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Cambridge Christian School, Inc. v. Florida High School Athletic Association, Inc.

Petition for certiorari denied on November 17, 2025

Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
24-1261 11th Cir. N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2025

Issues: (1) Whether Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe compels a finding of government speech where two private Christian schools sought to engage in communal prayer over a loudspeaker before a football game organized by a state athletic association that otherwise permitted a wide array of private speech over the loudspeaker, and should therefore be overruled in light of this court’s later holdings; and (2) whether the endorsement factor of the government-speech doctrine revives the “endorsement test offshoot” of Lemon v. Kurtzman that “this Court long ago abandoned,” by providing a special veto for a private party’s religious speech on any government owned platform.

DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
04/18/2025Application (24A1024) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 7, 2025 to June 6, 2025, submitted to Justice Thomas.
04/22/2025Application (24A1024) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until June 6, 2025.
06/06/2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 10, 2025)
06/17/2025Brief amicus curiae of Liberty, Life and Law Foundation filed.
07/02/2025Brief amicus curiae of Josh Turner filed.
07/08/2025Brief amicus curiae of Robertson Center for Constitutional Law filed.
07/09/2025Brief amicus curiae of Liberty Counsel filed.
07/10/2025Amicus brief of American Center for Law and Justice not accepted for filing. (July 10, 2025)
07/10/2025Brief amicus curiae of American Center for Law and Justice filed (corrected brief).
07/10/2025Brief amicus curiae of The Religious Freedom Institute filed.
07/10/2025Brief amicus curiae of Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty filed.
07/10/2025Brief amici curiae of Former Attorneys General filed.
07/10/2025Brief amicus curiae of Awaken Church filed.
07/10/2025Brief amicus curiae of National Religious Broadcasters filed.
07/10/2025Brief amici curiae of Members of Congress filed.
07/10/2025Brief amicus curiae of Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools filed.
07/10/2025Brief amicus curiae of American Hindu Jewish Congress filed.
07/10/2025Brief amici curiae of Christian Football Coaches & Players filed.
07/10/2025Brief amicus curiae of The American Legion filed.
07/10/2025Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Moral Law filed.
07/10/2025Brief amicus curiae of Protect the First Foundation filed.
07/10/2025Brief amicus curiae of Joseph Kennedy filed.
07/10/2025Brief amici curiae of American Christian Schools International, et al. filed.
07/10/2025Brief amicus curiae of Will Weatherford filed.
07/10/2025Brief amici curiae of Florida, et al. filed.
07/23/2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
07/28/2025Response Requested. (Due August 27, 2025)
08/18/2025Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 27, 2025 to October 27, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
08/20/2025Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted in part and the time is extended to and including October 14, 2025.
10/14/2025Brief of respondent Florida High School Athletic Association, Inc. in opposition filed.
10/24/2025Reply of petitioner Cambridge Christian School, Inc. filed.
10/29/2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/14/2025.
11/17/2025Petition DENIED.