Campaign for Southern Equality v. Bryant
The Supreme Court declined to review a challenge brought by an Episcopal priest and organization contesting Mississippi's HB 1523 as favoring one religious view over…
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Topic: Establishment Clause
Chaplaincy of Full Gospel Churches v. United States Navy
Non-liturgical Protestant Navy chaplains alleged that the Navy's promotion and retirement systems discriminated in favor of Catholics and liturgical Protestants, seeking a preliminary injunction.
Williamson v. Brevard County
A county commission's practice of automatically denying atheists the opportunity to offer invocations at board meetings is discriminatory and unconstitutional.
Rosenberger v. University of Virginia
It is unconstitutional for a state university to withhold funding from student religious publications when the university funds similar secular student publications.
Reinoehl v. Penn-Harris-Madison School Corporation
Teaching the theory of evolution in public schools does not violate the Establishment Clause.
St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School Case
The Supreme Court considered whether Oklahoma may approve and fund a Catholic charter school through its statewide charter system without violating the Establishment Clause.
Chatham Middle School Case
Lessons on world religions as part of comparative religion curriculum do not violate the Establishment Clause when presented within an academic framework alongside multiple religions.
Woolard v. Thurmond
California may require state-funded charter school independent study programs to maintain secular curricula and cannot fund religious instructional materials.
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…
Louis D. Brandeis Center, Inc. v. University of California, Berkeley
Key discrimination claims under the Equal Protection and Free Exercise Clauses and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act can proceed; the court allowed claims…