No. 24-297
Tamer Mahmoud, et al. v. Thomas W. Taylor, et al.
Tags: first-amendment-rights free-exercise-clause gender-instruction parental-rights religious-liberty school-curriculum
Latest Conference:
2025-01-17
(distributed 3 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)
Do public schools burden parents' religious exercise when they compel elementary school children to participate in instruction on gender and sexuality against their parents' religious convictions and without notice or opportunity to opt out?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Do public schools burden parents' religious exercise when they compel elementary school children to participate in instruction on gender and sexuality against their parents' religious convictions and without notice or opportunity to opt out?
Docket Entries
2025-07-29
Judgment Issued.
2025-06-27
Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Alito, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Thomas, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed a concurring opinion. Sotomayor, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Kagan and Jackson, JJ., joined.
2025-04-22
Argued. For petitioners: Eric S. Baxter, Washington, D. C.; and Sarah M. Harris, Principal Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondents: Alan E. Schoenfeld, New York, N. Y.
2025-04-17
Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
2025-04-11
Reply of Tamer Mahmoud, et al. submitted.
2025-04-11
Reply of petitioners Tamer Mahmoud, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2025-04-09
Amicus brief of National Education Association et al. submitted.
2025-04-09
Amicus brief of Professors Justin Driver and Eugene Volokh submitted.
2025-04-09
Amicus brief of PEN American Center, Inc. submitted.
2025-04-09
Amicus brief of Lebo Pride, Education Law Center Pennsylvania, and Pennsylvania Youth Congress Foundation submitted.
2025-04-09
Amicus brief of Freedom From Religion Foundation submitted.
2025-04-09
Amicus brief of Maryland, Massachusetts, Sixteen Other States, and the District of Columbia submitted.
2025-04-09
Amicus brief of Frederick M. Gedicks, Steven Green, B. Jessie Hill, Richard B. Katskee, Ira C. Lupu, William P. Marshall, Richard C. Schragger, Micah Schwartzman, Elizabeth W. Sepper, Robert W. Tuttle, and Laura Underkuffler submitted.
2025-04-09
Amicus brief of The Leadership Conference Education Fund; PFLAG, Inc.; National Women's Law Center; Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc. submitted.
2025-04-09
Amicus brief of Interfaith Alliance submitted.
2025-04-09
Amicus brief of Coalition for Responsible Home Education submitted.
2025-04-09
Amicus brief of Authors Guild, Inc., Educational Book & Media Association, and Penguin Random House LLC submitted.
2025-04-09
Amicus brief of Robert D. Kamenshine submitted.
2025-04-09
Brief amici curiae of Religious and Civil-Rights Organizations filed. (Distributed)
2025-04-09
Brief amicus curiae of Interfaith Alliance filed. (Distributed)
2025-04-09
Amicus brief of GLBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders, The National Center for Lesbian Rights, Human Rights Campaign, Family Equality, COLAGE, FreeState Justice Inc., GLSEN, and The Trevor Project submitted.
2025-04-09
Brief amicus curiae of Coalition for Responsible Home Education filed. (Distributed)
2025-04-09
Brief amici curiae of Montgomery County Faith Leaders filed. (Distributed)
2025-04-09
Brief amici curiae of Maryland, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2025-04-09
Brief amici curiae of Muslim Organizations filed. (Distributed)
2025-04-09
Brief amici curiae of Authors Guild, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)
2025-04-09
Brief amici curiae of Constitutional Scholars filed. (Distributed)
2025-04-09
Brief amici curiae of National Education Association, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2025-04-09
Brief amici curiae of AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION AND AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MARYLAND filed. (Distributed)
2025-04-09
Brief amici curiae of Leadership Conference Education Fund, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2025-04-09
Brief amici curiae of Professor Lawrence G. Sager and Professor Nelson Tebbe filed. (Distributed)
2025-04-09
Brief amici curiae of American Psychological Association, American Counseling Association filed. (Distributed)
2025-04-09
Brief amici curiae of American Atheists, Secular Student Alliance, Secular Coalition for America filed. (Distributed)
2025-04-09
Brief amici curiae of Scholars for the Advancement of Children's Constitutional Rights and Students Engaged in Advancing Texas filed. (Distributed)
2025-04-09
Brief amici curiae of GLBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2025-04-09
Brief amicus curiae of PEN American Center, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
2025-04-09
Brief amici curiae of Justin Driver and Eugene Volokh filed. (Distributed)
2025-04-09
Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2025-04-09
Brief amici curiae of Professor Lawrence G. Sager, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2025-04-09
Brief amici curiae of American Psychological Association, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2025-04-09
Brief amici curiae of American Atheists, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)
2025-04-09
Brief amici curiae of Scholars for the Advancement of Children's Constitutional Rights, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2025-04-09
Brief amici curiae of Justin Driver, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2025-04-09
Brief amicus curiae of Freedom From Religion Foundation filed. (Distributed)
2025-04-09
Brief amicus curiae of Robert D. Kamenshine filed. (Distributed)
2025-04-09
Brief amici curiae of Lebo Pride, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2025-04-02
Brief of Thomas Taylor, et al. submitted.
