Bostock v. Clayton County

U.S. Supreme Court · 17-1618 · 2020

Cite as Bostock v. Clayton Cnty., 590 U.S. 644 (2020)

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Docket

No. 17-1618

Date filed: 2018-06-01

Proceedings

U.S. Supreme Court · No. 17-1618 · Docket on CourtListener

Bostock v. Clayton Cnty., Ga., No. 17-1618 (U.S. filed June 1, 2018)

Opinion: U.S. Supreme Court · On CourtListener

The court's opinion, in full text on this site

Bostock v. Clayton Cnty., 590 U.S. 644 (2020)

Timeline

2018-06-01 Filed: U.S. Supreme Court, No. 17-1618
2019-10-08 Oral argument, U.S. Supreme Court

Oral argument

U.S. Supreme Court · read transcript

2019-10-08 · 62 min

Oral Argument, Bostock v. Clayton Cnty., No. 17-1618 (U.S. Oct. 8, 2019)

Filings on file (69 in 69 docket entries)

Filings on file
Date	Document	Type	Pages	Source
	Document			PDF CL
2019-06-05	Letter from counsel for petitioner respondents in 17-1623 and respondent Aimee Stephens in	Petition	1
2019-06-27	Brief amicus curiae of Karl Olson	Amicus Brief	30
2019-07-02	Brief amici curiae of The Womens and Childrens Advocacy Project Equal Means Equal and Alli	Brief	19
2019-07-03	Brief amici curiae of 206 Businesses filed. VIDED. Also in 18-107	Brief	43
2019-07-03	Brief amici curiae of Walter Dellinger et al. filed. VIDED. Also in 18-107	Brief	38
2019-07-03	Brief amici curiae of Georgia Equality filed. VIDED. Also in 18-107	Brief	37
2019-07-03	Brief amici curiae of William N. Eskridge Jr. and Andrew M. Koppelman filed. VIDED. Also i	Brief	44
2019-07-03	Brief amici curiae of Philosophy Professors filed. VIDED. Also in 18-107	Brief	50
2019-07-03	Brief amici curiae of American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organization	Brief	23
2019-07-03	Brief amici curiae of Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender and Queer LGBTQ Members of the Lega	Brief	27
2019-07-03	Brief amici curiae of National Womens Law Center filed. VIDED. Also in 18-107	Brief	56
2019-07-03	Brief amici curiae of Former Executive Branch Officials and Leaders et al. filed. VIDED. a	Brief	52
2019-07-03	Brief amici curiae of Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law the Leadership Conferen	Brief	55
2019-07-03	Brief amici curiae of National LGBT Bar Association et al. filed. VIDED. Also in 18-107	Brief	31
2019-07-03	Brief amici curiae of Business Organizations filed. VIDED. Also in 18-107	Brief	32
2019-07-03	Brief amici curiae of Service Employees International Union et al. filed. VIDED. Also in 1	Brief	28
2019-07-03	Brief amici curiae of The American Medical Association et al. filed. VIDED. Also in 18-107	Brief	45
2019-07-03	Brief amici curiae of American Psychological Association et al. filed. VIDED. Also in 18-1	Brief	40
2019-07-03	Brief amici curiae of The Trevor Project PFLAG and Family Equality filed. VIDED. Also in 1	Brief	19
2019-07-03	Brief amici curiae of National Education Association et al. filed. VIDED. Also in 18-107	Brief	41
2019-07-03	Brief amici curiae of The Presiding Bishop and President of the House of Deputies of the E	Brief	113
2019-07-03	Brief amici curiae of Statutory Interpretation and Equality Law Scholars filed. VIDED. Als	Brief	32
2019-07-03	Brief amici curiae of GLBTQ Legal Advocates Defenders National Center for Lesbian Rights e	Brief	27
2019-07-03	Brief amicus curiae of Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund Inc	Amicus Brief	46
2019-07-03	Brief amici curiae of States of Illinois New York et al. filed. VIDED. Also in 18-107	Brief	55
2019-07-03	Brief amici curiae of Muslim Bar Association of New York et al. filed. VIDED. Also in 18-1	Brief	25
2019-07-03	Brief amici curiae of Women CEOs and Other C-Suite Executives filed. VIDED. Also in 18-107	Brief	45
2019-07-03	Brief amici curiae of Corpus-Linguistics Scholars Professors Brian Slocum et al. filed. VI	Brief	35
2019-07-03	Brief amici curiae of Scholars Who Study the LGB Population	Brief	96
2019-07-03	Brief amici curiae of Local Governments and Mayors filed. VIDED. Also in 18-107	Brief	35
