| 25-776 |
Youth 71Five Ministries v. Charlene Williams, Individually and as Director of Oregon Department of Education, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2026-01-02 |
Pending |
Response RequestedResponse Waived |
constitutional-rights employment-discrimination first-amendment government-action grant-funding religious-autonomy |
For years, Petitioner Youth 71Five Ministries received grant funds from Oregon's Youth Community Investment Grants program. One year, 71Five even had … |
| 23-703 |
Liberty University, Inc. v. Laura Barbour Bowes, as Executor of the Estate of Eva Palmer |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-12-29 |
Denied |
|
constitutional-law defense-to-liability employment-discrimination first-amendment immunity ministerial-exception religious-autonomy religious-institutions religious-organizations |
Whether the First Amendment ministerial exception provides religious organizations with immunity from employment discrimination suits, or merely a def… |
| 20-1501 |
Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany, et al. v. Shirin Emami, Acting Superintendent, New York Department of Financial Services, et al. |
New York |
2021-04-27 |
GVR |
Amici (6)Relisted (4) |
abortion abortion-mandate employment-division-smith first-amendment free-exercise free-exercise-clause free-speech health-insurance religious-autonomy religious-exemption smith-v-oregon |
Is New York's abortion coverage mandate neutral and generally applicable under Smith and Lukumi? |
| 18-1151 |
St. Augustine School, et al. v. Carolyn Stanford Taylor, in Her Official Capacity as Superintendent of Public Instruction, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-03-06 |
GVR |
Relisted (2) |
church-autonomy denominational-affiliation employment-division-v-smith faith-tradition free-exercise free-exercise-clause government-benefits religion-clauses religious-adherent religious-autonomy religious-liberty trinity-lutheran trinity-lutheran-v-comer |
Whether the Free Exercise Clause prohibits the government from requiring a religious adherent to choose between following his or her faith tradition a… |
| 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… |