| 25-755 |
The Society of Apostolic Church Ministries Bishop, Elizabeth Gardner Corporation Sole and Her Successors v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-12-29 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
church-autonomy church-property first-amendment fourteenth-amendment government-interference ministerial-exemption property-seizure religious-freedom-restoration-act |
I. Whether the Ninth Circuit permitted the government to violate the First Amendment of the Constitution, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, the Estab… |
| 20-536 |
The Episcopal Church, et al. v. The Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth, et al. |
Texas |
2020-10-22 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
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The First Amendment limits civil courts' authority to resolve disputes within a church. For more than a century, this Court respected those limits by … |
| 18-636 |
The Pure Presbyterian Church of Washington, et al. v. The Grace of God Presbyterian Church |
Virginia |
2018-11-16 |
Dismissed |
|
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The trial court entered its Final Order disposing, inter alia, of Church Property, predicated upon a judicial determination that Grace Presbyterian wa… |