Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru

The Supreme Court agreed to hear whether the ministerial exception bars a teacher at a Catholic school from suing for age discrimination.

St. James School v. Biel

The Supreme Court agreed to hear whether the ministerial exception bars a teacher at a Catholic school from suing for employment discrimination under the…

Hodges v. Gloria

Government officials may dismiss or refuse to appoint volunteers for statements that would normally receive First Amendment protection if a commonality of political purpose…

Lillian Ladele v. Islington Council

A marriage registrar was discriminated against on grounds of religious beliefs and harassed when required to conduct same-sex civil partnership ceremonies.

Ansonia Board of Education v. Philbrook

Case addressing religious accommodation in employment.

Miller v. New York State Department of Labor

United States v. Essex County, New Jersey

The Department of Justice filed suit alleging Essex County discriminated against a Muslim corrections officer by refusing to accommodate her religiously mandated headscarf in…

Bollard v. California Province of the Society of Jesus

A ministerial exception to statutory employment requirements protects religious organizations' employment decisions regarding their ministers from government intrusion.

Rosas v. Corp. of the Catholic Archbishop of Seattle

The ministerial exception bars employment discrimination claims by seminarians against the Catholic Church for overtime wage violations under Title VII and Washington's Minimum Wage…

Jeffrey Reed v. International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America

The Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge to a UAW policy requiring employees who objected to joining labor unions on religious grounds to…