No. 18-107
R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes, Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, et al.
Tags: circuit-split civil-rights employment-discrimination gender-identity price-waterhouse-v-hopkins sex-discrimination statutory-construction statutory-interpretation title-vii transgender
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity DueProcess EmploymentDiscrimina Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
SocialSecurity DueProcess EmploymentDiscrimina Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference:
2020-05-21
(distributed 14 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the word 'sex' in Title VII's prohibition on discrimination 'because of . . . sex,' 42 U.S.C. 2000e-2(a)(1), meant 'gender identity' and included 'transgender status' when Congress enacted Title VII in 1964
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether the word “sex” in Title VII’s prohibition on discrimination “because of . . . sex,” 42 U.S.C. 2000e-2(a)(1), meant “gender identity” and included “transgender status” when Congress enacted Title VII in 1964. 2. Whether Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins, 490 U.S. 228 (1989), prohibits employers from applying sex-specific policies according to their employees’ sex rather than their gender identity.
Docket Entries
2020-07-17
JUDGMENT ISSUED.
2020-05-26
Motion to substitute Donna Stephens, as Trustee of the Aimee A. and Donna Stephens Trust, as a respondent in place of Aimee Stephens, Deceased GRANTED.
2020-05-18
Motion DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/21/2020.
2020-05-15
Motion to substitute Donna Stephens, as Trustee of the Aimee A. and Donna Stephens Trust, as a respondent in place of Aimee Stephens, Deceased. (Distributed)
2019-10-08
Argued. For respondent Aimee Stephens: David D. Cole, New York, N. Y. For petitioner: John J. Bursch, Washington, D. C. For respondent Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in support of reversal: Noel J. Francisco, Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C.
2019-09-11
Motion for divided argument filed by respondent GRANTED.
2019-09-10
Reply of respondent Aimee Stephens filed. (Distributed)
2019-08-23
Brief amici curiae of United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2019-08-23
Brief amicus curiae of Center for Religious Expression filed. (Distributed)
2019-08-23
Brief amici curiae of Scholars of Family and Sexuality filed. (Distributed)
2019-08-23
Brief amici curiae of Walt Heyer, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2019-08-23
Brief amici curiae of Women Business Owners and CEOs filed. (Distributed)
2019-08-23
Brief amicus curiae of William J. Bennett filed. (Distributed)
2019-08-23
Brief amicus curiae of Liberty Counsel filed. (Distributed)
2019-08-23
Brief amici curiae of Family Policy Groups filed. (Distributed)
2019-08-23
Brief amicus curiae of Christian Employers Alliance filed. (Distributed)
2019-08-23
Brief amicus curiae of Judicial Watch, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
2019-08-23
Brief amicus curiae of Military Spouses United filed. (Distributed)
2019-08-23
Brief amicus curiae of Public Advocate of the United Staes, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2019-08-22
Motion for divided argument filed by the Solicitor General.
2019-08-22
Brief amicus curiae of Dr. Paul R. McHugh, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry filed. (Distributed)
2019-08-22
Brief amicus curiae of Free Speech Advocates filed. (Distributed)
2019-08-22
Brief amici curiae of Scholars of Philosophy, Theology, Law, Politics, History, Literature, and the Sciences filed. (Distributed)
2019-08-22
Brief amici curiae of Independent Women's Forum, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2019-08-22
Brief amici curiae of National Medical and Policy Groups That Study Sex and Gender Identity filed. (Distributed)
2019-08-22
Brief amicus curiae of Professor W. Burlette Carter filed. (Distributed)
2019-08-21
Brief amicus curiae of Great Lakes Justice Center filed. (Distributed)
2019-08-20
Brief amicus curiae of Women's Liberation Front filed. (Distributed)
2019-08-20
Brief amicus curiae of Center for Arizona Policy filed. (Distributed)
2019-08-16
Brief of petitioner R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
2019-08-16
Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Moral Law filed. (Distributed)
2019-08-16
Brief of respondent Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed. (Distributed)
2019-08-16
Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 6th Circuit.
2019-08-16
Record received from the U.S.C.A. 6th Circuit is electronic.
2019-08-01
CIRCULATED
2019-07-03
Brief amici curiae of Professors Samuel R. Bagenstos, Michael C. Dorf, Martin S. Lederman, Leah M. Litman, and Margo Schlanger filed.
2019-07-03
Brief amici curiae of Anti-sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, and Gender-based Violence Organizations filed.
2019-07-03
Brief amici curiae of Brief of Scholars Who Study the Transgender Population filed.
2019-07-03
Brief amici curiae of Law & History Professors filed.
