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Topic: Church & State
Quebec Bill 21 case (2021 ruling)
A Quebec court recognized that Bill 21 restricting religious symbols for public employees harmed minority groups but held that the override clause in the Canadian…
Fort Worth Northwest Seventh-day Adventist Church v. Texas Conference
The appellate court reversed the trial court's decision, finding that civil courts lack jurisdiction over disputes between a local church and its denominational umbrella organization…
Gordon College v. U.S. Small Business Administration
The court dismissed Gordon College's RFRA claims, finding that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act does not shield religious institutions from neutral, generally applicable laws like…
City of Boerne v. Flores
The Religious Freedom Restoration Act does not apply to state and local governments unless explicitly enacted by state legislatures.
National Religious Broadcasters v. Long
Communications from a house of worship to its congregation in connection with religious services through usual channels on matters of faith do not violate the…
Chris and Nicole Trakel v. Debbie Critchfield
Public schools are not obligated to provide or fund religious instruction, and parents have no constitutional right to compel a public charter school to reimburse…
Bridger Lee Jensen v. State of Utah
Utah's Controlled Substances Act likely violates federal and state constitutional protections and the Utah Religious Freedom Restoration Act by failing to accommodate religious uses of…
Ball v. Roman Catholic Bishop of Manchester
A plaintiff alleging sexual abuse in the 1970s could not revive his lawsuit under a 2020 law eliminating time limits for sexual assault claims because…