Judgment Issued.

Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Roberts, C. J., delivered the <a href = 'https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/23-477_2cp3.pdf'>opinion</a> of the Court, in which Thomas, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett, JJ., joined, and in which Alito, J., joined as to Parts I and II–B. Thomas, J., filed a concurring opinion. Barrett, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Thomas, J., joined. Alito, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment. Sotomayor, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Jackson, J., joined in full, and in which Kagan, J., joined as to Parts I–IV. Kagan, J., filed a dissenting opinion.

Letter of United States submitted.

Letter of petitioner filed. (Distributed)

Argued. For petitioner: Elizabeth B. Prelogar, Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondents L.W., et al. supporting petitioner: Chase B. Strangio, New York, N. Y. For respondents Jonathan Skrmetti, et al.: J. Matthew Rice, Solicitor General, Nashville, Tenn.

Reply of L.W., By and Through Her Parents and Next Friends, Samantha Williams and Brian Williams, et al. submitted.

Reply of United States submitted.

Reply of respondents L.W., By and Through Her Parents and Next Friends, Samantha Williams and Brian Williams, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Reply of petitioner United States filed. (Distributed)

Record received from the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. The record is electronic and is available on PACER.

Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

CIRCULATED

Motion for divided argument filed by the Solicitor General and respondents L.W., et al. in support of petitioner GRANTED.

SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, December 4, 2024.

Brief amicus curiae of Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Ethics and Public Policy Center filed (October 18, 2024).

Brief amici curiae of Isabelle Ayala, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Scholars of Philosophy, Theology, Law, Politics, History, Literature and the Sciences filed.

Brief amici curiae of Joseph Burgo, Ph.D., et al. filed.(Oct. 22, 2024) (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of The American Civil Rights Project filed.

Brief amici curiae of The Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Larger Detransitioners Community Including Public Officials, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of American Principles Project filed.

Brief amici curiae of America's Future, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Alabama filed.

Brief amici curiae of The Family Action Council of Tennessee, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Alliance Defending Freedom filed.

Brief amicus curiae of The Governor of Texas filed.

Brief amici curiae of Concerned Women for America, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Texas filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Professor Kurt T. Lash filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Liberty Counsel filed.

Brief amici curiae of Fifty-Six Physicians filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Independent Women's Law Center filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Family Research Council filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Our Duty-USA filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Max Lazzara filed.

Brief amici curiae of Governor Henry Dargan McMaster, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Citizens Defending Freedom filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Do No Harm filed.

Brief amici curiae of International Non-Profit Organizations Advocating for Families Impacted By Gender Dysphoria filed.

Brief amici curiae of Kentucky, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of America’s Frontline Doctors, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Frontline Policy Council, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Claremont Institute's Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence filed.

Brief amici curiae of Independent Council on Women’s Sports, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Advancing American Freedom, Inc., et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Wisconsin Family Action, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Manhattan Institute, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Abigail Martinez filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Prof. Christopher R. Green filed.

Brief amici curiae of The American College of Pediatricians, et al. filed (October 22, 2024). (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies filed.(Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of The Florida House of Representatives filed.

Brief amicus curiae of The Women's Liberation Front filed.

Brief amicus curiae of America First Legal Foundation filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Women's Declaration International USA filed.

Brief amici curiae of Partners for Ethical Care, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Missouri filed (October 22, 2024). (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Citizens for Self-Governance filed.

Amicus brief of North Carolina Values Institute submitted.

Amicus brief of Governor Greg Gianforte submitted.

Brief amici curiae of State Legislators, American Family Association, Inc., and AFA Action, Inc. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Governor Gianforte filed.

Brief amicus curiae of North Carolina Values Institute filed.

Brief of Jonathan Thomas Skrmetti, et al. submitted.

Brief of respondents Jonathan Thomas Skrmetti, et al. filed.

Amicus brief of Professor James F. Blumstein submitted.

Brief amicus curiae of Professor James F. Blumstein filed.

Motion for divided argument filed by the Solicitor General and respondents L.W., et al. in support of petitioner.

Amicus brief of The Trevor Project, Juvenile Law Center, National Center for Youth Law submitted.

Amicus brief of Constitutional Accountability Center submitted.

Amicus brief of The American Psychological Association and Other Leading Mental Health Organizations submitted.

Amicus brief of American Bar Association submitted.

