Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Robert Bruce McDuff, Esq. , Sibyl Byrd , Jacob Wayne Howard, Esq. , Beth Levine Orlansky , Mississippi Center for Justice, Jackson, MS, Elizabeth Littrell , Lambda Legal Education & Defense Fund, Atlanta, GA, Susan L. Sommer , Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund, Incorporated, New York, NY, for Plaintiffs-Appellees (Case No. 16-60477).
Jonathan F. Mitchell , Stanford Law School, Stanford, CA, Drew Landon Snyder , Tommy Darrell Goodwin, Esq. , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Governor for the State of Mississippi, Daniel Bradshaw , Mack Austin Reeves , Senior Attorney, Mississippi Department of Human Services, Executive Director's Office, Jackson, MS, Kevin Hayden Theriot , Alliance Defending Freedom, Scottsdale, AZ, for Defendants-Appellants (Case Nos. 16-60477, 16-60478).
Roberta Ann Kaplan , Kaplan & Company, L.L.P. Jaren Elizabeth Janghorbani , Joshua David Kaye , Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, L.L.P., New York, NY, Alysson Leigh Mills, Esq. , Fishman Haygood, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees (Case No. 16-60478).
Kimberlee Wood Colby , Christian Legal Society, Springfield, VA, for Amici Curiae Christian Legal Society, National Association of Evangelicals.
Diego Armando Soto, Esq. , Southern Poverty Law Center, Immigrant Justice Project, Montgomery, AL, for Amicus Curiae LGBT Youth in Mississippi and their Parents, Teachers, and Counselors.
Scott A. Keller , Solicitor, Office of the Solicitor General for the State of Texas, Austin, TX, for Amici Curiae State of Texas, State of Arkansas, State of Louisiana, State of Nebraska, State of Nevada, State of Oklahoma, State of South Carolina, State of Utah, Paul R. LePage , Governor of Maine,
Deborah Jane Dewart , Attorney, Swansboro, NC, for Amici Curiae North Carolina Values Coalition, Liberty, Life, and Law Foundation.
John Allen Eidsmoe , Senior Counsel, Foundation for Moral Law, Montgomery, AL, for Amicus Curiae Foundation for Moral Law.
Michael James Bentley, Esq. , James William Manuel, Esq. , Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, L.L.P., Jackson, MS, for Amici Curiae Sanderson Farms, Incorporated, John N. Palmer, Sr. , Jack Reed, Jr. , William A. Percy, II , Tim C. Medley , Sharpe & Wise, P.L.L.C., Kelly Kyle , Hal Caudell , Talamieka Brice , Amber Kirkendoll , Jessica Kirkendoll.
James H.R. Windels, Esq. , Davis, Polk & Wardwell, L.L.P., New York, NY, for Amici Curiae Gay Men's Health Crisis, Incorporated, AIDS Services Coalition, Grace House, Incorporated, My Brother's Keeper, Incorporated.
Jeffrey Samuel Trachtman , Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, L.L.P., New York, NY, for Amici Curiae Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi, General Synod of the United Church of Christ, Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College and Jewish Reconstructionist Communities, Union for Reform Judaism, Unitarian Universalist Association, United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, Covenant Network of Presbyterians, Friends for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Concerns, Methodist Federation for Social Action, More Light Presbyterians, Muslims for Progressive Values, Open and Affirming Coalition of the United Church of Christ, Reconciling Ministries Network, ReconcilingWorks: Lutherans for Full Participation, Religious Institute, Incorporated.
Andrew O'Connor , Ropes & Gray, L.L.P., Boston, MA, Kim Nemirow , Ropes & Gray, Chicago, IL, for Amici Curiae GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders, National Center for Lesbian Rights, American Civil Liberties Union.
Charles C. Lifland, Esq. , Justine M. Daniels , O'Melveny & Myers, L.L.P., Los Angeles, CA, for Amici Curiae American International Group, Incorporated, Belhaven Residential, L.L.C., Bloomberg, L.P., Byrne and Associates, P.L.L.C., Chism and Company, Incorporated, Choice Hotels International, Incorporated, CVS Health Corporation, David Neil McCarty Law Firm, P.L.L.C., First Natchez Radio Group, Incorporated, Front Porch Fodder Publishing, L.L.C., Glassdoor, Incorporated, International Business Machines Corporation, Levi Strauss & Company, Mantle, L.L.C., Molpus Woodlands Group, Ocean Springs Seafood Market, Incorporated, Paracosm Entertainment, L.L.C., Pfizer, Incorporated, Pritchett Engineering & Planning, L.L.C., Replacements, Limited, T Enterprises, Incorporated, Mitchell Gold Company, doing business as Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams, `Sip Magazine, L.L.C., Two Rivers Realty, L.L.C.
Richard Brian Katskee , Legal Director, Americans United for Separation of Church & State, Washington, DC, Nicole Erica Schiavo , Hogan Lovells US, L.L.P., New York, NY, for Amici Curiae Anti-Defamation League, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Bend the Arc, Central Conference of American Rabbis, Hadassah, Interfaith Alliance, National Council of Jewish Women, People for the United Way Foundation, T'ruah: the Rabbinic Call for Human Rights, Women of Reform Judaism, Women's League for Conservative Judaism Interfaith Alliance, Hindu American Foundation.
George Andrew Lundberg , Latham & Watkins, L.L.P., Los Angeles, CA, for Amici Curiae E. Tendayi Achiume , Katherine R. Allen , Nadav Antebi-Gruska , Emily A. Arnold , M. V. Lee Badgett.
Roy Theodore Englert, Jr. , Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck, Untereiner & Sauber, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae Caroline Mala Corbin , Ira C. Lupu , Micah J. Schwartzman , Richard C. Schragger , Elizabeth Sepper , Nelson Tebbe , Robert Tuttle.
Before SMITH, ELROD, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.