2019-07-03
Brief amicus curiae of Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc. filed.
2019-07-03
Brief amici curiae of Transgender Law Center, Center for Constitutional Rights, and 44 Other Non-Profit and Grassroots Organizations filed.
2019-07-02
Brief amici curiae of Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund and 33 Organizations Serving Transgender Individuals filed.
2019-07-01
SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, October 8, 2019.
2019-06-26
Brief of respondent Aimee Stephens filed.
2019-06-06
Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
2019-05-30
Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
2019-05-10
Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes, Inc.
2019-04-22
Petition GRANTED limited to the following question: Whether Title VII prohibits discrimination against transgender people based on (1) their status as transgender or (2) sex stereotyping under Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins, 490 U. S. 228 (1989).
2019-04-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/18/2019.
2019-04-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/12/2019.
2019-03-25
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/29/2019.
2019-03-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/22/2019.
2019-03-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/15/2019.
2019-02-25
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/1/2019.
2019-02-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/22/2019.
2019-02-15
Letter of February 13, 2019 from counsel for petitioners received. (Distributed)
2019-02-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/15/2019.
2019-01-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/18/2019.
2019-01-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/11/2019.
2018-12-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/4/2019.
2018-12-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/7/2018.
2018-12-03
Rescheduled.
2018-11-26
Rescheduled.
2018-11-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/30/2018.
2018-11-06
Reply of petitioner R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes, Inc. filed.
2018-10-24
Brief of Federal Respondent in opposition filed.
2018-10-24
Brief of respondent Aimee Stephens in opposition filed.
2018-09-18
The motions to extend the time to file responses are granted and the time is further extended to and including October 24, 2018, for all respondents.
2018-09-17
Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 24, 2018 to October 24, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
2018-09-13
Letter of September 13, 2018 from counsel for petitioner filed.
2018-08-23
Brief amicus curiae of Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty filed.
2018-08-23
Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Moral Law filed.
2018-08-23
Brief amici curiae of States of Nebraska, et al. filed.
2018-08-23
Brief amici curiae of Public Advocate of the United States, et al. filed.
2018-08-15
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including September 24, 2018, for all respondents.
2018-08-15
Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes, Inc.
2018-08-14
Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 23, 2018 to September 24, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
2018-08-08
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including September 24, 2018.
2018-07-30
Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 23, 2018 to September 24, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
2018-07-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 23, 2018)
2018-05-16
Application (17A1267) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until August 3, 2018.
2018-05-11
Application (17A1267) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 5, 2018 to August 3, 2018, submitted to Justice Kagan.
Attorneys
206 Businesses
Advocates for Faith and Freedom
C. Thomas Ludden — Lipson Neilson P.C., Amicus
Aimee Stephens
John A. Knight — American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Respondent
David D. Cole — American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Respondent
Altria Group, Inc.
Lauren Rosenblum Goldman — Mayer Brown LLP, Amicus
American Bar Association
Robert M. Carlson — American Bar Association, Amicus
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
American Psychological Association, et al.
Jessica Ring Amunson — Jenner & Block LLP, Amicus
American Public Philosophy Institute
Anti-Discrimination Scholars
Mitchell Pearsall Reich — Hogan Lovells US LLP, Amicus
Anti-sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, and Gender-based Violence Organizations
Walter Dellinger — O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Amicus
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, et al.
Frederick W. Claybrook Jr. — Claybrook, LLC, Amicus
Brief of Scholars Who Study the Transgender Population
David Ryan Carpenter — Sidley Austin LLP, Amicus
Business Organizations
Lisa Schiavo Blatt — Williams & Connolly LLP, Amicus
Center for Arizona Policy
Center for Religious Expression
Corpus-Linguistics Scholars Professors Brian Slocum, et al.
Andrew Rhys Davies — Allen and Overy LLP, Amicus
Council of Christian Colleges & Universities, et al.
Richard Shawn Gunnarson — Kirton McConkie, Amicus
David A. Robinson
Defend My Privacy, et al.
Joel Aaron Ready — Cornerstone Law Firm, LLC, Amicus
Dr. Paul R. McHugh, M.D.
Randall L. Wenger — Independence Law Center, Amicus
Employment Discrimination Law Scholars
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Noel John Francisco — Jones Day, Respondent
Family Policy Groups
First Liberty Institute
Kelly J. Shackelford — First Liberty Institute, Amicus
Former Executive Branch Officials and Leaders, et al.
Evan Wolfson — Dentons US LLP, Amicus
Foundation for Moral Law
Free Speech Advocates
Thomas Patrick Monaghan — Amicus
Georgia Equality
GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders, National Center for Lesbian Rights, et al.
