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Sylvester Turner, Mayor of the City of Houston, Texas, et al. v. Jack Pidgeon, et al.

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Texas, No. 15-0688 · judgment June 30, 2017

Certiorari denied · December 4, 2017
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Wallace Bernard Jefferson
Alexander Dubose Jefferson & Townsend LLP

For respondent
Jonathan F. Mitchell
Mitchell Law PLLC

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Amicus briefs
5 cert-stage

Proceedings

  1. Dec 04 2017
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Nov 08 2017
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/1/2017.
  3. Nov 06 2017
    Reply of petitioners Turner, Mayor, et al. filed.
  4. Oct 20 2017
    Brief amici curiae of Professors of Constitutional and Family Law filed.
  5. Oct 20 2017
    Brief of respondents Jack Pidgeon, et al. in opposition filed.
  6. Oct 20 2017
    Brief amici curiae of Mark Phariss & Victor Holmes filed.
  7. Oct 20 2017
    Brief amici curiae of GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders, et al. filed.
  8. Oct 20 2017
    Brief amici curiae of LGBT Bar Association and Equality Texas filed.
  9. Oct 19 2017
    Brief amici curiae of International Municipal Lawyers Association, et al. filed.
  10. Sep 15 2017
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 20, 2017)