civil-courts
4 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23-732 | Richard Plishka v. William Skurla, et al. | Ohio | 2024-01-08 | Denied | Response Waived | civil-courts civil-procedure constitutional-law ecclesiastical-abstention first-amendment religious-freedom standing subject-matter-jurisdiction | Whether the First Amendment doctrine of ecclesiastical abstention operates to deprive civil courts of subject-matter jurisdiction |
| 19-348 | St. James School v. Darryl Biel, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Kristen Biel | Ninth Circuit | 2019-09-17 | Judgment Issued | Amici (4) | civil-courts civil-rights due-process employment-discrimination establishment-clause first-amendment free-exercise free-speech hosanna-tabor ministerial-exception religion-clauses | Whether the Religion Clauses prevent civil courts from adjudicating employment discrimination claims brought by an employee against her religious empl… |
| 18A1261 | Marcus Turner, Sr., et al. v. Alva C. Hines, et al. | District of Columbia | 2019-06-04 | Presumed Complete | church-autonomy civil-courts ecclesiastical-abstention fiduciary-duties first-amendment religious-doctrine | Whether the First Amendment's ecclesiastical abstention doctrine precludes civil courts from adjudicating internal church disputes involving alleged f… | |
| 18-921 | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Juan, Puerto Rico v. Yali Acevedo Feliciano, et al. | Puerto Rico | 2019-01-16 | GVR | CVSGAmici (5)Relisted (16) | church-autonomy church-hierarchy church-structure civil-courts civil-rights ecclesiastical-rights ecclesiastical-structure establishment-clause first-amendment free-speech religious-organization | Whether the First Amendment empowers courts to override the chosen legal structure of a religious organization and declare all of its constituent part… |