Decided

No. 16-273

Gloucester County School Board v. G. G., By His Next Friend and Mother, Deirdre Grimm

from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

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Docket Entries

JUDGMENT ISSUED.

Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit for further consideration in light of the guidance document issued by the Department of Education and Department of Justice on February 22, 2017.

Brief amici curiae of City and County of San Francisco, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Americans United for Separation of Church and State and the National LGBT Bar Association filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of National Education Association, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, Secretary of Education John B. King, Jr., et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of 196 Members of Congress filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Martine Rothblatt filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., and the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Anti-Defamation League, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of School Administrators from Thirty-One States and the District of Columbia filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church and President of the House of Deputies of the Episcopal Church, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Mills College filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of PFLAG, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Dr. Ben Barres, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Impact Fund, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of interACT: Advocates for Intersex Youth, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of States of New York, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Professor Terry S. Kogan filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of American Academy of Pediatrics, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Anti-Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, and Gender-Based Violence Organizations filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of the Equality Federation filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of American Bar Association filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of World Professional Association for Transgender Health, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Scholars Who Study the Transgender Population filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Professors Samuel Bagenstos, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Montgomery County Public Schools filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of National Women's Law Center, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Transgender Students and Allies filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Law Enforcement Officers filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Human Rights Watch, and The New York City Bar Association filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Howard University School of Law Civil Rights Clinic filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Reagan Greenberg, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Apple, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Letter of respondent per 2/23/17 request of Clerk filed and distributed.

Letter of petitioner per 2/23/17 request of Clerk filed and distributed.

Brief amici curiae of National PTA, GLSEN, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Request from the Clerk that the parties submit their views on how this case should proceed in light of the guidance document issued by the Department of Education and Department of Justice on February 22, 2017. The parties' views should be in the form of letters delivered to the Court and served upon counsel by 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 1, 2017.

Brief of respondent G. G., By His Next Friend and Mother, Deirdre Grimm filed. (Distributed)

Advisory letter from the Solicitor General with attachment (U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division letter dated February 22, 2017) received and distributed.

CIRCULATED.

Record received from U.S.C.A. 4th Circuit. The record is electronic and available on PACER.

Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 4th Circuit.

Reply of West Virginia, et al. in support of motion for leave to participate in oral argument as amici curiae and for divided argument.

SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Opposition of respondent to motion of West Virginia, et al. for leave to participate in oral argument as amici curiae and for divided argument.

Motion of West Virginia, et al. for leave to participate in oral argument as amici curiae and for divided argument filed.

Letter of respondent in response to petitioner's lodging opposition.

Letter of petitioner in opposition to respondent's proposed lodging.

Proposal of respondent to lodge copies of a redacted Gloucester County Circuit Court order of 9/9/16, and the subsequent amended birth certificate issued to Mr. Grimm on 10/27/16.

Brief amici curiae of Major Religious Organizations filed.

Brief amicus curiae of David Boyle in support of neither party filed.

Brief amici curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Dr. Paul R. McHugh, M.D., Dr. Paul Hruz,M.D., Ph.D., and Dr. Lawrence S. Mayer, Ph.D. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Moral Law filed.

Brief amici curiae of Christian Educators Association International, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of The National School Boards Association, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Public Advocate of the United States, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Religious Colleges, Schools and Educators filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Concerned Women for America filed.

Brief amici curiae of Cato Institute, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund filed.

Brief amici curiae of National Organization for Marriage and Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence filed.

Brief amici curiae of Members of Congress filed.

Brief amici curiae of Gail Heriot and Peter N. Kirsanow, members of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, in their capacities as private citizens filed.

Brief amicus curiae of William J. Bennett filed.

Brief amici curiae of Dr. Judith Reisman and the Child Protection Institute filed.

Brief amici curiae of Women's Liberation Front, and Family Policy Alliance filed.

Brief amici curiae of West Virginia and 20 Other States, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Alliance Defending Freedom filed.

