No. 24-427

Ronald Hittle v. City of Stockton, California, et al.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-10-16
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Amici (10)Relisted (5) Experienced Counsel
Tags: burden-shifting causation employment-discrimination motivating-factor supreme-court-precedent title-vii
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity EmploymentDiscrimina JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2025-03-07 (distributed 5 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the McDonnell Douglas burden-shifting framework requires a plaintiff to disprove an employer's proffered reason for adverse employment action under Title VII

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether this Court should overrule McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green, 411 U.S. 792 (1973). 2. Whether step three of the McDonnell Douglas burden-shifting framework requires a plaintiff to disprove the employer’s proffered reason for the adverse employment action, when the text of Title VII and Bostock v. Clayton County, 590 U.S. 644 (2020), provide that an action may have more than one but-for cause or motivating factor.

Docket Entries

2025-03-10
Petition DENIED. Justice Thomas, with whom Justice Gorsuch joins, dissenting from the denial of certiorari. (Detached <a href = 'https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24-427_l5gm.pdf'>Opinion</a>)
2025-03-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/7/2025.
2025-02-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/28/2025.
2025-02-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2025.
2025-01-21
Rescheduled.
2025-01-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/24/2025.
2025-01-14
Rescheduled.
2024-12-31
2024-12-31
Reply of Ronald Hittle submitted.
2024-12-31
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/17/2025.
2024-12-16
2024-12-16
Brief of respondent City of Stockton, California in opposition filed.
2024-12-16
Brief of City of Stockton, California in opposition submitted.
2024-11-15
2024-11-15
2024-11-15
Brief amicus curiae of Islam and Religious Freedom Action Team of the Religious Freedom Institute filed.
2024-11-15
2024-11-15
2024-11-15
2024-11-15
Brief amicus curiae of California Employment Lawyers Association filed.
2024-11-14
2024-11-14
Brief amici curiae of Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty, et al. filed.
2024-11-13
Brief amicus curiae of Robertson Center for Constitutional Law filed.
2024-10-25
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 16, 2024.
2024-10-24
Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 15, 2024 to December 16, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
2024-10-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 15, 2024)
2024-08-07
Application (24A145) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until October 14, 2024.
2024-08-05
Application (24A145) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from August 15, 2024 to October 14, 2024, submitted to Justice Kagan.

Attorneys

California Employment Lawyers Association
Brian Taylor GoldmanHolwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP, Amicus
City of Stockton, California
Robert Mark LoebOrrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Respondent
Darren Shearer
Rena Marie-Anne LindevaldsenConstitutional Litigation Clinic, Amicus
Foundation For Moral Law
John Allen EidsmoeFoundation for Moral Law, Amicus
Global Leadership Network
David H. ThompsonCooper & Kirk, PLLC, Amicus
Independence Law Center
Conor Ryan HarveyMurphy Ball Stratton LLP, Amicus
Islam and Religious Freedom Action Team of the Religious Freedom Institute
Scott Philip DixlerHorvitz & Levy LLP, Amicus
Muslim Public Affairs Council
Joshua Craig McDanielHarvard Law School Religious Freedom Clinic, Amicus
Robertson Center for Constitutional Law
Christopher Theodore HolingerRobertson Center for Constitutional Law, Amicus
Ronald Hittle
Aaron Michael StreettBaker Botts, L.L.P., Petitioner
Samaritan's Purse
Matthew Theodore MartensWilmerHale, Amicus
The Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty, The American Hindu Coalition, and The Coalition for Jewish Values
Nicholas M. BrunoBeck Redden LLP, Amicus