Showing posts with label Public accommodation law. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Public accommodation law. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 20, 2024

Pharmacist Violated Sex Discrimination Ban in Refusing to Fill Prescription for Emergency Contraceptive

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 In Anderson v. Aitkin Pharmacy Services, LLC ,  (MN App., March 18, 2024), a Minnesota state appellate court held that a pharmacist violate...
Friday, December 22, 2023

Minnesota Court Hears Oral Arguments on Pharmacist's Refusal To Dispense Morning-After Pill

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The Minnesota Court of Appeals yesterday heard oral arguments ( audio of full oral arguments ) in Anderson v. Aitkin Pharmacy Services, LLC,...
Friday, November 17, 2023

Michigan Agency Charges Hair Salon with Gender Identity Discrimination

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The Michigan Department of Civil Rights this week filed a charge of sex (gender identity) discrimination on behalf of three claimants with t...
Friday, September 08, 2023

Consent Decree Affirms Public Accommodation Law Exemption for Catholic Bookstore

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 A Florida federal district court entered a Consent Order ( full text ) yesterday in The Catholic Store, Inc. v. City of Jacksonville,  (MD ...
Friday, August 04, 2023

New Jersey Issues Guidance On Public Accommodation Law Coverage After 303 Creative Decision

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Earlier this week (July 31), the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights issued a Guidance on the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination Followin...
Saturday, July 01, 2023

Supreme Court GVR's Case on Bakers' Refusal To Design Cake For Same-Sex Wedding

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On Friday, in  Klein v. Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries, (Docket No. 22-204, GVR'd June 30, 2023) ( Order List ) the U.S. Supreme ...
Friday, June 30, 2023

Supreme Court: Web Designer's Free Speech Rights Allow Her to Refuse to Design Websites for Same-Sex Weddings

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The U.S. Supreme Court today in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis ,  (Sup. Ct., June 30, 2023), in a 6-3 decision, held that the 1st Amendment'...
Friday, January 27, 2023

Baker Cannot Refuse to Provide Non-expressive Cake to Transgender Customer

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In Scardina v. Masterpiece Cakeshop, Inc .,  (CO Ct. App., Jan. 26, 2023), a Colorado state appellate court held that Masterpiece Cakeshop a...
Friday, December 23, 2022

Another Catholic Parish Sues Michigan Over Expanded Interpretation of State's Anti-Discrimination Laws

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 As previously reported , in August the Michigan Supreme Court interpreted the state's civil rights law which bans sex discrimination t...
Friday, December 16, 2022

NY Appellate Court Says Yeshiva University Must Recognize LGBTQ Student Group

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In YU Pride Alliance v. Yeshiva University , (NY App. Div., Dec. 15, 2022), a New York state appellate court affirmed a trial court's de...
Wednesday, December 07, 2022

Catholic Parish Sues Michigan Over Expansion of Its Civil Rights Act

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Suit was filed this week in a Michigan federal district court by a Catholic parish which operates an elementary school claiming that the Mic...
Monday, December 05, 2022

Supreme Court Hears Arguments Today on Wedding Website Designer Who Opposes Same-Sex Marriage

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Today the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in 303 Creative v. Elenis.  In the case, the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld...
Thursday, November 03, 2022

9th Circuit: Requiring Beauty Pageant to Include Transgender Female Violates Its Free Speech Rights

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In Green v. Miss United States of America, LLC , (9th Cir., Nov. 2, 2022), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals held that it violates the f...
Monday, September 12, 2022

Certiorari Petition Filed Again In Bakery's Refusal To Design Wedding Cake For Same-Sex Marriage

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Last week, a petition for certiorari ( full text ) was filed with the U.S. Supreme Court in Klein v. Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries, ...
Thursday, September 01, 2022

District Court: Public Accommodation Law Violates Wedding Photographer's Free Speech Rights

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In Chelsey Nelson Photography, LLC v. Louisville/ Jefferson County ,  (WD KY, Aug. 30, 2022), a Kentucky federal district court held that Lo...
Monday, August 01, 2022

Michigan Supreme Court: State's Public Accommodation Law Bars Sexual Orientation Discrimination

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In Rouch World, LLC v. Department of Civil Rights , (MI Sup. Ct., July 28, 2022), the Michigan Supreme Court, in a 5-2 decision, held that t...
Thursday, June 16, 2022

Yeshiva University Must Recognize LGBTQ Student Group

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In YU Pride Alliance v. Yeshiva University ,  (NY Cty. Sup.Ct., June 14, 2022), a New York state trial court held that New York City's p...
Thursday, March 03, 2022

3rd Circuit: Foster Parents Have Religious Discrimination Claim For License Suspension Over Their Anti-LGBT Views

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In Lasche v. State of New Jersey ,  (3rd Cir, March 1, 2022), the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court's dismissa...
Thursday, January 27, 2022

Oregon Court Rejects Part Of Its Earlier Decision In Wedding-Cake Dispute

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In Klein v. Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries ,  (OR App., Jan. 26, 2022), the Oregon Court of Appeals, in a case on remand from the U....
Wednesday, December 29, 2021

Muslim Woman Sues Gun Range For Religious Discrimination

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A religious discrimination suit was filed yesterday in a Missouri federal district court against a "faith, family and freedom" bas...