BRANDT v. RUTLEDGE

4:21CV00450 JM.

677 F.Supp.3d 877 (2023)

Dylan BRANDT, et al., Plaintiffs v. Leslie RUTLEDGE, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Arkansas, Central Division.

Signed June 20, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexander S. Holland, Pro Hac Vice, Alexander F.R. Peacocke, Pro Hac Vice, Arun Bodapati, Pro Hac Vice, Brandyn J. Rodgerson, Pro Hac Vice, Emily T. Armbruster, Pro Hac Vice, Garrard Russ Beeney, Pro Hac Vice, Jonathan G. Lester, Pro Hac Vice, Lauren Maisel Goldsmith, Pro Hac Vice, Rebecca Kadosh, Pro Hac Vice, Sullivan & Cromwell, LLP, New York, NY, Chase Strangio, Leslie Cooper, Li Nowlin-Sohl, Pro Hac Vice, James D. Esseks, American Civil Liberties Union, New York, NY, Aviv S. Halpern, Pro Hac Vice, Duncan C. Simpson LaGoy, Pro Hac Vice, Laura Kabler Oswell, Pro Hac Vice, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, Palo Alto, CA, Breean Wales, Wales Law Firm, PLLC, Little Rock, AR, Christopher L. Travis, Peter Drake Mann, Sharon Elizabeth Echols, Gill Ragon Owen P.A., Little Rock, AR, Sarah Everett, Arkansas Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Inc., Little Rock, AR, Gary Sullivan, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Little Rock, AR, Daniel J. Richardson, Pro Hac Vice, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, Washington, DC, Maxime D. Matthew, Pro Hac Vice, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, Brooklyn, NY, for Plaintiffs Dylan Brandt, Joanna Brandt, Sabrina Jennen, Lacey Jennen, Aaron Jennen, Brooke Dennis, Amanda Dennis, Shayne Dennis, Parker Saxton, Donnie Saxton, Kathryn Stambough.

Alexander S. Holland, Pro Hac Vice, Alexander F.R. Peacocke, Pro Hac Vice, Arun Bodapati, Pro Hac Vice, Brandyn J. Rodgerson, Pro Hac Vice, Emily T. Armbruster, Pro Hac Vice, Garrard Russ Beeney, Pro Hac Vice, Jonathan G. Lester, Pro Hac Vice, Rebecca Kadosh, Pro Hac Vice, Sullivan & Cromwell, LLP, New York, NY, Chase Strangio, Leslie Cooper, Li Nowlin-Sohl, Pro Hac Vice, James D. Esseks, American Civil Liberties Union, New York, NY, Aviv S. Halpern, Pro Hac Vice, Duncan C. Simpson LaGoy, Pro Hac Vice, Laura Kabler Oswell, Pro Hac Vice, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, Palo Alto, CA, Breean Walas, Walas Law Firm, PLLC, Little Rock, AR, Christopher L. Travis, Peter Drake Mann, Sharon Elizabeth Echols, Gill Ragon Owen P.A., Little Rock, AR, Sarah Everett, Arkansas Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Inc., Little Rock, AR, Gary Sullivan, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Little Rock, AR, Daniel J. Richardson, Pro Hac Vice, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, Washington, DC, Maxime D. Matthew, Pro Hac Vice, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, Brooklyn, NY, for Plaintiff Michele Hutchison.

Michael Cantrell, Nicholas J. Bronni, Dylan L. Jacobs, Hannah Lorraine Templin, Arkansas Attorney General's Office, Little Rock, AR, Amanda Denise Land, Arkansas Department of Transformation and Shared Services, Little Rock, AR, for Defendants.

Cortlin Hall Lannin, Pro Hac Vice, Covington & Burling LLP, San Francisco, CA, D. Jean Veta, Pro Hac Vice, Elizabeth Baia, Pro Hac Vice, William R. Isasi, Pro Hac Vice, Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, DC, Michael J. Lanosa, Pro Hac Vice, Covington & Burling LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Andrew King, Jess L. Askew, III, Kutak Rock LLP, Little Rock, AR, for Amici American Academy of Pediatrics, Academic Pediatric Association, Child, American Association of Physicians for Human Rights Inc., American College of Osteopathic Pediatricians, American Medical Association, American Pediatric Society, American Psychiatric Association, Arkansas Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Arkansas Psychiatric Society, Association of Medical School Pediatric Department Chairs, Endocrine Society, National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners, Pediatric Endocrine Society, Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine, Society for Pediatric Research, Society of Pediatric Nurses, World Professional Association for Transgender Health.

Boris Bershteyn, Pro Hac Vice, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, NY, John E. Tull, III, Meredith Autumn Powell, Steven W. Quattlebaum, Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull PLLC, Little Rock, AR, Michael Joshua Leicht, Attorney at Law, Conway, AR, Shayne Dixon Smith, Acxiom Corporation, Conway, AR, for Amicus LiveRamp Holdings Inc.

Boris Bershteyn, Pro Hac Vice, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, NY, Gerald (Jerry) Cleveland Jones, LiveRamp, Little Rock, AR, John E. Tull, III, Meredith Autumn Powell, Steven W. Quattlebaum, Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull PLLC, Little Rock, AR, Michael Joshua Leicht, Attorney at Law, Conway, AR, Shayne Dixon Smith, Acxiom Corporation, Conway, AR, for Amici Acxiom LLC, Kinesso LLC, Northwest Arkansas Council, Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce, Walton Family Foundation Inc.

Alexander Barrett Bowdre, Pro Hac Vice, Edmund G. LaCour, Jr., Pro Hac Vice, Office of the Attorney General, Montgomery, AL, David R. Hogue, Hogue Corbitt & Ward PLC, Conway, AR, for Amicus Alabama, State of.

David R. Hogue, Hogue Corbitt & Ward PLC, Conway, AR, for Amici Alaska, State of, Arizona, State of, Georgia, State of, Idaho, State of, Indiana, State of, Kansas, State of, Kentucky, State of, Louisiana, State of, Mississippi, State of, Missouri, State of, Montana, State of, Nebraska, State of, South Carolina, State of, South Dakota, State of, Tennessee, State of, Texas, State of.

Matthew Bauer Miller, Bureau of Legislative Research, Little Rock, AR, for Amici Jimmy Hickey, Matthew Shepherd.


FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

Plaintiffs bring their claims under the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses and the First Amendment. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 52(a), the Court makes the following specific findings...

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