{"found":true,"summary":{"name":"Emilee Carpenter, LLC v. James","court":"2nd Cir.","docket":"22-75","level":"Circuit","circuit":"2nd","issue":"Speech & religious objections","issues":["Speech & religious objections","Public accommodations"]},"cite":"*Emilee Carpenter, LLC v. James*, No. 22-75 (2d Cir. filed Jan. 13, 2022)","proceedings":[{"court":"2d Cir.","year":2022,"n_docs":25,"docket_id":"65385699","cl_url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/65385699/","bluebook":"*Emilee Carpenter, LLC v. James*, No. 22-75 (2d Cir. filed Jan. 13, 2022)","citeNote":"the case itself; cite a decision in it where there is one"}],"dockets":[{"docket_number":"22-75","nature_of_suit":"3440 CIVIL RIGHTS-Other","date_filed":"2022-01-13","date_last_filing":"2024-10-04","date_terminated":"2024-07-12"}],"counsel":[{"party":"Emilee Carpenter; Emilee Carpenter, LLC, DBA Emilee Carpenter Photography","role":"party","names":["Bryan Neihart, -","Jacob P. Warner, Esq., -","John J. Bursch, Esq., -","Jonathan Scruggs, -","Raymond J. Dague, Esq., -"]},{"party":"Leticia James, in her official capacity as Attorney General of New York; Maria L. Imperial, in his official capacity as Interim Commissioner of the New York State Division of Human Rights","role":"party","names":["Alexandria Twinem, -"]},{"party":"Amalgamated Bank; CSAA Insurance Group; Fastly, Inc.; Kind LLC; Levi Strauss & Co.; PayPal Holdings, Inc.; Royal Bank of Canada; S&P Global Inc.; Sun Life Financial, Inc.","role":"amicus","names":["Azar Alexander, Esq., -","Cynthia C. Weaver, Esq., -","Daniele Arad-Neeman, Esq., -","John Paul Schnapper-Casteras, Esq., -","Mark Francis Murphy, Esq., -","Patricia Palacios, Esq., -","Robert Cohen, Esq., -"]},{"party":"Americans United for Separation of Church and State; Anti-Defamation League; Bend The Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice; Central Conference of American Rabbis; Covenant Network of Presbyterians; Global Justice Institute; Hindu American Foundation; Interfaith Alliance Foundation; Men of Reform Ju","role":"amicus","names":["Adrianne Spoto, -","Alexander Joseph Luchenitser, Esq., Associate Legal Director","Kenneth D. Upton, Jr., Esq., Senior Litigation Counsel","Richard B. Katskee, Esq., Counsel"]},{"party":"Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc.","role":"amicus","names":["Jennifer C. Pizer, Esq., -","Karen Loewy, Esq., -","Omar Gonzalez-Pagan, Esq., -"]},{"party":"Mountain States Legal Foundation","role":"amicus","names":["Joseph Bingham, Esq., -","Kaitlyn Schiraldi, Esq., -","William Edward Trachman, Esq., -"]},{"party":"Center for Constitutional Rights; LatinoJustice PRLDEF; Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law; Mississippi Center for Justice; National Action Network; Public Counsel","role":"amicus","names":["Dorian Spence, Esq., Counsel","Jon Greenbaum, Esq., -"]},{"party":"Association of the Bar of the City of New York; The LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York; The New Pride Agenda","role":"amicus","names":["Alexander Newman, Esq., -","Donald N. David, Esq., -"]},{"party":"Amanda Shanor; Helen Norton; Kermit Roosevelt; Laura Weinrib; Nelson Tebbe","role":"amicus","names":["Amanda Shanor, Esq., Professor"]},{"party":"American Civil Liberties Union; New York Civil Liberties Union","role":"amicus","names":["Gabriella Larios, -"]},{"party":"Harvest House Publishers; Nazarene Publishing House, DBA The Foundry Publishing","role":"amicus","names":["Christopher Mills, Esq., -"]},{"party":"Law and Economics Scholars","role":"amicus","names":["Andrew Curtis Nichols, Esq., -"]},{"party":"Massachusetts, California, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington","role":"amicus","names":["Adam Cambier, -"]},{"party":"States of Nebraska, Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah and West Virginia","role":"amicus","names":["James A. Campbell, Esq., -"]},{"party":"Weedon Wetmore, in his official capacity as District Attorney of Chemung County","role":"amicus","names":["Mohammad Hyder