JUDGMENT ISSUED.

Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Kennedy, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Scalia, Thomas, and Alito, JJ., joined. Ginsburg, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined.

Argued. For petitioner: Daryl L. Joseffer, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Brian P. Lauten, Dallas, Tex.; and Melissa Arbus Sherry, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.)

Reply of petitioner University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center filed. (Distributed)

Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.

Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.

Brief amicus curiae of American Association of University Professors filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Employment Law Professors filed. (Distributed).

Brief amicus curiae of Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of National Education Association filed. (Distributed)

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

Brief amici curiae of Committee of Interns and Residents SEIU, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief of respondent Naiel Nassar filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Washington Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Consent to filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for respondent Naiel Nassar.

Brief amici curiae of American Council on Education, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of National School Boards Association filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of New England Legal Foundation filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America and the Retail Litigation Center filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Equal Employment Advisory Council, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of DRI - The Voice of the Defense Bar filed. (Distributed)

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

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

CIRCULATED.

Brief of petitioner University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center filed. (Distributed)

Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed.) (Distributed)

Record from U.S.C.A. for 5th Circuit is electronic.

Record from U.S.D.C. for Northern District of Texas is electronic.

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

SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Petition GRANTED.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 18, 2013.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 11, 2013.

Reply of petitioner University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center filed. (Distributed)

Brief of respondent Naiel Nassar in opposition filed.

Brief amici curiae of Equal Employment Advisory Council, et al. filed.

Order extending time to file response to petition to and including December 18, 2012.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 19, 2012)

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Petitioner, represented by Daryl L. Joseffer

Naiel Nassar, Respondent, represented by Brian P. Lauten

American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Samer B. Korkor

American Association of University Professors, Amicus Curiae, represented by Aaron Martin Nisenson

American Council on Education, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by H. Christopher Bartolomucci

Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America and the Retail Litigation Center, Amicus Curiae, represented by Gregory G. Garre

Committee of Interns and Residents SEIU, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Charlotte Garden

DRI - The Voice of the Defense Bar, Amicus Curiae, represented by Mary Massaron Ross

Employment Law Professors, Amicus Curiae, represented by Sandra F. Sperino

Equal Employment Advisory Council, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Rae T. Vann

Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by David Jonathan Hacker

Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jon M. Greenbaum

Michigan, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by John J. Bursch

national Education Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by Alice M. O'Brien

National Employment Lawyers Association, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Michael Foreman

National School Boards Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by Francisco M. Negron Jr.

New England Legal Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Benjamin G. Robbins

United States, Amicus Curiae, represented by Donald B. Verrilli Jr.

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center v. Naiel Nassar, Amicus Curiae, represented by Melissa Arbus Sherry

Washington Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Neal Goldfarb