No. 24A987

Joseph Miller, et al. v. James V. McDonald, Commissioner, New York State Department of Health, et al.

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2025-04-16
Status: Presumed Complete
Type: A
Experienced Counsel
Tags: amish-community employment-division-v-smith first-amendment free-exercise-clause religious-exemption vaccination-mandate
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Question not identified.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether New York's mandatory school vaccination law, as applied to Amish individuals and schools with sincere religious objections to vaccination, violates the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment by categorically denying religious exemptions and failing to satisfy the requirements of Employment Division v. Smith

Docket Entries

2025-04-17
Application (24A987) granted by Justice Sotomayor extending the time to file until July 31, 2025.
2025-04-14
Application (24A987) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 1, 2025 to July 31, 2025, submitted to Justice Sotomayor.

Attorneys

Joseph Miller, et al.
Kyle Douglas HawkinsLehotsky Keller Cohn LLP, Petitioner