Hussain, Esq., -"]}],"recentUpdates":[],"oral":[{"audio_id":82820,"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/audio/82820/emilee-carpenter-llc-v-james/","cl_case_name":"Emilee Carpenter, LLC v. James","date_argued":"2022-09-28","duration":2602,"n_chars":40970,"bluebook":"Oral Argument, *Emilee Carpenter, LLC v. James*, No. 22-75 (2d Cir. Sept. 28, 2022)","citeNote":"the recording; a transcript of it cites as “Transcript of Oral Argument at [page], …”"}],"scotus":[],"filings":[{"doc_id":"dc0b5202a07b3","description":"COMPLAINT against All Defendants 402 receipt number 0209 - 42","doc_type":"Complaint","filing_date":"2025-12-08","dkt_no":1,"pages":57,"bluebook":"Complaint, *Emilee Carpenter, LLC v. James*, No. 6:21-cv-06303 (W.D.N.Y. Dec. 8, 2025), ECF No. 1"},{"doc_id":"d4a15a6cc1027","description":"COMPLAINT against All Defendants 402 receipt number 0209 - 42","doc_type":"Complaint","filing_date":"2026-04-14","dkt_no":1,"pages":57,"bluebook":"Complaint, *Emilee Carpenter, LLC v. James*, No. 6:21-cv-06303 (W.D.N.Y. Apr. 14, 2026), ECF No. 1"},{"doc_id":"d33cd1b8b4c9d","description":"JOINT APPENDIX volume 1 of 5 pp. 1 - 290 on behalf of Appellan","doc_type":"Amicus Brief","filing_date":"2023-08-07","dkt_no":53,"pages":295,"bluebook":"Joint Appendix Volume 1 of 5 Pp. 1-290, *Emilee Carpenter, LLC v. James* (2d Cir. Aug. 7, 2023), ECF No. 53"},{"doc_id":"dd30fdcb4cc45","description":"RESPONSE in Opposition re 24 First MOTION TO DISMISS FOR FAILURE TO STATE A CLAIM FRCP 12(b)(6), 12(h)(2)(B)Second MOTION to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction FRCP 12(b)(l)Third MOTION for Judgment on","doc_type":"Judgment","filing_date":"2021-07-07","dkt_no":58,"pages":17,"bluebook":"Response in Opposition of First Motion to Dismiss for, *Emilee Carpenter, LLC v. James* (W.D.N.Y. July 7, 2021), ECF No. 58"},{"doc_id":"dd0e1b7ae64d0","description":"Letter filed by Emilee Carpenter, Emilee Carpenter, LLC as to Weedon Wetmore, Leticia James, Johnathan J. Smith (Rule 28(j) Letter re Amicus Brief in Updegrove v Herring, No. 21-1506 (4th Cir. Aug. 27","doc_type":"Amicus Brief","filing_date":"2021-08-31","dkt_no":64,"pages":2,"bluebook":"Letter, *Emilee Carpenter, LLC v. James* (W.D.N.Y. Aug. 31, 2021), ECF No. 64"},{"doc_id":"d01feca956a11","docket_id":"65385699","description":"filing","dkt_no":2,"pages":46,"doc_url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca2.56418/gov.uscourts.ca2.56418.2.0.pdf","docket_url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/65385699/","bluebook":"*Emilee Carpenter, LLC v. James*, No. 22-75 (2d Cir. Jan. 13, 2022), ECF No. 2"},{"doc_id":"d7f24bc31b6b8","docket_id":"65385699","description":"filing","dkt_no":46,"pages":89,"doc_url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca2.56418/gov.uscourts.ca2.56418.46.0.pdf","docket_url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/65385699/","bluebook":"*Emilee Carpenter, LLC v. James*, No. 22-75 (2d Cir. Mar. 4, 2022), ECF No. 46"},{"doc_id":"dd44ac356646d","docket_id":"65385699","description":"filing","dkt_no":53,"pages":295,"doc_url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca2.56418/gov.uscourts.ca2.56418.53.0.pdf","docket_url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/65385699/","bluebook":"*Emilee Carpenter, LLC v. James*, No. 22-75 (2d Cir. Mar. 8, 2022), ECF No. 53"},{"doc_id":"dcb81800b2b3d","docket_id":"65385699","description":"filing","dkt_no":55,"pages":213,"doc_url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca2.56418/gov.uscourts.ca2.56418.55.0.pdf","docket_url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/65385699/","bluebook":"*Emilee Carpenter, LLC v. James*, No. 22-75 (2d Cir. Mar. 8, 2022), ECF No. 55"},{"doc_id":"dc36bf7090cd6","docket_id":"65385699","description":"JOINT APPENDIX, volume 3 of 5, (pp. 561-768), on behalf of Appellant Emilee Carpenter and Emilee Carpenter, LLC, FILED. Service date 03/08/2022 by CM/ECF.