Complex SCOTUS Move Gets Rid of Anti-Gay T-shirt Case

[Friedman, Howard M.]

Her claim, which was rejected by the district court and is currently on
appeal to the 9th Circuit, remains to be decided.

 

-- Howard Friedman

 

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From: religionlaw-bounces at lists.ucla.edu
[mailto:religionlaw-bounces at lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Ed Brayton
Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 3:38 PM
To: 'Law & Religion issues for Law Academics'
Subject: RE: Complex SCOTUS Move Gets Rid of Anti-Gay T-shirt Case

 

I"m confused by this ruling. They denied the little sister's motion to
intervene, but also upheld the dismissal on grounds of mootness and
voided the whole case. Does that mean the case just goes away now or do
the plaintiffs have some recourse to start over at the district court?

 

Ed Brayton

 

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[mailto:religionlaw-bounces at lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Friedman,
Howard M.
Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 3:24 PM
To: religionlaw at lists.ucla.edu
Subject: Complex SCOTUS Move Gets Rid of Anti-Gay T-shirt Case

Today, in a procedural move that only lawyers could love, the US Supreme
Court granted cert and then ordered the 9th Circuit to dismiss as moot a
case challenging school rules on student anti-gay religious expression.
However parallel claims by the student's sister are still in the lower
courts.  For details of the complex procedural posture of the case and
its lower court history, see this Religion Clause blog posting on Tyler
v. Poway School District:

http://religionclause.blogspot.com/2007/03/us-supreme-court-dismisses-sc
hool-t.html

 

Howard Friedman

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