Schulz v. Presbytery of Seattle

Petition for certiorari denied on February 22, 2021

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
20-261	Wash. Ct. App.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	OT 2020

Issue: Whether, in a dispute between a local congregation and its former denomination over ownership of property to which the local congregation holds legal title, the First Amendment permits courts to apply a rule of absolute deference to assertions of ownership by the denomination.

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Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
08/28/2020	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 2, 2020)
09/18/2020	Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 2, 2020 to November 2, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
09/21/2020	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 2, 2020.
09/21/2020	Response to motion from petitioners Jeff Schulz, et al. filed.
10/02/2020	Brief amicus curiae of The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty filed.
10/02/2020	Brief amicus curiae of Anglican Church in North America filed.
10/02/2020	Brief amici curiae of Law and Religion and Constitutional Law Professors filed.
10/30/2020	Brief of respondents The Presbytery of Seattle, et al. in opposition filed.
11/16/2020	Reply of petitioners Jeff Schulz, et al. filed. (Distributed)
11/17/2020	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/4/2020.
11/30/2020	Rescheduled.
01/06/2021	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/22/2021.
02/12/2021	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/19/2021.
02/22/2021	Petition DENIED.