Showing posts with label Mootness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mootness. Show all posts
Friday, August 02, 2024

Delaware Supreme Court Dismisses Suits Challenging Prior Covid Restrictions on Houses of Worship

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 In In re Covid-Related Restrictions on Religious Services ,  (DE Sup. Ct., Aug. 1, 2024), the Delaware Supreme Court upheld the dismissal b...
Friday, February 16, 2024

Recission of Covid Mandate Did Not Totally Moot Navy SEALs' RFRA Challenge

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 In U.S. Navy SEALs 1-26 v. Austin ,  (ND TX, Feb. 14, 2024), a Texas federal district court held preliminarily that the rescission of the m...
Monday, June 26, 2023

3 Courts Rule on Claims for Religious Exemptions from Covid Vaccine Mandates

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Last week, federal district courts in three states handed down decisions in cases in which a former employee was suing his or her employer f...
Wednesday, June 14, 2023

9th Circuit: U.S. Has Not Waived Sovereign Immunity For Damages Under RFRA

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In Donovan v. Vance ,  (9th Cir., June 13, 2023), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals held that claims for injunctive and declaratory reli...
Tuesday, January 31, 2023

5th Circuit: FFRF's Suit Against Texas Governor Is Moot

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In Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc. v. Abbott ,  (5th Cir., Jan.  27, 2023), the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals held that FFRF'...
Tuesday, November 29, 2022

3rd Circuit: Challenge to COVID Limits on Worship Services Is Moot

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In Clark v. Governor of the State of New Jersey ,  (3d Cir., Nov. 28, 2022), the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of appeals in a 2-1 decision held th...
Monday, October 31, 2022

Cert. Denied in Mootness Dismissal of Free Exercise Challenge to Mask Mandate

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The U.S. Supreme Court this morning denied review in Resurrection School v. Hertel,  (Docket No. 22-181, certiorari denied 10/31/2022). ( Or...
Friday, June 10, 2022

Christian Mission's Suit Over Sex Offender Statute Is Moot

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In City Union Mission, Inc. v. Sharp ,  (8th Cir., June 10, 2022), the U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of a suit br...
Thursday, June 02, 2022

Parents Can Move Ahead With Challenge To School's Transgender Transition Policy

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 In T.F. v. Kettle Moraine School District ,  (WI Cir. Ct., June 1, 2022), a Wisconsin state trial court held that parents could proceed wit...
Friday, May 27, 2022

6th Circuit En Banc Dismisses Mask Mandate Challenge As Moot

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In Resurrection School v. Hertel ,  (6 Cir., May 25, 2022), an en banc panel of the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals held by a vote of 13-1...
Monday, May 23, 2022

Appeals Court Asked To Dismiss Michigan Abortion Law Challenge

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As previously reported , In Planned Parenthood of Michigan v. Attorney General of the State of Michigan , the Michigan Court of Claims issue...
Thursday, February 10, 2022

10th Circuit: Muslim Terrorism Inmate Can Sue Under RFRA For Damages

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In Ajaj v. Federal Bureau of Prisons ,  (10th Cir., Feb. 9, 2022), the U.S. 10th circuit Court of Appeals reversed a Colorado federal distri...
Tuesday, January 25, 2022

10th Circuit Affirms Dismissal Of Churches Challenge To Colorado COVID Restrictions

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In Denver Bible Church v. Polis ,  (10th Cir., Jan. 24, 2022), the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court's denial...
Friday, January 14, 2022

Challenge to Louisiana COVID Worship Restrictions Dismissed As Moot

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In Spell v. Edwards ,  (MD LA, Jan. 12, 2022), a Louisiana federal district court, on remand from the 5th Circuit, again dismissed a challen...
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...
Tuesday, December 28, 2021

Deposit Of Nominal Damages Does Not Moot Student's Claim In Remand From Supreme Court

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In March in Uzuegbunam v. Preczewski , the U.S. Supreme Court held that a college student's suit for nominal damages was not mooted when...
Thursday, August 19, 2021

Challenge To Superseded COVID Order Dismissed As Moot

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In Solid Rock Baptist Church v. Murphy ,  (D NJ, Aug. 16, 2021), a New Jersey federal district court dismissed as moot a challenge to a now ...
Wednesday, August 04, 2021

Challenge To Virginia's COVID Restrictions On Worship Services Dismissed As Moot

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 In Tolle v. Northam ,  (ED VA, July 29, 2021), a Virginia federal district court dismissed as moot a lay minister's challenge to the Vi...
Monday, August 02, 2021

8th Circuit: Challenge To Church Capacity Limits Dismissed On Mootness and Standing Grounds

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 In Hawse v. Page ,  (8th Cir., July 30, 2021), the U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 decision, dismissed on standing and mootness...