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Galloway v. Town of Greece
The town of Greece, New York violated the U.S. Constitution by opening town meetings with prayers that favored Christianity over other religions, and a legislative…
Plans Inc. v. Sacramento City Unified School District
Illinois Health Care Right of Conscience Act case
Illinois pharmacists do not have to sell Plan B pills to customers if they have religious objections to the use of the product.
Hobby Lobby v. Burwell
A Christian-owned for-profit company must provide insurance coverage for contraceptive drugs under the HHS mandate, as the religious beliefs of the owners were only indirectly…
Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp. v. Secretary of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Hardison v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.
Wooley v. Maynard
The government cannot require citizens to display a slogan on their license plates that conflicts with their beliefs.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc.
An employer violates Title VII if it refuses to accommodate the perceived religious practices of a prospective employee based on the employer's belief that religious…
Dignity Health v. United States
A lower court invalidated Catholic and religious hospitals' longstanding exemption from federal pension law (ERISA) on the grounds that the hospitals were not operated by…