Great Lakes Justice Center
William Wagner — Great Lakes Justice Center, Amicus
Historians
Impact Fund, et al.
Lindsay Polastri Nako — Impact Fund, Amicus
Independent Women's Forum, et al.
Anita Yvonne Milanovich — Milanovich Law, PLLC, Amicus
Institute for Faith and Family and Christian Family Coalition
Deborah Dewart — Amicus
Intel Corporation
Dan L. Bagatell — Perkins Coie LLP, Amicus
Interact: Advocates for Intersex Youth, et al.
Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty
Thomas William Parker Douglas — Amicus
Judicial Watch, Inc.
Robert D. Popper — Judicial Watch, Inc., Amicus
Kenneth B. Mehlman, et al.
Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc.
Karen Lee Loewy — Lambda Legal, Amicus
Law & History Professors
Craig Joseph Konnoth — Amicus
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, and 57 Civil Rights Organizations
Legal Aid Society
Brian Timothy Burgess — Goodwin Procter, LLP, Amicus
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ+) Members of the Legal Profession
Liberty Counsel
Mathew D. Staver — Amicus
Local Governments and Mayors
Members of Congress
Peter T. Barbur — Cravath, Swaine & Moore, Amicus
Military Spouses United
Modern Military Association of America and Transgender American Veterans Association
James Leon Moore III — Amicus
Muslim Bar Association of New York, et al.
National Association of Evangelicals, et al.
Alexander Dushku — Kirton McConkie, Amicus
National Education Association, et al.
Jeffrey Alan Lamken — Mololamken LLP, Amicus
National LGBT Bar Association, et al.
National Medical and Policy Groups That Study Sex and Gender Identity
Antony B. Kolenc — Amicus
National Organization for Marriage and Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence
National Women's Law Center
Erica Courtney Lai — Cohen & Gresser LLP, Amicus
New Civil Liberties Alliance
Jonathan F. Mitchell — Mitchell Law PLLC, Amicus
Philosophy Professors
Professor W. Burlette Carter
Professors Samuel R. Bagenstos, Michael C. Dorf, Martin S. Lederman, Leah M. Litman, and Margo Schlanger
R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes, Inc.
John J. Bursch — Alliance Defending Freedom, Petitioner
James A. Campbell — Alliance Defending Freedom, Petitioner
Religious Freedom Institute's Islam & Religious Freedom Action Team, et al.
Michael K. Whitehead — Whitehead Law Firm, LLC, Amicus
Ryan T. Anderson
Scholars of Family and Sexuality
Scholars of Philosophy, Theology, Law, Politics, History, Literature, and the Sciences
David R. Langdon — Langdon Law, LLC, Amicus
Service Employees International Union, et al.
Barbara Jane Chisholm — Altshuler Berzon LLP, Amicus
State of New Hampshire
States of Illinois, New York, et al.
Barbara Dale Underwood — Solicitor General, Amicus
States of Nebraska, et al.
States of Tennessee, et al.
Statutory Interpretation and Equality Law Scholars
The American Medical Association, et al.
Scott Block Wilkens — Wiley Rein LLP, Amicus
The H.T. Hackney Co.
The Presiding Bishop and President of the House of Deputies of the Episcopal Church, et al.
The Southern Poverty Law Center, et al.
Melissa Arbus Sherry — Latham & Watkins LLP, Amicus
The Trevor Project, PFLAG, and Family Equality
Douglas Charles Dreier — Wiley Rein LLP, Amicus
The Women’s and Children’s Advocacy Project, Equal Means Equal, and Allies Reaching for Equality
Wendy J. Murphy — New Englland School of Law, Amicus
Transgender Law Center, Center for Constitutional Rights, and 44 Other Non-Profit and Grassroots Organizations
Julia Renee Lissner — Akerman LLP, Amicus
Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund and 33 Organizations Serving Transgender Individuals
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, et al.
Walt Heyer, et al.
Gregory H. Teufel — OGC Law, LLC, Amicus
Walter Dellinger, et al.
Joshua Adam Matz — Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP, Amicus
William J. Bennett
Charles Justin Cooper — Cooper & Kirk, PLLC, Amicus
William N. Eskridge Jr. and Andrew M. Koppelman
William N. Eskridge Jr. — Yale Law School, Amicus
Wisconsin Advocacy Organizations
Jeffrey Allen McIntyre — HUSCH BLACKWELL LLP, Amicus
Women Business Owners and CEOs
Thomas L. Brejcha Jr. — Thomas More Society, Amicus
Women CEOs and Other C-Suite Executives
Women's Liberation Front