Opinions

Justice Devine delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Chief Justice Hecht, Justice Guzman, Justice Lehrmann, Justice Blacklock, Justice Busby, Justice Bland, and Justice Huddle joined. PDF

Justice Boyd delivered a dissenting opinion.View Electronic Briefs | Oral Argument PDF

Justice Blacklock delivered a concurring opinion. PDF

Court of Appeals

Appellate District:	7th Court of Appeals
Outcome Below:	Denied
COA Docket No.:	07-19-00307-CV
Opinion Author:	Honorable Brian P. Quinn

Trial Court

Trial Court:	237th District Court
County:	Lubbock
Trial Judge:	Honorable Leslie F. Hatch
Trial Docket:	2019-534,677

Date	Event	Outcome
2021-07-16	Certified cys of cost bill sent to attys of record
2021-06-11	Concurring Opinion issued.	Issued
2021-06-11	Dissenting opinion issued.	Issued
2021-06-11	Opinion issued	Writ of Mandamus conditionally granted
	This case was awaiting the Court's decision after oral argument between April 8, 2021 and June 11, 2021.
2021-04-08	Call received
2021-04-08	Additional citations received.
	This case was awaiting the Court's decision after oral argument between January 6, 2021 and April 8, 2021.
2021-01-06	Oral argument
2020-12-30	Submission Schedule
2020-12-18	Notice from Counsel of a change in address
2020-12-09	Letter sent to parties from Supreme Court - See Remarks
2020-12-09	Oral Argument Submission Form from Attorney received
2020-12-09	Oral Argument Submission Form from Attorney received
2020-11-20	Motion to Argue disposed	Filing granted
2020-11-06	Motion to Argue filed
2020-10-13	Oral Argument Submission Form from Attorney received
2020-10-02	Case set for oral argument	Case set for oral argument
2020-10-02	Mandamus Set to Argue
2020-10-02	Petition for Writ of Mandamus disposed	Case set for oral argument
2020-08-24	Amicus Curiae Brief received
2020-08-10	Reply Brief (Relator)
2020-08-03	Amicus Curiae Brief received
2020-07-27	Brief on the Merits (Real Parties in Interest)
2020-07-08	Call received
2020-07-06	Brief on the Merits (Relator)
2020-06-19	Motion to Consolidate disposed	Filing granted
2020-06-15	Motion to Consolidate filed
2020-06-05	Brief on the Merits Requested
2020-04-22	Amicus Curiae Brief received
2020-04-20	Call received
2020-04-08	Pro hac vice motion disposed	Filing granted
2020-04-08	Pro hac vice motion disposed	Filing granted
2020-04-08	Pro hac vice motion disposed	Filing granted
2020-04-08	Pro hac vice motion disposed	Filing granted
2020-04-08	Pro hac vice motion filed
2020-04-08	Pro hac vice motion filed
2020-04-08	Pro hac vice motion filed
2020-04-08	Pro hac vice motion filed
2020-04-07	Pro hac vice motion disposed	Filing granted
2020-04-07	Call received
2020-04-07	Reply to Response (Relator)
2020-04-07	Pro hac vice motion disposed	Filing granted
2020-04-07	Pro hac vice motion disposed	Filing granted
2020-04-07	Pro hac vice motion disposed	Filing granted
2020-04-06	Pro hac vice motion filed
2020-04-06	Amicus Curiae Brief received
2020-04-06	Pro hac vice motion filed
2020-04-06	Pro hac vice motion filed
2020-04-06	Pro hac vice motion filed
2020-03-24	Call received
2020-03-23	Response to Petition for Writ of Mandamus Filed (Real Parties in Interest)
2020-03-20	Call received
2020-03-20	Pro hac vice motion disposed	Filing granted
2020-03-20	Pro hac vice motion disposed	Filing granted
2020-03-19	Pro hac vice motion filed
2020-03-19	Amicus Curiae Brief received
2020-03-16	Pro hac vice motion filed
2020-03-06	Amicus Curiae Brief received
2020-02-27	Amicus Curiae Brief received
2020-02-25	Case forwarded to Court
2020-02-21	Pro hac vice motion disposed	Filing granted
2020-02-21	Case Record Filed
2020-02-21	Pro hac vice motion filed
2020-02-21	Pro hac vice motion disposed	Filing granted
2020-02-21	Pro hac vice motion disposed	Filing granted
2020-02-21	Pro hac vice motion filed
2020-02-21	Pro hac vice motion filed
2020-02-21	Pro hac vice motion filed
2020-02-21	Case Record Filed
2020-02-21	Call received
2020-02-21	Pro hac vice motion disposed	Filing granted
2020-02-20	Court reporter/recorder's record
2020-02-20	Petition for Writ of Mandamus filed (Relator)

Party	Counsel	Role
Diocese of Lubbock	Mr. Eric Christopher Rassbach Mr. Thomas C. Riney Ms. Kerri L. Stampes Mr. Alex L. Yarbrough Mr. Victor H. Wanjura William J. Haun Eric S. Baxter	Relator
Guerrero, Jesus	Mr. Nick Luis Olguin Mr. Ryan E. Price	Real Party In Interest

Amicus Curiae	Counsel
Members of the Texas Legislature	Mr. Cameron L. Davis Mr. Scott A. Brister Ms. Kathryn E. Boatman
The State of Texas	Mr. Ryan Lee Bangert Mr. Jeffrey C. Mateer Atty. Gen. W. Kenneth Paxton Jr. Mr. Kyle D. Hawkins Ms. Natalie D. Thompson
Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops	Mr. Steven C. Levatino
Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty	Mr. Allen Ryan Paulsen Mr. Ryan N. Gardner
CHILD USA	Ms. Jessica C. Schidlow Ms. Alice A. Bohn Ms. Tahira Khan Merritt Ms. Marci A. Hamilton Mr. Robert D. Friedman
Texas Ethics and Religious Liberty Committee of the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention	Mr. Michael B. Bennett
Baptist General Convention of Texas	Mr. Michael B. Bennett
Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention	Mr. Michael B. Bennett