Showing posts with label Public accommodation law. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Public accommodation law. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 11, 2025

DOJ Sues California Coffee House for Discriminating Against Jewish Customers

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On Monday, the Justice Department filed suit in a California federal district court against an Oakland, California coffee house alleging vio...
Thursday, May 29, 2025

Sports Apparel Company Challenges Colorado's Public Accommodation Law Protection of Transgender Athletes

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Suit was filed this week in a Colorado federal district court by an online athletic apparel company, "XX-YY Athletics," that promo...
Wednesday, May 21, 2025

Colorado Law Banning Deadnaming and Misgendering Challenged as Free Speech Violation

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Suit was filed this week in a Colorado federal district court challenging on free speech and vagueness grounds provisions in recently enacte...
Tuesday, March 04, 2025

Coffee House Sued Over Separate Antisemitic Incidents Involving Harassment of Customers

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 A suit under California's Unruh Civil Rights Act alleging religious discrimination was filed yesterday in a California state trial cour...
Thursday, February 13, 2025

Refusal To Sell Generic Cake for Same-Sex Wedding Reception Violates California Anti-Discrimination Law

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In Civil Rights Department v. Cathy's Creations, Inc. ,  (CA App., Feb. 11, 2025), a California state appellate court in a 74-page opini...
Wednesday, February 12, 2025

Missouri and Christian Counselors Sue Localities Over Conversion Therapy Bans

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Suit was filed last week in a Missouri federal district court against Kansas City and Jackson County, Missouri by the state of Missouri and ...
Monday, July 15, 2024

2nd Circuit: Trial Court Must Make Further Findings in Wedding Photographer's Challenge to NY Public Accommodation Law

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In Emilee Carpenter, LLC, dba Emilee Carpenter Photography v. James ,  (2d Cir., July 12, 2024), the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals rever...
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...