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United States v. Skrmetti

Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
23-477 6th Cir. TBD TBD TBD TBD OT 2024

Issue: Whether Tennessee Senate Bill 1, which prohibits all medical treatments intended to allow “a minor to identify with, or live as, a purported identity inconsistent with the minor’s sex” or to treat “purported discomfort or distress from a discordance between the minor’s sex and asserted identity,” violates the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment.

DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
Nov 06 2023Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 6, 2023)
Nov 08 2023Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 6, 2023 to January 5, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
Nov 09 2023Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 5, 2024.
Nov 17 2023Brief amici curiae of Foreign Non-Profit Organizations Advocating for the Rights of Transgender People filed. VIDED.
Dec 04 2023Brief amici curiae of Elliot Page, et al. filed. VIDED.
Dec 08 2023Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 5, 2024 to February 5, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
Dec 11 2023Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including February 5, 2024.
Feb 02 2024Brief amicus curiae of Alabama filed. VIDED.
Feb 02 2024Brief of respondents Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter for Tennessee, et al. in opposition filed. VIDED.
Feb 20 2024Reply of petitioner United States filed. (Distributed)
Feb 21 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/15/2024.
Mar 13 2024Rescheduled.
Mar 18 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/22/2024.
Mar 20 2024Rescheduled.
Mar 25 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/28/2024.
Mar 26 2024Rescheduled.
Apr 08 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/12/2024.
Apr 11 2024Rescheduled.
Apr 15 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/19/2024.
Apr 18 2024Rescheduled.
Apr 22 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/26/2024.
Apr 25 2024Rescheduled.
May 06 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/9/2024.
May 08 2024Rescheduled.
May 13 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/16/2024.
May 20 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/23/2024.
May 28 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/30/2024.
Jun 03 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/6/2024.
Jun 10 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/13/2024.
Jun 17 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/20/2024.
Jun 24 2024Petition GRANTED.
Jul 16 2024Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
Jul 18 2024Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits is granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including August 27, 2024. The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including October 8, 2024.
Aug 27 2024Brief of petitioner United States filed.
Aug 27 2024Joint appendix (Volumes I & II) filed.
Aug 27 2024Brief of respondents in support of petitioner L.W., By and Through Her Parents and Next Friends, Samantha Williams and Brian Williams, et al. filed.
Aug 30 2024Brief amici curiae of Legal Scholars, et al. filed.
Sep 03 2024Brief amici curiae of American Academy of Pediatrics, et al. filed.
Sep 03 2024Brief amicus curiae of NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. filed.
Sep 03 2024Brief amici curiae of Williams Institute Scholars filed.
Sep 03 2024Brief amici curiae of California, et al. filed.
Sep 03 2024Brief amici curiae of Equality Florida, et al. filed.
Sep 03 2024Brief amici curiae of Dr. Erica E. Anderson, PhD, et al. filed.
Sep 03 2024Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed.
Sep 03 2024Brief amici curiae of American Historical Association, et al. filed.
Sep 03 2024Brief amici curiae of Foreign Non-Profit Organizations Advocating for the Rights of Transgender People filed.
Sep 03 2024Brief amici curiae of Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, et al. filed.
Sep 03 2024Brief amici curiae of Conservative Officials, Advisors, and Activists filed.
Sep 03 2024Brief amici curiae of the Trevor Project, et al. filed.
Sep 03 2024Brief amici curiae of The American Psychological Association, et al. filed.
Sep 03 2024Brief amici curiae of TransParent and Minority Veterans of America filed.
Sep 03 2024Brief amici curiae of The Kentucky Plaintiffs, et al. filed.
Sep 03 2024Brief amici curiae of Families with Transgender Children filed.
Sep 03 2024Brief amici curiae of Expert Researchers and Physicians filed.
Sep 03 2024Brief amici curiae of Clinical Practice Guideline Experts filed.
Sep 03 2024Brief amici curiae of Elliot Page, et al. filed.
Sep 03 2024Brief amici curiae of Professors of Law, Medicine, and Public Health filed.
Sep 03 2024Brief amici curiae of Yale Philosophers filed.
Sep 03 2024Brief amicus curiae of Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine (SEGM) in support of neither party filed.
Sep 03 2024Brief amici curiae of Members of Congress filed.
Sep 03 2024Brief amici curiae of GRACE, et al. filed.
Sep 03 2024Brief amicus curiae of American Bar Association filed.
Sep 03 2024Brief amici curiae of Genders & Sexualities Alliance Network, et al. filed.
Sep 03 2024Brief amici curiae of William Eskridge Jr., et al. filed.
Sep 03 2024Brief amicus curiae of interACT: Advocates for Intersex Youth filed.
Sep 03 2024Brief amici curiae of Family Law and Constitutional Law Scholars filed.
Sep 03 2024Brief amici curiae of Giffords Law Center To Prevent Gun Violence, et al. filed.
Sep 03 2024Brief amici curiae of 17 Healthcare Providers filed.
Sep 03 2024Brief amici curiae of Experts on Gender Affirming Care (Sept.13, 2024) filed.
Sep 16 2024Motion for divided argument filed by the Solicitor General and respondents in support of petitioner.