Showing posts with label Maryland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Maryland. Show all posts
Friday, September 11, 2026

Court Enjoins Enforcement Against Synagogue's Voluntary Security Team of Ban on Firearms in Houses of Worship

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In Silver Spring Jewish Center, Inc. v. Montgomery County, Maryland ,  (D MD, Sept. 10, 2026), a Maryland federal district court granted a p...
Wednesday, August 19, 2026

4th Circuit Rejects DHS's Elimination of Protection Against Immigration Raids at Churches

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In Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security , (4th Cir., Aug. 18, 2026), the ...
Sunday, August 02, 2026

Synagogue Challenges Firearms Ordinance

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An Orthodox Jewish synagogue and its rabbi filed suit last week in a Maryland federal district court challenging a recently adopted Montgom...
Monday, July 27, 2026

Maryland Supreme Court: Ecclesiastical Abstention Doctrine Does Not Apply to Eviction of Defrocked Bishop From Parsonage

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In  Eritrean Orthodox Tweahdo Diocese of USA and Canada v. Sinoda , (MD Sup. Ct., July 23, 2026), the Maryland Supreme Court held that the e...
Monday, June 29, 2026

Supreme Court Review Sought by Teacher Who Objects to School's Gender identity Policy

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 A petition for certiorari  ( full text ) was filed with the U.S. Supreme Court last week in Polk v. Montgomery County Public Schools , (Sup...
Thursday, March 19, 2026

4th Circuit Hears Oral Arguments In 3 Employment Discrimination Cases Involving Religiously Affiliated Institutions

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On March 17, the U.S.4th Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in three cases of interest: (1) In  Zinski v. Liberty University, Inc...
Tuesday, June 24, 2025

Challenge To Narrow Religious Exemption in Maryland Employment Law Is Dismissed In Part

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In General Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists v. Horton ,  (D MD, June 18, 2025), a Maryland federal district court denied a preliminary i...
Thursday, May 08, 2025

Bankruptcy Court Allows Child Abuse Victims to File Suits to Avoid New Limits on Damages in Maryland

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As previously reported , in September 2023, the Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore filed for bankruptcy protection in advance of the Oct. 1, ...
Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Permissive Opt-Out of Children from Exposure To LGBTQ-Friendly Books

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The U.S. Supreme Court this morning will hear oral arguments in Mahmoud v. Taylor.  In the case, the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals affir...

Religious Corporation Exemption to Maryland Anti-Discrimination Law Does Not Excuse LGBT Discrimination Against Data Analyst

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In Doe v. Catholic Relief Services ,  (D MD, April 21, 2025), a Maryland federal district court held that the religious corporation exemptio...
Wednesday, February 05, 2025

Maryland Supreme Court Upholds Retroactive Elimination of Limitation Period for Child Sex Abuse Claims

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In Roman Catholic Archbishop of Washington v. Doe ,  (MD Sup. Ct., Feb. 3, 2025), the Maryland Supreme Court in a 4-3 decision upheld the re...
Tuesday, January 21, 2025

School's Transgender Policy Does Not Violate Teacher's 1st Amendment Rights

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In Polk v. Montgomery County Public Schools ,  (D MD, Jan. 17, 2025), a public-school substitute teacher alleged that a Maryland school syst...
Wednesday, October 09, 2024

7th Day Adventists Sue Maryland Over Narrow Interpretation of Fair Employment Practices Act Exemption

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Last week, the Seventh Day Adventist Church filed suit against officials and members of the Maryland Civil Rights Commission challenging as ...
Monday, September 16, 2024

Supreme Court Asked to Review Decision on Opting Students Out of Instruction on Gender and Sexuality

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A petition for certiorari  ( full text ) was filed last week with the U.S. Supreme Court in Mahmoud v. Taylor,  (Sup. Ct., cert. filed 9/1...
Thursday, September 12, 2024

Maryland Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Challenge to Child Victims Act

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 On Tuesday, the Maryland Supreme Court heard oral arguments in three related cases that raise the question of whether the Maryland Child Vi...
Thursday, May 16, 2024

4th Circuit: Denial of Opt-Out From LGBTQ-Friendly Books Did Not Violate Parents' Free Exercise Rights

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In Mahmoud v. McKnight , (4th Cir., May 15, 2024), the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals in a 2-1 decision affirmed a Maryland federal distr...
Thursday, February 29, 2024

Election of Student School Board Member by Public School Students Did Not Violate Free Exercise Clause

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 In Kim v. Board of Education of Howard County ,  (4th Cir., Feb. 28, 2024), the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of...
Saturday, February 03, 2024

Questions of Fact Remain in Challenge to Application Process for Prison Chaplaincy Supervisor

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 In Bridges v. Prince Georges County, Maryland ,  (D MD, Feb. 1, 2024), a Maryland federal district court refused to grant summary judgment ...
Monday, January 22, 2024

Sign Ordinance Restricting Anti-Abortion Protester Does Not Violate 1st Amendment

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In Roswell v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore ,  (D MD, Jan.19, 2024), a Maryland federal district court dismissed a suit by an anti-abo...
Monday, October 02, 2023

Baltimore Catholic Archdiocese Files For Bankruptcy Reorganization

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The Archdiocese of Baltimore Announced last Friday that it is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in advance of the Oct. 1 effectiv...