Cases

Winn v. Garriott
Arizona Individual Tax Credits (Federal Court Case)

 

 
 

Parents Glenn and Rhonda Dennard with their children, (from left), Marche, Micah, Glenn II, Sarah and Joshua.


On April 4, 2011, in a major victory for school choice efforts nationwide, the United States Supreme Court dismissed this frivolous legal challenge to Arizona’s Individual Scholarship Tax Credit, which provides tens of thousands of school children the opportunity to attend the private school of their parent’s choice.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Essential Background

 

Images

Backgrounder: none available

 

Client Photo - none available

Latest Release: U.S. Supreme Court Dismisses Legal Challenge to Arizona School Choice Program; Court Holds Plaintiffs Lack Standing to Challenge Scholarship Tax Credit Program (April 4, 2011)

 

Client Video

  Supreme Court Oral Argument Audio (November 3, 2010)
 

Legal Briefs and Decisions


Winn v. Garriott U.S.S.C. Decision (4-4-2011)
  Winn v. Garriott Reply Brief (10-15-2010)
 Launch Release: Back to School & Back to Court For Arizona Scholarship Tax Credits (August 9, 2004)  

Winn v. Garriott Opening Brief (7-30-2010)

Winn v. Garriott Reply Brief (5-3-10)
Winn v. Garriott Cert. Petition

Order Denying Petition for Reheaing en banc (10-21-09)

Winn v. Garriott brief

Case Timeline

Lawsuit Filed:

 

February 15, 2000

Court Filed:

 

U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Decision(s):

 

October 21, 2009: IJ's request for full Ninth Circuit Reconsideration denied

April 21, 2009:  9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reinstates legal challenge to scholarship program

March 24, 2005: District Court dismissed challenge and upheld law

Current Court:

 

Supreme Court of the United States

Status:

  IJ's request for full Ninth Circuit Reconsideration of April 21, 2009 decision is pending

Next Key Date:

 

IJ's opening brief due on July 30, 2010

     

Additional Releases

 

Maps, Charts and Fact

Release: U.S. Supreme Court to Decide Fate Of Arizona School Choice Program (November 2, 2010)   Visit our comprehensive School Choice Media Kit
Release: New Study Shows Arizona Tax Credits Serve Low- and Moderate-Income Families. Student Data Refute Claims by Newspapers (October 18, 2010)    


Op-eds, News Articles and Links

Release: In Defending Arizona’s School Choice Plan, Institute for Justice Sends Fourth Case to U.S. Supreme Court In Eight Years (May 28, 2010)  

Article: School Choice Showdown at U.S. Supreme Court; Liberty & Law (December 2010)

  Video: Arizona School Choice Fight Goes to U.S. Supreme Court; (October 19, 2010)
Release: U.S. Supreme Court Grants Review in Arizona School Choice Case (May 24, 2010) Article: Arizona Tax Credit Program Is Changing Lives—One Scholarship at a Time; Liberty & Law (October 2010)
Release: Eight Judges Dissent From Ninth Circuit Order Declining to Rehear Legal Challenge to Arizona’s Individual Tax Credit Program (October 21, 2009) Video: Where does the alphabet end?; (August 23, 2010)
Release: Arizona Governor to Sign Lexie’s Law To Save Scholarships for Special Needs and Foster Children (May 29, 2009)
Article: IJ Returns to US Supreme Court In Landmark School Choice Case; Liberty & Law (August 2010)
Release: IJ and Arizona Parents Ask Full Ninth Circuit To Reconsider Scholarship Tax Credit Ruling (May 14, 2009)
Article: IJ Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Reverse 9th Circuit Decision in Arizona School Choice Case; Liberty & Law (April 2010)
Release: Ninth Circuit Ruling: School Choice Tax Credits Remain Constitutional, But Arizona Program Called into Question (April 21, 2009)
Article: Not an Endorsement of Religion National Law Journal (March 2010)
Release: 9th Circuit to Decide Fate Of Arizona School Choice Program (January 22, 2008)  

Video: Andrea Weck & School Choice; (December 1, 2008)

Release: Arizona’s Scholarship Tuition Tax Credit Again Upheld by Court as Constitutional (March 24, 2005)   Article: The Ultimate Win-Win Scenario Liberty & Law (June 2005)
Release: IJ Arizona Chapter Again Calls for Dismissal Of Frivolous Anti-School Choice Lawsuit (September 27, 2004)    Article: School Choice Under Attack in Arizona—Again Liberty & Law (August 2004)

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