Paivi Rasanen v. Finland
A sitting member of parliament was convicted of a hate crime for a church pamphlet written more than two decades ago containing theological arguments…
Chronological & Subject Repository
Court: State Appellate Court
April 2026
Allegheny Reproductive Health Center v. Pennsylvania Department of Human Services
Pennsylvania's Medicaid abortion coverage exclusion violates the Pennsylvania Constitution's Equal Rights Amendment because the state funds all pregnancy-related care except abortion, constituting unlawful sex…
Fischer v. Department of Public Welfare
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court's 1985 precedent was overruled in 2024 to apply a tougher constitutional framework for evaluating sex-based classifications.
March 2026
Ex parte Alabama-West Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church, Inc., et al.
Trial courts must hear property claims filed by the Alabama-West Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church and may use regular property laws and…
Organisation mondiale sikhe du Canada c. Procureur general du Quebec
Court of Appeal decision preceding the Supreme Court challenge to Quebec's Bill 21.
California Supreme Court same-sex marriage decision
Same-sex marriages would not diminish other persons' constitutional rights or impinge upon religious freedom of religious organizations or officials.
State v. Worthington
Parents defending themselves against criminal mistreatment and manslaughter charges based on religious freedom rights for faith healing practices.
Benitez v. Brody
The case involves a clash between a physician's religious freedom right to refuse medical services and a patient's right not to be discriminated against…
North Coast Women’s Care Medical Group v. Benitez
Religious freedom and free speech rights do not exempt a medical clinic's physicians from complying with the California Unruh Civil Rights Act's prohibition against…
Benitez v. North Coast Women’s Care Medical Group
A medical clinic's physicians cannot withhold fertility treatments to homosexuals based on religious beliefs, as this violates the California Unruh Civil Rights Act.