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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: 2% cert probability

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

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

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Amicus briefs
4 cert-stage

Linked docket
17A424

Proceedings

  1. Apr 30 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Apr 11 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/27/2018.
  3. Apr 09 2018
    Reply of petitioner Livingston Christian Schools filed.
  4. Mar 26 2018
    Brief of respondent Genoa Charter Township in opposition filed.
  5. Jan 29 2018
    Brief amicus curiae of Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention filed.
  6. Jan 29 2018
    Brief amicus curiae of Association of Christian Schools International filed.
  7. Jan 29 2018
    Brief amicus curiae of Restoring Religious Freedom Project filed.
  8. Jan 26 2018
    Brief amicus curiae of Islamic Center of America filed.
  9. Jan 24 2018
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 29, 2018 to March 28, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
  10. 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.
  11. Dec 26 2017
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 29, 2018)
  12. Oct 17 2017
    Application (17A424) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until December 23, 2017.
  13. 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.