Wailes v. Jefferson County Public Schools
District court dismissal of parents' challenge to school's policy of assigning students to overnight accommodations based on gender…
Mitchell v. Helms
The Supreme Court permitted public school systems to lend computers and equipment to church-run schools because the aid…
Locke v. Davey
States may exclude religion from generally available benefits without violating the Free Exercise Clause.
Middleton v. Pan
A pro se RICO lawsuit challenging California's mandatory vaccination law removing religious exemptions was dismissed with prejudice.
Biel v. St. James Catholic School
The ministerial exception does not bar a Catholic school teacher fired for requesting time off for cancer treatment…
Morressey-Berru v. Our Lady of Guadalupe School
Religious schools may dismiss teachers under the ministerial exception even for reasons that would constitute age discrimination in…
Biel v. St. James School
Religious schools may dismiss teachers under the ministerial exception even for disability-related requests such as medical leave for…
Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Religious institutions have a First Amendment right to make employment decisions free from state interference through the ministerial…
Zelman v. Simmons-Harris
A school voucher program that includes religious schools does not violate the Establishment Clause.
Illinois ex rel. McCollum v. Board of Education
A state cannot use the public school system to aid religious faiths in the dissemination of their doctrines…