The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty
76 cases • 14 attorneys
Attorneys
Eric Christopher Rassbach
(23)
Mark Leonard Rienzi
(15)
Eric S. Baxter
(14)
Luke W. Goodrich
(9)
Lori Halstead Windham
(4)
Daniel Howard Blomberg
(3)
Adele Auxier Keim
(2)
Diana Marie Verm
(2)
Daniel Lawrence Chen
(1)
Diana Verm Thomson
(1)
Eric C. Rassbach
(1)
Joseph Charles Davis
(1)
Laura Elizabeth Wolk Slavis
(1)
William Jonathan Haun
(1)
Cases
| Case | Title | Docketed | Type | Status | Party | Attorneys |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-849 | United States Conference of Catholic Bishops v. David O'Connell | 2026-01-15 | Paid | Pending | United States Conference of Catholic Bishops | Daniel Howard Blomberg |
| 25A810 | Elizabeth Mirabelli, et al. v. Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California, et al. | 2026-01-13 | A | Application | The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty | Mark Leonard Rienzi |
| 25-581 | St. Mary Catholic Parish, Littleton, Colorado, et al. v. Lisa Roy, in Her Official Capacity as Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Early Childhood, et al. | 2025-11-17 | Paid | Pending | St. Mary Catholic Parish in Littleton, et al. | Eric Christopher Rassbach |
| 25-233 | Catharine Miller, et al. v. Civil Rights Department | 2025-08-28 | Paid | Denied | Catharine Miller, et al. | Eric Christopher Rassbach |
| 24-781 | First Choice Women's Resource Centers, Inc. v. Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney General of New Jersey | 2025-01-24 | Paid | Granted | The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty | Eric S. Baxter, William Jonathan Haun |
| 24-539 | Kaley Chiles v. Patty Salazar, in Her Official Capacity as Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies, et al. | 2024-11-13 | Paid | Granted | The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty | Adele Auxier Keim |
| 24-297 | Tamer Mahmoud, et al. v. Thomas W. Taylor, et al. | 2024-09-16 | Paid | Judgment Issued | Tamer Mahmoud, et al. | Eric S. Baxter |
| 24-291 | Apache Stronghold v. United States, et al. | 2024-09-13 | Paid | Denied | Apache Stronghold | Luke W. Goodrich |
| 24-154 | Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc., et al. v. Wisconsin Labor & Industry Review Commission, et al. | 2024-08-13 | Paid | Judgment Issued | Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc., et al. | Eric Christopher Rassbach |
| 24A110 | Apache Stronghold v. United States, et al. | 2024-07-30 | A | Presumed Complete | Apache Stronghold | Luke W. Goodrich |
| 24A94 | Tamer Mahmoud, et al. v. Thomas W. Taylor, et al. | 2024-07-26 | A | Presumed Complete | Tamer Mahmoud, et al. | Eric S. Baxter |
| 24A54 | The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago v. Janay E. Garrick | 2024-07-17 | A | Presumed Complete | The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago | Daniel Howard Blomberg |
| 24-43 | West Virginia, et al. v. B. P. J., By Her Next Friend and Mother, Heather Jackson | 2024-07-16 | Paid | Granted | The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty | Laura Elizabeth Wolk Slavis |
| 23-1276 | Young Israel of Tampa, Inc. v. Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority | 2024-06-05 | Paid | Denied | YOUNG ISRAEL OF TAMPA, INC. | Luke W. Goodrich |
| 23A1067 | Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc., et al. v. Wisconsin Labor & Industry Review Commission, et al. | 2024-05-30 | A | Presumed Complete | Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc., et al. | Eric Christopher Rassbach |
| 23-1197 | Damon Landor v. Louisiana Department of Corrections and Public Safety, et al. | 2024-05-07 | Paid | Granted | The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty | Daniel Lawrence Chen |
| 23A837 | Centura Health Corporation, a Colorado Non-Profit Corporation, et al. v. Barbara Morris, M.D. | 2024-03-12 | A | Presumed Complete | Centura Health Corporation, a Colorado non-profit Corporation, et al. | Eric S. Baxter |
| 23-175 | City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Gloria Johnson, et al., on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated | 2023-08-25 | Paid | Judgment Issued | The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty | Eric Christopher Rassbach |
| 23-74 | Debra A. Vitagliano v. County of Westchester, New York | 2023-07-25 | Paid | Denied | Debra A. Vitagliano | Mark Leonard Rienzi |
| 22-1178 | Federal Bureau of Investigation, et al. v. Yonas Fikre | 2023-06-06 | Paid | Judgment Issued | The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty | Joseph Charles Davis |
| 22-824 | The Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, et al. v. Alexander Belya | 2023-03-01 | Paid | Denied | The Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, et al. | Diana Verm Thomson |
| 22-741 | Faith Bible Chapel International v. Gregory Tucker | 2023-02-08 | Paid | Denied | Faith Bible Chapel International | Daniel Howard Blomberg |
| 22-555 | NetChoice, LLC, dba NetChoice, et al. v. Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas | 2022-12-19 | Paid | Judgment Issued | The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty in Support of Neither Party | Eric Christopher Rassbach |
