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FREEDOM FROM RELIGION FOUNDATION, INC. v. MACK

No. 21-20279.

54 F.4th 320 (2022)

FREEDOM FROM RELIGION FOUNDATION, INC.; John Roe, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Wayne MACK, in his individual capacity, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED December 2, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel Troxell Grover , Freedom From Religion Foundation, Madison, WI, Ayesha N. Khan, Esq. , Potomac Law Group, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Allyson Newton Ho , Stephen J. Hammer , Bradley G. Hubbard , Elizabeth Ashley Kiernan , Matthew Scorcio , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, Katherine Leigh Montoya , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellant.

Natalie Deyo Thompson , Office of the Attorney General of Texas, Office of the Solicitor General, Austin, TX, for Amici Curiae State of Texas, State of Louisiana, State of Mississippi.

H. Christopher Bartolomucci, Esq. , Schaerr Jaffe, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae Texas Representative Matt Krause, 17 Other Members of the Texas Legislature.

Richard Salgado , McDermott Will & Emery, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, for Amici Curiae Coalition For Jewish Values, Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops, Rabbinical Alliance of America, Islam and Religious Freedom Action Team of the Religious Freedom Institute.

Alex J. Luchenitser , Richard Brian Katskee , Legal Director, Americans United for Separation of Church & State, Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae Paul Finkelman, John A. Ragosta, Omar H. Ali, Chris Beneke, Alan Brownstein, Steven K. Green, Ira Katznelson, Franklin T. Lambert, David V. Mason, Peter S. Onuf, Frank S. Ravitch, Richard C. Schragger, Laurence H. Winer.

Aaron Karl Block , Block Firm, Atlanta, GA, for Amici Curiae Institute for Justice, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education.

Before Jolly, Smith, and Engelhardt, Circuit Judges.

PUBLISHED ORDER ON REHEARING EN BANC

At the request of one of its members, the court was polled on rehearing en banc. Because a majority of the judges in regular active service and not disqualified did not vote in favor, rehearing en banc is DENIED.

In the poll, 3 judges voted in favor of rehearing (Judges Dennis, Graves,...

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