Showing posts with label Utah. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Utah. Show all posts
Friday, August 02, 2024

Utah Supreme Court Upholds Preliminary Injunction Against Law Banning Most Abortions

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 In Planned Parenthood Association of Utah v. State of Utah ,  (UT Sup. Ct., Aug. 1, 2024), the Utah Supreme Court, in a 4-1 decision, affir...
Sunday, July 07, 2024

Two Additional Courts Enjoin Enforcement of New Title IX Rules

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In addition to the nationwide preliminary injunction against enforcement of the Department of Education's new Title IX rules on transgen...
Friday, February 23, 2024

Utah Legislature Passses Religious Freedom Bill

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The Utah legislature yesterday gave final passage to S.B. 150: Exercise of Religion Amendments  ( full text ). The bill is similar, though ...
Friday, September 22, 2023

Expanded Protection of Utah Lands Did Not Violate Establishment Clause

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In Huck v. United States , (D UT, Sept. 21, 2023), a Utah federal district court rejected Establishment Clause, equal protection, due proces...
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...
Friday, March 17, 2023

New Utah Law Requires All Abortions To Be In Hospitals, Not In Clinnics

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On Wednesday, Utah Governor Spencer Cox signed HB467 ( full text ) which requires that after January 1, 2024, all abortions be performed in...
Wednesday, March 08, 2023

Israel's Supreme Court Says Interior Ministry Must Register Marriages Performed on Zoom Through Utah

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The Times of Israel and Jerusalem Post  report on yesterday's decision by Israel's Supreme Court in    Ministry of the Interior v. ...
Tuesday, December 27, 2022

Utah Supreme Court Says Order in Divorce Proceeding on Children's Religious Teaching Is Too Broad

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Kingston v. Kingston ,  (UT Sup. Ct., Dec. 22, 2022), is a challenge by Ryan Kingston to a trial court's order in a divorce proceeding t...
Wednesday, August 24, 2022

Utah Court Strikes Down Ban On Transgender Girls On School Sports Teams

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 In Roe v. Utah High School Activities Association ,  (UT Dist. Ct., Aug. 19, 2022), a Utah state trial court issued a preliminary injunctio...
Wednesday, March 23, 2022

Indiana and Utah Governors Veto Bans Of Transgender Females On Sports Teams

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Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb on Monday vetoed HEA 1041 ( full text ) which bans transgender females from competing on female interscholasti...
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...
Tuesday, June 08, 2021

Utah Supreme Court: Lemon Test Is No Longer Controlling

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In Williams v. Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, Roy, Utah , (UT Sup. Ct., June 3, 2021), the Utah Supreme Court vacated the trial an...
Thursday, January 23, 2020

Utah Administrative Rule Banning Conversion Therapy Becomes Effective

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As reported by NPR , in Utah a new rule under the Mental Health Professional Practice Act ( full text of rule  [scroll to pp. 61-66]) bans m...
Thursday, June 20, 2019

Judicial Oversight of FLDS Land Trust Ended

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According to AP , a Utah state court judge on Tuesday agreed to end the 14-year judicial oversight of the United Effort Plan Trust that hold...
Wednesday, April 03, 2019

Utah Enacts Hate Crimes Law

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Utah Governor Gary Herbert yesterday signed S.B. 103 Victim Targeting Penalty Enhancements  ( full text ). The new law creates enhanced pena...
Saturday, March 23, 2019

Court Dismisses Suit Challenging Church's Internal Investigation

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In Williams v. Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses , (UT App, March 21, 2019), a Utah state appellate court upheld the dismissal of an i...
Friday, March 08, 2019

Utah Legislature Repeals Ban On Fornication

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On Wednesday, the Utah state legislature gave final passage to S.B.43 ( full text ) and sent it to the governor for his signature. The bill,...
Friday, December 07, 2018

Suit Charges Mormon Church With Dominating Utah In Change To Marijuana Initiative

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A lawsuit was filed Wednesday in a Utah state trial court challenging the Utah legislature's enactment of H.B. 3001 which weakens a med...
Thursday, August 16, 2018

Suit Claims Utah Medical Marijuana Initiative Violates Mormons' Religious Freedom

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The Salt Lake Tribune reports that yesterday a suit was filed in Utah state court seeking, on free exercise and free speech grounds, to rem...