2025-04-02
Brief of respondents Thomas W. Taylor, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2025-03-19
CIRCULATED
2025-03-17
Motion of United States for leave to participate in oral argument and for divided argument submitted.
2025-03-17
Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
2025-03-11
Amicus brief of Ethics and Public Policy Center submitted.
2025-03-10
Amicus brief of Maryland Family Institute, Hawaii Family Forum, Alabama Policy Institute, Massachusetts Family Institute, Alaska Family Council, Center for Christian Virtue (Ohio), Nebraska Family Alliance, New York Families Foundation, The Family Foundation (Virginia), The Family Foundation (Kentucky), Kansas Family Voice, and Louisiana Family Forum submitted.
2025-03-10
Amicus brief of Professors S. Ernie Walton and Eric A. Degroff submitted.
2025-03-10
Amicus brief of Liberty Counsel submitted.
2025-03-10
Amicus brief of American Center for Law & Justice submitted.
2025-03-10
Amicus brief of Independence Law Center submitted.
2025-03-10
Amicus brief of Professors Douglas Laycock, Richard W. Garnett, Thomas C. Berg, Michael W. McConnell, and David Smolin submitted.
2025-03-10
Amicus brief of America First Legal Foundation submitted.
2025-03-10
Amicus brief of Tammy Fournier submitted.
2025-03-10
Amicus brief of Sutherland Institute submitted.
2025-03-10
Amicus brief of Amicus Curiae submitted.
2025-03-10
Amicus brief of America's Future, Citizens United Foundation, Public Advocate of the United States, U.S. Constitutional Rights Legal Defense Fund, Fitzgerald Griffin Foundation, and Conservative Legal Defense and Education Fund submitted.
2025-03-10
Amicus brief of California Parents for the Equalization of Educational Materials submitted.
2025-03-10
Amicus brief of Melissa Moschella, Ph.D. submitted.
2025-03-10
Amicus brief of Nathan Lewin submitted.
2025-03-10
Amicus brief of Center for American Liberty submitted.
2025-03-10
Amicus brief of Foundation for Moral Law submitted.
2025-03-10
Amicus brief of Legal Insurrection Foundation submitted.
2025-03-10
Amicus brief of Parents Defending Education submitted.
2025-03-10
Amicus brief of Protect Our Kids (California), Colorado Parents Advocacy Network, Protect Ohio Children Coalition, Nebraskans for Founders’ Values and Texas Education 911 submitted.
2025-03-10
Amicus brief of United States submitted.
2025-03-10
Amicus brief of Women's Liberation Front submitted.
2025-03-10
Amicus brief of Defense of Freedom Institute For Policy Studies, Jillian Balow, Michael DiMatteo, Patrick Garrison, Claudine "Beanie" Geoghegan, Nathan Gwinn, Mark Lendhardt, Tammy Rae McMahon-Goran, Paul Rossi, Dicky Shanor and Mitchell M. Zais submitted.
2025-03-10
Amicus brief of Muslim Parents, Sheikhs, and Imams submitted.
