No. 19-837

Jerome Kunkel, et al. v. Northern Kentucky Independent Health District, et al.

Lower Court: Kentucky
Docketed: 2020-01-02
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Relisted (2)
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection first-amendment free-speech freedom-of-speech religious-freedom retaliation substantive-due-process
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Latest Conference: 2020-03-06 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does a Health Department and its employees violate the United States Constitution when they disparately treat and target private Catholic Elementary and High School students by imposing a ban on children from attending the school who refuse to be vaccinated for chicken pox, due to the students' and parents' sincerely held religious beliefs, and in retaliation from a threat of a lawsuit?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Does a Health Department and its employees violate the United States Constitution when they disparately treat and target private Catholic Elementary and High School students by imposing a ban on children from attending the school who refuse to be vaccinated for chicken pox, due to the students’ and parents’ sincerely held religious beliefs, and in retaliation from a threat of a lawsuit?

Docket Entries

2020-03-09
Petition DENIED.
2020-03-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/6/2020.
2020-02-27
Rescheduled.
2020-02-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/28/2020.
2020-01-29
Brief of respondents Northern Kentucky Independent Health District, et al. in opposition filed.
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2019-12-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 3, 2020)
PetitionAppendixCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
2019-10-31
Application (19A466) granted by Justice Sotomayor extending the time to file until January 6, 2020.
2019-10-25
Application (19A466) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 27, 2019 to January 6, 2020, submitted to Justice Sotomayor.
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Attorneys

Jerome Kunkel, et al.
Robert Albert Winter Jr. — The Law Office of Robert A. Winter, Jr., Petitioner
Northern Kentucky Independent Health District, et al.
Jeffrey C. Mando — Adams Stepner Woltermann & Dusing, Respondent