Eden ROGERS and Brandy Welch, Plaintiffs,
v.
Henry McMASTER, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of South Carolina; and Michael Leach, in his official capacity as State Director of the South Carolina Department of Social Services, Defendants.
United States District Court, D. South Carolina, Greenville Division.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Signed September 28, 2023.
Filed September 29, 2023.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Cristopher Wade Ray, Pro Hac Vice, Katherine D. Janson, Pro Hac Vice, Malavika Madgavkar, Pro Hac Vice, Peter T. Barbur, Pro Hac Vice, Rebecca J. Schindel, Pro Hac Vice, Cravath Swaine and Moore LLP, New York, NY, Jon Warren Davidson, Pro Hac Vice, Leslie Jill Cooper, Pro Hac Vice, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY, Marshall Currey Cook, Pro Hac Vice, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund Inc., New York, NY, Daniel Mach, Pro Hac Vice, American Civil Liberties Union, Washington, DC, Karen Lee Loewy, Pro Hac Vice, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund Inc., Washington, DC, Nekki Shutt, Burnette Shutt and McDaniel PA, Columbia, SC, for Plaintiffs.
Daniel Howard Blomberg, Pro Hac Vice, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, Mt. Pleasant, SC, Erica Wells Shedd, Thomas Ashley Limehouse, Jr., William Grayson Lambert, Office of the Governor State of South Carolina South Carolina State House, Columbia, SC, Robert Dewayne Cook, SC Attorney General's Office, Columbia, SC, Lori Halstead Windham, Pro Hac Vice, Nicholas R. Reaves, Pro Hac Vice, William J. Haun, Pro Hac Vice, Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, Washington, DC, Miles Edward Coleman, Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough, Greenville, SC, for Defendant Henry McMaster.
Kenneth Paul Woodington, William Henry Davidson, II, Davidson Wren and De-Masters PA, Columbia, SC, Miles Edward Coleman, Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough, Greenville, SC, for Defendant Michael Leach.
Christopher Clinton Mingledorff, Mingledorff and Patterson LLC, Charleston, SC, Matthew Alan Brown, Pro Hac Vice, Wagenmaker and Oberly LLC, Charleston, SC, for Amicus Coalition for Jewish Values.
Annie Chiang, Pro Hac Vice, Kevin M. Gallagher, Pro Hac Vice, Virginia Office of the Attorney General, Richmond, VA, Richard S. Dukes, Jr., Turner Padget Graham and Laney, Charleston, SC, for Amicus Commonwealth of Virginia.
ORDER AND OPINION
Joseph Dawson, III, United States District Judge.
This is a First Amendment Establishment Clause and Fourteenth Amendment Equal Protection Clause case. Plaintiffs Eden Rogers and Brandy Welch ("Plaintiffs") challenge the constitutionality of the State of South Carolina's accommodation of a third-party foster care child...
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