Mahmoud v. Taylor

Decided June 27, 2025. Samuel A. Alito Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 24-297 · 606 U.S. 522 (2025) · Cited 38 times

Holding

Parents challenging the Montgomery County Board of Education’s introduction of certain “LGBTQ+-inclusive” storybooks, along with the Board’s decision to withhold parental opt outs from that instruction, are entitled to a preliminary injunction.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. The lineup is the syllabus’s disposition of who wrote and joined each opinion. Source: the opinion’s syllabus (supremecourt.gov).

Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Wisconsin v. Yoder · 406 U.S. 205 (1972)
• Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Assn. · 485 U.S. 439 (1988)
• West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette · 319 U.S. 624 (1943)
• Bowen v. Roy · 476 U.S. 693 (1986)
• Employment Div., Dept. of Human Resources of Ore. v. Smith · 494 U.S. 872 (1990)
• Obergefell v. Hodges · 576 U.S. 644 (2015)
• Lee v. Weisman · 505 U.S. 577 (1992)
• Winter v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · 555 U.S. 7 (2008)
• Grayned v. City of Rockford · 408 U.S. 104 (1972)
• Cantwell v. Connecticut · 310 U.S. 296 (1940)
• Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. v. City of Hialeah · 508 U.S. 520 (1993)
• Epperson v. Arkansas · 393 U.S. 97 (1968)
• Edwards v. Aguillard · 482 U.S. 578 (1987)
• San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez · 411 U.S. 1 (1973)
• Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District · 393 U.S. 503 (1969)
• Jacobellis v. Ohio · 378 U.S. 184 (1964)
• Town of Greece v. Galloway · 572 U.S. 565 (2014)
• City of Grants Pass v. Johnson · 603 U.S. 520 (2024)
• City of Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center, Inc. · 473 U.S. 432 (1985)
• Elrod v. Burns · 427 U.S. 347 (1976)
• Steffel v. Thompson · 415 U.S. 452 (1974)
• Cutter v. Wilkinson · 544 U.S. 709 (2005)
• United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · 200 U.S. 321 (1906)
• Glover v. United States · 531 U.S. 198 (2001)
• South Carolina v. Katzenbach · 383 U.S. 301 (1966)
• Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow · 542 U.S. 1 (2004)
• Madsen v. Women's Health Center, Inc. · 512 U.S. 753 (1994)
• Morse v. Frederick · 551 U.S. 393 (2007)

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