| 25-807 |
Will McRaney v. The North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, Incorporated |
Fifth Circuit |
2026-01-08 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
church-autonomy civil-law-claims internal-affairs ministerial-exception religious-institution self-governance |
Does the church autonomy doctrine apply to, and foreclose, civil law claims which are not disputes about the internal affairs or self-governance of a … |
| 24-1204 |
Yaakov Markel v. Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, a Corporation, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-05-27 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
contract-breach employment-law first-amendment ministerial-exception overtime-compensation religious-institutions |
1. Whether Religious institutions are bound
by the contracts they voluntarily enter
into, or are entitled, after performance by
their minister, to … |
| 23A1067 |
Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc., et al. v. Wisconsin Labor & Industry Review Commission, et al. |
Wisconsin |
2024-05-30 |
Presumed Complete |
|
first-amendment free-exercise ministerial-exception religious-exemption statutory-interpretation unemployment-compensation |
Question not identified. |
| 23-703 |
Liberty University, Inc. v. Laura Barbour Bowes, as Executor of the Estate of Eva Palmer |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-12-29 |
Denied |
|
constitutional-law defense-to-liability employment-discrimination first-amendment immunity ministerial-exception religious-autonomy religious-institutions religious-organizations |
(1) Whether the First Amendment ministerial exception provides religious organizations with immunity from employment discrimination suits, or merely a… |
| 23-550 |
Laura Barbour Bowes, as Executor of the Estate of Eva Palmer v. Liberty University, Inc. |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-11-21 |
Denied |
|
age-discrimination direct-evidence employment-law fourth-circuit-standard mcdonnell-douglas ministerial-exception prima-facie-case summary-judgment |
1. Whether (1) a statement by a university dean,
made during the time that the university was
deciding whether or not to renew the contract of a
th… |
| 23A356 |
Laura Barbour Bowes, as Executor of the Estate of Eva Palmer v. Liberty University, Inc. |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-10-19 |
Presumed Complete |
|
burden-shifting circuit-split employment-discrimination McDonnell-Douglas ministerial-exception prima-facie-case |
Question not identified. |
| 22-824 |
The Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, et al. v. Alexander Belya |
Second Circuit |
2023-03-01 |
Denied |
Amici (8)Relisted (3) |
church-autonomy defamation-claims first-amendment immunity internal-disputes judicial-interference liability ministerial-exception religious-leadership religious-liberty |
I. Whether the First Amendment's church autonomy doctrine and its "ministerial exception" should be understood as an immunity from judicial interferen… |
| 22-741 |
Faith Bible Chapel International v. Gregory Tucker |
Tenth Circuit |
2023-02-08 |
Denied |
Amici (12)Relisted (4) |
church-autonomy civil-rights due-process employment-discrimination first-amendment free-speech interlocutory-appeal judicial-immunity ministerial-exception religion-clauses religious-freedom standing |
I. Whether the First Amendment's "ministerial exception" should be understood as an immunity from judicial interference in church employment decisions… |
| 21-1416 |
Christopher Orr v. Christian Brothers High School, Inc., et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-05-04 |
Denied |
|
civil-rights employment-discrimination employment-law first-amendment ministerial-exception racial-discrimination religious-discrimination religious-freedom title-vii |
After alleging that his immediate supervisor, the President of his Catholic high school, invoked racist stereotypes against Black people and other per… |
| 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 … |
| 21-144 |
Seattle's Union Gospel Mission v. Matthew S. Woods |
Washington |
2021-08-03 |
Denied |
Amici (17)Relisted (9) |
civil-rights coreligionist-hiring employment-discrimination first-amendment free-exercise free-exercise-clause ministerial-exception religious-exemption religious-freedom religious-nonprofits standing |
