| 25A810 |
Elizabeth Mirabelli, et al. v. Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2026-01-13 |
Denied |
Amici (9) |
california-education free-exercise opt-out-policies parental-rights religious-liberty substantive-due-process |
Question not identified. |
| 25-703 |
Calvary Chapel San Jose, et al. v. California, et al. |
California |
2025-12-17 |
Pending |
Amici (7) |
church-autonomy covid-restrictions excessive-fines free-exercise-clause religious-liberty strict-scrutiny |
At issue in this case is the ability of government to referee religious services in a house of worship. Government officials in California imposed COV… |
| 25-5636 |
Gordon M. Mayhew v. Arizona |
Arizona |
2025-09-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
due-process first-amendment free-exercise probation-conditions rehabilitation religious-liberty |
1. Whether, consistent with the Free Exercise clause (App. B-l) and Due
Process (App. B-3, B-4) (Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments), a State may
compe… |
| 25A94 |
Hunter Doster, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated as a Class, et al. v. Troy E. Meink, Secretary of the Air Force, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-07-23 |
Presumed Complete |
|
backpay covid-vaccination mootness preliminary-injunction religious-liberty rfra |
Question not identified. |
| 24-1261 |
Cambridge Christian School, Inc. v. Florida High School Athletic Association, Inc. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-06-10 |
Denied |
Amici (24)Response RequestedRelisted (2) |
establishment-clause free-exercise free-speech government-speech religious-liberty santa-fe-doctrine |
When two Christian high schools made it to a championship football game organized by a state athletic association, they sought to use the stadium loud… |
| 24-297 |
Tamer Mahmoud, et al. v. Thomas W. Taylor, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-09-16 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (80)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) |
first-amendment-rights free-exercise-clause gender-instruction parental-rights religious-liberty school-curriculum |
Do public schools burden parents' religious exercise when they compel elementary school children to participate in instruction on gender and sexuality… |
| 24A94 |
Tamer Mahmoud, et al. v. Thomas W. Taylor, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-07-26 |
Presumed Complete |
|
accommodation constitutional-rights first-amendment free-exercise religious-liberty school-board |
Question not identified. |
| 24A64 |
Grace Bible Fellowship, et al. v. Jared Polis, Governor of Colorado, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2024-07-19 |
Presumed Complete |
|
covid-restrictions first-amendment free-exercise public-health religious-liberty state-action |
Question not identified. |
| 24A54 |
The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago v. Janay E. Garrick |
Seventh Circuit |
2024-07-17 |
Presumed Complete |
|
church-autonomy employment-discrimination first-amendment judicial-interference religious-liberty title-vii |
Question not identified. |
| 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… |
| 22-7472 |
Raj K. Patel v. United States |
Federal Circuit |
2023-05-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
14th-amendment big-tucker-act bounty-clause civil-rights contract-law due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-discretion patel-v-united-states poindexter-v-greenhow religious-liberty |
I. Whether the judiciary, via the United States Court of Federal Claims or the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, must de novo re… |
| 22-942 |
Brian Tingley v. Robert W. Ferguson, Attorney General of Washington, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-03-28 |
Denied |
Amici (13)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (10) |
counseling counseling-regulation employment-division-v-smith first-amendment free-speech gender-identity professional-speech religious-freedom religious-liberty |
Brian Tingley is a licensed marriage and family counselor who helps clients with various issues, including sexuality and gender identity. A practicing… |
| 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… |
| 22-6585 |
Tennessee, ex rel. David Jonathan Tulis v. Bill Lee, Governor of Tennessee, et al. |
Tennessee |
2023-01-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights covid-19 covid-restrictions due-process executive-orders free-speech press-freedom religious-liberty standing |
Can Tennessee courts lawfully deny relief to press member petitioner where the governor and a local official by executive orders and directives chill … |
| 21-1405 |
Lester J. Smith v. Timothy C. Ward, Commissioner, Georgia Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-05-06 |
Denied |
Amici (8) |
accommodation circuit-court-review circuit-split civil-rights deference penological-interests prison-policy prisoners-rights religious-freedom religious-liberty rluipa |
In Knight v. Thompson , the Eleventh Circuit concluded —on remand following Holt v. Hobbs , 574 U.S. 352 (2015) —that the Religious Land Use and Insti… |
| 21-476 |
303 Creative LLC, et al. v. Aubrey Elenis, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2021-09-28 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (90)Relisted (4) |
anti-discrimination-law compelled-speech content-based content-based-regulation free-exercise free-speech religious-beliefs religious-liberty viewpoint-discrimination |
Artist Lorie Smith is a website designer who creates original, online content consistent with her faith. She plans to (1) design wedding websites prom… |
| 20-1346 |
Calvary Chapel of Bangor v. Janet T. Mills, Governor of Maine |
First Circuit |
2021-03-25 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
employment-division-v-smith establishment-clause first-amendment free-exercise free-exercise-clause government-discrimination jacobson-v-massachusetts pandemic-restrictions preliminary-injunction religious-liberty strict-scrutiny temporary-restraining-order |
(1) Whether the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment prohibits the government from discriminating against houses of worship by restricting the … |
| 20-1137 |
California Parents for the Equalization of Educational Materials v. Tom Torlakson, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-02-19 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
disfavored-treatment federal-law first-amendment free-exercise-clause government-discrimination ninth-circuit-precedent recurring-issue religious-exercise religious-liberty substantial-burden |
Whether the Free Exercise Clause permits the government to single out a religion for disfavored treatment so long as it does not "substantially burden… |
| 20-746 |
South Bay United Pentecostal Church, et al. v. Gavin Newsom, Governor of California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-11-30 |
GVR |
Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse Waived |
civil-rights constitutional-review first-amendment free-exercise free-speech jacobson-v-massachusetts pandemic-restrictions religious-liberty strict-scrutiny |
Once again, Petitioners South Bay United Pentecostal Church and Bishop Arthur Hodges III ("South Bay") must seek relief from this Court. California, i… |
| 20-639 |
Calvary Chapel Dayton Valley v. Steve Sisolak, Governor of Nevada, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-11-10 |
Denied |
Amici (6)Relisted (2) |
covid-19 covid-19-restrictions equal-protection first-amendment free-assembly free-exercise free-exercise-clause free-speech religious-liberty strict-scrutiny |
