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Nos. 17-1618, 17-1623, 18-107 ================================================================

--------------------------------- --------------------------------- GERALD LYNN BOSTOCK,

Petitioner, v.

CLAYTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, Respondent.

--------------------------------- --------------------------------- ALTITUDE EXPRESS, INC., and RAY MAYNARD,

Petitioners, v.

MELISSA ZARDA AS EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF DONALD ZARDA, et al.,

Respondents. --------------------------------- ---------------------------------

R.G. & G.R. HARRIS FUNERAL HOMES, INC., Petitioner,

v.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, et al.,

Respondents. --------------------------------- ---------------------------------

On Writs Of Certiorari To The United States Courts Of Appeals For The

Eleventh, Second, And Sixth Circuits --------------------------------- ---------------------------------

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DEPUTIES OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH; UNITED SYNAGOGUE OF CONSERVATIVE

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APPENDIX A:

STATEMENTS OF INTEREST

OF AMICI CURIAE

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