1. Whether the First Amendment protects the Mission's right to hire coreligionists.
2. Whether denying the Mission a total exemption the state grants… |
| 21-145 |
Gordon College, et al. v. Margaret DeWeese-Boyd |
Massachusetts |
2021-08-03 |
Denied |
Amici (10)Relisted (7) |
academic-disciplines academic-freedom christian-education christian-mission faculty-integration first-amendment good-faith-characterization ministerial-exception religious-colleges religious-organization spiritual-formation |
In Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. MorrisseyBerru , 140 S. Ct. 2049 (2020), this Court instructed lower courts to consider a variety of factors in det… |
| 20-1158 |
The North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, Inc. v. Will McRaney |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-02-23 |
Denied |
Amici (6)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) |
employment employment-tort first-amendment ministerial-exception neutral-principles religion-clauses religious-organization secular-court tort-law |
1. Whether a secular court can, consistent with the First Amendment's Religion Clauses, adjudicate a minister's employment-related state law tort clai… |
| 20-9 |
Bibiji Inderjit Kaur Puri, et al. v. Sopurkh Kaur Khalsa, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-07-09 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights corporate-law de-novo-review due-process ecclesiastical-abstention first-amendment ministerial-exception standing statute-of-limitations summary-judgment |
1. May a Court of Appeals on de novo review of summary judgment refuse to decide a claim predicated on a failure of two non-religious corporations, wi… |
| 19-371 |
Stephen S. Wise Temple v. Julie Su |
California |
2019-09-19 |
Dismissed |
Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse Waived |
employment-discrimination first-amendment first-amendment-free-exercise free-exercise functional-approach hosanna-tabor hosanna-tabor-v-eeoc judicial-interpretation ministerial-exception religious-education religious-institutions transmitting-faith |
Whether courts should apply a functional approach to the ministerial exception that does not punish religious institutions for employing non-adherents… |
| 19-348 |
St. James School v. Darryl Biel, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Kristen Biel |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-09-17 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (4) |
civil-courts civil-rights due-process employment-discrimination establishment-clause first-amendment free-exercise free-speech hosanna-tabor ministerial-exception religion-clauses |
Whether the Religion Clauses prevent civil courts from adjudicating employment discrimination claims brought by an employee against her religious empl… |
| 19-267 |
Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Agnes Morrissey-Berru |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-08-29 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (9)Relisted (2) |
civil-court-jurisdiction civil-rights due-process employment-discrimination first-amendment first-amendment-religion-clauses free-speech hosanna-tabor hosanna-tabor-precedent ministerial-exception religious-employer religious-employment religious-freedom religious-functions standing |
Whether the Religion Clauses prevent civil courts from adjudicating employment discrimination claims brought by an employee against her religious empl… |
| 18-1357 |
Randy Cummings, et al. v. Celina Bussey, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-04-29 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
42-usc-1983 clearly-established-law discretionary-function federal-court-interpretation federal-court-review ministerial-exception property-rights qualified-immunity state-law state-law-interpretation state-supreme-court-precedent statutory-interpretation |
1. Whether a federal court interpreting a state statute can conclude that it grants the state agency discretion such that the "ministerial exception" … |
| 18-1228 |
Barbara Mrzlak Brundo v. Christ the King Church of Omaha |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-03-21 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights defamation due-process employment estate-administration estate-litigation frivolous-litigation judicial-retaliation ministerial-exception probate-court retaliation rule-11-sanctions |
Whether the Rule 11 sanctions paid by petitioner for the alleged frivolous complaints from 2001 and yet unresolved, should be returned with interest a… |
| 18-245 |
Marlon Penn v. New York Methodist Hospital, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2018-08-27 |
Denied |
|
civil-rights employment-discrimination first-amendment free-speech hosanna-tabor ministerial-exception religious-institution title-vii |
Since Hosanna-Tabor did not address how to decide if an employer is "religious," should the Court review this case and define the proper analysis in d… |
| 18-125 |
Miriam Grussgott v. Milwaukee Jewish Day School, Inc. |
Seventh Circuit |
2018-07-27 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
ada church-governance civil-rights employment-discrimination first-amendment grussgott hosanna-tabor ministerial-exception non-discrimination non-discrimination-policy religious-institution waiver waiver-doctrine |
Does the definition of "religious institution" in the two prong test for "ministerial exception" in Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and Sch.… |