Morris County Board of Chosen Freeholders v. Freedom From Religion Foundation

Petition for certiorari denied on March 4, 2019

Docket No.	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
18-364	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	OT 2018

Issue: (1) Whether using generally available historic preservation funds to repair or restore a house of worship constitutes a "religious use" that falls outside the scope of Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia Inc. v. Comer; and (2) whether the categorial exclusion of all active houses of worship from historic preservation grants violates Trinity Lutheran and the First Amendment as an exclusion based on religious status.

SCOTUSblog Coverage

Symposium: The calm before the storm for religious-liberty cases? (Mark Rienzi, July 26, 2019)
Justices add patent-fees case to next terms docket (Amy Howe, March 4, 2019)
Petitions of the week (Aurora Barnes, October 17, 2018)

Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
07/27/2018	Application (18A105) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from August 19, 2018 to September 19, 2018, submitted to Justice Alito.
07/31/2018	Application (18A105) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until September 18, 2018.
09/18/2018	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 22, 2018)
10/01/2018	Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 22, 2018 to November 26, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
10/09/2018	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 26, 2018.
10/22/2018	Brief amicus curiae of National Trust for Historic Preservation filed.
10/22/2018	Brief amicus curiae of International Municipal Lawyers Association filed.
11/26/2018	Brief of respondents Freedom From Religion Foundation, et al. in opposition filed. VIDED.
12/10/2018	Reply of petitioner Morris County Board of Chosen Freeholders filed.
12/12/2018	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/4/2019.
12/21/2018	Supplemental brief of petitioners Morris County Board of Chosen Freeholders, et al. filed. (Distributed)
01/07/2019	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/11/2019.
01/14/2019	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/18/2019.
02/04/2019	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/15/2019.
02/19/2019	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/22/2019.
02/25/2019	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/1/2019.
03/04/2019	Petition DENIED. Statement of Justice Kavanaugh, with whom Justice Alito and Justice Gorsuch join, respecting the denial of certiorari. (Detached Opinion). VIDED.