Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Robert Bruce McDuff, Esq. , Sibyl C. Byrd, Esq. , Jacob Wayne Howard, Esq. , McDuff & Byrd, Jackson, MS, Elizabeth Littrell , Lambda Legal Education & Defense Fund, Atlanta, GA, Beth Levine Orlansky , Mississippi Center for Justice, Jackson, MS, Susan L. Sommer , Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund, Incorporated, New York, NY, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.
Jonathan F. Mitchell , Dean John Sauer , James Otis Law Group, L.L.C., Saint Louis, MO, James Andrew Campbell , Kevin Hayden Theriot , Alliance Defending Freedom, Scottsdale, AZ, Drew Landon Snyder , Office of the Governor for the State of Mississippi, Jackson, MS, Daniel Bradshaw , Mississippi Department of Human Services Executive Director's Office, Jackson, MS, Tommy Darrell Goodwin, Esq. , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Mississippi, Jackson, MS, for Defendants-Appellants.
Kimberlee Wood Colby , Christian Legal Society, Springfield, VA, for Christian Legal Society, National Association of Evangelicals, Amici Curiae.
Diego Armando Soto, Esq. , Southern Poverty Law Center, Immigrant Justice Project, Montgomery, AL, for LGBT Youth in Mississippi and their Parents, Teachers, and Counselors, Amicus Curiae.
Scott A. Keller , Solicitor, Office of the Solicitor General for the State of Texas, Austin, TX, for State of Texas, State of Arkansas, State of Louisiana, State of Nebraska, State of Nevada, State of Oklahoma, State of South Carolina, State of Utah, Paul R. LePage, Governor of Maine, Amici Curiae.
Deborah Jane Dewart , Attorney, Swansboro, NC, for North Carolina Values Coalition and Liberty, Life, and Law Foundation, Amici Curiae.
John Allen Eidsmoe , Senior Counsel, Foundation for Moral Law, Montgomery, AL, Foundation for Moral Law, Amicus Curiae.
James William Manuel, Esq. , Michael James Bentley, Esq. , Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, L.L.P., Jackson, MS, for Sanderson Farms, Incorporated, John N. Palmer, Sr., Jack Reed, Jr., William A. Percy, II, Tim C. Medley, Sharpe & Wise, P.L.L.C., Kelly Kyle, Hal Caudell, Talamieka Brice, Amber Kirkendoll, Jessica Kirkendoll, Amici Curiae.
Joshua Adam Matz , Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck, Untereiner & Sauber, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Caroline Mala Corbin, Ira C. Lupu, Micah J. Schwartzman, Richard C. Schragger, Elizabeth Sepper, Nelson Tebbe, Robert Tuttle, Amici Curiae.
James H.R. Windels, Esq. , Davis, Polk & Wardwell, L.L.P., New York, NY, for Gay Men's Health Crisis, Incorporated, Aids Services Coalition, Grace House, Incorporated, My Brother's Keeper, Incorporated, Amici Curiae.
Jeffrey Samuel Trachtman , Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, L.L.P., New York, NY, for Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi, General Synod of the United Church of Christ, Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College and Jewish Reconstructionist Communities, Union for Reform Judaism, Unitarian Universalist Association, United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, Covenant Network of Presbyterians, Friends for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Concerns, Methodist Federation for Social Action, More Light Presbyterians, Muslims for Progressive Values, Open and Affirming Coalition of the United Church of Christ, Reconciling Ministries Network, Reconcilingworks: Lutherans for Full Participation, Religious Institute, Incorporated, Amici Curiae.
Andrew O'Connor , Ropes & Gray, L.L.P. Boston, MA, for GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders, National Center for Lesbian Rights, American Civil Liberties Union, Amici Curiae.
Charles C. Lifland, Esq. , Justine M. Daniels , O'Melveny & Myers, L.L.P., Los Angeles, CA, for American International Group, Incorporated, Belhaven Residential, L.L.C., Bloomberg, L.P., Byrne and Associates, P.L.L.C., Chism and Company, Incorporated, Choice Hotels International, Incorporated, CVS Health Corporation, David Neil McCarty Law Firm, P.L.L.C., First Natchez Radio Group, Incorporated, Front Porch Fodder Publishing, L.L.C., Glassdoor, Incorporated, International Business Machines Corporation, Levi Strauss & Company, Mantle, L.L.C., Molpus Woodlands Group, Ocean Springs Seafood Market, Incorporated, Paracosm Entertainment, L.L.C., Pfizer, Incorporated, Pritchett Engineering & Planning, L.L.C., Replacements, Limited, T Enterprises, Incorporated, Mitchell Gold Company, Doing Business as Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams, `Sip Magazine, L.L.C., Two Rivers Realty, L.L.C., Amici Curiae.
Nicole Erica Schiavo , Hogan Lovells US, L.L.P., New York, NY, for Anti-Defamation League, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Bend the Arc, Central Conference of American Rabbis, Hadassah, Interfaith Alliance, National Council of Jewish Women, People for the United Way Foundation, T'ruah: the Rabbinic Call for Human Rights, Women of Reform Judaism, Women's League for Conservative Judiasm Interfaith Alliance, Hindu American Foundation, Amici Curiae
George Andrew Lundberg , Latham & Watkins, L.L.P., Los Angeles, CA, for E. Tendayi Achiume, Katherine R. Allen, Nadav Antebi-Gruska, Emily A. Arnold, M.V. Lee Badgett, Amici Curiae.
Before SMITH, ELROD, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.
