6th Cir. 16-2424 Case History

EEOC v. R.G. and G.R. Harris Funeral Homes
No. 16-2424, Docket 

Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Panel: Judges Karen Nelson Moore, Helene N. White, and Bernice B. Donald

Appealed from :

• EEOC v. R.G. and G.R. Harris Funeral Homes (E.D. Mich., No. 2:14-cv-13710)
  • Amended Opinion and Order (04/23/2015)
    • Dismissing EEOC complaint in part
  • Opinion and Order and Judgment (08/18/2016)
    • Granting summary judgment to Defendant
  • Notice of Appeal (10/13/2016)

OPINION

• Opinion and Judgment, by Judge Moore (03/07/2018)
  • Reversed and Remanded

BRIEFS ON THE MERITS

• Brief of Appellant EEOC (02/10/2017)
• Brief of Intervenor Aimee Stephens (04/17/2017, corrected 04/26/2017)
• Brief of Appellee R.G. &. G.R. Harris Funeral Homes (05/17/2017)
• Reply Briefs
  • Appellant EEOC (06/09/2017)
  • Intervenor Aimee Stephens (06/12/2017)

Amicus Briefs in support of Appellant and in favor of reversal

• Seventy-Six Members of the Clergy, et al. (04/24/2017, corrected 04/26/2017)
• Equality Ohio (04/24/2017, corrected 04/26/2017)
• Public Rights/Private Conscience Project (04/24/2017, corrected 04/26/2017)
• Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., et al. (04/24/2017, corrected 04/27/2017)
• Unitarian Universalist Association (04/24/2017, corrected 04/28/2017)

Amicus Brief in support of Appellee and in favor of affirmance

• Public Advocate of the United States (05/24/2017)

Amicus Brief in support of Appellant and in favor of reversal

• U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (01/11/2016)

Citations of Additional Authority

• Appellee Harris Funeral Homes (10/06/2017)
  • U.S. AG Memo “Revised Treatment of Transgender Employment Discrimination Claims Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964”
• Appellee Harris Funeral Homes (10/13/17)
  • U.S. AG Memo “Federal Law Protections for Religious Liberty”

ORAL ARGUMENT

• Oral argument held Wednesday, October 4, 2017; AUDIO 
  • Panel: Judges Karen Nelson Moore, Helene N. White, and Bernice B. Donald
  • Calendar (25 minutes per side)
  • Arguing for Appellants
    • Anne Noel Occhialino, attorney for Appellant EEOC  (15 minutes) 
    • John Anthony Knight, attorney for Intervenor Aimee Stephens (10 minutes) 
  • Arguing for Appellees
    • Douglas G. Wardlow, attorney for Appellee R.G. &. G.R. Harris Funeral Homes (25 minutes) 

• Intervenor Aimee Stephens’s Request to Participate in Argument
  • Stephens’s Motion (08/14/2017)
  • Appellee R.G. &. G.R. Harris Funeral Homes’s Opposition (08/22/2017)
  • ORDER – Granting Motion (09/20/2017)

MOTION TO INTERVENE (Granted)

• Aimee Stephens Motion to Intervene as Plaintiff-Appellant (01/26/2017)
• Appellee Harris Funeral Homes Opposition (02/06/2017)
• Stephens Reply in support of Motion (02/13/2017)
• ORDER – Motion Granted (03/27/2017)

CASE MANAGEMENT

• Case Docketed October 13, 2016
• EEOC’s Civil Appeal Statement Of Parties and Issues (10/21/2016)
• Briefing Order (10/13/2016)
• Briefing Order (12/14/2016)
• Extension Granted (01/26/2017)
  • Opening Brief and Appendix due February 27, 2017
  • Response Brief due March 29, 2017  Briefing suspended (see order below)
  • Reply due no later than 14 days after the last response brief
• Motion of Amicus Americans United for Separation of Church and State to extend time to file brief (02/15/2017)
• ORDER (02/16/2017)
  • All briefing held in abeyance pending ruling on motion to intervene
• Briefing Order (03/30/2017)
  • Intervenor Brief due April 17, 2017
  • Appellee’s Response Brief due May 17, 2017  
  • Reply due no later than 14 days after the last response brief

Current through Docket # 86, 10/13/2017