West Virginia v. B. P. J.

Judgment Issued.

Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Kavanaugh, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, and Barrett, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., and Gorsuch, J., filed concurring opinions. Sotomayor, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment in part and dissenting in part, in which Kagan and Jackson, JJ., joined. Jackson, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment in part and dissenting in part. (Opinion also for No. 24-38). VIDED.

Title IX allows schools to provide separate women’s and men’s sports teams defined by biological sex; West Virginia and Idaho did not violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment by maintaining female sports teams for biological females. [609/2]

Letter of petitioners filed (June 2, 2026). (Distributed)

Supplemental Brief of West Virginia, et al. not accepted for filing. (May 28, 2026--Revised document and filing type to be submitted.)

Argued. For petitioners: Michael R. Williams, Solicitor General, Charleston, W. Va.; and Hashim M. Mooppan, Principal Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondent: Joshua A. Block, New York, N. Y.

Sealed material received electronically from the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia. The remainder of the record is electronic and is available on PACER.

Reply of petitioners West Virginia, et al. filed. (Distributed).

CIRCULATED

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

Record received from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. The record is electronic and is available on PACER.

Brief amicus curiae of Information Society Project filed. VIDED.

Brief amicus curiae of Andraya Yearwood filed. VIDED.

Brief amici curiae of Practicing Pediatric Endocrinologists, et al. filed. VIDED.

Brief amici curiae of Transgender Law Center, et al. filed. VIDED.

Brief amici curiae of Advocates for Girls' and Women's Rights filed. VIDED.

Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed. VIDED.

Brief amici curiae of GLBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders, et al. filed. VIDED.

Brief amici curiae of Constitutional Law Scholars filed. VIDED.

Brief amici curiae of Equal Protection Scholars filed. VIDED.

Brief amicus curiae of Professor William N. Eskridge, Jr. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Public Justice filed.

Brief amicus curiae of National Education Association filed.

Brief amicus curiae of California Women’s Law Center filed.