Showing posts with label Defamation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Defamation. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 15, 2026

Imam's Contract and Defamation Claims Dismissed on Ecclesiastical Abstention Grounds

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In Ahmed v. American Muslim Diversity Association ,  (MI App., Sept. 11, 2026), a Michigan state appellate court upheld the dismissal on ecc...
Tuesday, August 25, 2026

Defamation Action Should Be Dismissed on Ecclesiastical Abstention Grounds

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In In re Gateway Church ,  (TX App., Aug. 19, 2026), a Texas state appellate court held that a state trial court should have dismissed on ec...
Sunday, August 23, 2026

Exorcist Priest's Defamation Suit May Move Ahead

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In Martins v. Romero ,  (ED MI, Aug. 21, 2026), a Michigan federal district court refused to dismiss a suit by a Catholic priest against a p...
Thursday, August 20, 2026

2nd Circuit: Church Autonomy Doctrine Bars Defamation Suit Against Church Leaders by Former Priest

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In Belya v. Kapral , (2d Cir., Aug. 18, 2026), a defrocked priest in the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR) sued church leade...
Monday, August 17, 2026

Suit Claims Head of Georgian Orthodox Church in North America Is Attempting To Wrongfully Take Property of 3 Monasteries

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Suit was filed last week in a New York federal district court against the presiding bishop of the Georgian Orthodox Church in North America ...
Friday, July 17, 2026

Pastor's Suit for Breach of Contract and Defamation Is Dismissed Under Ecclesiastical Abstention Doctrine

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 In Lovelace v. Mt. Zion Baptist Church , (MI App., July 15, 2026), a Michigan state appellate court, invoking the ecclesiastical abstention...
Thursday, June 04, 2026

Jews for Jesus' Anti-SLAPP Motion in Defamation Case Fails

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 In Amitay v. Jews for Jesus ,  (CA App., May 28, 2026), a California state appellate court held that a defamation claims against Jews for J...
Wednesday, May 20, 2026

California Court Hears Arguments in Defamation Suit Against Jews for Jesus

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On May 15, the California state Court of Appeals, First Appellate District heard oral arguments in Amitay v. Jews for Jesus  ( video of full...
Wednesday, April 01, 2026

Pastors' Defamation Suit Barred by Ecclesiastical Abstention Doctrine

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In Nieto v. Great Bridge Presbyterian Church, Inc.,   (VA App., March 31, 2026), a Virginia state appellate court held that the ecclesiastic...
Friday, November 21, 2025

Priest Brings Defamation Action Against Podcasters Who Questioned His Credentials as an Exorcist

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Suit was filed this week in a Michigan federal district court in an unusual battle between a Catholic priest and rival podcasters. The compl...
Wednesday, November 19, 2025

Award of Attorney's Fees Not Barred by Church Autonomy Doctrine

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In  Coronado-Arrascue v. Roman Catholic Diocese of Colorado Springs , (CO App., Nov. 13, 2025), a Colorado state appellate court held that t...
Thursday, November 06, 2025

Priest's Defamation Suit Dismissed on Ecclesiastical Abstention Grounds

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In Catholic Diocese of Richmond v. Smalls ,  (VA App, Nov. 5, 2025), a Virginia state appellate court dismissed on ecclesiastical abstention...
Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Ministerial Exception Applies to Most Claims by Unitarian Minister

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In Rohde v. Unitarian Universalist Association ,  (ED PA, July 11, 2025), a Pennsylvania federal district court dismissed on ministerial exc...
Tuesday, April 29, 2025

Court Refuses to Dismiss Megachurch Pastor's Defamation Suit Against Sex Offender

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In Jakes v. Youngblood ,  (WD PA, April 25, 2025), a Pennsylvania federal district court refused to dismiss under Pennsylvania's anti-SL...
Wednesday, April 02, 2025

Defamation Suit by Russian Orthodox Church Priest Dismissed Under Church Autonomy Doctrine

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 In Belya v. Kapral ,  (SD NY, March 31, 2025), a New York federal district court dismissed a defamation suit brought by a former priest in ...
Friday, January 10, 2025

Ecclesiastical Abstention Doctrine Does Not Apply To Pastor's Defamation Suit

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In Garner v. Southern Baptist Convention ,  (TN App., Jan. 8. 2025), a Tennessee state appellate court held that the ecclesiastical abstenti...
Wednesday, January 08, 2025

2nd Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Louis Farrakhan's Suit Against ADL

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In Farrakhan v. Anti-Defamation League ,  (2nd Cir., Jan. 3, 2025), the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of a suit ...
Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Federal Court Refuses to Enjoin Distribution of Notice from Rabbinical Court

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In Esses v. Rosen ,  (ED NY, Oct. 15, 2024), a New York federal district court refused to issue a preliminary injunction barring defendants ...
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...
Sunday, July 28, 2024

Nebraska Supreme Court Upholds Dismissal of Priest's Suit Against Archdiocese

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 In Syring v. Archdiocese of Omaha ,  (NE Sup. Ct., July 26, 2024), the Nebraska Supreme Court upheld the dismissal of defamation, inflictio...