No. 24A1023

Dale Prey v. Franciscan University of Steubenville, et al.

Lower Court: Ohio
Docketed: 2025-04-22
Status: Presumed Complete
Type: A
Tags: employment-discrimination first-amendment judicial-review-of-religious-entities religious-institution-exemption watson-v-jones
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Question not identified.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Ecclesiastical Abstention Doctrine, as established in Watson v. Jones, bars judicial review of employment discrimination claims against religious institutions even when the institution has made religious doctrine a central marketing and employment tool, and whether Ohio courts violated the First Amendment by dismissing such claims based on the presence of religious doctrine in evidence created by the institution itself,ecclesiastical-abstention-doctrine

Docket Entries

2025-04-23
Application (24A1023) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until June 27, 2025.
2025-04-18
Application (24A1023) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from April 28, 2025 to June 27, 2025, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.

Attorneys

Dale Prey
Dale Prey — Petitioner