Showing posts with label Rastafarian. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rastafarian. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 07, 2024

5th Circuit, 11-6, Denies En Banc Rehearing on Availability of Damages Under RLUIPA

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In Landor v. Louisiana Department of Corrections and Public Safety , (5th Cir., Feb. 5, 2024), the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, by a v...
Monday, March 13, 2023

Rastafarian Police Officer's Free Exercise Claim May Move Ahead

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In Taylor v. City of New Haven ,  (D CT, March 10, 2023), a Rastafarian police officer sued claiming religious and disability discrimination...
Wednesday, December 28, 2022

EEOC Sues For Rastafarian Who Was Denied Grocery Manager Position

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The EEOC has  announced  that yesterday it filed a Title VII religious discrimination suit against a Williamsburg, Kentucky IGA grocery stor...
Friday, May 07, 2021

Eviction of Church Did Not Violate RLUIPA

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In Schworck v. City of Madison , (WD WI, May 6, 2021), a Wisconsin federal district court dismissed a suit for damages brought against city ...
Friday, April 09, 2021

11th Circuit: Rastafarian Paramedic Was Offered Reasonable Accommodation

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In Bailey v. Metro Ambulance Services, Inc. ,  (11th Cir., April 6, 2021), the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals held that an ambulance com...
Saturday, August 22, 2020

Summary Judgment Denied In Rastafarian's Title VII "Failure To Accommodate" Claim

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 In EEOC v. Publix Supermarkets, Inc. ,  (MD TN, Aug. 20, 2020), a Tennessee federal district court refused to grant summary judgment to the...
Sunday, July 12, 2020

4th Circuit: Rastafarian Inmate Can Move Ahead With His Suit Over Solitary Confinement

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Smith v. Collins ,  (4th Cir., July 10, 2020), is a suit by a Rastafarian inmate who spent over four years in solitary confinement for refus...
Wednesday, July 08, 2020

6th Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Rastafarian Inmate's Diet and Fasting Claims

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In Koger v. Mohr ,  (6th Cir., July 7, 2020), the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed an Ohio federal district court's dismissal ...
Wednesday, April 24, 2019

4th Circuit: Inmate Fails To Prove Causation In His RLUIPA And Free Exercise Claims

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In Wright v. Lassiter ,  (4th Cir., April 17, 2019), the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a Rastafarian inmate's claims that h...
Tuesday, February 19, 2019

Rastafarian Minister's Trespass Arrest did Not Violate His Free Exercise Rights

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In Brown v. Jordan ,  (WD AR, Feb. 14, 2019), a Rastafarian minister sued over his arrest that grew out of his picketing for passage of a me...
Monday, November 19, 2018

Suit Seeking Cannabis Exemption For Rastafari Moves Ahead In Iowa

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An Iowa state trial court has denied a motion by the Iowa Board of Pharmacy to dismiss a suit brought against it claiming that it abused its...
Friday, June 16, 2017

Staffing Agency Settles EEOC Suit Over Accommodation of Rastafarian

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HospitalityStaff, a company that places employees in central Florida's hotel industry, has settled a religious discrimination claim file...
Friday, February 10, 2017

8th Circuit Upholds Solicitation Ban At Revenue Offices

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In Brown v. Arkansas Department of Administration , (8th Cir., Feb. 3, 2017), the U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal ...
Wednesday, July 13, 2016

EEOC Sues For Rastafarian Fired From Disney World Hotel

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The EEOC announced yesterday that it has filed a religious discrimination lawsuit against HospitalityStaff, an Orlando, Florida based staffi...
Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Rastafarian Minister Loses Fight To Solicit Ballot Signatures At Revenue Office

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In Brown v. Arkansas Department of Finance & Administration ,  (WD AR, April 8, 2016), an Arkansas federal district court dismissed an a...
Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Marijuana Possession Conviction of Rastafarian Does Not Violate Free Exercise Clause

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In State of New Jersey v. Forchion ,  (NJ App., Aug. 7, 2015), the New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division in an appeal of a conviction...
Friday, June 12, 2015

International Travel Limits In Custody Order Did Not Violate Rastafarian Parent's Rights

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In In re the Paternity of Y.K.S .,  (WI Ct. App., June 11, 2015), a Wisconsin appeals court upheld a provision in a joint custody order barr...
Thursday, January 22, 2015

Company Settles EEOC Suit; Rejected Rastafarian Applicant Gets $50K In Damages

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The EEOC announced Tuesday that Mims Distributing Co., a Colorado-based beer distributor, has agreed to settle an EEOC suit filed against it...