“Chicago suburb seeks to block church’s winter homeless shelter.” Religion News Service covers the lawsuit here.
Category: Free Exercise Clause
2nd Cir.: Christian Adoption Agency May Continue Ongoing Cases Pending Appeal Despite Nondiscrimination Noncompliance
2nd Cir.: Christian Adoption Agency May Continue Ongoing Cases Pending Appeal Despite Nondiscrimination Noncompliance. Religion Clause covers the decision here.
Wash. Ct. App.: Parent Presbyterian denominational body owed deference in dispute with breakaway congregation
Wash. Ct. App.: Parent Presbyterian denominational body owed deference in dispute with breakaway congregationeligion. Religion Clause reports on the decision
here.
Ind. Ct. App.: Former pastor entitled to settlement amount, attorney fees; no First Amendment bar to court resolution
Ind. Ct. App.: Former pastor entitled to settlement amount, attorney fees; no First Amendment bar to court resolution. In Christian Methodist Episcopal Church and Second Episcopal District of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, Inc. v. Kevin P. Grimes, Sr., No. 18A-PL-2346 (Ind. Ct. App. Aug. 26, 2019), the Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed a trial court’s enforcement of a settlement agreement arising from a salary dispute between a Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, one of its districts, one of its congregations and the congregation’s former pastor.
Continue reading “Ind. Ct. App.: Former pastor entitled to settlement amount, attorney fees; no First Amendment bar to court resolution”“Church: Free speech protects decision to fire gay Indianapolis teacher”
“Church: Free speech protects decision to fire gay Indianapolis teacher.” The Indiana Lawyer covers a recent filing in a lawsuit involving the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis and a teacher it directed a school to fire here.
Ill. App. Ct.: Ecclesiastical Abstention Doctrine bars challenge to denial of rental of Catholic Community Center
Ill. App. Ct.: Ecclesiastical Abstention Doctrine bars challenge to denial of rental of Catholic Community Center. Religion Clause covers Sacred Heart Knanaya Catholic Community Center Building Board v. St. Thomas Syromalabar Diocese of Chicago, No. 2-18-0792 (Ill. App. Ct., May 30, 2019), here.
“Clergy as Mandated Reporters, Without Exception?”
“Clergy as Mandated Reporters, Without Exception?” Wagenmaker & Oberly’s blog features an overview here.
“Catholic Agency Challenges Michigan’s Child-Placement Anti-Discrimination Policy”
“Catholic Agency Challenges Michigan’s Child-Placement Anti-Discrimination Policy” Religion Clause covers the suit here.
“Mosque sues Meriden over permit denial”
“Mosque sues Meriden over permit denial” The Meriden (Conn.) Record-Journal reports here.
“CUPON slaps Chestnut Ridge with another legal action vs. house of worship law”
“CUPON slaps Chestnut Ridge with another legal action vs. house of worship law” The Rockland/Westchester (N.Y.) Journal News reports here.