2025-03-10
Amicus brief of Parents Nicholas Brown, Zeina El Debs, Timothy Janss, Dagmar Janss, and Stephanie Pate submitted.
2025-03-10
Amicus brief of Manhattan Institute and Seven Psychologists submitted.
2025-03-10
Amicus brief of State of West Virginia, Commonwealth of Virginia, and 24 Other States submitted.
2025-03-10
Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
2025-03-10
Brief amici curiae of Our Duty–USA and Partners for Ethical Care filed.
2025-03-10
Brief amici curiae of 66 Members of Congress filed.
2025-03-10
Brief amici curiae of Muslim Parents, et al. filed.
2025-03-10
Brief amicus curiae of America First Legal Foundation filed.
2025-03-10
Brief amici curiae of State of West Virginia, et al. filed.
2025-03-10
Brief amici curiae of 35 Maryland Legislators filed.
2025-03-10
Brief amici curiae of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, et al. filed.
2025-03-10
Brief amicus curiae of Legal Insurrection Foundation filed.
2025-03-10
Brief amicus curiae of Sutherland Institute filed.
2025-03-10
Brief amici curiae of AASA, The School Superintendents Association, et al. filed.
2025-03-10
Brief amici curiae of Protect Our Kids (California), et al. filed.
2025-03-10
Brief amicus curiae of Ethics and Public Policy Center filed.
2025-03-10
Brief amicus curiae of Women's Liberation Front filed.
2025-03-10
Brief amicus curiae of Parents Defending Education filed.
2025-03-10
Brief amici curiae of Maryland Family Institute, et al. filed.
2025-03-10
Brief amicus curiae of Center for American Liberty filed.
2025-03-10
Brief amici curiae of National Religious Broadcasters, et al. filed.
2025-03-10
Brief amici curiae of Professors S. Ernie Walton, et al. filed.
2025-03-10
Brief amici curiae of Defense of Freedom Institute For Policy Studies, et al. filed.
2025-03-10
Brief amicus curiae of Tammy Fournier filed.
2025-03-10
Brief amicus curiae of Melissa Moschella, Ph.D. filed.
2025-03-10
Brief amicus curiae of Liberty Counsel filed.
2025-03-10
Brief amicus curiae of American Center for Law & Justice filed.
2025-03-10
Brief amici curiae of AASA, The School Superintendents Association, et al. supporting neither party filed.
2025-03-10
Brief amicus curiae of American Center for Law and Justice filed.
2025-03-10
Brief amici curiae of Christian Legal Society, et al. filed.
2025-03-10
Brief amici curiae of Law Professors filed.
2025-03-10
Brief amici curiae of Parent Nicholas Brown, et al. filed.
2025-03-10
Brief amici curiae of Professor Douglas Laycock, et al. filed.
2025-03-10
Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Moral Law filed.
2025-03-10
Brief amici curiae of NC Values Institute, et al. filed.
2025-03-10
Brief amicus curiae of Nathan Lewin filed.
2025-03-10
Brief amicus curiae of Independence Law Center filed.
2025-03-10
Brief amici curiae of America's Future, Citizens United Foundation, et al. filed.
2025-03-10
Brief amici curiae of Manhattan Institute, et al. filed.
2025-03-10
Brief amici curiae of Advancing American Freedom, et al. filed.
2025-03-10
Brief amici curiae of America's Future, et al. filed.
2025-03-10
Brief amici curiae of America's Frontline Doctors, et al. filed.
2025-03-07
Amicus brief of Americans for Prosperity Foundation submitted.
2025-03-07
Brief amicus curiae of Americans for Prosperity Foundation filed.
2025-03-05
Amicus brief of The Lonang Institute submitted.
2025-03-05
Brief amicus curiae of LONANG Institute filed.
2025-03-04
Brief of Tamer Mahmoud, et al. submitted.
2025-03-03
Brief of Tamer Mahmoud, et al. submitted.
2025-03-03
Joint Appendix submitted.
2025-03-03
Brief of petitioners Tamer Mahmoud, et al. filed.
