Decided

No. 18-18

Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission v. American Humanist Association, et al.

from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

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Docket Entries

JUDGMENT ISSUED.

Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Alito, J., announced the judgment of the Court and delivered the opinion of the Court with respect to Parts I, II–B, II–C, III, and IV, in which Roberts, C. J., and Breyer, Kagan, and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined, and an opinion with respect to Parts II–A and II–D, in which Roberts, C. J., and Breyer and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined. Breyer, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Kagan, J., joined. Kavanaugh, J., filed a concurring opinion. Kagan, J., filed an opinion concurring in part. Thomas, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment. Gorsuch, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which Thomas, J., joined. Ginsburg, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Sotomayor, J., joined. VIDED.

Argued. For petitioner in 18-18: Neal K. Katyal, Washington, D. C. For petitioners in 17-1717: Michael A. Carvin, Washington, D. C. For United States, as amicus curiae, supporting petitioners: Jeffrey B. Wall, Acting Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondents: Monica L. Miller, Washington, D. C. VIDED.

CIRCULATED

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

SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, February 27, 2019. VIDED.

Petition GRANTED. The petition for a writ of certiorari in No. 17-1717 is granted. The cases are consolidated and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument. VIDED.

Because the Court has consolidated these cases for briefing and oral argument, future filings and activity in the cases will now be reflected on the docket of No. 17-1717. Subsequent filings in these cases must therefore be submitted through the electronic filing system in No. 17-1717. Each document submitted in connection with one or more of these cases must include on its cover the case number and caption for each case in which the filing is intended to be submitted. Where a filing is submitted in fewer than all of the cases, the docket entry will reflect the case number(s) in which the flings is submitted; a document filed in all of the consolidated cases will be noted as “VIDED.”

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/2/2018.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/26/2018.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/12/2018.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.

Reply of petitioner Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Prince George's County, Maryland filed.

Brief amicus curiae of The Rutherford Institute filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Moral Law filed.

Brief amici curiae of State of West Virginia, 27 Other States & the Governor of Kentucky filed. VIDED.

Brief amici curiae of Maryland Elected Officials filed. VIDED

Brief amici curiae of Medal of Honor Recipients filed. VIDED.

Brief amici curiae of Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, et al. filed. VIDED.

Brief amicus curiae of The Town of Taos, New Mexico filed. VIDED.

Brief amicus curiae of Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty filed. VIDED.

Brief amici curiae of Retired Generals and Flag Officers filed. VIDED.

Brief amicus curiae of International Municipal Lawyers Association filed. VIDED.

Brief amicus curiae of The Islam and Religious Freedom Action Team of the Religious Freedom Institute filed. VIDED

Brief amici curiae of Major General Patrick Brady and Veterans Groups Erecting and Maintaining War Memorials filed. VIDED.

Brief amici curiae of 109 United States Senators and Members of the United States House of Representatives filed. VIDED.

Brief amicus curiae of Military Order of the Purple Heart filed. VIDED.

Brief amicus curiae of American Center for Law & Justice filed. VIDED.

Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission.

Blanket Consent filed by Respondents, The American Legion, The American Legion Department of Maryland, and The American Legion Colmar Manor Post 131.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 2, 2018)

Application (17A1175) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until June 29, 2018.

Application (17A1175) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 30, 2018 to June 29, 2018, submitted to The Chief Justice.

Parties

Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, Petitioner, represented by Neal Kumar Katyal

American Humanist Association, et al., Respondent, represented by Monica Lynn Miller

The American Legion, The American Legion Department of Maryland, and The American Legion Colmar Manor Post 131, Respondent, represented by Michael A. Carvin

Amici Curiae

109 United States Senators and Members of the United States House of Representatives, Amicus Curiae, represented by Charles Justin Cooper

Foundation for Moral Law, Amicus Curiae, represented by John Allen Eidsmoe

International Municipal Lawyers Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by Paul J. Zidlicky

Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty, Amicus Curiae, represented by Daniel Patrick Kearney Jr.

Major General Patrick Brady and Veterans Groups Erecting and Maintaining War Memorials, Amicus Curiae, represented by David Andrew Cortman

Maryland Elected Officials, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jeffrey Matthew Harris

Medal of Honor Recipients, Amicus Curiae, represented by Brian Himanshu Pandya

Military Order of the Purple Heart, Amicus Curiae, represented by Matthew James Dowd

Prince George's County, Maryland, Amicus Curiae, represented by Milton Eugene McIver

Religious and Civil-Rights Organizations, Amicus Curiae, represented by Richard Brian Katskee

Retired Generals and Flag Officers, Amicus Curiae, represented by Aaron Michael Streett

State of Maryland, Amicus Curiae, represented by Julia Doyle Bernhardt

State of Maryland, Amicus Curiae, represented by John Robert Grimm

State of West Virginia, 27 Other States & the Governor of Kentucky, Amicus Curiae, represented by Lindsay Sara See

The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, Amicus Curiae, represented by Luke W. Goodrich

The Islam and Religious Freedom Action Team of the Religious Freedom Institute, Amicus Curiae, represented by Miles Edward Coleman

THE NATIONAL JEWISH COMMISSION ON LAW AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS, Amicus Curiae, represented by Nathan Lewin

The Rutherford Institute, Amicus Curiae, represented by Michael J. Lockerby

The Town of Taos, New Mexico, Amicus Curiae, represented by William Perry Pendley

Veterans in Defense of Liberty, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Frederick W. Claybrook Jr.

Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Paul D. Clement

 
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