[3274174] [22-75]","doc_type":"Filing","filing_date":"2022-03-08","dkt_no":55,"pages":213,"docket_url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/65385699/","bluebook":"Joint Appendix Volume 3 of 5 Pp. 561-768, *Emilee Carpenter, LLC v. James* (2d Cir. Mar. 8, 2022), ECF No. 55"},{"doc_id":"dee5e8bcd3427","docket_id":"65385699","description":"filing","dkt_no":56,"pages":248,"doc_url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca2.56418/gov.uscourts.ca2.56418.56.0.pdf","docket_url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/65385699/","bluebook":"*Emilee Carpenter, LLC v. James*, No. 22-75 (2d Cir. Mar. 8, 2022), ECF No. 56"},{"doc_id":"de2ce766f1890","docket_id":"65385699","description":"JOINT APPENDIX, volume 4 of 5, (pp. 769-1011), on behalf of Appellant Emilee Carpenter and Emilee Carpenter, LLC, FILED. Service date 03/08/2022 by CM/ECF.[3274176] [22-75]","doc_type":"Filing","filing_date":"2022-03-08","dkt_no":56,"pages":248,"docket_url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/65385699/","bluebook":"Joint Appendix Volume 4 of 5 Pp. 769-1011, *Emilee Carpenter, LLC v. James* (2d Cir. Mar. 8, 2022), ECF No. 56"},{"doc_id":"db113fff907f5","docket_id":"65385699","description":"filing","dkt_no":57,"pages":158,"doc_url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca2.56418/gov.uscourts.ca2.56418.57.0.pdf","docket_url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/65385699/","bluebook":"*Emilee Carpenter, LLC v. James*, No. 22-75 (2d Cir. Mar. 8, 2022), ECF No. 57"},{"doc_id":"d1f97e1f3dab6","docket_id":"65385699","description":"JOINT APPENDIX, volume 5 of 5, (pp. 1012-1164), on behalf of Appellant Emilee Carpenter and Emilee Carpenter, LLC, FILED. Service date 03/08/2022 by CM/ECF.[3274177] [22-75]","doc_type":"Filing","filing_date":"2022-03-08","dkt_no":57,"pages":158,"docket_url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/65385699/","bluebook":"Joint Appendix Volume 5 of 5 Pp. 1012-1164, *Emilee Carpenter, LLC v. James* (2d Cir. Mar. 8, 2022), ECF No. 57"},{"doc_id":"dcf115225b933","docket_id":"65385699","description":"JOINT APPENDIX, volume 5 of 5, (pp. 1012-1164), on behalf of Appellant Emilee Carpenter and Emilee Carpenter, LLC, FILED. Service date 03/08/2022 by CM/ECF.[3274177] [22-75]","doc_type":"Motion to Dismiss","filing_date":"2022-03-08","dkt_no":57,"pages":36,"docket_url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/65385699/","bluebook":"Response in Opposition of Amended Motion to Dismiss for, *Emilee Carpenter, LLC v. James*, No. 6:21-cv-06303 (W.D.N.Y. Mar. 8, 2022), ECF No. 57"},{"doc_id":"ddd040ccf8e4c","docket_id":"65385699","description":"filing","dkt_no":69,"pages":26,"doc_url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca2.56418/gov.uscourts.ca2.56418.69.0.pdf","docket_url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/65385699/","bluebook":"*Emilee Carpenter, LLC v. James*, No. 22-75 (2d Cir. Mar. 11, 2022), ECF No. 69"},{"doc_id":"dfd458c938215","docket_id":"65385699","description":"filing","dkt_no":105,"pages":15,"doc_url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca2.56418/gov.uscourts.ca2.56418.105.0.pdf","docket_url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/65385699/","bluebook":"*Emilee Carpenter, LLC v. James*, No. 22-75 (2d Cir. Apr. 12, 2022), ECF No. 105"},{"doc_id":"d730ade7c4b3d","docket_id":"65385699","description":"filing","dkt_no":119,"pages":87,"doc_url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca2.56418/gov.uscourts.ca2.56418.119.0.pdf","docket_url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/65385699/","bluebook":"*Emilee Carpenter, LLC v. James*, No. 22-75 (2d Cir. May 9, 2022), ECF No. 119"},{"doc_id":"d1c4cb1301245","docket_id":"65385699","description":"filing","dkt_no":125,"pages":34,"doc_url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca2.56418/gov.uscourts.ca2.56418.125.0.pdf","docket_url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/65385699/","bluebook":"*Emilee Carpenter, LLC v. James*, No. 22-75 (2d Cir. May 16, 2022), ECF No. 