Showing posts with label Massachusetts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Massachusetts. Show all posts
Friday, August 30, 2024

Pregnancy Resource Center Sues Massachusetts Officials Over Opposition Campaign

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Suit was filed last week in a Massachusetts federal district court by Your Options Medical Center, an anti-abortion pregnancy resource cente...
Wednesday, August 07, 2024

1st Circuit: Satanic Temple Loses Bid to Deliver City Council Invocation

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In  The Satanic Temple, Inc. v. City of Boston ,  (1st Cir., Aug. 6, 2024), the U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals rejected arguments that th...
Monday, October 09, 2023

1st Circuit Remands Covid Vaccine Religious Exemption Case

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In Brox v. Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority ,  (1st Cir., Oct. 6, 2023), the U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Ap...
Wednesday, September 06, 2023

Church Member's Defamation Suit Dismissed on Church Autonomy Grounds

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In David v. South Congregational Church ,  (MA Super. Ct., Sept. 1, 2023), a Massachusetts trial court dismissed on church autonomy grounds ...
Thursday, August 10, 2023

Catholic Couple Sues Foster Care Agency For Religious Discrimination [Revised]

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 A Catholic couple has filed suit in a Massachusetts federal district court against the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families cl...
Thursday, May 18, 2023

7th Grader Sues Over School's Hate Speech Dress Code

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Suit was filed yesterday in a Massachusetts federal district court challenging the Middleborough school district's Dress Code which prov...
Wednesday, March 15, 2023

Massachusetts Supreme Court: Church May Relocate Cremated Remains Over Objection of Families

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In Church of the Holy Spirit of Wayland v. Heinrich ,  (MA Sup. Jud. Ct., March 14, 202), the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rejected ...
Thursday, December 22, 2022

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Says No State Constitutional Right to Physician Assisted Suicide

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In Kligler v. Attorney  General, ( MA Sup. Jud. Ct., Dec. 19, 2022), the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court held that the Massachusetts st...
Wednesday, November 30, 2022

Police Officer Sues Over Denial of COVID Vaccine Religious Exemption

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This week, a former Boston police officer who is a Jehovah's Witness filed suit in a Massachusetts state trial court seeking $2 million ...
Wednesday, September 14, 2022

Mask Mandate Did Not Violate Free Exercise Rights

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 In Bush v. Fantasia ,  (D MA, Sept. 12, 2022), a Massachusetts federal district court dismissed claims that a COVID mask mandate imposed by...
Wednesday, August 03, 2022

Massachusetts Law Exonerates Last Convicted Witch

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  Section 105  of the Massachusetts FY23 Budget Bill signed by Governor Charlie Baker on July 28 exonerates Elizabeth Johnson, Jr., the last...
Friday, July 29, 2022

Interlocutory Appeal Available On Charitable Immunity Ruling, But Not On Church Autonomy Holding

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In Doe v. Roman Catholic Bishop of Springfield ,  (MA Sup. Jud. Ct., July 28, 2022), the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court held that an d...
Friday, May 06, 2022

1st Circuit Hears Oral Arguments On Religious Exemption To School's Vaccine Mandate

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The U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday heard oral arguments ( audio of full arguments ) in Harris v. University of Massachusetts, L...
Thursday, May 05, 2022

Satanic Temple Wants Its Flag To Be Raised At Boston City Hall

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In the wake of the Supreme Court's decision earlier this week in Shurtleff v. City of Boston holding that Boston should have allowed Ca...
Thursday, April 28, 2022

Parents Sue Over School's Nondisclosure Of Children's Gender Identity Issues

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Suit was filed in a Massachusetts federal district court earlier this month by four parents challenging a school policy to not notify parent...
Tuesday, April 05, 2022

Massachusetts Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments In Clergy Sexual Abuse Case

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Yesterday, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court heard oral arguments ( webcast of arguments ) in  Doe v. Roman Catholic Bishop of Spring...
Monday, February 28, 2022

Cert. Denied In Ministerial Exception Case, With 4 Justices Expressing Concerns

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The U.S. Supreme Court today denied review in Gordon College v. DeWeese-Boyd, (Docket No. 21-145,  certiorari  denied 2/28/2022) ( Order Lis...
Wednesday, December 01, 2021

Supreme Court Denies Injunction Pending Appeal Of Case On Vaccine Mandate Exemptions

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On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court in Together Employees v. Mass General Brigham Inc. through an Order by Justice Breyer denied an Emergency...
Thursday, September 30, 2021

Supreme Court Grants Certiorari In Case On Display of "Christian Flag" At City Hall

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The U.S. Supreme Court today granted review in Shurtleff v. City of Boston, (Docket No. 20-1800, certiorari  granted 9/30/2021) ( Docket Lis...
Monday, August 30, 2021

Denial Of Religious Exemption From Vaccine Mandate OK'd

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In Harris v. University of Massachusetts ,  (D MA, Aug. 27, 2021), a Massachusetts federal district court rejected student Cora Cluett's...