Amicus brief of 164 Members of Congress submitted.

Amicus brief of Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine (SEGM) submitted.

Amicus brief of NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. submitted.

Amicus brief of State of California submitted.

Amicus brief of interACT: Advocates for Intersex Youth submitted.

Amicus brief of American Historical Association, Organization Of American Historians, LGBTQ+ History Association, and Historian Scholars submitted.

Amicus brief of Giffords Law Center To Prevent Gun Violence, Brady Center To Prevent Gun Violence, Team Enough, and March For Our Lives Action Fund submitted.

Amicus brief of Dr. Erica E. Anderson, PhD, and Dr. Laura Edwards-Leeper, PhD submitted.

Brief amici curiae of American Academy of Pediatrics and Additional National and State Medical and Mental Health Organizations filed.

Brief amicus curiae of NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Williams Institute Scholars filed.

Brief amici curiae of California, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Equality Florida, Georgia Equality, Tennessee Equality Project, Equality Utah, and Wyoming Equality filed.

Brief amici curiae of Dr. Erica E. Anderson, PhD, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed.

Brief amici curiae of American Historical Association, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Foreign Non-Profit Organizations Advocating for the Rights of Transgender People filed.

Brief amici curiae of Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Conservative Officials, Advisors, and Activists filed.

Brief amici curiae of The Trevor Project, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of The American Psychological Association, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of TransParent and Minority Veterans of America filed.

Brief amici curiae of The Kentucky Plaintiffs, GLAD, and LGBTQ+ Advocates filed.

Brief amici curiae of Equality Florida, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Families with Transgender Children filed.

Brief amici curiae of Expert Researchers and Physicians filed.

Brief amici curiae of Clinical Practice Guideline Experts filed.

Brief amici curiae of Elliot Page, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Professors of Law, Medicine, and Public Health filed.

Brief amici curiae of Yale Philosophers filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine (SEGM) filed.

Brief amici curiae of Members of Congress filed.

Brief amici curiae of Grace and Parents of Transgender Youth filed.

Brief amicus curiae of American Bar Association filed.

Brief amici curiae of Genders & Sexualities Alliance Network, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of William Eskridge Jr., Steven Calabresi, Naomi Cahn, June Carbone, Lawrence Gostin, Christopher Riano, Amanda Shanor, and Alexander Volokh filed.

Brief amicus curiae of interACT: Advocates for Intersex Youth filed.

Brief amici curiae of Family Law and Constitutional Law Scholars filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine (SEGM) in support of neither party filed.

Brief amici curiae of William Eskridge Jr., et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Giffords Law Center To Prevent Gun Violence, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of American Academy of Pediatrics, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of The Kentucky Plaintiffs, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of GRACE, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of 17 Healthcare Providers filed.

Brief amici curiae of Experts on Gender Affirming Care (Sept.13, 2024) filed.

Brief amici curiae of Experts on Gender Affirming Care filed (Corrected brief filed - September 13, 2024).

Brief amici curiae of Legal Scholars and National Women's Law Center filed.

Brief amici curiae of Legal Scholars, et al. filed.

Brief of L.W., By and Through Her Parents and Next Friends, Samantha Williams and Brian Williams, et al. submitted.

Brief of United States submitted.

Joint Appendix submitted.

Brief of petitioner United States filed.

Joint appendix(Volumes I & II) filed.

Brief of respondents in support of petitioner L.W., By and Through Her Parents and Next Friends, Samantha Williams and Brian Williams, et al. filed.

Joint appendix (Volumes I & II) filed.

Brief of respondents L.W., By and Through Her Parents and Next Friends, Samantha Williams and Brian Williams, et al. in support of petitioner filed.

Joint appendix (Volumes I & II) filed. (Statement of cost filed)

Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits is granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including August 27, 2024. The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including October 8, 2024.

Motion of United States for an extension of time submitted.

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

Petition GRANTED.

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DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/16/2024.

Rescheduled.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/9/2024.

Rescheduled.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/26/2024.

Rescheduled.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/19/2024.

Rescheduled.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/12/2024.

Rescheduled.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/28/2024.

Rescheduled.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/22/2024.

Rescheduled.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/15/2024.

Reply of petitioner United States filed. (Distributed)

Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including February 5, 2024.

Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 5, 2024 to February 5, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.

Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 5, 2024.

Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 6, 2023 to January 5, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 6, 2023)