Brief amici curiae of Public Safety Experts filed.

Brief amici curiae of General Conference of the Seventh-Day Adventists, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Professors Dean Ronald A. Cass, Christopher C. Demuth, Sr., and Christopher J. Walker filed.

Brief amici curiae of North Carolina Values Coalition, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Safe Spaces for Women in support of neither party filed.

Joint appendix filed.

Brief of petitioner Gloucester County School Board filed.

The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including January 3, 2017.

The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including February 23, 2017.

Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs in support of either party or of neither party from counsel for petitioner.

Petition GRANTED limited to Questions 2 and 3 presented by the petition.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 28, 2016.

Brief amicus curiae of Missouri filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of National Organization for Marriage and Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of 8,914 Students, Parents, Grandparents and Community Members, et al. filed. (Distributed)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 14, 2016.

Brief amici curiae of West Virginia and 18 other States, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Cato Institute, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Cardinal Newman Society, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Women's Liberation Front filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of William J. Bennett filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Professional Educators From 46 States filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Members of Congress filed. (Distributed)

Reply of petitioner Gloucester County School Board filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund filed.

Brief amici curiae of Gail Heriot and Peter N. Kirsanow, members of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, in their capacities as private citizens filed.

Brief amici curiae of Liberty, Life, and Law Foundation, et al. filed.

Brief of respondent G. G., By His Next Friend and Mother, Deirdre Grimm in opposition filed.

Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs in support, of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for petitioner.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 3, 2016)

Application (16A166) denied by The Chief Justice.

Response to application from respondent G. G., By His Next Friend and Mother, Deirdre Grimm filed.

Application (16A166) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from August 29, 2016 to September 28, 2016, submitted to The Chief Justice.

Application (16A52) referred to the Court.

The application to recall and stay the mandate of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in case No. 15-2056, presented to The Chief Justice and by him referred to the Court is granted and the preliminary injunction entered by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on June 23, 2016, is hereby stayed pending the timely filing and disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari. Should the petition for a writ of certiorari be denied, this stay shall terminate automatically. In the event the petition for a writ of certiorari is granted, the stay shall terminate upon the issuance of the judgment of this Court. Justice Breyer, concurring (Detached Opinion) Justice Ginsburg, Justice Sotomayor, and Jusitce Kagan would deny the application.

Reply of applicant Gloucester County School Board filed.

Response to application from respondent G. G., By His Next Friend and Mother, Deirdre Grimm filed.

Response to application (16A52) requested by The Chief Justice, due Wednesday, July 27, 2016, by 4 p.m. ET.

Application (16A52) to recall and stay, submitted to The Chief Justice.

Parties

Gloucester County School Board, Petitioner, represented by S. Kyle Duncan

G. G., By His Next Friend and Mother, Deirdre Grimm, Respondent, represented by Joshua A. Block

Amici Curiae

196 Members of Congress, Amicus Curiae, represented by Peter T. Barbur

8,914 Students, Parents, Grandparents and Community Members, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Kristen K. Waggoner

Alliance Defending Freedom, Amicus Curiae, represented by Gary Stuart McCaleb

American Academy of Pediatrics, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Scott Block Wilkens

American Bar Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by Linda A. Klein

Americans United for Separation of Church and State and The National LGBT Bar Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by Kenneth Y. Choe

Anti-Defamation League, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Barry J. Fleishman

Anti-Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, and Gender-Based Violence Organizations, Amicus Curiae, represented by Walter Dellinger

Apple, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Deborah H. Renner

Cardinal Newman Society, et al. Religious Colleges, Schools and Educators, Amicus Curiae, represented by Kelly J. Shackelford

Cato Institute, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Ilya Shapiro

Christian Educators Association International, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Karla McKanders

City and County of San Francisco, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Jaime H. Delaye

Concerned Women for America, Amicus Curiae, represented by Steven W. Fitschen

Constitutional Accountability Center, Amicus Curiae, represented by Brianne Jenna Gorod

