Decided

No. 20-804

Houston Community College System v. David Buren Wilson

from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

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Docket Entries

JUDGMENT ISSUED.

Judgment REVERSED. Gorsuch, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.

Argued. For petitioner: Richard A. Morris, Houston, Tex.; and Sopan Joshi, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondent: MIchael B. Kimberly, Washington, D. C.

The record from the U.S.D.C. Southern District of Texas has been electronically filed.

The time for oral argument is allotted as follows: 20 minutes for petitioner, 15 minutes for the Acting Solicitor General, and 35 minutes for respondent.

Reply of petitioner Houston Community College System filed. (Distributed)

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

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

Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union, et al. filed. (Distributed)

CIRCULATED

Brief of respondent David Buren Wilson filed. (Distributed)

The record from the U.S.C.A. 5th Circuit is electronic and located on Pacer.

Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 5th Circuit.

ARGUMENT SET FOR Tuesday, November 2, 2021.

Brief amicus curiae of American Jewish Committee filed.

Brief amici curiae of The State of Texas, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges filed.

Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Individual Rights in Education in support of neither party filed.

Brief amici curiae of Texas Association of School Boards Legal Assistance Fund, et al. filed.

Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)

Brief of petitioner Houston Community College System filed.

Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, David Buren Wilson

Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Houston Community College System

Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including July 14, 2021. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including September 17, 2021.

Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.

Petition GRANTED.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/23/2021.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/16/2021.

Letter waiving the 14-day waiting period for the filing of a reply pursuant to Rule 15.5 filed.

Brief of respondent David Buren Wilson in opposition filed.

Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including March 22, 2021.

Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 12, 2021 to March 22, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.

Brief amicus curiae of Texas Association of School Boards Legal Assistance Fund filed.

Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 12, 2021.

Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 13, 2021 to February 12, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 13, 2021)

Parties

Houston Community College System, Petitioner, represented by Richard A. Morris

David Buren Wilson, Respondent, represented by Michael B. Kimberly

Amici Curiae

American Civil Liberties Union, Institute for Free Speech, and The Rutherford Institute, Amicus Curiae, represented by Emerson James Sykes

American Jewish Committee, Amicus Curiae, represented by Gregory E. Ostfeld

Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jessica Lynn Ellsworth

Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, Amicus Curiae, represented by Eugene Volokh

Texas Association of School Boards Legal Assistance Fund, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Meredith Prykryl Walker

The State of Texas, The District of Columbia and Fifteen Additional States, Amicus Curiae, represented by Judd Edward Stone II

United States, Amicus Curiae, represented by Edwin Smiley Kneedler

 
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