U.S. 17-1618 Case History

Gerald Lynn Bostock, Petitioner v. Clayton County, Georgia
No. 17-1618, Docket 

Court: United States Supreme Court 
Docketed: June 1, 2018
Lower Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 17-13801
Decision Date: May 10, 2018

Question Presented
Whether discrimination against an employee because of sexual orientation constitutes prohibited employment discrimination “because of… sex” within the meaning of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42U.S.C. § 2000e-2.

ORAL ARGUMENT

• Argument heard Tuesday, October 8, 2019, at 10 a.m.  AUDIO  [Transcript]
  • Joint motion of petitioner Bostock and respondents Zarda and Moore for divided argument (07/26/2019) [DENIED 9/11/19]
  • Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument (08/23/2019); [GRANTED 9/11/19]

BRIEFS ON THE MERITS

See Parties’ Briefing Proposal

Briefs in Bostock v. Clayton County, Ga., 17-1618

• Petitioner Gerald Bostock and Joint Appendix (06/26/2019)
• Respondent Clayton County, Georgia (08/16/2019)
• Bostock Reply (09/10/2019)

Briefs in Altitude Express v. Zarda, 17-1623

• Respondent Melissa Zarda, et al. and Joint Appendix (06/26/2019
• Petitioners Altitude Express, Inc., et al. (08/16/2019)
• Melissa Zarda, et al. Reply (09/10/2019)

Amicus Briefs in support of Petitioner Gerald Bostock (employees)

• Karl Olson (06/27/2019)
• The Women’s and Children’s Advocacy Project, Equal Means Equal, and Allies Reaching for Equality (07/02/2019)
• Employment Discrimination Law Scholars (07/03/2019)
• Altria Group, Inc. (07/03/2019)
• William N. Eskridge Jr. and Andrew M. Koppelman (07/03/2019)
• Anti-Discrimination Scholars (07/03/2019)
• The Southern Poverty Law Center, et al. (07/03/2019)
• Legal Aid Society (07/03/2019)
• Statutory Interpretation and Equality Law Scholars (07/03/2019)
• 206 Businesses  and Intel Corp. letter of joinder (07/03/2019); Joinder letter not accepted (7/05/2019)
• Modern Military Association of America and Transgender American Veterans Association (07/03/2019)
• States of Illinois, New York, et al. (07/03/2019)
• Philosophy Professors (07/03/2019)
• Historians (07/03/2019)
• National Education Association, et al. (07/03/2019)
• American Bar Association (07/03/2019)
• interACT: Advocates for Intersex Youth, et al. (07/03/2019)
• The Trevor Project, PFLAG, and Family Equality (07/03/2019)
• Business Organizations (07/03/2019)
• The American Medical Association, et al. (07/03/2019)
• Muslim Bar Association of New York, et al. (07/03/2019)
• Scholars Who Study the LGB Population (07/03/2019)
• Local Governments and Mayors (07/03/2019)
• National LGBT Bar Association, et al. (07/03/2019)
• American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (07/03/2019)
• Kenneth B. Mehlman et al. (07/03/2019)
• Corpus-Linguistics Scholars Professors Brian Slocum, et al. (07/03/2019)
• The Presiding Bishop and President of the House of Deputies of the Episcopal Church, et al. (07/03/2019)
• Former Executive Branch Officials and Leaders, et al. (07/03/2019)
• Georgia Equality and Appendix (07/03/2019)
• Members of Congress (07/03/2019)
• Service Employees International Union, et al. (07/03/2019)
• Women CEOs and Other C-Suite Executives and Appendix (07/03/2019)
• Walter Dellinger, et al. (07/03/2019)
• Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc. (07/03/2019)
• GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders, National Center for Lesbian Rights, et al. [Corrected] (07/03/2019)
• Wisconsin Advocacy Organizations (07/03/2019)
• American Psychological Associaton, et al. (07/03/2019)
• Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ+) Members of the Legal Profession and Law Students  and Appendix (07/03/2019)
• National Women’s Law Center (07/03/2019)
• Impact Fund, et al. and List of Additional Amici (07/03/2019)
• Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, and 57 Civil Rights Organizations and Appendix (07/03/2019)

Amicus Briefs in support of Respondent Clayton County (employers)

• Foundation for Moral Law (08/16/2019)
• Marriage Law Foundation (08/19/2019)
• The H.T. Hackney Co. (08/20/2019)
• First Liberty Institute (08/20/2019)
• Advocates for Faith and Freedom (08/21/2019)
• David A. Robinson (08/21/2019)
• Defend My Privacy, et al. (08/21/2019)
• National Organization for Marriage and Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence (08/22/2019)
• National Association of Evangelicals, et al. and Appendix (08/22/2019)
• Institute for Faith and Family and Christian Family Coalition (08/22/2019)
• Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, et al. (08/22/2019)
• New Civil Liberties Alliance (08/22/2019)
• American Public Philosophy Institute (08/22/2019)
• Ryan T. Anderson (08/23/2019)
• United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, et al. (08/23/2019)
• United States (08/23/2019)
• Council of Christian Colleges & Universities, et al (08/23/2019)
• Religious Freedom Institute’s Islam & Religious Freedom Action Team and Islamic Scholars (08/23/2019)
• States of Tennessee, et al. (08/23/2019)
• Public Advocate of the United States, et al. (08/23/2019)
• Members of Congress (08/23/2019)
• Liberty Counsel (08/23/2019)
• Business Organizations (08/23/2019)
• W. Burlette Carter (08/23/2019)
• Amicus brief of Muslim American Leaders not accepted for filing (08/23/2019)
• Muslim American Leaders (submitted, Oct 7)

CERT PETITION and RESPONSES

• Petition for a writ of certiorari and Appendix (05/25/2018)
  • Respondent waiver of right to respond (06/27/2018)
  • Response requested (07/13/2018)
• Petitioner’s Supplemental Brief and Appendix (08/02/2018)
• Respondent Clayton County’s Brief in Opposition (08/10/2018)
• Petitioner’s Reply (08/24/2018)

• DISTRIBUTED for Conferences:
  • September 24, 2018 (07/03/2018); Response Requested
  • September 24, 2018 (08/29/2018); Rescheduled September 11
  • November 30, 2018 (11/07/2018); Rescheduled November 26
  • December 7, 2018 (12/03/2018); Rescheduled December 3
  • January 4, 2019 (12/20/2018)
  • January 11, 2019 (01/07/2019)
  • January 18, 2019 (01/14/2019)
  • February 15, 2019 (02/04/2019)
  • February 22, 2019 (01/19/2019)
  • March 1, 2019 (02/25/2019)
  • March 15, 2019 (03/11/2019)
  • March 22, 2019 (03/18/2019)
  • March 29, 2019 (03/25/2019)
  • April 12, 2019 (04/08/2019)
  • April 18, 2019 (04/15/2019); Petition granted April 22

Last updated 10/16/2019