NEW YORK v. GRIEPP

Docket Nos. 18-2454-cv, 18-2623-cv, 18-2627-cv, 18-2630-cv August Term, 2019.

991 F.3d 81 (2021)

People of the State of NEW YORK by Letitia James, Attorney General of the State of New York, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee, v. Kenneth GRIEPP, Ronald George, Patricia Musco, Ranville Thomas, Osayinwense Okuonghae, Anne Kaminsky, Brian George, Sharon Richards, Deborah M. Ryan, Angela Braxton, Jasmine Lalande, Prisca Joseph, Scott Fitchett, Jr., Defendants-Appellees—Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: March 10, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ESTER MURDUKHAYEVA , Assistant Solicitor General ( Steven C. Wu , Deputy Solicitor General, on the brief), for Barbara D. Underwood , Solicitor General of the State of New York, for Letitia James , Attorney General of the State of New York, New York, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellant—Cross-Appellee.

MARTIN A. CANNON , Thomas More Society, Crescent, IA, for Defendants-Appellees —Cross-Appellants Kenneth Griepp, Ronald George, Patricia Musco, Ranville Thomas, Osayinwense Okuonghae, Anne Kaminsky, Brian George, Sharon Richards, Deborah M. Ryan, Prisca Joseph.

RICHARD THOMPSON ( Kate Oliveri , on the brief), Thomas More Law Center, Ann Arbor, MI, for Defendants-Appellees—Cross-Appellants Angela Braxton, Jasmine LaLande.

Horatio G. Mihet and Roger K. Gannam , Liberty Counsel, Orlando, FL, for Defendant-Appellee —Cross-Appellant Scott Fitchett, Jr.

Richard Dearing , Aaron Bloom , Eva Jerome , Assistant Corporation Counsel, for Zachary W. Carter , Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, New York, NY, amicus curiae in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants —Cross-Appellees People of the State of New York.

Erin Beth Harrist , Arthur Eisenberg , New York Civil Liberties Union, New York, NY, amicus curiae in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants—Cross-Appellees People of the State of New York.

Before: LIVINGSTON, Chief Judge, CALABRESI, and POOLER, Circuit Judges.


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