — Liberty Counsel, Amicus
Christian Legal Society
Council on American-Islamic Relations
Lena Fatina Masri — CAIR Legal Defense Fund, Amicus
District of Columbia
Foundation for Individual Rights in Education
Kevin Franz King — Covington & Burling LLP, Amicus
Foundation for Moral Law
Matthew James Clark — Foundation for Moral Law, Amicus
Frederick Douglass Foundation, Inc.
Eric D. McArthur — Sidley Austin LLP, Amicus
General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
Institute for Free Speech
Owen Dennis Yeates — Institute for Free Speech, Amicus
Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty
Justice and Freedom Fund, et al.
James L. Hirsen — Suite 101, Amicus
National Conference Of State Legislatures; et al.
Patrick Michael Kane — Fox Rothschild LLP, Amicus
National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Inc.
Pacific Legal Foundation, Delaney Wysingle, Rentberry Inc., Luis Ramirez, Michael Jackson, Tory Smith, and Jillian Ostrewich
Public Citizen
Matthew Adam Seligman — Public Citizen, Amicus
Stanley Preczewski, et al.
Andrew Alan Pinson — Office of the Georgia Attorney General, Respondent
The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty
The Islam and Religious Freedom Action Team of the Religious Freedom Institute
Elbert Lin — Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, Amicus
The Rutherford Institute
Michael J. Lockerby — Foley & Lardner LLP, Amicus
United States
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, et al.
Michael Hugh McGinley — Dechert LLP, Amicus
Young Americans for Liberty, Inc.
Scott A. Keller — Baker Botts LLP, Amicus