Overview
- Lindsay Hecox asked the Supreme Court to dismiss her case and to vacate the Ninth Circuit ruling that had upheld a preliminary injunction against Idaho’s law.
- Hecox cited illness, her father’s death, academic pressures, and negative public scrutiny, and she committed not to try out for women’s teams covered by Idaho’s law while she remains in the state.
- Idaho Solicitor General Alan Hurst told the Court the state will oppose the suggestion of mootness and requested an extension to respond, with a new deadline of Sept. 26.
- The Supreme Court still has West Virginia’s case on its docket raising the same legal issues, and a ruling is expected next summer with implications for laws in many states.
- Alliance Defending Freedom criticized the ACLU’s move as gamesmanship and urged the Court to decide the merits despite Hecox’s withdrawal request.