Groff v. DeJoy

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
22-174	3rd Cir.	Apr 18, 2023	Jun 29, 2023	9-0	Alito	OT 2022

Holding: Title VII requires an employer that denies a religious accommodation to show that the burden of granting an accommodation would result in substantial increased costs in relation to the conduct of its particular business.

Judgment: Vacated and remanded, 9-0, in an opinion by Justice Alito on June 29, 2023. Justice Sotomayor filed a concurring opinion, in which Justice Jackson joined.

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Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
08/23/2022	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 26, 2022)
08/30/2022	Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Gerald E. Groff
09/09/2022	Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 26, 2022 to October 26, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
09/12/2022	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 26, 2022.
09/19/2022	Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Louis DeJoy, Postmaster General, United States Postal Service
09/22/2022	Brief amicus curiae of Alabama Center for Law and Liberty filed.
09/22/2022	Brief amici curiae of The Sikh Coalition, et al. filed.
09/23/2022	Brief amici curiae of Asma T. Uddin and Steven T. Collis filed.
09/23/2022	Brief amici curiae of National Jewish Commission on Law and Public Affairs, et al. filed.
09/26/2022	Brief amici curiae of Members of the United States Congress filed.
09/26/2022	Brief amicus curiae of American Center for Law and Justice filed.
09/26/2022	Brief amicus curiae of John Kluge filed.
09/26/2022	Brief amicus curiae of The Rutherford Institute filed.
09/26/2022	Brief amici curiae of General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists and Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America filed.
09/26/2022	Brief amici curiae of Thomas More Society and The Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty filed.
09/26/2022	Brief amici curiae of Robert P. Roesser & Christian Legal Society filed.
09/26/2022	Brief amici curiae of Former EEOC General Counsel and Title VII Religious Accommodation Expert filed.
09/26/2022	Brief amici curiae of Religious Liberty Scholars and Employment Law Scholars filed.
09/26/2022	Brief amici curiae of West Virginia, et al. filed.
10/11/2022	Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 26, 2022 to November 25, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
10/12/2022	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including November 25, 2022.
11/10/2022	Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 25, 2022 to November 28, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
11/14/2022	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including November 28, 2022.
11/28/2022	Brief of respondent Louis DeJoy, Postmaster General, United States Postal Service in opposition filed.
12/13/2022	Reply of petitioner Gerald E. Groff filed. (Distributed)
12/14/2022	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/6/2023.
01/09/2023	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/13/2023.
01/13/2023	Petition GRANTED.
01/31/2023	SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, April 18, 2023.
02/08/2023	Record requested from the U.S.C.A.-3d Circuit.
02/15/2023	Record received from the U.S.C.A.-3d Circuit containing electronic record from both District Court and Court of Appeals.
02/21/2023	Brief of petitioner Gerald E. Groff filed.
02/21/2023	Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
02/23/2023	Brief amici curiae of Jeffrey Podell and the Rieders Foundation filed.
02/23/2023	Brief amicus curiae of Council on American-Islamic Relations filed.
02/27/2023	Brief amicus curiae of Catholicvote.org Education Fund filed.
02/27/2023	Brief amici curiae of Alabama Center for Law and Liberty and Constitutional Attorneys filed.
02/28/2023	Brief amicus curiae of John Kluge filed.
02/28/2023	Brief amicus curiae of American Center for Law and Justice filed.
02/28/2023	Brief amici curiae of The Sikh Coalition, et al.
02/28/2023	Brief amicus curiae of Founders’ First Freedom, Inc. filed.
02/28/2023	Brief amicus curiae of American Hindu Coalition filed.
02/28/2023	Brief amicus curiae of American Constitutional Rights Union filed.
02/28/2023	Brief amicus curiae of Robert P. Roesser filed. (Docket entry corrected 3/6/23)
02/28/2023	Brief amici curiae of The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Canada, The Atlantic Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, The North Pacific Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, The National Council of Young Israel filed.
02/28/2023	Brief amicus curiae of Americans for Fair Treatment filed.
02/28/2023	Brief amicus curiae of Zionist Organization of America filed.
02/28/2023	Brief amicus curiae of The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty filed.
02/28/2023	Brief amici curiae of Former EEOC General Counsel and Title VII Religious Accommodation Expert filed.
02/28/2023	Brief amicus curiae of Muslim Public Affairs Council filed.
02/28/2023	Brief amici curiae of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, et al. filed.
02/28/2023	Brief amicus curiae of Liberty Counsel filed.
02/28/2023	Brief amicus curiae of Ted Cruz, et al. filed.
02/28/2023	Brief amicus curiae of The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America filed.
02/28/2023	Brief amici curiae of Asma T. Uddin, et al. filed.
02/28/2023	Brief amici curiae of Thomas More Society and The Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty filed.
02/28/2023	Brief amicus curiae of Airline Employees for Health Freedom filed.
02/28/2023	Brief amici curiae of Christian Legal Society, et al. filed.
02/28/2023	Brief amici curiae of West Virginia and 21 Other States filed.
02/28/2023	Brief amici curiae of Religious Liberty Scholars and Employment Law Scholars filed.
02/28/2023	Brief amicus curiae of General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists filed.
02/28/2023	Brief amici curiae of Citizens United, Citizens United Foundation, and The Presidential Coalition filed.
02/28/2023	Brief amicus curiae of Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law filed.
02/28/2023	Brief amici curiae of National Jewish Commission on Law and Public Affairs (“COLPA”) and Other Jewish Organizations filed.
02/28/2023	Brief amicus curiae of Robertson Center for Constitutional Law filed.
02/28/2023	Brief amici curiae of Over 400 Physicians, Surgeons, Nurses, and Medical Professionals Who Support Religious Liberty filed.
02/28/2023	Brief amicus curiae of Joseph B. Holland, Jr. filed.
03/06/2023	Brief amici curiae of National Employment Lawyers Association, et al. in support of neither party filed.
03/23/2023	Brief of respondent Louis DeJoy, Postmaster General, United States Postal Service filed.(Corrected version submitted)
03/23/2023	Brief of respondent Louis DeJoy, Postmaster General, United States Postal Service filed. (April 7, 2023) (Distributed)
03/24/2023	CIRCULATED
03/30/2023	Brief amicus curiae of The Freedom from Religion Foundation filed. (Distributed)
03/30/2023	Brief amicus curiae of American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO filed. (Distributed)
03/30/2023	Brief amici curiae of Americans United for Separation of Church and State and Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
03/30/2023	Brief amicus curiae of Airlines for America filed. (Distributed)
03/30/2023	Brief amici curiae of Local Government Legal Center, National Association of Counties, National League of Cities, and the International Municipal Lawyers Association filed. (Distributed)
03/30/2023	Brief amici curiae of Washington et al. filed. (Distributed)
03/30/2023	Brief amici curiae of Center For Inquiry and American Atheists, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
03/30/2023	Brief amici curiae of National Rural Letter Carriers' Association, et al. filed. (Distributed)
03/30/2023	Brief amicus curiae of The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) filed. (Distributed)
04/07/2023	Letter filed. (Distributed)
04/07/2023	Reply of petitioner Gerald E. Groff filed. (Distributed)
04/18/2023	Argued. For petitioner: Aaron Streett, Houston, Tex. For respondent: Elizabeth B. Prelogar, Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C.
06/29/2023	Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Alito, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court. Sotomayor, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Jackson, J., joined.
07/31/2023	Judgment issued.