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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-256 Libby Hilsenrath, on Behalf of Her Minor Child, C. H. v. Chathams School District Board of Education Third Circuit 2025-09-04 Denied establishment-clause first-amendment free-exercise-clause parental-rights public-school religious-freedom Whether a public school violates the Establishment Clause by assigning content that proselytizes for, extols, and gives favored treatment to Islam (or…
23-601 John and Jane Parents 1, et al. v. Montgomery County Board of Education, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-12-05 Denied Amici (10)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5) civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process gender-transition injunctive-relief parental-rights policy public-school school-policy standing standing-doctrine Like a multitude of other school districts across the nation, the Montgomery County (Md.) Board of Education ( "MCBE" ) has recently adopted a policy …
22-413 Robert M. Atwell v. Tennessee Tennessee 2022-11-02 Denied Response Waived constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-conviction criminal-law due-process ex-post-facto public-school school-premises-restriction sex-offender-registration tennessee-law 1. Was the Petitioner's arrest and conviction under the TSORA a violation of the Ex Post Facto Clause of the U.S. CONST., art. 1, sec. 10, cl. 1?
21-1014 T. O., a Child, et al. v. Fort Bend Independent School District, et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-01-18 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process excessive-force fourth-amendment pedagogical-purpose public-school qualified-immunity school-officials 1. Whether a public school student is barred from bringing an excessive-force claim alleging a violation of his federal constitutional rights whenever…
21-418 Joseph A. Kennedy v. Bremerton School District Ninth Circuit 2021-09-16 Judgment Issued Amici (68)Relisted (2) constitutional-rights establishment-clause first-amendment free-exercise free-speech public-employment public-school religious-expression 1. Whether a public-school employee who says a brief, quiet prayer by himself while at school and visible to students is engaged in government speech …
18-1438 Caleigh Wood v. Evelyn Arnold, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-05-16 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) 1st-amendment compelled-speech curriculum establishment-clause First-Amendment free-speech Lemon-Test lemon-v-kurtzman preferential-treatment public-school Public-School-Curriculum public-schools religion Religious-Freedom religious-practices For the past several decades, courts have struggled to determine when public schools may permissively teach about religion and when public schools cro…
18-12 Joseph A. Kennedy v. Bremerton School District Ninth Circuit 2018-07-02 Denied Amici (7)Relisted (12) coaches constitutional-rights employment-rights establishment-clause first-amendment free-speech public-employment public-forum public-school religious-expression school-speech teachers tinker-v-des-moines Whether public school teachers and coaches retain any First Amendment rights when at work and "in the general presence of" students.