Mahmoud v. Taylor
U.S. Supreme Court · decided June 27, 2025 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Decided
- June 27, 2025
- Term
- October Term 2024
- Vote
- 6–3
- Majority author
- Justice Alito
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Conservative
Opinion excerpt
PRELIMINARY PRINT Volume 606 U. S. Part 2 Pages 522–655 OFFICIAL REPORTS OF THE SUPREME COURT June 27, 2025 Page Proof Pending Publication REBECCA A. WOMELDORF reporter of decisions NOTICE: This preliminary print is subject to formal revision before the bound volume is published. Users are requested to notify the Reporter of Decisions, Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, D. C. 20543, pio@supremecourt.gov, of any typographical or other formal errors. Syllabus MAHMOUD et al. v. TAYLOR et al. certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the fourth circuit No. 24–297. Argued April 22, 2025—Decided June 27, 2025 During the 2022–2023 school year, the Montgomery County Board of Edu- cation (Board) introduced a variety of “LGBTQ+-inclusive” texts into the public school curriculum. Those texts included fve “LGBTQ+- inclusive” storybooks approved for students in kindergarten through ffth grade, which have story lines focused on sexuality and gender. When parents in Montgomery County sought to have their children ex- cused from instruction involving those books, the Board initially com- promised with the parents by notifying them when the “LGBTQ+- inclusive” storybooks would be taught and permitting their children to be excused from the instruction. That compromise was consistent with the Board's “Guidelines for Respecting Religious Diversity,” which pro- fessed a…
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