Showing posts with label Mormon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mormon. Show all posts
Friday, September 27, 2024

9th Circuit En Banc Hears Fraud Claim Against LDS Church

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On Tuesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit sitting en banc  heard oral arguments in Huntsman v. Corporation of the President ...
Tuesday, September 24, 2024

10th Circuit Hears Oral Arguments in Fraud Suit Against LDS Church

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Yesterday, the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments ( audio of full arguments ) in  Gaddy v. Corporation of the President...
Thursday, March 07, 2024

9th Circuit Grants En Banc Rehearing in Huntsman's Suit Against LDS Church

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In an Order ( full text ) issued March 1, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals voted to grant en banc  review in Huntsman v. Corporation of...
Monday, November 06, 2023

LDS Church Sued Over Use of Tithed Funds

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A class-action lawsuit was filed last week in a Utah federal district court against the Latter-Day Saints Church alleging fraud, unjust enri...
Tuesday, August 08, 2023

9th Circuit: Fraud Claim Against LDS Church By Prominent Donor May Move Ahead

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In Huntsman v. Corporation of the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints ,  (9th Cir., Aug. 7, 2023), the U.S. 9th Cir...
Sunday, June 25, 2023

High School's Failure to Supervise Student Did Not Violate Parents' Free Exercise Rights

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In Doe v. Alpine School District ,  (D UT, June 21, 2023), a Utah federal district court rejected claims by the parents of a high school stu...
Monday, April 10, 2023

Deed Restriction Does Not Violate Establishment Clause

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In Hilo Bay Marina, LLC v. State of Hawaii , (HI Cir. Ct., March 21, 2023), a Hawaii trial court dismissed a suit seeking to void a deed res...
Friday, March 31, 2023

Fraudulent Misrepresentation Claims Against LDS Church Are Dismissed

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 In Gaddy v. Corporation of the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints ,  (D UT, March 28, 2023), a Utah federal distr...
Wednesday, February 22, 2023

SEC Imposes $5M In Fines On Mormon Church and Its Adviser For Concealing Ownership of Billions In Securities

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In In re Ensign Peak Advisor, Inc. ,  (SEC, Feb. 21, 2023), the Securities and Exchange Commission instituted cease and desist proceedings a...
Wednesday, August 31, 2022

Religious Discrimination Claims Against Child Protective Services Meet Procedural Hurdles

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In Gautreaux v. Masters ,  (WD TX, Aug. 29, 2022), a Texas federal magistrate judge recommended that the court dismiss some or all of the fr...
Friday, February 11, 2022

Department of Education Reaffirms BYU's Exemption From LGBTQ Anti-Discrimination Requirements

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The U.S. Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights, issued a determination letter ( full text ) on Feb. 8, 2022, dismissing a complain...
Thursday, September 30, 2021

Huntsman's Fraud Claim Against Mormon Church Dismissed

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In Huntsman v. Corporation of the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints ,  (CD CA, Sept. 10, 2021), a California fede...
Sunday, August 01, 2021

Most Misrepresentation Claims Against LDS Church Dismissed; RICO Claim Survives

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In  Gaddy v. Corporation of the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints ,  (D UT, July 28, 2021), a Utah federal distri...
Wednesday, March 24, 2021

Prominent Ex-Mormon Sues Church For Fraud In The Use Of Members' Tithes

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Suit was filed this week in a California federal district court against the Mormon church by a prominent former member who had contributed m...
Friday, December 11, 2020

Court Refuses To Decide Whether LDS Church Is Christian

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 In Ball v. Ball ,  (AZ App., Dec. 10, 2020), an Arizona appellate court was called upon to interpret a Parenting Plan that parents had agre...
Thursday, April 02, 2020

Court Dismisses Claims That Mormon Doctrines Are Fraudulent

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In Gaddy v. Corporation of the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints,  (D UT, March 31, 2020), a Utah federal distric...
Friday, January 10, 2020

Wife of Sex Offender Sues Church For Reporting Confessed Abuse

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The Salem (OR) Statesman Journal reports on a suit filed recently in an Oregon state trial court by the wife of convicted sex offender Tim...
Tuesday, December 17, 2019

WAPO: IRS Whistleblower Says Mormon Church Misled Regarding Charitable Accounts

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The Washington Post reports today: A former investment manager alleges in a whistleblower complaint to the Internal Revenue Service that ...
Wednesday, August 07, 2019

Suit Charges Mormon Church With Intentional Misrepresentation of Its History

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A former member of the Mormon Church filed suit this week in a Utah federal district court accusing the "Mormon Corporate Empire" ...
Saturday, April 06, 2019

No State Action In Denial of Club Leadership Position to Mormon High Schooler

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In Ayers v. Fellowship of Christian Athletes , (ED CA, April 4, 2019), a California federal district court dismissed a religious discrimina...