Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
ARGUED: Luke W. Goodrich , THE BECKET FUND FOR RELIGIOUS LIBERTY, Washington, D.C., for Appellants.
Joshua A. Block , AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION, New York, New York, for Appellee.
ON BRIEF: Joshua Daniel Davey , TROUTMAN PEPPER HAMILTON SANDERS LLP, Charlotte, North Carolina; Nicholas R. Reaves , Laura E. Wolk , THE BECKET FUND FOR RELIGIOUS LIBERTY, Washington, D.C., for Appellants.
S. Luke Largess , TIN FULTON WALKER AND OWEN PLLC, Charlotte, North Carolina; Kristi Graunke , AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF NORTH CAROLINA LEGAL FOUNDATION, Raleigh, North Carolina; Daniel Mach , AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION, Washington, D.C., for Appellee.
Ian Speir , NUSSBAUM SPEIR GLEASON PLLC, Colorado Springs, Colorado, for Amici Christian Educational Ministries.
Alexander Dushku , R. Shawn Gunnarson , Jarom Harrison , Emily Haws Wright , KIRTON | McCONKIE, Salt Lake City, Utah, for Amici The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints; The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention; The General Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists; The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod; The Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty; and the Islam and Religious Freedom Action Team of the Religious Freedom Institute.
Johannes Widmalm-Delphonse , Lansdowne, Virginia, John J. Bursch , Rory T. Gray , ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM, Washington, D.C., for Amici Cardinal Newman Society, Association of Classical Christian Schools, and Association for Biblical Higher Education.
Thomas C. Berg , Religious Liberty Appellate Clinic, UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS SCHOOL OF LAW, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Kimberlee Wood Colby , Laura Nammo , Center for Law & Religious Freedom, CHRISTIAN LEGAL SOCIETY, Springfield, Virginia, for Amici Christian Legal Society and CRISTA Ministries.
John Melcon , Stuart Lark , SHERMAN & HOWARD L.L.C., Colorado Springs, Colorado, for Amici The Christian and Missionary Alliance; Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability; Christian Care Ministry, Inc.; The Navigators; Cross Catholic Outreach; Tyndale House Ministries; Samaritan's Purse; Regent University; Grace to You; Focus on the Family; ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians; International Missions, Inc.; SIM USA, Incorporated; OC International, Inc.; The Evangelical Alliance Mission (TEAM); Far East Broadcasting Company, Inc.; The Crowell Trust; The Christian Community Foundation, Inc.; The Catholic Diocese of Colorado Springs; Calvary Chapel Fort Lauderdale; and Cherry Hills Community Church.
C. Boyden Gray , Jonathan Berry , R. Trent McCotter , Michael Buschbacher , Jared M. Nelson , BOYDEN GRAY & ASSOCIATES, Washington, D.C., for Amici Professors Robert F. Cochran, Jr.; David F. Forte; Richard Garnett; Douglas Laycock; Michael W. McConnell; Michael P. Moreland; and Robert J. Pushaw.
Miles Coleman , NELSON MULLINS RILEY & SCARBOROUGH LLP, Greenville, South Carolina, for Amicus Institute for Free Speech.
Richard B. Katskee , Bradley Girard , Gabriela Hybel , AMERICANS UNITED FOR SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE, Washington, D.C., for Amici Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Muslim Advocates, and National Council of Jewish Women.
Emily J. Martin , Sunu P. Chandy , Laura Narefsky , Phoebe Wolfe , NATIONAL WOMEN'S LAW CENTER, Washington, D.C.; Courtney M. Dankworth , Harold W. Williford , Joshua N. Cohen , Frank Colleluori , DEBEVOISE & PLIMPTON LLP, New York, New York, for Amici National Women's Law Center and Forty-Seven Additional Organizations.
Maura Healey , Attorney General, David C. Kravitz , Deputy State Solicitor, Adam M. Cambier , Assistant Attorney General, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF 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.
Kathleen Jennings , Attorney General, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF DELAWARE, Wilmington, Delaware, for Amicus State of Delaware.
Karl A. Racine , Attorney General, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Washington, D.C., for Amicus District of Columbia.
Holly T. Shikada , Attorney General, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF HAWAII, Honolulu, Hawaii, for Amicus State of Hawaii.
Kwame Raoul , Attorney General, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF ILLINOIS, Chicago, Illinois, for Amicus State of Illinois.
Aaron M. Frey , Attorney General, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MAINE, Augusta, Maine, for Amicus State of Maine.
Brian E. Frosh , Attorney General, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MARYLAND, Baltimore, Maryland, for Amicus State of Maryland.
Dana Nessel , Attorney General, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MICHIGAN, Lansing, Michigan, for Amicus State of Michigan.
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.
Hector Balderas , Attorney General, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NEW MEXICO, Santa Fe, New Mexico, for Amicus State of New Mexico.
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.
Robert W. Ferguson , Attorney General, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF WASHINGTON, Olympia, Washington, for Amicus State of Washington.
J. Dickson Phillips, III , Erik R. Zimmerman , Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Julian H. Wright, Jr. , Garrett A. Steadman , ROBINSON, BRADSHAW & HINSON, P.A., Charlotte, North Carolina, for Amici North Carolina Council of Churches, Charlotte Clergy Coalition for Justice, and Caldwell Presbyterian Church.
Reversed by published opinion. Judge Harris wrote the majority opinion, in which Judge Niemeyer joined. Judge King wrote an opinion dissenting in part and concurring in the judgment.
