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Livingston Christian Schools v. Genoa Charter Township

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 16-2060 · judgment June 2, 2017

Certiorari denied · April 30, 2018

Pre-decision estimate: 4% cert probability

Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a circuit split argued in the petition and a Sixth Circuit decision below.

Question presented

Whether evidence that religious animus motivated a government’s land use decision is relevant to the substantial burden inquiry under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act. Whether a government’s effective exclusion of a religious organization from its jurisdiction is relevant to the substantial burden inquiry under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Robert K. Kelner

For respondent
T. Joseph Seward
Seward Henderson PLLC

Case

Subject area
First Amendment (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Amicus briefs
4 cert-stage

Linked docket
17A424

Order
Order list, April 30, 2018 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

Apr 30 2018
Petition DENIED.
Apr 11 2018
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/27/2018.
Apr 09 2018
Reply of petitioner Livingston Christian Schools filed.
Mar 26 2018
Brief of respondent Genoa Charter Township in opposition filed.
Jan 29 2018
Brief amicus curiae of Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention filed.
Jan 29 2018
Brief amicus curiae of Association of Christian Schools International filed.
Jan 29 2018
Brief amicus curiae of Restoring Religious Freedom Project filed.
Jan 26 2018
Brief amicus curiae of Islamic Center of America filed.
Jan 24 2018
Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 29, 2018 to March 28, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
Jan 24 2018
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 28, 2018.
Dec 26 2017
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 29, 2018)
Oct 17 2017
Application (17A424) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until December 23, 2017.
Oct 11 2017
Application (17A424) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 24, 2017 to December 23, 2017, submitted to Justice Kagan.