| 22-451 | Loper Bright Enterprises, et al. v. Gina Raimondo, Secretary of Commerce, et al. | 2022-11-15 | Paid | Judgment Issued | The Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter and Paul Home | Eric Christopher Rassbach |
| 22-321 | Wilbur Slockish, et al. v. Department of Transportation, et al. | 2022-10-05 | Paid | Dismissed | Wilbur Slockish, et al. | Luke W. Goodrich |
| 22-277 | Ashley Moody, Attorney General of Florida, et al. v. NetChoice, LLC, dba NetChoice, et al. | 2022-09-23 | Paid | Judgment Issued | The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty | Eric Christopher Rassbach |
| 22A184 | Yeshiva University, et al. v. YU Pride Alliance, et al. | 2022-08-29 | A | Presumed Complete | Yeshiva University and President Ari Berman | Eric S. Baxter |
| 22-174 | Gerald E. Groff v. Louis DeJoy, Postmaster General | 2022-08-25 | Paid | Judgment Issued | The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty | Mark Leonard Rienzi |
| 22A49 | Wilbur Slockish, et al. v. Department of Transportation, et al. | 2022-07-20 | A | Presumed Complete | Hereditary Chief Wilbur Slockish, et al. | Luke W. Goodrich |
| 21-1429 | Zhang Jingrong, et al. v. Chinese Anti-Cult World Alliance, Inc., et al. | 2022-05-10 | Paid | Denied | The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty | Eric Christopher Rassbach |
| 21A599 | Jonathan Dunn v. Lloyd J. Austin III, Secretary of Defense, et al. | 2022-04-12 | A | Presumed Complete | The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty | Eric S. Baxter |
| 21-648 | Edward Hedican v. Walmart Stores East, L.P., et al. | 2021-11-03 | Paid | GVR | Edward Hedican | Eric Christopher Rassbach |
| 21-588 | United States v. Texas, et al. | 2021-10-22 | Paid | Dismissed | The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty | Mark Leonard Rienzi |
| 21A90 | John Does 1-3, et al. v. Janet T. Mills, Governor of Maine, et al. | 2021-10-20 | A | Presumed Complete | The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty | Mark Leonard Rienzi |
| 21-463 | Whole Woman's Health, et al. v. Austin Reeve Jackson, Judge, District Court of Texas, 114th District, et al. | 2021-09-28 | Paid | Denied | The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty | Mark Leonard Rienzi |
| 21-476 | 303 Creative LLC, et al. v. Aubrey Elenis, et al. | 2021-09-28 | Paid | Judgment Issued | The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty | Eric Christopher Rassbach |
| 21-418 | Joseph A. Kennedy v. Bremerton School District | 2021-09-16 | Paid | Judgment Issued | United States Conference of Catholic Bishops | Lori Halstead Windham |
| 21-398 | Jesus Guerrero v. Diocese of Lubbock | 2021-09-13 | Paid | Denied | Diocese of Lubbock | Eric Christopher Rassbach |
| 21-5592 | John H. Ramirez v. Bryan Collier, Executive Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, et al. | 2021-09-07 | IFP | Judgment Issued | The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty | Eric Christopher Rassbach |
| 21M24 | Edward Hedican v. Walmart Stores East, L.P., et al. | 2021-09-03 | M | Presumed Complete | Edward Hedigan | Eric C. Rassbach |
| 20-1800 | Harold Shurtleff, et al. v. City of Boston, Massachusetts, et al. | 2021-06-24 | Paid | Judgment Issued | The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty | Lori Halstead Windham |
| 20A151 | Ritesh Tandon, et al. v. Gavin Newsom, Governor of California, et al. | 2021-04-02 | A | Presumed Complete | The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty | Eric Christopher Rassbach |
| 20A138 | Gateway City Church, et al. v. Gavin Newsom, Governor of California, et al. | 2021-02-17 | A | Presumed Complete | The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty | Eric Christopher Rassbach |
| 20A128 | Jefferson S. Dunn, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections v. Willie B. Smith, III | 2021-02-11 | A | Presumed Complete | The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty | Diana Marie Verm |
| 20-1088 | David Carson, as Parent and Next Friend of O. C., et al. v. A. Pender Makin | 2021-02-09 | Paid | Judgment Issued | The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty | Eric Christopher Rassbach |
| 20A137 | Harvest Rock Church, Inc., et al. v. Gavin Newsom, Governor of California | 2021-01-26 | A | Denied | The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty | Eric Christopher Rassbach |
| 20A96 | Danville Christian Academy, Inc., et al. v. Andy Beshear, Governor of Kentucky | 2020-12-01 | A | Presumed Complete | The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty | Eric Christopher Rassbach |
| 20-261 | Jeff Schulz, et al. v. Presbytery of Seattle. et al. | 2020-09-02 | Paid | Denied | The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty | Luke W. Goodrich |
| 20-255 | Mahanoy Area School District v. B. L., a Minor, By and Through Her Father, Lawrence Levy and Her Mother, Betty Lou Levy | 2020-09-01 | Paid | Judgment Issued | The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty | Eric S. Baxter |
