Landor v. Louisiana Dept of Corrections and Public Safety

Judgment Issued.

Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Gorsuch, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Thomas, Alito, Kavanaugh, and Barrett, JJ., joined. Jackson, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Sotomayor and Kagan, JJ., joined.

State employees may not be held liable in their personal capacities under a Spending Clause statute such as the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 unless those individuals have voluntarily and knowingly consented to answer private suits under the statute; the individual defendants in this case did not do so here, so Landor’s case cannot proceed against them. [609/1]

Argued. For petitioner: Zachary D. Tripp, Washington, D. C.; and Libby A. Baird, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondents: J. Benjamin Aguiñaga, Solicitor General, Baton Rouge, La.

Reply of petitioner Damon Landor filed. (Distributed)

Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.

Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.

Brief of respondents Louisiana Department of Corrections and Public Safety, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of National Sheriffs’ Association filed. (Distributed)

CIRCULATED

Record received electronically from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana and available with the Clerk.

Brief amicus curiae of American Center for Law and Justice filed.

Brief amici curiae of Seven Religious Liberty Scholars filed.

Brief amici curiae of The Bruderhof, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Former Correctional Officials filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed.

Brief amici curiae of Major Religious Denominations filed.

Brief amicus curiae of National Police Accountability Project filed.

Brief amici curiae of Rights Behind Bars, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Hindu American Foundation filed.

Brief amici curiae of National Congress of American Indians, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Professor Byron R. Johnson filed.

Brief amici curiae of United States Senator Ted Cruz, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Religious and Civil-Rights Organizations filed.