A Michigan federal district court this week in Buck v. Hertel,(WD MI, Jan. 26, 2022), issued an Order implementing a settlement agreement between the state of Michigan and St. Vincent Catholic Charities which is a licensed child placement
Delivery Service Settles EEOC Suit Charging Failure To Accommodate Church Attendance
The EEOC announced yesterday that Tampa Bay Delivery Service, an Amazon delivery provider, has settled a religious discrimination suit brought by the EEOC on behalf of a driver who was fired for refusing Sunday shifts in order to attend church…
Transit System’s Rejection Of Religious Ads Violates Synagogue’s Free Speech Rights
In Young Israel of Tampa, Inc. v. Hillsborough Regional Transit Authority, (MD FL, Jan. 20, 2022), a Florida federal district court held that the free speech rights of an Orthodox Jewish synagogue were violated when the local transit system…
Trial Set On Why Street Preachers Were Removed From Gay Pride Event
In Waldrop v. City of Johnson City, Tennessee,(ED TN, Jan. 26, 2022), a Tennessee federal district court, in a case on remand from the 6th Circuit, set for trial a suit by two street preachers who were removed…
Universal Life Church Can Move Ahead With Suit On Marriage Solemnization Right
In Universal Life Church Monastery Storehouse v. McGeever, (WD PA, Jan. 25, 2022), a Pennsylvania federal district court refused to dismiss a suit against Allegheny County, Pennsylvania court officials who refuse to allow Universal Life Church ministers to solemnize…
Oregon Court Rejects Part Of Its Earlier Decision In Wedding-Cake Dispute
In Klein v. Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries, (OR App., Jan. 26, 2022), the Oregon Court of Appeals, in a case on remand from the U.S. Supreme Court, reaffirmed its prior decision in part in a challenge to…
Nevada Prison’s Ban On Prayer Oil Violates RLUIPA
In Johnson v. Baker, (9th Cir., Jan. 26, 2022), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals held that the Nevada prison system violated RLUIPA when it banned a Muslim inmate from possessing a small amount of scented oil in his…
11th Circuit Undercuts State Attempt To Limit Inmate’s Right To Sue
In a prisoner Free Exercise case, the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has issued an opinion which bars a tactic by which prison officials might obtain dismissal of a prisoner suit without reaching the merits of the case. The…
A Closer Look at the Sixth Circuit’s Decision on the Contractor Mandate
With OSHA’s decision to withdraw its ETS in the face of a hostile Supreme Court, and the Court’s 5-4 decision to uphold the CMS mandate, it’s worth taking a closer look at the Sixth Circuit’s decision to stay the contractor…
9th Circuit: Fact Issues Remain As To Prison’s Confiscation of NOI Texts
In Jones v. Slade, (9th Cir., Jan. 24, 2022), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court’s grant of summary judgment and held that there remains genuine issues of fact in connection with an Arizona prison’s…