Showing posts with label Illinois. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Illinois. Show all posts
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...
Sunday, August 11, 2024

Illinois Governor Signs 3 Bills Protecting Abortion Rights

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On Aug. 7, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed HB4867 ( full text ) which amends the Illinois Human Rights Act to make discrimination on...
Wednesday, April 03, 2024

Satanic Temple Can Move Ahead with Establishment Clause Challenge to Its Treatment by City Council

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In The Satanic Temple v. The City of Chicago , (ND IL, March 31, 2024), an Illinois federal district court held that The Satanic Temple (&qu...
Tuesday, January 09, 2024

Art Institute School Sued for Antisemitic Discrimination and Hostility

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Three weeks ago, suit was filed in an Illinois federal district court against the School of the Art Institute of Chicago by a Jewish Israeli...
Thursday, January 04, 2024

City Could Not Require Pastor's Certificate as Condition of Vaccine Exemtpion

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In Carrero v. City of Chicago ,  (ND IL, Jan. 2, 2024), an Illinois federal district court allowed a Chicago city employee who has been plac...
Sunday, December 31, 2023

School Board Not Liable for Teacher's Proselytization of Muslim Student

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In Chaudhry v. Community Unit School District 300 Board of Education ,  (ND IL, Dec. 29, 2023), an Illinois federal district court dismissed...
Wednesday, November 22, 2023

No Damages Under Illinois RFRA for Wedding Cancelled Over Covid Vaccine Mandate

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In Schneider v. City of Chicago ,  (ND IL, Nov. 20, 2023), an Illinois federal district court dismissed a damage action brought under the Il...
Wednesday, November 08, 2023

RFRA and Title VII Claims for Refusing Religious Exemption from Covid Vaccine Mandate Can Proceed

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In Snyder v. Chicago Transit Authority ,  (ND IL,  Nov. 6, 2023), an Illinois federal district court allowed plaintiff, who was denied a rel...
Tuesday, August 22, 2023

Illinois Regulation of Limited Purpose Pregnancy Centers Violates 1st Amendment

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In National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Raoul ,  (ND IL, Aug. 4, 2023), an Illinois federal district court issued a preliminar...
Wednesday, August 02, 2023

Suit Challenges Illinois Deceptive Practices Law Aimed At Anti-Abortion Pregnancy Centers

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Suit was filed last week in an Illinois federal district court challenging Illinois SB 1909  which prohibits limited purpose pregnancy cente...
Tuesday, July 04, 2023

Monell Claims Opposing Transcendental Meditation Program in Chicago Schools Move Ahead

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In Hudgins v. Board of Education of the City of Chicago , (ND IL, June 30, 2023), two former high school students and the mother of one of t...
Wednesday, May 24, 2023

Illinois AG Releases Report on Catholic Clergy Child Sex Abuse

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Yesterday, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul released its 696-page  Report on Catholic Clergy Child Sex Abuse in Illinois ( full text )....
Thursday, May 18, 2023

Establishment Clause Challenge to Transcendental Meditation Program in High School Moves Ahead

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In Williams v. Board of Education of the City of Chicago ,  (ND IL, May 16, 2023), an Illinois federal district court refused to grant summa...
Wednesday, August 31, 2022

7th Circuit: Plaintiffs Failed To Show Facts Supporting Free Exercise Objections To COVID Vaccine Mandate

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In Lukaszczyk v. Cook County , (7th Cir., Aug. 29, 2022), the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, ruling on three separate district court cas...
Sunday, July 31, 2022

Class Action Settlement Reached In Religious Challenge To Vaccine Mandate

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 A 24-page class action Settlement Agreement ( full text ) was filed last week in an Illinois federal district court in Doe 1 v. NorthShore ...
Friday, February 11, 2022

Illinois Wildlife Code Requirement Survives Free Exercise Challenge

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In   Tranchita v. Callahan ,  (ND IL, Feb. 9, 2022), an Illinois federal district court rejected a free exercise challenge to requirements o...
Sunday, January 23, 2022

Pastor's Suit Against Church For Mishandling Investigation Dismissed On Ecclesiastical Abstention Grounds

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In Taylor v. Evangelical Covenant Church ,  (IL App., Jan. 12, 2022), an Illinois state appeals court dismissed on ecclesiastical abstention...
Thursday, January 13, 2022

7th Circuit: Church's Suit Against Rescinded COVID Order Is Moot

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In Elim Romanian Pentecostal Church v. Pritzker ,  (7th Cir., Jan. 11, 2022), the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed an Illinois fed...
Friday, November 26, 2021

Vaccine Mandate For Chicago City Employees Upheld

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In Troogstad v. City of Chicago ,  (ND IL, Nov. 24, 2021), an Illinois federal district court refused to grant a temporary restraining order...
Wednesday, November 03, 2021

Nurse's Religious Objections Should Have Been Accommodated Under Illinois Right of Conscience Act

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 In Rojas v. Martell , (IL Cir. Ct., Oct. 25, 2021), an Illinois state trial court held that under Illinois Healthcare Right of Conscience A...