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Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Kagan, J., delivered the <a href = 'https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-993_10n2.pdf'>opinion</a> for a unanimous Court.
Argued. For petitioner: Allyson N. Ho, Dallas, Tex. For United States, as amicus curiae: Ashley Robertson, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondents: G. Todd Butler, Flowood, Miss.
Reply of petitioner Gabriel Olivier filed. (Distributed)
Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Electronic record on appeal received from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi on file with the Clerk.
Record received from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The record is electronic and is available on PACER.
CIRCULATED
Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Brief amicus curiae of Texas Association of Counties filed. (Distributed)
Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Local Government Legal Center filed.
SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, December 3, 2025.
Brief of respondent City of Brandon, Mississippi, filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Southeastern Legal Foundation filed.
Brief amicus curiae of United States supporting vacatur filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Religious Freedom Institute filed.
Brief amici curiae of Christian Legal Society, et al. filed.
Brief amici curiae of Stephen Nylen, et al. filed.
Brief amicus curiae of International Society For Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) filed.
Brief amicus curiae of American Center for Law & Justice filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Young America's Foundation filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Chike Uzuegbunam filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Erma Wilson filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Liberty Justice Center filed.
Brief amici curiae of Human Rights Defense Center, et al. filed.
Brief amici curiae of National Institute of Family and Life Advocates, et al. filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Moral Law filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Manhattan Institute filed.
Joint appendix filed.
Brief of petitioner Gabriel Olivier filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed.
Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including September 2, 2025. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including October 16, 2025.
Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
Petition GRANTED.
Rescheduled.
Reply of petitioner Gabriel Olivier 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 Brandon, Mississippi, et al. in opposition filed.
Response Requested. (Due May 29, 2025)
Brief amicus curiae of Human Rights Defense Center filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Southeastern Legal Foundation filed.
Brief amicus curiae of International Society For Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) filed.
Brief amici curiae of Stephen Nylen, et al. filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Moral Law filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Young America's Foundation filed.
Brief amicus curiae of American Center for Law and Justice filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Liberty Justice Center filed.
Brief amici curiae of Life Legal Defense Foundation, et al. filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Manhattan Institute filed.
Waiver of right of respondent City of Brandon to respond filed.
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 17, 2025)
Application (24A717) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until March 14, 2025.
Application (24A717) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 12, 2025 to March 14, 2025, submitted to Justice Alito.
Gabriel Olivier, Petitioner, represented by Allyson Ho
City of Brandon, Respondent, represented by Gregory Todd Butler
American Center for Law & Justice, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jay Alan Sekulow
Cato Institute, Amicus Curiae, represented by Matthew P. Cavedon
Chike Uzuegbunam, Amicus Curiae, represented by Dominic Emil Draye
Christian Legal Society, Coalition of Virtue, Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty, and American Hindu Jewish Congress, Amicus Curiae, represented by Colleen Elizabeth Roh Sinzdak
Erma Wilson, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jaba Tsitsuashvili
Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, Amicus Curiae, represented by Joshua Aaron House
Foundation for Moral Law, Amicus Curiae, represented by John Allen Eidsmoe
Human Rights Defense Center, Amicus Curiae, represented by Tobias Samuel Loss-Eaton
Human Rights Defense Center and American Association For Justice, Amicus Curiae, represented by Tobias Samuel Loss-Eaton
International Society For Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), Amicus Curiae, represented by David Richard Dorey
Liberty Justice Center, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jacob H. Huebert
Liberty Justice Center, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jeffrey Michael Schwab
Local Government Legal Center, Amicus Curiae, represented by R. Trent McCotter
Manhattan Institute, Amicus Curiae, represented by Ilya Shapiro
National Institute of Family and Life Advocates, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Catherine Wynne Short
Southeastern Legal Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Thomas Ryan McCarthy
Stephen Nylen, Jeremy Brown, Calvin VanKoevering, and Jordan Sweezer, Amicus Curiae, represented by Joshua Craig McDaniel
Texas Association of Counties, Amicus Curiae, represented by Scott Michael Tschirhart
The Religious Freedom Institute, Amicus Curiae, represented by Brian Taylor Goldman
United States, Amicus Curiae, represented by D. John Sauer
Young America's Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Madison Leigh Hahn