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Boston Parent Coalition for Academic Excellence Corp. v. The School Committee for the City of Boston

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Petition for certiorari denied on December 9, 2024
Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
23-1137 1st Cir. N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2024

Issue: Whether an equal protection challenge to facially race-neutral admission criteria is barred simply because members of the racial groups targeted for decline still receive a balanced share of admissions offers commensurate with their share of the applicant pool.

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DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
Feb 21 2024Application (23A771) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from March 18, 2024 to April 17, 2024, submitted to Justice Jackson.
Feb 23 2024Application (23A771) granted by Justice Jackson extending the time to file until April 17, 2024.
Apr 17 2024Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 20, 2024)
May 14 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 20, 2024 to June 19, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
May 14 2024Letter regarding substitution of parties under Rule 35 received from counsel for respondents.
May 15 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including June 20, 2024, for all respondents. See Rule 30.1.
May 16 2024Brief amici curiae of Beacon Center of Tennessee, et al. filed.
May 17 2024Brief amicus curiae of Center for Individual Rights filed.
May 17 2024Brief amici curiae of The Asian American Coalition for Education, et al. filed.
May 20 2024Brief amicus curiae of The Equal Protection Project filed.
May 20 2024Brief amici curiae of The American Civil Rights Project, et al. filed.
May 20 2024Brief amici curiae of The Buckeye Institute and Mountain States Legal Foundation filed.
May 20 2024Brief amici curiae of National Association of Scholars and Chinese American Citizens Alliance of Greater New York filed.
May 20 2024Brief amici curiae of Advancing American Freedom, et al. filed.
Jun 20 2024Brief of respondents Boston Branch of NAACP, et al. in opposition filed.
Jun 20 2024Brief of respondents The School Committee for the City of Boston, et al. in opposition filed.
Jul 10 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
Aug 26 2024Reply of petitioner Boston Parent Coalition for Academic Excellence Corp. filed. (Distributed)
Sep 25 2024Supplemental brief of petitioner Boston Parent Coalition for Academic Excellence Corp. filed. (Distributed)
Sep 27 2024Supplemental brief of respondents The School Committee for the City of Boston, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Oct 07 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/11/2024.
Oct 15 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/18/2024.
Oct 28 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/1/2024.
Nov 04 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/8/2024.
Nov 12 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/15/2024.
Nov 18 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/22/2024.
Dec 02 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/6/2024.
Dec 09 2024Petition DENIED. Statement of Justice Gorsuch respecting the denial of the petition for a writ of certiorari. (Detached Opinion). Justice Alito, with whom Justice Thomas joins, dissenting from the denial of certiorari. (Detached Opinion)