JOHN & JANE PARENTS 1 v. MONTGOMERY CTY. BOARD

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Frederick W. Claybrook, Jr. , CLAYBROOK LLC, Washington, D.C., for Appellants. Alan E. Schoenfeld , WILMERHALE LLP, New York, New York, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Steven W. Fitschen , NATIONAL LEGAL FOUNDATION, Chesapeake, Virginia, for Appellants. Bruce M. Berman , Washington, D.C., Simon B. Kress , Boston, Massachusetts, Thomas K. Bredar , WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR LLP, New York, New York, for Appellees. Kevin T. Snider , PACIFIC JUSTICE INSTITUTE, Sacramento, California; Sorin A. Leahu , PACIFIC JUSTICE INSTITUTE — IL, Park Ridge, Illinois, for Amicus Pacific Justice Institute. Luke N. Berg , WISCONSIN INSTITUTE FOR LAW & LIBERTY, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for Amicus Dr. Erica E. Anderson , PhD. Sue Ghosh Stricklett , AMERICAN HINDU COALITION, Sterling, Virginia, for Amicus American Hindu Coalition. Jeffrey C. Mateer , Keisha T. Russell , Plano, Texas, Kayla A. Toney , FIRST LIBERTY INSTITUTE, Washington, D.C., for Amici Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty, Coalition for Jewish Values, American Hindu Coalition, and Islam and Religious Freedom Action Team. Katherine L. Anderson , Scottsdale, Arizona, Christopher P. Schandevel , John J. Bursch , Tyson C. Langhofer , ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM, Lansdowne, Virginia, for Amicus Alliance Defending Freedom. Jon W. Davidson , Harper S. Seldin , Chase B. Strangio , AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION, New York, New York, for Amicus American Civil Liberties Union. Karen L. Loewy , Washington, D.C., Paul D. Castillo , LAMBDA LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATION FUND, INC., Dallas, Texas; Maureen P. Alger , Palo Alto, California, Jeffrey M. Gutkin , Reece Trevor , Hamaseh Sorooshian , COOLEY LLP, San Francisco, California, for Amici PFLAG and PFLAG Regional Chapters, Chase Brexton Health Care, FCPS Pride, Freestate Justice, Human Rights Campaign, The Trevor Project, Time Out Youth Center, Whitman-Walker Health, and Whitman-Walker Institute. Shannon Minter , Asaf Orr , NATIONAL CENTER FOR LESBIAN RIGHTS, San Francisco, California, for Amici Professors of Psychology & Human Development. Maura Healey , Attorney General, David C. Kravitz , Deputy State Solicitor, Adam M. Cambier , Assistant Attorney General, Cassandra J. Thomson , Assistant Attorney General, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MASSACHUSETTS, Boston, Massachusetts, for Amicus Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Robert Bonta , Attorney General, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CALIFORNIA, Sacramento, California, for Amicus State of California. Philip J. Weiser , Attorney General, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF COLORADO, Denver, Colorado, for Amicus State of Colorado. William Tong , Attorney General, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CONNECTICUT, Hartford, Connecticut, for Amicus State of Connecticut. Brian L. Schwalb , Attorney General, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Washington, D.C., for Amicus District of Columbia. Anne E. Lopez , Attorney General, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF HAWAI'I, Honolulu, Hawai'i, for Amicus State of Hawai'i. Kwame Raoul , Attorney General, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF ILLINOIS, Chicago, Illinois, for Amicus State of Illinois. Anthony G. Brown , Attorney General, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MARYLAND, Baltimore, Maryland, for Amicus State of Maryland. Keith Ellison , Attorney General, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MINNESOTA, St. Paul, Minnesota, for Amicus State of Minnesota. Matthew J. Platkin , Attorney General, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NEW JERSEY, Trenton, New Jersey, for Amicus State of New Jersey. Letitia James , Attorney General, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NEW YORK, New York, New York, for Amicus State of New York. Ellen F. Rosenblum , Attorney General, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF OREGON, Salem, Oregon, for Amicus State of Oregon. Peter F. Neronha , Attorney General, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF RHODE ISLAND, Providence, Rhode Island, for Amicus State of Rhode Island. Susanne R. Young , Attorney General, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF VERMONT, Montpelier, Vermont, for Amicus State of Vermont. Robert W. Ferguson , Attorney General, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF WASHINGTON, Olympia, Washington, for Amicus State of Washington.

Vacated and remanded by published opinion. Judge Quattlebaum wrote the majority opinion, in which Judge Rushing joined. Judge Niemeyer wrote a dissenting opinion.