Noyes v. Kelly Services

A jury awarded an employee $6.5 million in damages for reverse religious discrimination when the employer failed to promote her because she was not a member of the Fellowship of Friends religious group.

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March 3, 2026
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Noyes v. Kelly Services (D. 2008).
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Noyes v. Kelly Services [U.S. District Court, 2008] — A jury awarded an employee $6.5 million in damages for reverse religious discrimination when the employer failed to promote her because she was not a member of the Fellowship of Friends religious group. Source: ReligiousLiberty.TV (https://religiousliberty.tv/case-library/noyes/, accessed April 14, 2026).
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Holding: A jury awarded an employee $6.5 million in damages for reverse religious discrimination when the employer failed to promote her because she was not a member of the Fellowship of Friends religious group.
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Noyes v. Kelly Services is a Free Exercise case decided by the U.S. District Court in 2008. The court held that a jury awarded an employee $6.5 million in damages for reverse religious discrimination when the employer failed to promote her because she was not a member of the Fellowship of Friends religious group.

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