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Tree of Life Christian Schools v. City of Upper Arlington, Ohio

Petition for certiorari denied on May 13, 2019

Docket No. Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
18-944 N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2018

Issue: (1) Whether the court below applied the proper test for a Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act"s equal-terms claim; and (2) whether Tree of Life established a facial or as-applied equal-terms violation here.

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DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
11/21/2018Application (18A555) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 17, 2018 to January 16, 2019, submitted to Justice Sotomayor.
11/28/2018Application (18A555) granted by Justice Sotomayor extending the time to file until January 16, 2019.
01/16/2019Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 19, 2019)
01/29/2019Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Tree of Life Christian Schools.
01/31/2019Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, City of Upper Arlington, Ohio.
02/06/2019Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 19, 2019 to March 21, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
02/08/2019Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 21, 2019.
02/15/2019Brief amicus curiae of Parents of Students of Tree of Life Christian School filed.
02/19/2019Brief amicus curiae of Islam and Religious Freedom Action Team of the Institute for Religious Freedom filed.
02/19/2019Brief amicus curiae of Association of Christian Schools International filed.
02/19/2019Brief amicus curiae of American Center for Law and Justice filed.
02/19/2019Brief amici curiae of Civil Liberties for Urban Believers, et al. filed.
02/19/2019Brief amici curiae of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, et al. filed.
02/19/2019Brief amicus curiae of The Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty filed.
02/19/2019Brief amicus curiae of CatholicVote.org Education Fund filed.
02/19/2019Brief amicus curiae of Citizens for Community Values filed.
03/21/2019Brief of respondent City of Upper Arlington, Ohio in opposition filed.
04/10/2019DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/26/2019.
04/12/2019Reply of petitioner Tree of Life Christian Schools filed. (Distributed)
04/24/2019Rescheduled.
05/06/2019DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/9/2019.
05/13/2019Petition DENIED.