Overview

• U.S. District Judge David Nye denied Lindsay Hecox’s motion to dismiss Little v. Hecox, calling the mootness argument “somewhat manipulative” to avoid Supreme Court review.
• After the Court agreed in July to hear the case, Hecox asked to withdraw, telling justices she would permanently refrain from playing women’s sports at Boise State or in Idaho.
• Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador and Alliance Defending Freedom opposed dismissal, and attorneys general from 27 states plus Guam filed amicus briefs supporting the defense.
• The lawsuit, filed in 2020, produced an injunction against Idaho’s law that the Ninth Circuit upheld in 2023 and includes co-plaintiff Jane Doe challenging sex-dispute verification procedures.
• The Supreme Court must still decide whether the case is moot as it also takes up a related West Virginia dispute involving student athlete Becky Pepper-Jackson.