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BARBER v. BRYANT

No. 16-60477.

833 F.3d 510 (2016)

Rims BARBER; Carol Burnett; Joan Bailey; Katherine Elizabeth Day; Anthony Laine Boyette; Don Fortenberry; Susan Glisson; Derrick Johnson; Dorothy C. Triplett; Renick Taylor; Brandilyne Mangum-Dear; Susan Mangum; Joshua Generation Metropolitan Community Church, Plaintiffs-Appellees v. Governor Phil BRYANT, State of Mississippi; John Davis, Executive Director of the Mississippi Department of Human Services, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 12, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Bruce McDuff, Esq. , Sibyl C. Byrd, Esq. , Jackson, MS, for Plaintiffs-Appellee.

Jonathan F. Mitchell , Dean John Sauer , James Otis Law Group, L.L.C., Saint Louis, MO, James Andrew Campbell , Alliance Defending Freedom , Scottsdale, AZ, Drew Landon Snyder , Office of the Governor for the State of Mississippi, Jackson, MS, Tommy Darrell Goodwin, Esq. , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Mississippi, Jackson, MS, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before DENNIS, HAYNES, and GRAVES, Circuit Judges.

In 2016, the Mississippi Legislature passed the "Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Government Discrimination Act", better known as House Bill 1523 ("HB 1523"). HB 1523 declares that its aim is "to provide certain protections regarding a sincerely held religious belief or moral conviction for persons, religious...

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