2025-03-03
Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
2025-02-28
Amicus brief of Jaco Booyens Ministries, Ilonka Deaton, Tami Brown Rodriquez, and Truth in Education submitted.
2025-02-28
Brief amici curiae of Jaco Booyens Ministries, et al. filed.
2025-02-26
Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
2025-02-26
Record received from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. The record is electronic and is available on PACER.
2025-02-24
SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, April 22, 2025.
2025-01-17
Petition GRANTED.
2025-01-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/17/2025.
2024-12-27
Reply of Tamer Mahmoud, et al. submitted.
2024-12-27
Reply of petitioners Tamer Mahmoud, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2024-12-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2025.
2024-12-20
Waiver of the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition pursuant to Rule 15.5 filed by petitioners.
2024-12-18
Brief of Thomas Taylor, et al. in opposition submitted.
2024-12-18
Brief of respondents Thomas Taylor, et al. in opposition filed.
2024-10-24
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 18, 2024.
2024-10-21
Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 18, 2024 to December 18, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
2024-10-17
Response Requested. (Due November 18, 2024)
2024-10-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/1/2024.
2024-10-16
Brief amici curiae of West Virginia, et al. filed.
2024-10-16
Brief amici curiae of Protect the First Foundation, et al. filed.
2024-10-16
Brief amicus curiae of NC Values Institute filed.
2024-10-16
Brief amici curiae of America's Future, et al. filed.
2024-10-16
Brief amicus curiae of America First Legal Foundation filed.
2024-10-16
Brief amici curiae of Parents Nicholas Brown, et al. filed.
2024-10-15
Waiver of right of respondent Thomas Taylor, et al. to respond filed.
2024-10-15
Brief amici curiae of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2024-10-14
Brief amici curiae of Professor S. Ernie Walton, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2024-10-14
Brief amici curiae of Douglas Laycock, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2024-10-14
Brief amicus curiae of Christian Legal Society filed. (Distributed)
2024-10-04
Brief amici curiae of Advancing American Freedom, et al. filed.
2024-09-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 16, 2024)
2024-07-26
Application (24A94) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until September 12, 2024.
2024-07-24
Application (24A94) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from August 13, 2024 to September 12, 2024, submitted to The Chief Justice.
Attorneys
35 Maryland Legislators
66 Members of Congress
Erik S. Jaffe — Schaerr | Jaffe LLP, Amicus
AASA, The School Superintendents Association, et al.
Advancing American Freedom
America's Frontline Doctors
David Anthony Dalia — David A. Dalia, Amicus
America's Future, U.S. Constitutional Rights Legal Def. Fund, Fitzgerald Griffin Foundation, and Conservative Legal Def. and Education Fund
William Jeffrey Olson — William J. Olson, P.C., Amicus
American Atheists, Secular Student Alliance, Secular Coalition for America
American Center for Law & Justice
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION AND AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MARYLAND
Daniel Mach — American Civil Liberties Union, Amicus
American Psychological Association, American Counseling Association
Jessica Ring Amunson — Jenner & Block LLP, Amicus
Americans for Prosperity Foundation
Authors Guild, Inc., Educational Book & Media Association, and Penguin Random House LLC
Marc Aaron Fuller — Jackson Walker LLP, Amicus
California Parents for the Equalization of Educational Materials
Glenn Michael Katon — Mirador Law, Amicus
Center for American Liberty
Dale Michael Schowengerdt — Landmark Law, PLLC, Amicus
Christian Legal Society
Eric W. Treene — Sotorzer and Associates, PC, Amicus
Coalition for Responsible Home Education
