Anchor Stone Christian Church v. City of Santa Ana
The city of Santa Ana violated federal religious freedom laws by imposing zoning restrictions that prevented the church…
Carter v. Southwest Airlines
The Fifth Circuit adopted a post-Groff analytical framework for Title VII religious discrimination claims, establishing three distinct claim…
Physicians v. State of South Carolina
South Carolina's post-heartbeat abortion ban does not violate the Free Exercise Clause because the law is neutral and…
Planned Parenthood South Atlantic v. State
South Carolina's 2023 Fetal Heartbeat and Protection from Abortion Act bans most abortions after cardiac activity is detectable…
Warren Kenneth Paxton, Jr., in his Official Capacity as Texas Attorney General, and the State of Texas v. Annunciation House, Inc.
The Texas Supreme Court reversed a trial court injunction and held that the Attorney General may initiate a…
Cocchini v. City of Franklin, Tennessee
A federal court denied summary judgment to the city and allowed First Amendment free speech and assembly claims…
Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc. v. Wisconsin Labor and Industry Review Commission
Wisconsin violated the First Amendment by conditioning a religious exemption from unemployment insurance taxes on criteria requiring proselytization…
Schmidt v. University of Northwestern–St. Paul
A professor's Title VII discrimination and retaliation claims are barred by the ministerial exception where the religious university…
Ware v. Louisiana Department of Corrections
RLUIPA protects religious hair in prison context.