On April 26, 2000, in front of the Rehnquist Court, the Boy Scouts of America vs. Dale case was tried (Oyez). The advocates that stood before the supreme court were George Davidson, representing the petitioner, Boy Scouts of America; and Even Wolfson who argued for the respondent, James Dale (Oyez). After Dale filed a case against the Boy Scouts in 1992 under the New Jersey statute after being revoked from his assistant scoutmaster position for being gay, the New Jersey Superior Court stated the states public laws did not apply because held the Boy Scouts were not a place of public accommodation and they were protected under the first amendment (Oyez). Later, when brought before the Appellate Division of the courts, the Boy Scouts of America
