FULTON v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA

No. 19-123.

141 S.Ct. 1868 (2021)

593 U.S. 522

Sharonell FULTON, et al., Petitioners v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 17, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lori H. Windham , Washington, DC, for the Petitioners.

Hashim M. Mooppan , Counselor to the Solicitor General, for the United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the petitioners.

Neal K. Katyal , Washington, DC, for the City of Philadelphia, et al. respondents.

Jeffrey L. Fisher , Stanford, CA, for the Support Center for Child Advocates and Family Pride respondents.

Nicholas M. Centrella , Conrad O'Brien PC, Philadelphia, PA, Mark L. Rienzi , Counsel of Record, Lori H. Windham , Eric C. Rassbach , William J. Haun , Nicholas R. Reaves , Jacob M. Coate , The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, Washington, DC, for petitioners.

Neal Kumar Katyal , Mitchell P. Reich , Kirti Datla , Danielle Desaulniers Stempel , Hogan Lovells US LLP, Washington, DC, Thomas P. Schmidt , Hogan Lovells US LLP, New York, NY, Marcel C. Pratt , City Solicitor, Diana P. Cortes , Jane Lovitch Istvan , Eleanor N. Ewing , Benjamin H. Field , Cynthia Schneider , Elise Bruhl , Michael Pfautz , City of Philadelphia, Law Department, Joshua Matz , Kaplan Hecker & Fink, New York, NY, Deepak Gupta , Jonathan E. Taylor , Lark Turner , Alexandria Twinem , Gupta Wessler PLLC, Washington, DC, for respondents City of Philadelphia, Department of Human Services for the City of Philadelphia, and Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations.

Jeffrey L. Fisher , Brian H. Fletcher , Pamela S. Karlan , Stanford Law School, Supreme Court, Litigation Clinic, Stanford, CA, Yaira Dubin , O'Melveny & Myers LLP, New York, NY, Fred T. Magaziner , Catherine V. Wigglesworth , Will W. Sachse , Dechert LLP, Philadelphia, PA, Leslie Cooper , Counsel of Record, Joshua A. Block , James D. Esseks , Louise Melling , Jennesa Calvo-Friedman , American Civil Liberties, Union Foundation, New York, NY, David D. Cole , Daniel Mach , American Civil Liberties, Union Foundation, Washington, DC, Mary Catherine Roper , American Civil Liberties, Union of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, Counsel for Support Center for Child Advocates and Philadelphia Family Pride.


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