Issues: (1) Whether the word “sex” in Title VII’s prohibition on discrimination “because of . . . sex,” 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2(a)(1), meant “gender identity” and included “transgender status” when Congress enacted Title VII in 1964; and (2) whether Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins prohibits employers from applying sex-specific policies according to their employees’ sex rather than their gender identity.
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
|---|---|
| May 11 2018 | Application (17A1267) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 5, 2018 to August 3, 2018, submitted to Justice Kagan. |
| May 16 2018 | Application (17A1267) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until August 3, 2018. |
| Jul 20 2018 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 23, 2018) |
| Jul 30 2018 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 23, 2018 to September 24, 2018, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Aug 08 2018 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including September 24, 2018. |
| Aug 14 2018 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 23, 2018 to September 24, 2018, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Aug 15 2018 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including September 24, 2018, for all respondents. |
| Aug 15 2018 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes, Inc. |
| Aug 23 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty filed. |
| Aug 23 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Moral Law filed. |
| Aug 23 2018 | Brief amici curiae of States of Nebraska, et al. filed. |
| Aug 23 2018 | Brief amici curiae of Public Advocate of the United States, et al. filed. |
| Sep 13 2018 | Letter of September 13, 2018 from counsel for petitioner filed. |
| Sep 17 2018 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 24, 2018 to October 24, 2018, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Sep 18 2018 | The motions to extend the time to file responses are granted and the time is further extended to and including October 24, 2018, for all respondents. |
| Oct 24 2018 | Brief of Federal Respondent in opposition filed. |
| Oct 24 2018 | Brief of respondent Aimee Stephens in opposition filed. |
| Nov 06 2018 | Reply of petitioner R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes, Inc. filed. |
| Nov 07 2018 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/30/2018. |
| Nov 26 2018 | Rescheduled. |
| Dec 03 2018 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/7/2018. |
| Dec 03 2018 | Rescheduled. |
| Dec 20 2018 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/4/2019. |
| Jan 07 2019 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/11/2019. |
| Jan 14 2019 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/18/2019. |
| Feb 04 2019 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/15/2019. |
| Feb 15 2019 | Letter of February 13, 2019 from counsel for petitioners received. (Distributed) |
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