Moxley v. Town of Walkersville
A landowner sued a town for religious discrimination after the town denied a Muslim group's request for a…
Turner v. City Council of Fredericksburg
The court held that a city council's policy requiring non-denominational prayers in legislative sessions does not violate the…
Summum v. City (Utah Monument Case)
The Supreme Court considered whether a city violated religious liberty by refusing to permit a small religious sect…
Summum v. Pleasant Grove City
The Supreme Court unanimously upheld a government installation of the Ten Commandments in a city park, allowing government…
1995 Federal Labor Court (Germany) Scientology Decision
Scientology is neither a religion nor an ideology but rather a business and is therefore subject to business…
Bollard v. California Province of the Society of Jesus
A ministerial exception to statutory employment requirements protects religious organizations' employment decisions regarding their ministers from government intrusion.
Rosas v. Corp. of the Catholic Archbishop of Seattle
The ministerial exception bars employment discrimination claims by seminarians against the Catholic Church for overtime wage violations under…
Marbury v. Madison
Established the principle of judicial review, making the Supreme Court the final arbiter of constitutional interpretation.
Reynolds v. United States
Established that the wall of separation was appropriate as it relates to free exercise of religion.
Schultz v. Medina Valley Independent School District
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a ban on prayer at high school graduation, allowing public…