KENNEDY v. BREMERTON SCHOOL DISTRICT

No. 20-35222.

43 F.4th 1020 (2022)

Joseph A. KENNEDY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BREMERTON SCHOOL DISTRICT, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 8, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Devin Anderson , Elizabeth Hedges , Emily Long , Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Paul Correa , Attorney, Michael B. Tierney , Tierney & Correa, P.C., Mercer Island, WA, Bradley Girard , Richard B. Katskee , Counsel, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellee.

Natalie Thompson , Office of the Attorney General, Austin, TX, for Amicus Curiae States of Alaska, Texas, Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, and West Virginia.

Religious and Civil-Rights Organizations, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Washington, DC, Pro Se.

Charles Alan Rothfeld, Esquire , Attorney, Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Religious and Civil-Rights Organizations.

Sloan R. Simmons , Attorney, Lozano Smith, LLP, Sacramento, CA, for Amicus Curiae National School Boards Association, Association of Alaska School Boards, Arizona School Boards Association, California School Boards Association, Nevada Association of School Boards, and Washington State School Directors Association.

Before: DOROTHY W. NELSON, MILAN D. SMITH, JR., and MORGAN CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges.


ORDER

On June 27, 2022, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in this case, reversing our prior judgment in Kennedy v. Bremerton Sch. Dist., 991 F.3d 1004 (9th Cir. 2021). See Kennedy v. Bremerton Sch. Dist., ___ U.S. ___, 142 S.Ct. 2407, ___ L.Ed.2d ___ (2022). Therefore, we VACATE the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of defendant and REMAND for further proceedings consistent with the Supreme Court's opinion...

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