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Trustees of the New Life In Christ Church v. City of Fredericksburg, Virginia

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Virginia, No. 201156 · judgment March 3, 2021

Certiorari denied · January 18, 2022
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

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

Question presented

MICHAEL SHOWALTER CHRISTINE A. BUDASOFF PHILIP W. HAMMERSLEY JASON MANION* GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP 1050 Connecticut Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20036 *Admitted only in Ohio

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Allyson Ho
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

For respondent
Steven Ray Minor
Elliott Lawson & Minor

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 10 conferences

Amicus briefs
4 cert-stage

Argument & decision

Decided January 18, 2022.

Proceedings

  1. Jan 18 2022
    Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, et al. GRANTED.
  2. Jan 18 2022
    Petition DENIED. Justice Gorsuch, dissenting from the denial of certiorari. (Detached Opinion)
  3. Jan 10 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/14/2022.
  4. Jan 03 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/7/2022.
  5. Dec 06 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/10/2021.
  6. Nov 29 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/3/2021.
  7. Nov 15 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/19/2021.
  8. Nov 08 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/12/2021.
  9. Nov 01 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/5/2021.
  10. Oct 25 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/29/2021.
  11. Oct 13 2021
    Rescheduled.
  12. Oct 12 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/15/2021.
  13. Oct 06 2021
    Rescheduled.
  14. Sep 22 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/8/2021.
  15. Sep 22 2021
    Reply of petitioners Trustees of the New Life In Christ Church filed. (Distributed)
    Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
  16. Sep 03 2021
    Brief of respondent City of Fredericksburg, Virginia in opposition filed.
    Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count
  17. Sep 03 2021
    Brief amicus curiae of Coalition for Jewish Values filed.
    Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count
  18. Sep 03 2021
    Brief amici curiae of American Association of Christian Schools, et al. filed.
    Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
  19. Sep 03 2021
    Brief amici curiae of The Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America, et al. filed.
    Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count
  20. Sep 03 2021
    Brief amici curiae of Kentucky, et al. filed.
    Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
  21. Sep 03 2021
    Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, et al.
    Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count
  22. Aug 02 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 3, 2021)
    PetitionAppendixCertificate of Word CountProof of Service