Showing posts with label Catholic schools. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Catholic schools. Show all posts
Monday, March 18, 2024

7th Circuit: Zoning Denial for Catholic School Athletic Field Lights Did Not Violate RLUIPA

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In Edgewood High School of the Sacred Heart v. City of Madison, Wisconsin ,  (7th Cir., March 15, 2024), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7...
Friday, January 12, 2024

State Regulation of Catholic Childcare Program Upheld

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In South Hills Catholic Academy v. Department of Human Services , (PA Commonwealth Ct., Jan. 11, 2024), a Pennsylvania appellate court rejec...
Friday, September 22, 2023

4th Circuit Hears Oral Arguments on Catholic School's Firing of Teacher Who Entered Same-Sex Marriage

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The U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday heard oral arguments ( audio of full oral arguments ) in  Billard v. Charlotte Catholic H...
Friday, August 18, 2023

Catholic Schools Sue Over Rules for Inclusion in Colorado's Universal Preschool Funding

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Suit was filed this week in a Colorado federal district court by the Catholic Archdiocese of Denver and two Catholic schools challenging the...
Wednesday, August 16, 2023

7th Circuit: Parties Cannot Force A Constitutional Ruling On School Aid By Rejecting Statutory Alternative

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In St. Augustine School v. Underly , (7th Cir., Aug. 14, 2023), is the latest installment in a case that arose in 2015 and has been litigate...
Tuesday, August 15, 2023

NJ Anti-Discrimination Law Creates Defense for Catholic School That Requires Teachers to Follow Catholic Teachings

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 In Cristello v. St. Theresa School ,  (NJ Sup. Ct., Aug. 14, 2023), the New Jersey Supreme Court dismissed a suit against a Catholic school...
Tuesday, August 01, 2023

Suit Challenges Oklahoma's Approval of Catholic Charter School

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Suit was filed yesterday in an Oklahoma state trial court challenging the decision of the state's Virtual Charter School Board to approv...
Friday, July 14, 2023

Catholic School's Non-Renewal of Counsellor Who Entered Same-Sex Marriage Upheld

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In Fitzgerald v. Roncalli High School, Inc. , (7th Cir., July 13, 2023), the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals held that the ministerial exc...
Sunday, June 25, 2023

Ecclesiastical Abstention Doctrine Bars Court From Interpreting Foundation's Bylaws

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In Foundation for the Advancement of Catholic Schools, Inc. v. The Most Reverend Leonard P. Blair ,  (CT Super, June 15, 2023), a Connecticu...
Monday, May 01, 2023

Triable Issues of Fact Remain on Ministerial Exception in Age Discrimination Suit Against Catholic School

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 In Atkins v. St. Cecelia Catholic School , (CA App., April 28, 2023), a California state appellate court held that there are triable issues...
Saturday, April 15, 2023

Two Justices Say Iowa Should Adopt Ministerial Exception Doctrine

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In Konchar v. Pins ,  (IA Sup. Ct., April 14, 2023), the Iowa Supreme Court affirmed a trial court's dismissal of fraud, defamation and ...
Tuesday, March 28, 2023

Certiorari Denied in Catholic School Teacher's Suit Against His Union

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The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday denied review in Jusino v. Federation of Catholic Teachers, Inc.,  (Docket No. 22-662, certiorari  denied 3...
Wednesday, February 08, 2023

Catholic School Students Sue Air & Space Museum for Barring Pro-Life Apparel

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Suit was filed this week in the D.C. federal district court by or on behalf of eleven South Carolina Catholic high school students against t...
Friday, January 20, 2023

Dismissal of Title VII Suit By Teacher Fired By Catholic School Is Denied

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In Ference v. Roman Catholic Diocese of Greensburg ,  (WD PA, Jan. 18, 2022), a Pennsylvania federal magistrate judge recommended denying a ...
Monday, January 02, 2023

Refusal To Approve Athletic Field Lights for Catholic School Did Not Violate RLUIPA

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In  Edgewood High School of the Sacred Heart, Inc. v. City of Madison , Wisconsin , a Wisconsin federal district court rejected RLUIPA, free...
Friday, December 23, 2022

Another Catholic Parish Sues Michigan Over Expanded Interpretation of State's Anti-Discrimination Laws

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 As previously reported , in August the Michigan Supreme Court interpreted the state's civil rights law which bans sex discrimination t...
Wednesday, December 14, 2022

Ministerial Exception Doctrine Applies Categorically to Hostile Work Environment Claims

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In Rivera v. Diocese of Venice in Florida, Inc. , (SD FL., Dec. 12, 2022), a Florida federal district court dismissed under the ministerial ...
Wednesday, December 07, 2022

Catholic Parish Sues Michigan Over Expansion of Its Civil Rights Act

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Suit was filed this week in a Michigan federal district court by a Catholic parish which operates an elementary school claiming that the Mic...
Thursday, October 06, 2022

School Counselor's Employment Agreement Sufficient To Invoke Ministerial Exception Doctrine

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In Fitzgerald v. Roncalli High School, Inc. ,  (SD IN Sept. 30, 2022), an Indiana federal district court invoked the ministerial exception d...
Thursday, September 22, 2022

School Gets Declaratory Relief Stating That It Should Have Receive State Bus Transportation

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In St. Augustine School v. Underly , (ED WI, Sept. 19, 2022), a Wisconsin federal district court, deciding a case on remand from the 7th Cir...