Dignity Health v. Minton

Petition for certiorari denied on November 1, 2021

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
19-1135	Cal.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	OT 2021

Issue: (1) Whether the free exercise clause of the First Amendment bars a state-law claim that seeks to compel a religiously affiliated hospital to allow medical procedures that violate its longstanding, deeply held religious beliefs; and (2) whether the First Amendment"s free expression and free association guarantees bar a state-law claim that seeks to compel a religiously affiliated hospital to allow " and thereby endorse and be associated with " medical procedures that violate its longstanding, deeply held religious beliefs.

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Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
03/13/2020	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 16, 2020)
03/23/2020	Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 16, 2020 to July 15, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
03/24/2020	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including July 15, 2020.
04/13/2020	Brief amicus curiae of Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty filed.
04/16/2020	Brief amici curiae of Catholic Medical Association and National Catholic Bioethics Center filed.
04/16/2020	Brief amicus curiae of Providence St. Joseph Health filed.
04/16/2020	Brief amicus curiae of Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence filed.
04/16/2020	Brief amici curiae of Catholic Health Association of the United States, Alliance for Catholic Health Care filed.
07/15/2020	Brief of respondent Evan Minton in opposition filed.
07/28/2020	Reply of petitioner Dignity Health d/b/a Mercy San Juan Medical Center filed. (Distributed)
07/29/2020	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
06/21/2021	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/24/2021.
06/21/2021	Supplemental brief of petitioner Dignity Health d/b/a Mercy San Juan Medical Center filed. (Distributed)
06/22/2021	Supplemental brief of respondent Evan Minton filed.
07/01/2021	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 7/1/2021.
07/02/2021	Rescheduled.
09/08/2021	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
10/04/2021	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/8/2021.
10/12/2021	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/15/2021.
10/25/2021	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/29/2021.
11/01/2021	Petition DENIED. Justice Thomas, Justice Alito, and Justice Gorsuch would grant the petition for a writ of certiorari.