Coalition for TJ v. Fairfax County School Board

Petition for certiorari denied on February 20, 2024

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
23-170	4th Cir.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	OT 2023

Issue: Whether the Fairfax County School Board violated the 14th Amendment"s equal protection clause when it overhauled the admissions criteria at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology.

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Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
08/21/2023	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 22, 2023)
08/29/2023	Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 22, 2023 to October 23, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
08/31/2023	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 23, 2023.
09/19/2023	Brief amicus curiae of Southeastern Legal Foundation filed.
09/20/2023	Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed.
09/20/2023	Brief amicus curiae of Center for Equal Opportunity filed.
09/20/2023	Brief amici curiae of American Civil Rights Project, et al. filed.
09/20/2023	Brief amici curiae of Liberty Justice Center and Momoko Takahashi filed.
09/21/2023	Brief amici curiae of Former Federal Officials of The Department of Education’s Office For Civil Rights filed.
09/22/2023	Brief amicus curiae of The Equal Protection Project filed.
09/22/2023	Brief amici curiae of The Asian American Coalition for Education, et al. filed.
09/22/2023	Brief amici curiae of Chinese American Citizens Alliance of Greater New York, et al. filed.
09/22/2023	Brief amici curiae of Advancing American Freedom, Inc., et al. filed.
09/22/2023	Brief amicus curiae of Fairfax County Parents Association filed.
09/22/2023	Brief amici curiae of Virginia, et al. filed.
10/23/2023	Brief of respondent Fairfax County School Board in opposition filed.
11/01/2023	Reply of petitioner Coalition for TJ filed.
11/08/2023	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/1/2023.
12/01/2023	Rescheduled.
12/01/2023	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/8/2023.
01/02/2024	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/5/2024.
01/08/2024	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/12/2024.
01/16/2024	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/19/2024.
02/09/2024	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2024.
02/20/2024	Petition DENIED. Justice Alito, with whom Justice Thomas joins, dissenting from the denial of certiorari. (Detached Opinion)