Big Sky Colony, Inc. v. Montana Department of Labor & Industry
Petition for certiorari denied on October 7, 2013
Issue: (1) Whether the Free Exercise Clause requires a plaintiff to demonstrate that the challenged law singles out religious conduct or has a discriminatory motive, as the First, Second, Fourth, and Eighth Circuits and Montana Supreme Court have held, or whether it is instead sufficient to demonstrate that the challenged law treats a substantial category of nonreligious conduct more favorably than religious conduct, as the Third, Sixth, Tenth, and Eleventh Circuits and Iowa Supreme Court have held; and (2) whether the government regulates "an internal church decision" in violation of the Free Exercise Clause, Hosanna Tabor v. EEOC, when it forces a religious community to provide workers" compensation insurance to its members in violation of the internal rules governing the community and its members.
SCOTUSblog Coverage
- Petition of the day (Mary Pat Dwyer, September 18, 2013)
- Petition of the day (Mary Pat Dwyer, September 12, 2013)
Date | Proceedings and Orders |
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04/01/2013 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 2, 2013) |
04/29/2013 | Waiver of right of respondent Montana Department of Labor and Industry to respond filed. |
05/02/2013 | Brief amici curiae of Belmont Abbey,and The Abbey of New Clairvaux filed. |
05/02/2013 | Brief amicus curiae of American Islamic Congress filed. |
05/02/2013 | Brief amici curiae of 21 Scholars filed. |
05/02/2013 | Brief amici curiae of Church of Lukumi Babalu Aye, et al. filed. |
05/02/2013 | Brief amicus curiae of Michigan filed. |
05/02/2013 | Brief amici curiae of National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, et al. filed. |
05/06/2013 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioners. |
05/14/2013 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 30, 2013. |
05/22/2013 | Response Requested . (Due June 21, 2013) |
06/05/2013 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including August 20, 2013. |
08/20/2013 | Brief of respondent Montana Department of Labor and Industry in opposition filed. |
09/04/2013 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 30, 2013. |
09/04/2013 | Reply of petitioners Big Sky Colony, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed) |
10/07/2013 | Petition DENIED. |