Sweetcakes by Melissa v. Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries
The Supreme Court was petitioned to consider whether Oregon violated the Kleins' free speech and free exercise rights by requiring them to make a cake…
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Catholic Social Services v. City of Philadelphia
The Supreme Court agreed to hear whether free exercise plaintiffs can succeed without proving a particular type of discrimination claim and whether Employment Division v.…
Donna Sheedy v. Adventist Health Systems Sunbelt Healthcare Corporation
The court dismissed the case for lack of standing because the plaintiff failed to demonstrate a concrete injury in fact from alleged ERISA violations.
United States v. Brown
A juror who claims divine revelation as the basis for a verdict can be properly dismissed because allowing such verdicts would undermine the justice system's…
Calvary Chapel v. Santa Clara County
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court's decision to stay out of the case while state enforcement actions were ongoing, declining to…
Food and Drug Administration v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine
The Supreme Court unanimously held that plaintiffs lacked standing to challenge the FDA's approval and regulatory changes to mifepristone, while reaffirming federal conscience protections for…
Cambridge Christian School v. Florida High School Athletic Association
Cambridge Christian School petitions the Supreme Court to overturn lower court rulings that barred student prayer over the loudspeaker at a state football championship, arguing…
Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe
School-sponsored prayer at public school games violates the Establishment Clause.
Culture of Life Family Services v. Rob Bonta
A Catholic-affiliated clinic's advertisements for abortion pill reversal constitute commercial speech subject to California's false advertising laws, and a preliminary injunction against the state's enforcement…
Catholic Charities of Jackson, Lenawee, and Hillsdale Counties v. Whitmer
Michigan's ban on conversion therapy counseling likely violates the First Amendment by discriminating against speech based on viewpoint, allowing transitions but banning affirmation of biological…