SHURTLEFF v. CITY OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS

No. 20-1800.

142 S.Ct. 1583 (2022)

596 U.S. 243

Harold SHURTLEFF, et al., Petitioners, v. CITY OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 2, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mathew Staver, Orlando, FL, for petitioners.

Sopan Joshi for the United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting reversal.

Douglas Hallward-Driemeier, Washington, DC, for respondents.

Mathew D. Staver, Counsel of Record, Anita L. Staver, Horatio G. Mihet, Roger K. Gannam, Daniel J. Schmid, Liberty Counsel, Orlando, FL, for petitioners.

Adam N. Cederbaum, Susan M. Weise, Robert S. Arcangeli, City of Boston Law Department, One City Hall Square, Boston, MA, Douglas Hallward-Driemeier, Counsel of Record, Ropes & Gray LLP, Washington, DC, Samuel L. Brenner, Deanna Barkett Fitzgerald, Thanithia Billings, Ropes & Gray LLP, Prudential Tower, Boston, MA, for respondents.


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