City of Pleasant Grove v. Summum
The Court considered whether a city must allow a religious group to erect a monument on public land when other religious monuments were already…
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March 2026
California Supreme Court same-sex marriage decision
Same-sex marriages would not diminish other persons' constitutional rights or impinge upon religious freedom of religious organizations or officials.
Chalker v. Secretary of the Army
Atheist soldier sues over religious discrimination in military including prayers at formations and alleged evangelical bias.
Newdow v. Bush
Court to consider whether "So help me God" in presidential inaugural oath violates Establishment Clause.
Pledge of Allegiance case (Ninth Circuit)
The Ninth Circuit Court decided the Pledge of Allegiance case addressing the constitutionality of reference to God in the pledge.
State v. Worthington
Parents defending themselves against criminal mistreatment and manslaughter charges based on religious freedom rights for faith healing practices.
Newdow v. United States Congress
The Court dismissed the case on a technicality regarding standing rather than deciding the merits of the Pledge of Allegiance challenge.
Benitez v. Brody
The case involves a clash between a physician's religious freedom right to refuse medical services and a patient's right not to be discriminated against…
North Coast Women’s Care Medical Group v. Benitez
Religious freedom and free speech rights do not exempt a medical clinic's physicians from complying with the California Unruh Civil Rights Act's prohibition against…
Benitez v. North Coast Women’s Care Medical Group
A medical clinic's physicians cannot withhold fertility treatments to homosexuals based on religious beliefs, as this violates the California Unruh Civil Rights Act.