Thursday, November 21, 2024

Suit Challenges Illinois Requirements for Insurance Policies to Cover Abortions

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Suit was filed yesterday in an Illinois federal district court challenging on both constitutional and federal statutory grounds Illinois sta...

Suit Against Church for Negligent Retention of Pastor Can Move Ahead

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 In Exum v. St. Andrews-Covenant Presbyterian Church, Inc. ,  (NC App, Nov. 19, 2024), a North Carolina state appellate court held that clai...

Court Examines Sincerity and Religiosity of Vaccine Objections

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Stynchula v. Inova Health Care Services ,  (ED VA, Nov. 19, 2024), is another of the dozens of cases working their way through the courts in...
Wednesday, November 20, 2024

Jury Questions Remain in Suit by Casino Worker Fired for Refusing Covid Vaccine

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In   Brown v. MGM Grand Casino ,  ( ED MI, Nov. 18, 2024), a Michigan federal district court refused to grant summary judgment for either pa...

State Trial Court Strikes Down Wyoming Abortion Bans

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In Johnson v. State of Wyoming ,  (WY Dist. Ct., Nov. 18, 2024), a Wyoming state trial court held that two Wyoming statutes barring abortion...
Tuesday, November 19, 2024

2nd Circuit Hears Oral Arguments from Amish Seeking Vaccination Exemptions

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The U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday heard oral arguments ( audio of full oral arguments ) in Miller v. McDonald.  In the case, a...

Parents Sue California High School Alleging Long History of Tolerating Antisemitism

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Suit was filed last week in a California federal district court by parents of six high school students in the Sequoia Union High School Dist...

Certiorari Denied in Challenge To West Virginia's Ban on Transgender Girls on Girls' Sports Teams

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The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday denied review in West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission v. B. P. J.,  (Docket No. 24-44,  cer...
Monday, November 18, 2024

Oklahoma Education Department Creates Office of Religious Liberty and Patriotism

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In a November 12 press release , Oklahoma State Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters announced the creation of the Office of Re...

2nd Circuit Remands Two Plaintiffs' Claims for Improper Denial of Religious Exemptions from Vaccine Mandate

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New Yorkers for Religious Liberty v. City of New York , (2d Cir., Nov. 13, 2024), is a decision on appeals of two cases challenging denials ...

Recent Articles of Interest

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From SSRN: Saroj Shekhar Mallick, The Constitutional Framework of Secularism in India: A Legal and Historical Perspective , (September 30, ...
Sunday, November 17, 2024

Suit Challenges Kentucky Abortion Bans

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A class action lawsuit was filed last week in a Kentucky state trial court challenging the constitutionality under the Kentucky state consti...
Friday, November 15, 2024

Australia's High Court Says Diocese Is Not Vicariously Liable for Sex Abuse by Priest [Corrected]

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In  Bird v DP (a pseudonym)  , (HCA, Nov. 13, 2024), the High Court of Australia in an appeal from the Supreme Court of Victoria held that a...
Thursday, November 14, 2024

Court Asks Parties for More Information on Whether Vaccine Mandate Was Generally Applicable

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In  Rodriguez v. Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority ,  (ND CA, Nov. 12, 2024), a California federal district court refused to dismi...

7th Circuit Vacates Injunction Against Indiana's Ban on Gender Transition Treatment for Minors

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In K.C. v. Individual Members of the Medical Licensing Board of Indiana ,  (7th Cir., Nov. 13, 2024), the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ...