Syed Hassan v. City of New York

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
• Decided: February 2, 2016
• Docket: 14-1688
• Status: Published

Opinion

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT ________________

No. 14-1688 ________________

SYED FARHAJ HASSAN; THE COUNCIL OF IMAMS IN NEW JERSEY; MUSLIM STUDENTS ASSOCIATION OF THE U.S. AND CANADA, INC.; ALL BODY SHOP INSIDE & OUTSIDE; UNITY BEEF SAUSAGE COMPANY; MUSLIM FOUNDATION INC.; MOIZ MOHAMMED; JANE DOE; SOOFIA TAHIR; ZAIMAH ABDUR-RAHIM; ABDUL-HAKIM ABDULLAH,

Appellants v.

THE CITY OF NEW YORK

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Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey (D.C. Civil Action No. 2-12-cv-03401) District Judge: Honorable William J. Martini ________________

Argued January 13, 2015

Before: AMBRO, FUENTES, and ROTH, Circuit Judges

(Opinion filed October 13, 2015)

ORDER AMENDING PRECEDENTIAL OPINION

AMBRO, Circuit Judge

IT IS NOW ORDERED that the published Opinion in the above case filed October 13, 2015, be amended as follows: On page 49, in the first full paragraph, second sentence, third and fourth lines down, replace “In holding gender to be” with “In concluding that gender is” and in the same paragraph, fifth line down, replace “the Supreme Court” with “Justice Brennan” so that the entire phrase reads: “In concluding that gender is a “quasi-suspect” classification deserving of intermediate scrutiny, Justice Brennan noted, for instance, . . .”

On page 49, in the second full paragraph, first sentence, third line down, replace “Frontiero Court” with “Frontiero plurality”

By the Court, /s/ Thomas L. Ambro, Circuit Judge Dated: February 2, 2016 SLC/cc: Counsel of Record