1. Whether the Governor's favoring of secular over religious gatherings violates the Free Exercise Clause.
2. Whether the Governor's favoring of secu… |
| 20-385 |
Judy Doe v. Michael L. Parson, Governor of Missouri, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-09-24 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
abortion abortion-rights constitutional-challenge due-process establishment-clause free-exercise free-exercise-clause religious-belief religious-liberty undue-burden undue-burden-standard |
1. Is the Establishment Clause violated by
the proclamation in an abortion statute that "The life of
each human being begins at conception. Abortion w… |
| 19-1135 |
Dignity Health, dba Mercy San Juan Medical Center v. Evan Minton |
California |
2020-03-17 |
Denied |
Amici (5)Relisted (7) |
civil-rights employment-division-v-smith first-amendment free-association free-exercise free-expression medical-procedure medical-procedures religious-freedom religious-liberty state-law unruh-civil-rights-act |
(1) Does the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment bar a state-law claim that seeks to compel a religiously affiliated hospital to allow medical… |
| 19-123 |
Sharonell Fulton, et al. v. City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2019-07-25 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (87)Relisted (7) |
circuit-split civil-rights discrimination employment-division-v-smith first-amendment foster-care free-exercise general-applicability government-neutrality neutral-and-generally-applicable neutral-laws religious-discrimination religious-liberty unconstitutional-conditions |
The City of Philadelphia chose to exclude a religious agency from the City's foster care system unless the agency agreed to act and speak in a manner … |
| 18-9832 |
Patrick H. Murphy v. Bryan Collier, Executive Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-06-27 |
Denied |
Amici (1)IFP |
civil-rights death-penalty death-row due-process establishment-clause free-exercise free-exercise-clause pastoral-accompaniment religious-liberty rluipa |
1. When a death-sentenced inmate informs prison authorities a month in advance of his scheduled execution date of his desire to be accompanied during … |
| 18-1151 |
St. Augustine School, et al. v. Carolyn Stanford Taylor, in Her Official Capacity as Superintendent of Public Instruction, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-03-06 |
GVR |
Relisted (2) |
church-autonomy denominational-affiliation employment-division-v-smith faith-tradition free-exercise free-exercise-clause government-benefits religion-clauses religious-adherent religious-autonomy religious-liberty trinity-lutheran trinity-lutheran-v-comer |
1. Whether the Free Exercise Clause prohibits the government from requiring a religious adherent to choose between following his or her faith traditio… |
| 18-547 |
Melissa Elaine Klein, et vir v. Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries |
Oregon |
2018-10-26 |
GVR |
Amici (10)Relisted (13) |
commercial-art compelled-speech employment-division-v-smith expressive-conduct first-amendment free-exercise free-speech hybrid-rights public-accommodations religious-liberty |
1. Whether Oregon violated the Free Speech and Free Exercise Clauses of the First Amendment by compelling the Kleins to design and create a custom wed… |
| 18-530 |
Congregation Jeshuat Israel v. Congregation Shearith Israel |
First Circuit |
2018-10-24 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
charitable-trusts diversity-jurisdiction erie-doctrine establishment-clause evidence federalism free-exercise free-exercise-clause personal-property property property-dispute religious-liberty secular-evidence trust trust-law |
1. In ordinary trust and property disputes does the Establishment Clause preclude courts from considering secular evidence that is relevant and admiss… |
| 18-451 |
Aloha Bed & Breakfast v. Diane Cervelli, et al. |
Hawaii |
2018-10-11 |
Denied |
Amici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
due-process fair-notice first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-exercise intimate-association privacy prohibitory public-accommodation public-accommodations quasi-criminal religious-beliefs religious-liberty stigmatizing |
Phyllis Young, a retiree, rents three bedrooms in her family home using the name Aloha Bed & Breakfast to make ends meet. She welcomes everyone as gue… |