David Boyle in support of neither party, Amicus Curiae, represented by David C. Boyle

Dr. Ben Barres, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Howard S. Zelbo

Dr. Judith Reisman and the Child Protection Institute, Amicus Curiae, represented by Mathew D. Staver

Dr. Paul R. McHugh, M.D., Dr. Paul Hruz,M.D., Ph.D., and Dr. Lawrence S. Mayer, Ph.D.,, Amicus Curiae, represented by Gerard V. Bradley

Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund, Amicus Curiae, represented by Lawrence J. Joseph

Equality Federation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Douglas Hallward-Driemeier

Foundation for Moral Law, Amicus Curiae, represented by Phillip L. Jauregui

Gail Heriot and Peter N. Kirsanow, members of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, in their capacities as private citizens, Amicus Curiae, represented by Gail L. Heriot

General Conference of the Seventh-Day Adventists, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Eric S. Baxter

GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Dean Richlin

Howard University School of Law Civil Rights Clinic, Amicus Curiae, represented by Karla McKanders

Human Rights Watch, and The New York City Bar Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by Richard L. Levine

Impact Fund, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Lindsay Polastri Nako

interACT: Advocates for Intersex Youth, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Jonah Moses Knobler

Law Enforcement Officers, Amicus Curiae, represented by Katherine Melanie Forster

Liberty, Life, and Law Foundation, et al. North Carolina Value Coalition, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Deborah Dewart

Major Religious Organizations, Amicus Curiae, represented by Richard Shawn Gunnarson

Martine Rothblatt, Amicus Curiae, represented by Tobias Barrington Wolff

Members of Congress, Amicus Curiae, represented by William S. Consovoy

Mills College, Amicus Curiae, represented by Deanne E. Maynard

Missouri, Amicus Curiae, represented by James R. Layton

Montgomery County Public Schools, Amicus Curiae, represented by Derek T. Ho

NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., and the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, Amicus Curiae, represented by Suzanne B. Goldberg

National Education Association, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Alice M. O'Brien

National Organization for Marriage and Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence, Amicus Curiae, represented by John C. Eastman

National PTA, GLSEN, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Richard D. Bernstein

National Women's Law Center, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Charles A. Rothfeld

Pacific Legal Foundation, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Anthony L. Francois

PFLAG, Inc., et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by John C. Dwyer

Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church and President of the House of Deputies of the Episcopal Church, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Jeffrey S. Trachtman

Professional Educators From 46 States, Amicus Curiae, represented by Michael Lee Francisco

Professors - Dear Ronald A. Cass, Christopher C. Demuth, Sr., and Christopher J. Walker, Amicus Curiae, represented by Ronald A. Cass

Professors Samuel Bagenstos, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Eric F. Citron

Professor Terry S. Kogan, Amicus Curiae, represented by Andrew McHie Lacy

Public Advocate of the United States, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Robert Jeffrey Olson

Public Safety Experts, Amicus Curiae, represented by Michael Lee Francisco

Reagan Greenberg, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Aderson Bellegarde Francois

Safe Spaces for Women, Amicus Curiae, represented by Ryan Lee Bangert

Scholars Who Study the Transgender Population, Amicus Curiae, represented by Mark Haddad

School Administrators from Thirty-One States and the District of Columbia, Amicus Curiae, represented by Richard Mark Segal

Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, Secretary of Education John B. King, Jr., et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Jeffrey L. Bleich

States of New York, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Barbara D. Underwood

The National School Boards Association, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Michelle Shamblin Stratton

Transgender Students and Allies, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jesse Ryan Loffler

West Virginia and 18 other States, et al. West Virginia and 20 Other States, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Elbert Lin

William J. Bennett, Amicus Curiae, represented by Charles J. Cooper

Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty, Amicus Curiae, represented by Mario Loyola

Women's Liberation Front, Amicus Curiae, represented by David Gabriel Bookbinder

World Professional Association for Transgender Health, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Thomas M. Hefferon

 
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