125"},{"doc_id":"d287b2d1f6443","docket_id":"65385699","description":"filing","dkt_no":127,"pages":52,"doc_url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca2.56418/gov.uscourts.ca2.56418.127.0.pdf","docket_url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/65385699/","bluebook":"*Emilee Carpenter, LLC v. James*, No. 22-75 (2d Cir. May 16, 2022), ECF No. 127"},{"doc_id":"d6c47ce3121c9","docket_id":"65385699","description":"filing","dkt_no":129,"pages":42,"doc_url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca2.56418/gov.uscourts.ca2.56418.129.0.pdf","docket_url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/65385699/","bluebook":"*Emilee Carpenter, LLC v. James*, No. 22-75 (2d Cir. May 16, 2022), ECF No. 129"},{"doc_id":"dfa434e491e0f","docket_id":"65385699","description":"filing","dkt_no":142,"pages":28,"doc_url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca2.56418/gov.uscourts.ca2.56418.142.0.pdf","docket_url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/65385699/","bluebook":"*Emilee Carpenter, LLC v. James*, No. 22-75 (2d Cir. May 16, 2022), ECF No. 142"},{"doc_id":"dc91b8691ca0f","docket_id":"65385699","description":"filing","dkt_no":147,"pages":44,"doc_url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca2.56418/gov.uscourts.ca2.56418.147.0.pdf","docket_url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/65385699/","bluebook":"*Emilee Carpenter, LLC v. James*, No. 22-75 (2d Cir. May 16, 2022), ECF No. 147"},{"doc_id":"d5015523c2192","docket_id":"65385699","description":"AMICUS BRIEF, on behalf of Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., FILED. Service date 05/16/2022 by CM/ECF","doc_type":"Amicus Brief","filing_date":"2022-05-16","dkt_no":147,"pages":44,"docket_url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/65385699/","bluebook":"Amicus Brief, *Emilee Carpenter, LLC v. James* (2d Cir. May 16, 2022), ECF No. 147"},{"doc_id":"deff2a53ab4af","docket_id":"65385699","description":"filing","dkt_no":246,"pages":4,"doc_url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca2.56418/gov.uscourts.ca2.56418.246.0.pdf","docket_url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/65385699/","bluebook":"*Emilee Carpenter, LLC v. James*, No. 22-75 (2d Cir. July 14, 2023), ECF No. 246"},{"doc_id":"dc1fe1a72f45b","docket_id":"65385699","description":"filing","dkt_no":247,"pages":1,"doc_url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca2.56418/gov.uscourts.ca2.56418.247.0.pdf","docket_url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/65385699/","bluebook":"*Emilee Carpenter, LLC v. James*, No. 22-75 (2d Cir. July 14, 2023), ECF No. 247"},{"doc_id":"db24f8e2f37d2","docket_id":"65385699","description":"filing","dkt_no":248,"pages":20,"doc_url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca2.56418/gov.uscourts.ca2.56418.248.0.pdf","docket_url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/65385699/","bluebook":"*Emilee Carpenter, LLC v. James*, No. 22-75 (2d Cir. July 14, 2023), ECF No. 248"},{"doc_id":"d1d8e99b57872","docket_id":"65385699","description":"filing","dkt_no":251,"pages":1,"doc_url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca2.56418/gov.uscourts.ca2.56418.251.0.pdf","docket_url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/65385699/","bluebook":"*Emilee Carpenter, LLC v. James*, No. 22-75 (2d Cir. July 24, 2023), ECF No. 251"},{"doc_id":"d6007885aef77","docket_id":"65385699","description":"filing","dkt_no":253,"pages":3,"doc_url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca2.56418/gov.uscourts.ca2.56418.253.0.pdf","docket_url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/65385699/","bluebook":"*Emilee Carpenter, LLC v. James*, No. 22-75 (2d Cir. July 2, 2024), ECF No. 253"},{"doc_id":"d265ecd2938b7","docket_id":"65385699","description":"Opinion FILED","doc_type":"Opinion FILED","dkt_no":257,"att_no":1,"pages":56,"doc_url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca2.56418/gov.uscourts.ca2.56418.257.1.pdf","docket_url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/65385699/","bluebook":"*Emilee Carpenter, LLC v. James*, No. 22-75, ECF No. 257-1 (2d Cir. July 12, 2024)"}]}