CARSON v. MAKIN

No. 1:18-cv-00327-JAW.

668 F.Supp.3d 26 (2023)

David CARSON, et al., Plaintiffs, v. A. Pender MAKIN, in her official capacity as Commissioner of the Maine Department of Education, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Maine.

Signed April 6, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arif Panju , Pro Hac Vice, Institute for Justice, Austin, TX, Jeffrey T. Edwards , Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau, & Pachios, LLP, Portland, ME, Jonathan R. Whitehead , Pro Hac Vice, Law Office of Jonathan R. Whitehead, Lees Summit, MO, Michael K. Whitehead , Pro Hac Vice, Law Office of Michael K. Whitehead, Lees Summit, MO, Lea Patterson , Pro Hac Vice, First Liberty Institute, Plano, TX, Michael E. Bindas , Pro Hac Vice, Institute for Justice, Seattle, WA, Timothy D. Keller , Pro Hac Vice, Institute for Justice, Tempe, AZ, for Plaintiffs.

Christopher C. Taub , Sarah A. Forster , Office of the Attorney General Six State House Station, Augusta, ME, for Defendant.

Stephen C. Whiting, The Whiting Law Firm, Portland, ME, for Amicus Agudath Israel of America.

Alexander Joseph Luchenitser, Richard B. Katskee, Sarah R. Goetz, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Washington, DC, Daniel Mach, Heather L. Weaver, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Washington, DC, Zachary L. Heiden, Emma Eaton Bond, American Civil Liberties Union of Maine, Portland, ME, for Amici American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union of Maine Foundation, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, James Torbert, Theta Torbert, Susan Marcus.

Eric A. Harrington, Kristen L. Hollar, Pro Hac Vice, National Education Association, Washington, DC, Andrew T. Mason, Maine Education Association, Augusta, ME, for Amicus National Education Association.

Andrew T. Mason, Maine Education Association, Augusta, ME, for Amicus Maine Education Association.

David G. Sciarra, Jessica Levin, Education Law Center, Neward, NJ, Jasmine Bolton, Zoe M. Savitsky, Southern Poverty Law Center, Montgomery, AL, Andrew T. Mason, Maine Education Association, Augusta, ME, for Amicus Public Funds Public Schools.


ORDER ON DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO DISMISS AND PLAINTIFFS' MOTION FOR ENTRY OF JUDGMENT

Applying the rule of mandate, the Court obeys the opinion of the United States Supreme Court and the mandate of the Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and declines to dismiss the case these courts...

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