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L. W., By and Through Her Parents and Next Friends, Samantha Williams and Brian Williams, et al. v. Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter for Tennessee, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 23-5600 · judgment September 28, 2023


Certiorari denied · June 30, 2025
Pre-decision estimate: 4% cert probability

Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a petition filed soon after the judgment below and a Sixth Circuit decision below.

Question presented

Dean L. Chapman David D. Cole T. James Salwen AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES AKIN GUMP STRAUSS UNION FOUNDATION HAUER & FELD LLP 915 15th Street NW One Bryant Park Washington, DC 20005 New York, NY 10036 Lucas Cameron-Vaughn Zach ZhenHe Tan Stella Yarbrough AKIN GUMP STRAUSS Jeff Preptit HAUER & FELD LLP AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES 100 Pine Street FOUNDATION OF Suite 3200 TENNESSEE San Francisco, CA 94111 P.O. Box 120160 Nashville, TN 37212 Sruti Swaminathan LAMBDA LEGAL 120 Wall Street 19th Floor New York, NY 10005 Tara Borelli LAMBDA LEGAL 1 West Court Square Suite 105 Decatur, GA 30030

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Chase Bachrach Strangio
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation

For respondent
James Matthew Rice
Office of Tennessee Attorney General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 14 conferences

Amicus briefs
4 cert-stage

Related
Vide, 23-492

Proceedings

  1. Jun 30 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jun 23 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/26/2025.
  3. Jun 17 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/20/2024.
  4. Jun 10 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/13/2024.
  5. Jun 03 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/6/2024.
  6. May 28 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/30/2024.
  7. May 20 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/23/2024.
  8. May 13 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/16/2024.
  9. May 08 2024
    Rescheduled.
  10. May 06 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/9/2024.
  11. May 06 2024
    Supplemental brief of petitioners L. W., By and Through Her Parents and Next Friends, Samantha Williams and Brian Williams, et al. filed.
  12. Apr 25 2024
    Rescheduled.
  13. Apr 22 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/26/2024.
  14. Apr 18 2024
    Rescheduled.
  15. Apr 15 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/19/2024.
  16. Apr 11 2024
    Rescheduled.
  17. Apr 08 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/12/2024.
  18. Mar 26 2024
    Rescheduled.
  19. Mar 25 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/28/2024.
  20. Mar 20 2024
    Rescheduled.
  21. Mar 18 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/22/2024.
  22. Mar 13 2024
    Rescheduled.
  23. Feb 21 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/15/2024.
  24. Feb 16 2024
    Reply of petitioners L. W., By and Through Her Parents and Next Friends, Samantha Williams and Brian Williams, et al. filed. (Distributed)
  25. Feb 02 2024
    Brief amicus curiae of Alabama filed. VIDED.
  26. Feb 02 2024
    Brief of respondents Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter for Tennessee, et al. in opposition filed. VIDED.
  27. Dec 11 2023
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including February 2, 2024.
  28. Dec 08 2023
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 3, 2024 to February 2, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
  29. Dec 04 2023
    Brief amici curiae of American Academy of Pediatrics and Additional National and State Medical and Mental Health Organizations filed.
  30. Dec 04 2023
    Brief amici curiae of Elliot Page, et al. filed. VIDED.
  31. Nov 17 2023
    Brief amici curiae of Foreign Non-Profit Organizations Advocating for the Rights of Transgender People filed. VIDED.
  32. Nov 06 2023
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 3, 2024.
  33. Nov 03 2023
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 4, 2023 to January 3, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
  34. Nov 01 2023
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 4, 2023)