Ronald Hittle v. City of Stockton
Case pending before the U.S. Supreme Court regarding whether a former fire chief was unlawfully terminated due to religious discrimination for attending a Christian…
Chronological & Subject Repository
Topic: Free Exercise
February 2026
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…
City of Boerne v. Flores
The Religious Freedom Restoration Act does not apply to state and local governments unless explicitly enacted by state legislatures.
American Society for Yad Vashem v. Donna Yasmin Lavy
A nonprofit's association with a religiously affiliated cause does not establish religious status under employment law, and the ministerial exception does not apply to…
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…
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…
Student and Parent Coalition v. State of Arkansas
Arkansas Act 573 requiring Ten Commandments displays in every public school classroom violates the Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses of the First Amendment.
Cathy Miller v. California Civil Rights Department
The Court of Appeal reversed the trial court, ruling that a plain white tiered wedding cake conveyed no particularized message and was not protected…
Valerie Kloosterman v. University of Michigan Health-West
A hospital cannot demand arbitration after already engaging in substantial litigation and seeking dismissal on the merits; the hospital waived its right to arbitrate…
Mid Vermont Christian School v. Saunders
The Second Circuit reversed the district court's upholding of the Vermont Principals' Association's expulsion of Mid Vermont Christian School, finding that the VPA's rule…