| Date | Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding) |
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| Aug 28 2020 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 1, 2020) |
| Sep 21 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 1, 2020 to November 30, 2020, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Sep 28 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 30, 2020. |
| Oct 01 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Pennsylvania School Boards Association and Pennsylvania Principals Association filed. |
| Oct 01 2020 | Brief amici curiae of National School Boards Association, et al. filed. |
| Nov 30 2020 | Brief of respondents B.L., a minor, by and through her father Lawrence Levy and her mother Betty Lou Levy in opposition filed. |
| Dec 14 2020 | Reply of petitioner Mahanoy Area School District filed. |
| Dec 16 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021. |
| Jan 08 2021 | Petition GRANTED. |
| Feb 22 2021 | Brief of petitioner Mahanoy Area School District filed. |
| Feb 22 2021 | Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed) |
| Feb 24 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Cyberbullying Research Center, et al. filed. |
| Mar 01 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. |
| Mar 01 2021 | Brief amici curiae of National School Boards Association, et al. filed. |
| Mar 01 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Massachusetts, et al. in support of neither party filed. |
| Mar 01 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Nation Education Association in support of neither party filed. |
| Mar 01 2021 | Brief amici curiae of National Association of Pupil Services Administrators and Pennsylvania Association of Pupil Services Administrators filed. |
| Mar 01 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Pennsylvania School Boards Association and Pennsylvania Principals Association filed. |
| Mar 01 2021 | Brief amici curiae of First Amendment and Education Law Scholars filed. |
| Mar 01 2021 | Brief amici curiae of The Huntsville, Alabama City Board of Education, et al. filed. |
| Mar 01 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of American Center for Law and Justice in support of neither party filed. |
| Mar 12 2021 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, April 28, 2021. |
| Mar 15 2021 | Record requested. |
| Mar 24 2021 | Brief of respondent B.L., a minor, by and through her father Lawrence Levy and her mother Betty Lou Levy filed. |
| Mar 26 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Mar 29 2021 | Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
| Mar 30 2021 | CIRCULATED |
| Mar 30 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Parents Defending Education filed. (Distributed) |
| Mar 30 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Liberty Justice Center, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Mar 31 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Life Legal Defense Foundation filed. (Distributed) |
| Mar 31 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Alliance Defending Freedom and Christian Legal Society filed. (Distributed) |
| Mar 31 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of The Independent Women's Law Center filed. (Distributed) |
| Mar 31 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of College Athlete Advocates filed. (Distributed) |
| Mar 31 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Law and Education Professors filed. (Distributed) |
| Mar 31 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Americans for Prosperity Foundation and The Rutherford Institute filed. (Distributed) |
| Mar 31 2021 | Brief amici curiae of The National Women's Law Center, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Mar 31 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Jane Bambauer, Ashutosh Bhagwat, and Eugene Volokh filed. (Distributed) |
| Mar 31 2021 | Brief amici curiae of School Discipline Professors filed. (Distributed) |
| Mar 31 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty filed. (Distributed) |
| Mar 31 2021 | Brief amici curiae of States of Louisiana, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Mar 31 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of First Liberty Institute filed. (Distributed) |
| Mar 31 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Current and Former Student School Board Members filed. (Distributed) |
| Mar 31 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Advancement Project, Juvenile Law Center, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Mar 31 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Student Press Law Center, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Mar 31 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of VanHo Law filed. (Distributed) |
| Mar 31 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Mary Beth Tinker & John Tinker filed. (Distributed) |
| Mar 31 2021 | Brief amici curiae of HISD Student Congress, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Mar 31 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Mar 31 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Teachers, School Administrators, and the National Council of Teachers of English filed. (Distributed) |
| Mar 31 2021 | Brief amici curiae of The Electronic Frontier Foundation, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Apr 05 2021 | Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. |
| Apr 16 2021 | Reply of petitioner Mahanoy Area School District filed. (Distributed) |
| Apr 28 2021 | Argued. For petitioner: Lisa S. Blatt, Washington, D. C.; and Malcolm L. Stewart, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondent: David D. Cole, of Washington, D. C. |
| Jun 23 2021 | Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Breyer, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett, JJ., joined. Alito, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Gorsuch, J., joined. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion. |
| Jul 26 2021 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