| 19-1392 | Thomas E. Dobbs, State Health Officer of the Mississippi Department of Health, et al. v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, et al. | 2020-06-18 | Paid | Judgment Issued | The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty | Mark Leonard Rienzi |
| 19-1053 | Little Sisters of the Poor Jeanne Jugan Residence v. California, et al. | 2020-02-25 | Paid | GVR | The Little Sisters of the Poor Jeanne Jugan Residence | Mark Leonard Rienzi |
| 19-1040 | March for Life Education and Defense Fund v. California, et al. | 2020-02-20 | Paid | GVR | Little Sisters of the Poor Jeanne Jugan Residence | Mark Leonard Rienzi |
| 19-1038 | Department of Health and Human Services, et al. v. California, et al. | 2020-02-19 | Paid | GVR | Little Sisters of the Poor Jeanne Jugan Residence | Mark Leonard Rienzi |
| 19-968 | Chike Uzuegbunam, et al. v. Stanley C. Preczewski, et al. | 2020-02-03 | Paid | Judgment Issued | The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty | Adele Auxier Keim |
| 19A705 | Little Sisters of the Poor Jeanne Jugan Residence v. California, et al. | 2019-12-23 | A | Presumed Complete | Little Sisters of the Poor Jeanne Jugan Residence | Mark Leonard Rienzi |
| 19-431 | Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter and Paul Home v. Pennsylvania, et al. | 2019-10-02 | Paid | Judgment Issued | The Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter and Paul Home | Mark Leonard Rienzi |
| 19-348 | St. James School v. Darryl Biel, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Kristen Biel | 2019-09-17 | Paid | Judgment Issued | St. James School | Eric Christopher Rassbach |
| 19-267 | Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Agnes Morrissey-Berru | 2019-08-29 | Paid | Judgment Issued | Our Lady of Guadalupe School | Eric Christopher Rassbach |
| 19-255 | Thomas More Law Center v. Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California | 2019-08-26 | Paid | Judgment Issued | The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty | Eric S. Baxter |
| 19-251 | Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California | 2019-08-26 | Paid | Judgment Issued | The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty | Eric S. Baxter |
| 19-123 | Sharonell Fulton, et al. v. City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, et al. | 2019-07-25 | Paid | Judgment Issued | Sharonell Fulton, et al. | Lori Halstead Windham, Mark Leonard Rienzi |
| 19-71 | FNU Tanzin, et al. v. Muhammad Tanvir, et al. | 2019-07-12 | Paid | Judgment Issued | The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty | Lori Halstead Windham |
| 19-66 | George Q. Ricks v. Idaho Contractors Board, et al. | 2019-07-12 | Paid | Denied | George Ricks | Eric S. Baxter |
| 18A1256 | George Q. Ricks v. Idaho Contractors Board, et al. | 2019-06-03 | A | Presumed Complete | George Ricks | Eric S. Baxter |
| 18-1195 | Kendra Espinoza, et al. v. Montana Department of Revenue, et al. | 2019-03-14 | Paid | Judgment Issued | The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty | Diana Marie Verm |
| 18-1192 | The Little Sisters of the Poor Jeanne Jugan Residence v. California, et al. | 2019-03-13 | Paid | Denied | The Little Sisters of the Poor Jeanne Jugan Residence | Mark Leonard Rienzi |
| 18-966 | Department of Commerce, et al. v. New York, et al. | 2019-01-25 | Paid | Denied | The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty | Eric S. Baxter |
| 18-622 | Whole Woman's Health, et al. v. Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops, et al. | 2018-11-14 | Paid | Denied | Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops | Eric Christopher Rassbach |
| 18-364 | Morris County Board of Chosen Freeholders, et al. v. Freedom From Religion Foundation, et al. | 2018-09-20 | Paid | Denied | Morris County Board of Chosen Freeholders, et al. | Eric S. Baxter |
| 18-351 | City of Pensacola, Florida, et al. v. Amanda Kondrat'yev, et al. | 2018-09-18 | Paid | GVR | City of Pensacola, Florida, et al. | Luke W. Goodrich |
| 18-280 | New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc., et al. v. City of New York, New York, et al. | 2018-09-06 | Paid | Judgment Issued | The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty | Luke W. Goodrich |
| 18A118 | Sharonell Fulton, et al. v. City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, et al. | 2018-08-03 | A | Presumed Complete | SHARONELL FULTON, et al. | Mark Leonard Rienzi |
| 18A105 | Morris County Board of Chosen Freeholders, et al. v. Freedom From Religion Foundation, et al. | 2018-07-30 | A | Presumed Complete | Morris County Board of Chosen Freeholders, et al. | Eric S. Baxter |
| 18-18 | Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission v. American Humanist Association, et al. | 2018-07-03 | Paid | Judgment Issued | The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty | Luke W. Goodrich |
| 21A33 | John H. Ramirez v. Bryan Collier, Executive Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, et al. | A | Presumed Complete | The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty | Eric Christopher Rassbach | |
| 20A136 | South Bay United Pentecostal Church, et al. v. Gavin Newsom, Governor of California, et al. | A | Denied | The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty | Eric Christopher Rassbach |