Church Employment Discrimination Case (Ministerial Exception)
The Supreme Court will hear a case involving whether churches can discriminate when making employment decisions about employees…
Spillane v. Lamont
Connecticut Supreme Court precedent establishing sovereign immunity doctrine as binding in religious freedom claims.
Doe v. Catholic Relief Services
Maryland's Fair Employment Practices Act imposes restrictions on religious organizations' hiring practices.
Darrell Patterson v. Walgreen Co.
The case involves whether an employee's religious belief to not work on Saturday was reasonably accommodated when offered…
Elane Photography v. New Mexico Human Rights Commission
The First Amendment does not protect a photographer's decision not to photograph a same-sex commitment ceremony based on…
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…
Little Sisters of the Poor v. Pennsylvania
Government agencies have the power to determine whether to apply ACA contraceptive mandates to employers, rather than courts…
1995 Federal Labor Court (Germany) Scientology Decision
Scientology is neither a religion nor an ideology but rather a business and is therefore subject to business…
Jeanpierre v. Trump
U.S. Magistrate Judge Daphne A. Oberg ruled that Executive Order 14253 did not substantially burden the plaintiff's religious…