Showing posts with label Religious colleges. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Religious colleges. Show all posts
Thursday, August 03, 2023

Court Upholds Accreditation Requirement For Religious University

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In Wisdom Ministries, Inc. v. Garrett ,( ND OK, Aug. 1, 2023), an Oklahoma federal district court rejected a constitutional challenge to a c...
Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Supreme Court Denies Review in Christian College's Challenge to Fair Housing Act Enforcement

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The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday denied review in  The School of the Ozarks v. Biden, (Docket No. 22-816, certiorari denied, 6/20/2023). ( O...
Thursday, May 25, 2023

Suit Challenges High School-College Dual Enrollment Plan Exclusion of Some Religious Colleges

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Suit was filed yesterday in a Minnesota federal district court challenging a Minnesota statute that excludes certain religious colleges from...
Tuesday, October 25, 2022

Yeshiva University Creates New LGBTQ Student Group Amid Litigation

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Yeshiva University, which is embroiled in litigation over whether it must recognize an LGBTQ student group, YU Pride Alliance, yesterday   ...
Sunday, September 18, 2022

Yeshiva University Suspends All Student Organization Activities Rather Than Recognize LGBTQ Organization

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As previously reported , the U.S. Supreme Court last week in Yeshiva University v. YU Pride Alliance  ordered Yeshiva University to first se...
Thursday, September 15, 2022

Supreme Court Vacates Stay of Injunction Against Yeshiva University, Sending Case Back To State Courts

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The U.S. Supreme court yesterday in Yeshiva University v. YU Pride Alliance ,  (Sup. Ct., Sept. 14, 2022), vacated the stay issued on Sept....
Tuesday, September 13, 2022

Christian University Trustees Sued Over LGBTQ Hiring Policy

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Suit was filed this week in a Washington state trial court against six members of the Board of Trustees of Seattle-Pacific University challe...
Friday, September 09, 2022

Justice Sotomayor Stays NY Order Requiring Yeshiva University To Recognize LGBTQ Group

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In Yeshiva University v. YU Pride Alliance , (Sup. Ct., Sept. 9, 2022),   U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor today issued an order ...
Tuesday, August 30, 2022

Yeshiva University Asks Supreme Court For Stay While State Court Ruling On Recognizing LGBTQ Group Is Appealed

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Yesterday, an emergency Application for a Stay Pending Appellate Review ( full text ) was filed in Yeshiva University v. YU Pride Alliance, ...
Thursday, July 28, 2022

Christian University Sues To Stop Investigation of LGBTQ Discrimination

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Suit was filed yesterday in a Washington federal district court by a Christian university challenging the state of Washington's investig...

8th Circuit: Christian School Lacks Standing To Challenge HUD Memo On Sex Discrimination In Housing

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 In  The School of the Ozarks, Inc. v. Biden , (8th Cir., July 27, 2022), the U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals held in a 2-1 decision that ...
Tuesday, June 15, 2021

College Seeks Injunction Pending Appeal To 8th Circuit In Suit Against HUD's Transgender Policy On Student Housing

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In February of this year, the Department of Housing and Urban Development issued a Directive  interpreting the Fair Housing Act as barring d...
Thursday, June 10, 2021

DOJ's Memo In Title IX Litigation Raises Controversy

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As previously reported , in a class action filed in April, LGBTQ+ students enrolled at religious colleges that receive federal financial ass...
Wednesday, April 28, 2021

Students Sue Yeshiva University For Refusal To Recognize LGBTQ Organizations

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Suit was filed this week in a New York state trial court against Yeshiva University by an LGBTQ student organization and four current and fo...
Tuesday, April 20, 2021

Christian College Sues HUD Over Interpretation of Fair Housing Act

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Suit was filed last week in a Missouri federal district court challenging a Directive issued last month by the U.S. Department of Housing a...
Thursday, April 01, 2021

LGBTQ+ Students Challenge Title IX Religious Institution Exemption

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In a class action lawsuit filed earlier this week in an Oregon federal district court, 33 LGBTQ+ students enrolled at religious colleges tha...
Wednesday, November 18, 2020

NY Court Approves Sale of Christian College Campus To Yeshiva

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Under New York law , court approval (or approval by the attorney General) is required for sale of assets of a non-profit educational corpora...
Wednesday, October 14, 2020

Pretextual Religious Reasons For Firing Not Protected By Religious Autonomy Doctrine

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In Garrick v. Moody Bible Institute , (ND IL, Oct. 13, 2020), an Illinois federal district court allowed a former Instructor of Communicatio...
Thursday, June 11, 2020

NLRB Reduces Its Jurisdiction Over Religious Colleges

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In Bethany College ,  (NLRB, June 10, 2020), the National Labor Relations Board overruled its 2014 decision in Pacific Lutheran that had ex...
Wednesday, January 29, 2020

DC Circuit Rejects NLRB's Test For Jurisdiction Over Adjunct Faculty At Religiously-Affiliated Colleges

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In Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit v. NLRB ,  (DC Cir., Jan. 28, 2020), the Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit, in a 2-1 decision, h...