Document Type

Brief

Case Name

Gary Locke v. Joshua Davey

Publication Date

9-8-2003

Abstract

No. 02-1315
Gary Locke v. Joshua Davey

On Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

From the Summary of the Argument

The Washington State law at issue in this case disqualifies a student from an otherwise available government benefit, only because the student would use the benefit for a religious purpose. That is the core constitutional offense identified by the court below, and this Court may affirm on that basis alone.

Comments

The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty is a bi-partisan, interfaith, public-interest law firm dedicated to protecting the free expression of all religious traditions and the equal participation of religious people in public life and public benefits.

The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights is the nation's largest Catholic civil-rights organization. The League's headquarters is in New York City; its cooperating affiliates across the Country assist in activities national in scope. The Catholic League aims - among other things - to expose and correct stereotypes of Catholic belief and of the Church in the media, in popular culture, and in government actions.

Amici also include several prominent legal and religious historians and legal scholars, whose names and institutional affiliations (for identification purposes only) are listed in Appendix A. Among these amici are authors of some of the leading - indeed, definitive - accounts of the social, historical, and religious context provided in this brief.

See the listing on pages 1-4 of Appendix A, including Notre Dame Law School's Gerard V. Bradley.

Table of Authorities includes:

Brief of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioners (Nov. 9, 2001) (Zelman v. Simmons- Harris, Nos. 00-1751, 00-1777, 00-1779).

GERARD BRADLEY, CHURCH-STATE RELATIONSHIPS IN AMERICA (1987).

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