| 24-530 |
Bethesda University, et al. v. Seungje Cho, et al. |
California |
2024-11-12 |
Denied |
Amici (13) |
board-membership church-state-separation ecclesiastical-abstention first-amendment religious-institution religious-qualifications |
Bethesda University is a Pentecostal institution that requires its Board members to share its religious faith and to act consistently with its Penteco… |
| 22-1093 |
Mark Anthony Spell, et al. v. John Bel Edwards, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-05-09 |
Denied |
Amici (4)Response Waived |
church-assembly church-state-separation establishment-clause first-amendment founders-intent free-exercise free-exercise-clause religious-freedom religious-liberty state-restrictions |
This is a vital case of first impression concerning our most sacred rights of religious freedom and the very nature of the Church and State as separat… |
| 21-164 |
Trustees of the New Life In Christ Church v. City of Fredericksburg, Virginia |
Virginia |
2021-08-04 |
Denied |
Amici (6)Relisted (10) |
church-autonomy church-state-separation civil-authority civil-rights establishment-clause first-amendment free-speech ministerial-exception ministerial-exemption property-tax religious-doctrine religious-freedom |
Virginia law provides an exemption from property taxes for "[r]eal property and personal property owned by churches * * * and exclusively occupied or … |
| 18-365 |
The Presbyterian Church in Morristown, et al. v. Freedom From Religion Foundation, et al. |
New Jersey |
2018-09-20 |
Denied |
Relisted (6) |
church-state-separation constitutional-rights establishment-clause free-exercise free-exercise-clause free-speech government-funding government-grants historic-preservation religious-discrimination religious-neutrality standing status-use-distinction |
Does the categorical exclusion of active houses of worship from a competitive government grant program advancing the secular interest of historic pres… |