Overview

• Hecox asked the Court to dismiss her case as moot and to vacate the Ninth Circuit ruling that had blocked Idaho’s 2020 law as applied to her.
• Her ACLU-backed filing says she has no remaining claim and will not try out for any school women’s teams covered by the law, citing negative public scrutiny and personal and academic challenges.
• Alliance Defending Freedom, which is defending Idaho’s statute, pressed the Court to reject dismissal and issue a ruling, calling the move a strategic attempt to avoid review.
• Idaho’s House Bill 500 was the first state law restricting transgender girls’ and women’s participation in school sports, and its defense reached the Supreme Court after lower-court setbacks for the state.
• The Court’s separate West Virginia case remains on track, with arguments expected next year and a decision anticipated by mid-2026 that could affect similar laws in 27 states.