Hobby Lobby v. Sebelius
The Court will determine whether employers with religious objections to certain forms of birth control should be exempted from the Affordabl…
Legal Cases
507 articlesSebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on whether employers must provide insurance covering emergency contraception required by the Aff…
Guatay Christian Fellowship v. County of San Diego
The district court issued a preliminary injunction against the County's cease and desist order requiring the church to obtain a Major Use Pe…
Vanessa Willock v. Elane Photography
The New Mexico Human Rights Commission ruled that the photographer engaged in illegal discrimination based on sexual orientation in violatio…
Hein v. Freedom from Religion Foundation
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that citizens did not have standing as taxpayers to bring an Establishment Clause challenge against Preside…
Freedom from Religion Foundation v. Lew
The 7th Circuit heard oral argument on whether the Freedom from Religion Foundation has standing to bring an Establishment Clause challenge…
Holt v. Hobbs
The Supreme Court heard oral argument on whether Arkansas Department of Corrections grooming policy violates RLUIPA by prohibiting a prisone…
Americans United v. Secretary of Defense
The Supreme Court found that Americans United lacked standing to challenge the Secretary of Defense's plan to donate military hospital land…
Mitchell v. Helms
The Supreme Court permitted public school systems to lend computers and equipment to church-run schools because the aid was permissible unde…
Opoku-Boateng v. State of California
The Ninth Circuit ruled that an employer must make a genuine effort to accommodate an employee's religious observance when the employee refu…