Texas v. EEOC
The EEOC overreached in its interpretation of Title VII when it issued guidance requiring employers to accommodate transgender workers beyond what the Supreme Court mandated…
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Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. Drummond
A 4-4 deadlocked decision upheld the Oklahoma Supreme Court's ruling that a publicly funded religious charter school violated state and federal constitutional provisions prohibiting government…
Female Athletes United v. Ellison et al.
Defending Education et al. v. Sullivan et al.
Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc. v. Wisconsin Labor and Industry Review Commission
Wisconsin violated the First Amendment by conditioning a religious exemption from unemployment insurance taxes on criteria requiring proselytization or service restrictions, thereby imposing denominational preferences.
Cocchini v. City of Franklin, Tennessee
A federal court denied summary judgment to the city and allowed First Amendment free speech and assembly claims to proceed where religious speakers were ejected…
Schmidt v. University of Northwestern–St. Paul
A professor's Title VII discrimination and retaliation claims are barred by the ministerial exception where the religious university explicitly required all faculty to serve as…
Ware v. Louisiana Department of Corrections
RLUIPA protects religious hair in prison context.
Tanzin v. Tanvir
Damages against federal officers allowed under RFRA's similar language.
General Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists v. State of Maryland
Church's constitutional claims regarding church autonomy, Free Exercise Clause, and expressive association may proceed; preliminary injunction denied but case not dismissed.