neutral-principles-of-law
3 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20-1174 | Kim Lippard, et vir v. Larry Holleman, et al. | North Carolina | 2021-02-25 | Denied | Amici (1)Relisted (3) | civil-claims defamation ecclesiastical-settings first-amendment neutral-principles neutral-principles-of-law religion-clauses tort-claims | Whether the First Amendment's Religion Clauses prohibit courts from hearing defamation claims that arise from ecclesiastical settings, even when the c… |
| 20-534 | All Saints' Episcopal Church (Fort Worth) v. The Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth, et al. | Texas | 2020-10-22 | Denied | Amici (1)Relisted (2) | church-property-dispute church-property-disputes ecclesiastical-question establishment-clause express-trust-provision free-exercise free-exercise-clause jones-v-wolf neutral-principles neutral-principles-of-law | Whether the Texas Supreme Court's decision awarding petitioner's sanctuary and rectory to a dissident faction in contravention of the will of petition… |
| 19-158 | Marcus Turner, Sr., et al. v. Alva C. Hines, et al. | District of Columbia | 2019-08-02 | Denied | Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) | church-dispute church-governance coercive-intrusion first-amendment judicial-inquiry neutral-principles neutral-principles-of-law religious-doctrine state-interference | Does the First Amendment require courts to consider whether a judicial inquiry intrudes coercively into church governance even when there is no religi… |