Gordon College v. U.S. Small Business Administration
The court dismissed Gordon College's RFRA claims, finding that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act does not shield religious institutions from neutral, generally applicable laws like…
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Louis D. Brandeis Center, Inc. v. University of California, Berkeley
Key discrimination claims under the Equal Protection and Free Exercise Clauses and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act can proceed; the court allowed claims…
Schroeder v. Treto
Section 6.1(1) of Illinois' Health Care Right of Conscience Act violates the First Amendment by compelling anti-abortion health care providers to discuss abortion's benefits as…
American Society for Yad Vashem v. Donna Yasmin Lavy
A nonprofit's association with a religiously affiliated cause does not establish religious status under employment law, and the ministerial exception does not apply to fundraising…
National Religious Broadcasters v. Long
Communications from a house of worship to its congregation in connection with religious services through usual channels on matters of faith do not violate the…
Chris and Nicole Trakel v. Debbie Critchfield
Public schools are not obligated to provide or fund religious instruction, and parents have no constitutional right to compel a public charter school to reimburse…
Bridger Lee Jensen v. State of Utah
Utah's Controlled Substances Act likely violates federal and state constitutional protections and the Utah Religious Freedom Restoration Act by failing to accommodate religious uses of…
Student and Parent Coalition v. State of Arkansas
Arkansas Act 573 requiring Ten Commandments displays in every public school classroom violates the Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses of the First Amendment.
Perdomo v. Noem
Federal immigration agents cannot conduct detentive stops based solely on apparent race or ethnicity, speaking Spanish or accented English, presence at locations where undocumented immigrants…
The Mission Church v. Does
Plaintiffs allege that protesters violated the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act by using force, threats, and physical obstruction to interfere with religious worship.