Defense of Freedom Institute For Policy Studies, Jillian Balow, Michael DiMatteo, Patrick Garrison, Claudine "Beanie" Geoghegan, Nathan Gwinn, Mark Lendhardt, Tammy Rae McMahon-Goran, Paul Rossi, Dicky Shanor and Mitchell M. Zais
Douglas Laycock, Richard W. Garnett, Helen M. Alvaré, Thomas C. Berg, and Michael W. McConnell
Christopher E. Mills — Spero Law LLC, Amicus
Ethics and Public Policy Center
Foundation for Moral Law
Roy Stewart Moore — Foundation for Moral Law, Amicus
Frederick M. Gedicks, Steven Green, B. Jessie Hill, Richard B. Katskee, Ira C. Lupu, William P. Marshall, Richard C. Schragger, Micah Schwartzman, Elizabeth W. Sepper, Robert W. Tuttle, and Laura Underkuffler
Joshua Adam Matz — Hecker Fink LLP, Amicus
Freedom From Religion Foundation
GLBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders, The National Center for Lesbian Rights, Human Rights Campaign, Family Equality, COLAGE, FreeState Justice Inc., GLSEN, and The Trevor Project
Independence Law Center
Randall L. Wenger — Independence Law Center, Amicus
Interfaith Alliance
Jaco Booyens Ministries, Ilonka Deaton, Tami Brown Rodriquez, and Truth in Education
Law Professors
Lebo Pride, Education Law Center Pennsylvania, and Pennsylvania Youth Congress Foundation
Susan J. Frietsche — Women’s Law Project, Amicus
Legal Insurrection Foundation
Eric Alan Hudson — Terrazas PLLC, Amicus
Liberty Counsel
Mathew D. Staver — Amicus
Manhattan Institute and Seven Psychologists
Ilya Shapiro — Manhattan Institute, Amicus
Maryland Family Institute, Hawaii Family Forum, Alabama Policy Institute, Massachusetts Family Institute, Alaska Family Council, Center for Christian Virtue (Ohio), Nebraska Family Alliance, New York Families Foundation, The Family Foundation (Virginia),
Maryland, Massachusetts, Sixteen Other States, and the District of Columbia
Melissa Moschella, Ph.D.
Robert P. George — Robinson & McElwee, PLLC, Amicus
Montgomery County Faith Leaders
Muslim Organizations
Muslim Parents, Sheikhs, and Imams
Steven Timothy Collis — University of Texas Law, Amicus
Nathan Lewin
Nathan Lewin — Lewin & Lewin, LLP, Amicus
National Education Association et al.
National Religious Broadcasters
NC Values Institute
Deborah Dewart — Amicus
Our Duty–USA and Partners for Ethical Care
Parents Defending Education
John Michael Connolly — Consovoy McCarthy PLLC, Amicus
Parents Nicholas Brown, Zeina El Debs, Timothy Janss, Dagmar Janss, and Stephanie Pate
Frederick W. Claybrook Jr. — Claybrook, LLC, Amicus
PEN American Center, Inc.
Linda Jane Steinman — Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Amicus
Professor Lawrence G. Sager and Professor Nelson Tebbe
Professors Justin Driver and Eugene Volokh
Amanda Flug Davidoff — Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, Amicus
Professors S. Ernie Walton and Eric A. Degroff
Protect Our Kids (California), Colorado Parents Advocacy Network, Protect Ohio Children Coalition, Nebraskans for Founders’ Values and Texas Education 911
Thomas L. Brejcha Jr. — Thomas More Society, Amicus
Protect the First Foundation; The Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty; The Islam and Religious Freedom Action Team; Carmilla Tatel; Gretchen Melton; Stacy Dunn
Gene Clayton Schaerr — Schaerr | Jaffe, Amicus
Religious and Civil-Rights Organizations
Robert D. Kamenshine
Robert D Kamenshine — Amicus
Scholars for the Advancement of Children's Constitutional Rights and Students Engaged in Advancing Texas
State of West Virginia, Commonwealth of Virginia, and 23 Other States
Sutherland Institute
William C. Duncan — Amicus
Tamer Mahmoud, et al.
Eric S. Baxter — The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, Petitioner
Tammy Fournier
John J. Bursch — Alliance Defending Freedom, Amicus
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, et al.
Richard Shawn Gunnarson — Kirton McConkie, Amicus
The Leadership Conference Education Fund; PFLAG, Inc.; National Women's Law Center; Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc.
The Lonang Institute
Thomas Taylor, et al.
United States
D. John Sauer — Solicitor General, Amicus
Sarah M. Harris — Acting Solicitor General, Amicus
Women's Liberation Front