Showing posts with label Pennsylvania. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pennsylvania. Show all posts
Saturday, November 02, 2024

Hospital Employee Who Refused Covid Nasal Swab Testing Is Entitled to Unemployment Benefits

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 In St. Luke's University Hospital v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review ,  (PA Commonw. Court, Nov. 1, 2024), a Pennsylvania sta...
Wednesday, October 02, 2024

Parents Must Be Given Right to Opt 1st Graders Out of Instruction on Transgender Issues

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In a 94-page opinion in Tatel v. Mt. Lebanon School District ,  (WD PA, Sept. 30, 2024), a Pennsylvania federal district court held that a f...
Sunday, September 01, 2024

PA Supreme Court: Yard Signs Responding to Neighbors' Antisemitism Protected by Pennsylvania Constitution

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In a 4-2 decision in Oberholzer v. Galapo , (PA Sup. Ct., Aug. 20, 2024), the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, relying on the broad free speech p...
Tuesday, July 30, 2024

3rd Circuit: Jury Issues Remain in Suit Over Religious Exemption from Covid Vaccine Mandate

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In Spivack v. City of Philadelphia , (3d Cir.,   July 29, 2024), the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the dismissal of a suit broug...
Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Medicaid Limit on Reimbursing for Family Care Did Not Violate Muslim Family's Free Exercise Rights

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In Alsyrawan v. Department of Human Services ,  (PA Commonwealth Ct., May 20, 2024), a Pennsylvania state appellate court held that Medicaid...
Monday, January 29, 2024

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Casts Doubt on Abortion Exclusion From State Medicaid Coverage

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In  Allegheny Reproductive Health Center v. Pennsylvania Department of Human Services , (PA Sup. Ct., Jan. 29, 2024) [Majority Opinion], the...
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...
Tuesday, December 19, 2023

Church Buses Used in Released-Time Programs Not Subject to School Bus Regulations

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In CBM Ministries of South Central Pennsylvania, Inc. v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , (PA Commonwlth.. Ct., Dec. 18, 2023), the Pennsylvan...
Saturday, December 09, 2023

U Penn Sued Over Hostile Antisemitic Campus Environment

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Suit was filed earlier this week in a Pennsylvania federal district court by two Jewish students alleging that the hostile environment for J...
Thursday, December 07, 2023

Exclusion of Parochial School Students from District's Extracurricular Activities Violates Free Exercise

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In  Religious Rights Foundation of PA v. State College Area School District ,  (MD PA, Dec. 1, 2023), a Pennsylvania federal district court ...
Tuesday, October 31, 2023

Pennsylvania Legislature Repeals Ban on Public School Teachers Wearing Religious Garb or Insignia

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Yesterday, the Pennsylvania legislature gave final passage to Senate Bill 84 ( full text ) which repeals Pennsylvania's ban on public s...
Wednesday, October 11, 2023

Cert. Filed In Abortion Sidewalk Counseling Dispute

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 A petition for certiorari ( full text ) was filed yesterday with the U.S. Supreme Court in Reilly v. City of Harrisburg, (Sup. Ct., filed 1...
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...
Friday, June 09, 2023

3rd Circuit Hears Oral Arguments In Abortion Clinic Buffer Zone Challenge

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The U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday heard oral arguments in Reilly v. City of Harrisburg ( audio of full oral arguments ). In th...
Friday, June 02, 2023

Court Reaffirms Refusal to Dismiss Case Challenging 1st-Grade Teacher's Gender Identity Instruction

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In Tatel v. Mt. Lebanon School District (II) , (WD PA, May 31, 2023), a Pennsylvania federal district court reaffirmed its prior decision  a...
Friday, February 17, 2023

Bankruptcy Reorganization Plan for Harrisburg Diocese Approved By Court

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On Feb. 15, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania gave final approval to the Plan of Reorganization for the Cath...
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 ...
Friday, January 06, 2023

Vaccine Mandate Without Religious Exemption Is Upheld

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In Spivack v. City of Philadelphia ,  (ED PA, Jan. 4, 2023), a Pennsylvania federal district court held that Philadelphia's District Att...
Friday, October 28, 2022

Suit Over Teaching 1st Graders About Transgender Topics Moves Forward

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In Tatel v. Mt. Lebanon School District ,  (WD PA, Oct. 27, 2022), a Pennsylvania federal district court allowed parents of first graders to...
Thursday, September 29, 2022

3rd Circuit Remands RLUIPA Challenge To Sex-Offender Treatment Program

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In Robins v. Wetzel , (3d Cir., Sept. 28, 2022), the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the dismissal of a portion of a Pennsylvania ...