2019-07-03	Brief amici curiae of Kenneth B. Mehlman et al. filed. VIDED. Also in 18-107	Brief	35
2019-07-03	Brief amicus curiae of Legal Aid Society filed. VIDED. Also in 18-107	Amicus Brief	35
2019-07-03	Brief amicus curiae of Altria Group Inc. filed. VIDED. Also in 18-107	Amicus Brief	31
2019-07-03	Brief amici curiae of Modern Military Association of America and Transgender American Vete	Brief	57
2019-07-03	Brief amici curiae of Members of Congress filed. VIDED. Also in 18-107	Brief	37
2019-07-03	Brief amici curiae of Impact Fund et al. filed. VIDED. Also in 18-107	Brief	36
2019-07-03	Brief amici curiae of Historians filed. VIDED. Also in 18-107	Brief	58
2019-07-03	Brief amici curiae of Employment Discrimination Law Scholars filed. VIDED. Also in 18-107	Brief	36
2019-07-03	Brief amici curiae of Anti-Discrimination Scholars filed. VIDED. Also in 18-107	Brief	50
2019-07-03	Brief amici curiae of InterACT Advocates for Intersex Youth et al. filed. VIDED. Also in 1	Brief	51
2019-07-03	Brief amici curiae of Wisconsin Advcocacy Organizations filed. VIDED. Also in 18-107	Brief	43
2019-07-03	Brief amicus curiae of American Bar Association filed. VIDED. Also in 18-107	Amicus Brief	33
2019-07-03	Brief amici curiae of The Southern Poverty Law Center et al. filed. VIDED. Also in 18-107	Brief	35
2019-08-16	Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Moral Law filed. VIDED. Distributed. Also in 18-107	Amicus Brief	37
2019-08-19	Brief amicus curiae of Marriage Law Foundation filed. VIDED. Distributed	Amicus Brief	18
2019-08-20	Brief amicus curiae of First Liberty Institute filed. VIDED. Distributed Also in 18-107	Amicus Brief	16
2019-08-20	Brief amicus curiae of The H.T. Hackney Co. filed. VIDED. Distributed Also in 18-107	Amicus Brief	43
2019-08-21	Brief amicus curiae of David A. Robinson filed. VIDED. Distributed Also in 18-107	Amicus Brief	39
2019-08-21	Brief amicus curiae of Advocates for Faith and Freedom filed. VIDED. Distributed Also in 1	Amicus Brief	37
2019-08-21	Brief amici curiae of Defend My Privacy et al. filed. VIDED. Distributed Also in 18-107	Brief	36
2019-08-22	Brief amicus curiae of American Public Philosophy Institute filed. VIDED. Distributed Also	Amicus Brief	47
2019-08-22	Brief amici curiae of Billy Graham Evangelistic Association et al. filed. VIDED. Distribut	Brief	33
2019-08-22	Brief amici curiae of National Organization for Marriage and Center for Constitutional Jur	Brief	24
2019-08-22	Brief amicus curiae of New Civil Liberties Alliance filed. VIDED. Distributed Also in 18-1	Amicus Brief	28
2019-08-22	Brief amici curiae of Institute for Faith and Family and Christian Family Coalition filed	Brief	34
2019-08-22	Brief amici curiae of National Association of Evangelicals et al. filed. VIDED. Distribute	Brief	52
2019-08-23	Brief amici curiae of United States Conference of Catholic Bishops et al. filed. VIDED. Di	Brief	52
2019-08-23	Brief amicus curiae of W. Burlette Carter filed in 17-1623. Distributed	Amicus Brief	50
2019-08-23	Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. VIDED. Distributed	Amicus Brief	43
2019-08-23	Brief amici curiae of Religious Freedom Institutes Islam Religious Freedom Action Team and	Brief	27
2019-08-23	Brief amici curiae of Council of Christian Colleges Universities et al. filed. VIDED. Dist	Brief	53
2019-08-23	Brief amicus curiae of Liberty Counsel filed. VIDED. Distributed	Amicus Brief	47
2019-08-23	Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae	Amicus Brief	3
2019-08-23	Brief amicus curiae of Ryan T. Anderson filed. VIDED Distributed Also in 18-107	Amicus Brief	46
2019-08-23	Brief amici curiae of Public Advocate of the United States et al. filed. VIDED.Distributed	Brief	25
2019-08-23	Brief amici curiae of Members of Congress filed. VIDED. Distributed Also in 18-107	Brief	41
2019-08-23	Brief amici curiae of Business Organizations filed. VIDED. Distributed Also in 18-107	Brief	33
2019-08-23	Brief amici curiae of States of Tennessee et al. filed. VIDED. Distributed Also in 18-107	Brief	48

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