church-doctrine
2 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18-964 | Father John Gallagher v. Diocese of Palm Beach, Inc. | Florida | 2019-01-25 | Denied | Amici (2) | church-doctrine civil-rights defamation first-amendment free-speech legal-immunity public-safety religious-speech standing | Whether the priest is barred by the First Amendment from bringing a defamation action against a church |
| 18-500 | The First Presbyterian Church U. S. A. of Tulsa, Oklahoma, et al. v. John Doe | Oklahoma | 2018-10-18 | Denied | Amici (3) | affirmative-defense church-discipline church-doctrine church-government church-member-disputes consent consent-based first-amendment jurisdiction jurisdictional-doctrine membership membership-dispute religious-autonomy | Whether the religious autonomy doctrine derives from the First Amendment or is a consent-based doctrine applicable only to disputes between a church a… |