Uzuegbunam v. Preczewski

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
19-968	11th Cir.	Jan 12, 2021	Mar 8, 2021	8-1	Thomas	OT 2020

Holding: A request for nominal damages satisfies the redressability element necessary for Article III standing where a plaintiff"s claim is based on a completed violation of a legal right.

Judgment: Reversed and remanded, 8-1, in an opinion by Justice Thomas on March 8, 2021. Justice Kavanaugh filed a concurring opinion. Chief Justice Roberts filed a dissenting opinion.

SCOTUSblog Coverage

Court revives lawsuit from student seeking nominal damages for free-speech violation at public college (Amy Howe, March 8, 2021)
Argument analysis: Justices weigh mootness after change in government policy in cases seeking nominal damages (Amy Howe, January 13, 2021)
Case preview: Justices to consider effect of change in government policy on cases seeking symbolic damages (Amy Howe, January 8, 2021)
Court releases January calendar (updated) (Amy Howe, November 25, 2020)
Before the summer recess, one last set of grants (Amy Howe, July 9, 2020)
Petitions of the week (Andrew Hamm, March 13, 2020)

Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
10/24/2019	Application (19A461) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 3, 2019 to January 31, 2020, submitted to Justice Thomas.
10/28/2019	Application (19A461) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until January 31, 2020.
01/31/2020	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 4, 2020)
02/13/2020	Blanket Consent filed by Petitioners, Chike Uzuegbunam, et al.
02/19/2020	Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 4, 2020 to April 8, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
02/19/2020	Blanket Consent filed by Respondents, Stanley Preczewski, et al.
02/24/2020	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 8, 2020.
02/28/2020	Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Moral Law filed.
03/02/2020	Brief amicus curiae of Young Americans for Liberty, Inc. filed.
03/02/2020	Brief amicus curiae of Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty filed.
03/03/2020	Brief amicus curiae of Americans for Prosperity Foundation filed.
03/03/2020	Brief amicus curiae of American Humanist Association filed.
03/04/2020	Brief amicus curiae of The Islam and Religious Freedom Action Team of the Religious Freedom Institute filed.
03/04/2020	Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Individual Rights in Education filed.
03/04/2020	Brief amicus curiae of CatholicVote.org Education Fund filed.
03/27/2020	Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 8, 2020 to April 22, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
03/30/2020	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including April 22, 2020.
04/22/2020	Brief of respondents Stanley Preczewski, et al. in opposition filed.
05/05/2020	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/21/2020.
05/05/2020	Reply of petitioners Chike Uzuegbunam, et al. filed. (Distributed)
07/08/2020	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 7/8/2020.
07/09/2020	Petition GRANTED.
07/27/2020	Joint motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
07/28/2020	Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Chike Uzuegbunam, et al.
08/03/2020	Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Stanley Preczewski, et al.
08/06/2020	Joint motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including September 8, 2020. The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including October 22, 2020.
08/25/2020	Joint motion for a further extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
09/01/2020	Joint motion to further extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including September 22, 2020. The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is further extended to and including November 19, 2020.
09/22/2020	Joint appendix filed.
09/22/2020	Brief of petitioners Chike Uzuegbunam, et al. filed.
09/24/2020	Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Moral Law filed.
09/24/2020	Brief amicus curiae of Council on American-Islamic Relations filed.
09/25/2020	Brief amicus curiae of Young Americans for Liberty, Inc. filed.
09/25/2020	Brief amici curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation, et al. filed.
09/28/2020	Brief amicus curiae of Public Citizen filed.
09/29/2020	Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
09/29/2020	Brief amicus curiae of Child Evangelism Fellowship, Inc. filed.
09/29/2020	Brief amicus curiae of Frederick Douglass Foundation, Inc. filed.
09/29/2020	Brief amici curiae of Foundation for Individual Rights in Education and Cato Institute filed.
09/29/2020	Brief amici curiae of General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, et al. filed.
09/29/2020	Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union, et al. filed.
09/29/2020	Brief amicus curiae of The Islam and Religious Freedom Action Team of the Religious Freedom Institute filed.
09/29/2020	Brief amicus curiae of The Rutherford Institute filed.
09/29/2020	Brief amici curiae of United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, et al. filed.
09/29/2020	Brief amicus curiae of Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty filed.
09/29/2020	Brief amicus curiae of National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Inc. filed.
09/29/2020	Brief amicus curiae of Christian Legal Society filed.
09/29/2020	Brief amicus curiae of CatholicVote.org Education Fund filed.
09/29/2020	Brief amicus curiae of The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty filed.
09/29/2020	Brief amicus curiae of Institute for Free Speech filed.
09/29/2020	Brief amici curiae of Justice and Freedom Fund, et al. filed.
09/29/2020	Amicus brief of American Humanist Association not accepted for filing. (October 06, 2020 - Corrected version submitted)
09/29/2020	Brief amicus curiae of American Humanist Association filed. (October 7, 2020)
11/16/2020	Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
11/19/2020	Brief of respondents Stanley Preczewski, et al. filed.
11/25/2020	SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, January 12, 2021.
11/25/2020	Brief amici curiae of District of Columbia, et al. filed.
11/25/2020	Brief amici curiae of National Conference of State Legislatures, et al. filed. (Distributed)
12/03/2020	Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 11th Circuit.
12/03/2020	The record from the U.S.C.A. 11th Circuit is electronic and located on PACER.
12/04/2020	The record from the U.S. Dist. Court of Northern Dist. of Georgia (Atlanta) is electronic and located on PACER.
12/07/2020	Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
12/08/2020	CIRCULATED
12/21/2020	Reply of petitioners Chike Uzuegbunam, et al. filed. (Distributed)
01/12/2021	Argued. For petitioners: Kristen K. Waggoner, Scottsdale, Ariz.; and Hashim M. Mooppan, Counselor to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondents: Andrew A. Pinson, Atlanta, Ga.
03/08/2021	Judgment REVERSED and REMANDED. Thomas, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett, JJ., joined. Kavanaugh, J., filed a concurring opinion. Roberts, C. J., filed a dissenting opinion.
04/09/2021	JUDGMENT ISSUED.