Decided

No. 24-154

Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc., et al. v. Wisconsin Labor & Industry Review Commission, et al.

from the Supreme Court of Wisconsin

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Docket Entries

Record returned to the Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Judgment and Mandate Issued.

Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Sotomayor, J., delivered the <a href = 'https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24-154new2_4gdj.pdf'>opinion</a> for a unanimous Court. Thomas, J., and Jackson, J., filed concurring opinions.

Argued. For petitioners: Eric C. Rassbach, Washington, D. C.; and Curtis E. Gannon, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondents: Colin T. Roth, Assistant Attorney General, Madison, Wis.

Motion of the Deputy Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.

Reply of petitioners Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of American Atheists, Inc. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Service Employees International Union, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Religious and Civil-Rights Organizations filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of International Municipal Lawyers Association filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Freedom From Religion Foundation filed. (Distributed)

Motion of the Deputy Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.

Brief amici curiae of Economic Policy Institute, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Record received from the Supreme Court of Wisconsin and available with the Clerk.

Brief of respondents Wisconsin Labor & Industry Review Commission, et al. filed. (Distributed)

CIRCULATED

Record requested from the Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, March 31, 2025.

Brief amici curiae of Ohio, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of the United States filed.

Brief amicus curiae of American Center for Law and Justice filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Catholic Charities USA filed.

Brief amici curiae of Maranatha Baptist University, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of City on a Hill Legal Ministry filed.

Brief amici curiae of Evangelical Council For Financial Accountability, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Religiously Affiliated Universities, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of New York State Catholic Conference filed.

Brief amici curiae of Eleven Major Religious Denominations filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Wisconsin State Legislature filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Professor Nathan S. Chapman filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Wisconsin Catholic Conference filed.

Brief amicus curiae of By The Hand filed.

Brief amicus curiae of First Liberty Institute filed.

Brief amici curiae of Christian Legal Society, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of International Society for Krishna Consciousness filed.

Amicus brief of Religious Liberty Scholars not accepted for filing. (To be corrected February 6, 2025)

Brief amici curiae of Religious Liberty Scholars filed. (Corrected)

Brief amicus curiae of National Legal Foundation filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Professor Christopher C. Lund filed.

Brief amici curiae of The Catholic Conferences of Illinois, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty filed.

Brief amicus curiae of World Faith Foundation filed.

Joint appendix filed (Jan. 28, 2025--reprint of paper copies only). (Statement of costs filed)

Brief of petitioners Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc., et al. filed.

The order granting the petition for a writ of certiorari is amended as follows: The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted limited to Question 1 presented by the petition.

Petition GRANTED.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/13/2024.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/6/2024.

Reply of petitioners Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)

Waiver of the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition pursuant to Rule 15.5 filed by petitioner.

Brief of respondents Wisconsin Labor & Industry Review Commission, et al. in opposition filed.

Brief amici curiae of The Catholic Conferences of Illinois, Iowa, Michigan and Minnesota filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty filed.

Brief amicus curiae of By The Hand Club For Kids filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Wisconsin State Legislature filed.

Brief amici curiae of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Religious Liberty Scholars filed.

Brief amici curiae of International Society for Krishna Consciousness and the Sikh Coalition filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Wisconsin Catholic Conference filed.

Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 8, 2024.

Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 12, 2024 to November 8, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 12, 2024)

Application (23A1067) granted by Justice Barrett extending the time to file until August 11, 2024.

Application (23A1067) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 12, 2024 to August 11, 2024, submitted to Justice Barrett.

Parties

Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc., et al., Petitioner, represented by Eric Christopher Rassbach

Wisconsin Labor & Industry Review Commission, et al., Respondent, represented by Colin Thomas Roth

Wisconsin Labor & Industry Review Commission, et al., Respondent, represented by Charlotte Gibson

Amici Curiae

American Atheists, Inc., Amicus Curiae, represented by Geoffrey Thomas Blackwell

American Center for Law & Justice, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jay Alan Sekulow

American Center for Law & Justice, Amicus Curiae, represented by Walter M. Weber

By The Hand Club For Kids, Amicus Curiae, represented by John J. Bursch

Catholic Charities USA, Amicus Curiae, represented by James Harold Hulme

Catholic Charities USA, Amicus Curiae, represented by Keith R. Styles

Christian Legal Society, Amicus Curiae, represented by Laura Darien Nammo

Christian Legal Society, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Steven T. McFarland

City on a Hill Ministry, Amicus Curiae, represented by Dino Luigi LaVerghetta

Eleven Major Religious Denominations, Amicus Curiae, represented by Gene Clayton Schaerr

Evangelical Council For Financial Accountability, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Stuart J. Lark

First Liberty Institute, Amicus Curiae, represented by Kelly J. Shackelford

Freedom From Religion Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Samuel Troxell Grover

International Municipal Lawyers Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by John Michael Baker

International Society for Krishna Consciousness, Amicus Curiae, represented by Benjamin Timothy Christian Hayes

Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty, Amicus Curiae, represented by Anthony John Dick

Maranatha Baptist University, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Daniel Robert Suhr

National Legal Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Frederick W. Claybrook Jr.

New York State Catholic Conference, Amicus Curiae, represented by Michael Louis Costello

Professor Christopher C. Lund, Amicus Curiae, represented by Christopher C. Lund

Professor Nathan S. Chapman, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jeffrey Ryan Johnson

Religious and Civil-Rights Organizations, Amicus Curiae, represented by Alexander J. Luchenitser

Religious Liberty Scholars, Amicus Curiae, represented by Richard Simon Cleary Jr.

Religious Liberty Scholars, Amicus Curiae, represented by Sarah Michelle Harris

Religiously Affiliated Universities and Higher-Education Associations, Amicus Curiae, represented by Zachary Guy Parks

Service Employees International Union and American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees, Amicus Curiae, represented by Scott A. Kronland

State of Ohio and 18 Other States, Amicus Curiae, represented by Thomas Elliot Gaiser

The Catholic Conferences of Illinois, Iowa, Michigan and Minnesota, Amicus Curiae, represented by James Ney Law

The Catholic Conferences of Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Tennessee, and Washington, Amicus Curiae, represented by James Ney Law

The Economic Policy Institute, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Laurence Jacques Dupuis

THE LUTHERAN CHURCH—MISSOURI SYNOD; THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EVANGELICALS; THE ETHICS AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTY COMMISSION; THE MINNESOTA-WISCONSIN BAPTIST CONVENTION; AND THE ISLAM AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ACTION TEAM, Amicus Curiae, represented by Gene Clayton Schaerr

United States, Amicus Curiae, represented by D. John Sauer

Wisconsin Catholic Conference, Amicus Curiae, represented by Bradley George Hubbard

Wisconsin State Legislature, Amicus Curiae, represented by Ryan Joseph Walsh

World Faith Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by James L. Hirsen

 
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