Summum v. Pleasant Grove City
The Supreme Court unanimously upheld a government installation of the Ten Commandments in a city park, allowing government to exercise viewpoint discrimination in selecting…
Chronological & Subject Repository
Topic: Church & State
February 2026
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 restrictions including Sunday sales bans.
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 Title VII and Washington's Minimum Wage…
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 prayer at a Texas high school…
American Atheists v. Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
The American Atheists filed a lawsuit challenging the display of the World Trade Center cross at a 9/11 memorial as an impermissible mingling of…
New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms v. New York State Senate
Liberty Counsel filed a lawsuit seeking to declare New York's Marriage Equality Act void and to invalidate same-sex marriages on grounds of procedural defects…