No. 21-850
Chelsea C. Eline, et al. v. Town of Ocean City, Maryland
Response Waived
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-law discrimination due-process equal-protection gender-classification gender-discrimination government-interest governmental-interest moral-sensibilities tailoring
Latest Conference:
2022-02-18
Question Presented (from Petition)
Is protecting traditional moral sensibilities an important governmental interest on which the govern-ment may lawfully base a discriminatory gender-based classification as the Fourth and Seventh Circuits held, or not an important governmental interest as the Tenth Circuit (and this Court) held?
Is the all-encompassing sex and gender classification of "female," provided in Ocean City's ordinance, sufficiently tailored to achieve an important governmental interest?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Is protecting traditional moral sensibilities an important governmental interest on which the government may lawfully base a discriminatory gender-based classification?
Docket Entries
2022-02-22
Petition DENIED.
2022-01-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/18/2022.
2022-01-03
Waiver of right of respondent Town of Ocean City, Maryland, et al. to respond filed.
2021-12-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 7, 2022)
Attorneys
Chelsea C. Eline, et al.
Devon Myles Jacob — Jacob Litigation, Inc., Petitioner
Town of Ocean City, Maryland, et al.
Bruce F. Bright — Ayres, Jenkins, Gordy & Almand, P.A., Respondent