KENNEDY v. BREMERTON SCHOOL DISTRICT (2022)

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Joseph A. KENNEDY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BREMERTON SCHOOL DISTRICT, Defendant-Appellee.

No. 20-35222

Decided: August 08, 2022

Before: DOROTHY W. NELSON, MILAN D. SMITH, JR., and MORGAN CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges.

Devin Anderson, Elizabeth Hedges, Emily Long, Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellant. Paul Correa, Attorney, Michael B. Tierney, Tierney & Correa, P.C., Mercer Island, WA, Bradley Girard, Richard B. Katskee, Counsel, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellee. Natalie Thompson, Office of the Attorney General, Austin, TX, for Amicus Curiae States of Alaska, Texas, Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, and West Virginia. Religious and Civil-Rights Organizations, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Washington, DC, Pro Se. Charles Alan Rothfeld, Esquire, Attorney, Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Religious and Civil-Rights Organizations. Sloan R. Simmons, Attorney, Lozano Smith, LLP, Sacramento, CA, for Amicus Curiae National School Boards Association, Association of Alaska School Boards, Arizona School Boards Association, California School Boards Association, Nevada Association of School Boards, and Washington State School Directors Association.