| 24-319 |
Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany, et al. v. Adrienne A. Harris, Superintendent, New York Department of Financial Services, et al. |
New York |
2024-09-20 |
GVR |
Amici (7)Relisted (2) |
employment-division-v-smith first-amendment neutrality-test religious-exemption religious-organizations strict-scrutiny |
In 2017, New York promulgated a regulation mandating that employer health insurance plans cover abortions. N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 11, § 52.1… |
| 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… |
| 23A293 |
Richard Plishka v. William Skurla, et al. |
Ohio |
2023-10-04 |
Presumed Complete |
|
ecclesiastical-abstention first-amendment religious-organizations secular-courts subject-matter-jurisdiction watson-v-jones |
Whether the doctrine of ecclesiastical abstention—a First Amendment doctrine initially outlined by this Court in Watson v. Jones, 80 U.S. (13 Wall.) 6… |
| 20-1415 |
Hyung Jin "Sean" Moon v. Hak Ja Han Moon, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2021-04-08 |
Denied |
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civil-procedure collusion court-jurisdiction ecclesiastical-abstention fraud fraud-exception legal-doctrine religious-organization religious-organizations tortious-conduct |
Whether there is an exception to this Court's ecclesiastical abstention doctrine that allows courts to resolve disputes over whether control of a reli… |
| 18-1159 |
The Universal Church, Inc. v. Calvin Toellner, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2019-03-06 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
archaic-religious-texts circuit-split civil-rights contemporary-public-perception free-speech generic-marks generic-term legal-standard public-perception religious-freedom religious-organizations standing technical-theological-usages theological-usages trademark trademark-law trademark-protection |
Religious organizations frequently confront claims that their names are generic and ineligible for trademark protection. Courts are divided over such … |
| 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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church-property civil-procedure constitutional-competence ecclesiastical-abstention establishment-clause first-amendment free-exercise merger-analysis neutral-principles religious-freedom religious-organizations subject-matter-jurisdiction |
The trial court entered its Final Order disposing, inter alia, of Church Property, predicated upon a judicial determination that Grace Presbyterian wa… |