religious-doctrine

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-1136 Dale Prey v. Franciscan University of Steubenville, et al. Ohio 2025-05-06 Denied Response Waived constitutional-rights equal-protection first-amendment judicial-interpretation religious-doctrine tort-law 1) Does the text of the First Amendment, "Congress shall make no law", limit its application to the Legislature and, thus, allow the Judiciary to craf…
22-301 Xiu Jian Sun v. Donald J. Trump, former President of the United States District of Columbia 2022-09-28 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-provisions divine-intervention due-process first-amendment free-speech judicial-review legal-interpretation religious-doctrine religious-freedom spiritual-claims standing The complaint of the plaintiff, -god's servant, Xiu Jian Sun, the spiritual Adam respectfully shows and alleges as follows 1. Jehovah the Lord god of…
22-39 Xiu Jian Sun v. R. Craig Lawrence, Assistant United States Attorney, et al. District of Columbia 2022-07-14 Denied Response Waived civil-rights divine-intervention due-process judicial-petition jurisdiction mandamus mandarin-interpreter pro-se religious-doctrine religious-freedom spiritual-communication standing The complaint of the plaintiff, -god's servant, Xiu Jian Sun, the spiritual Adam respectfully shows and alleges as follows 1. The Lord god of hosts J…
21-164 Trustees of the New Life In Christ Church v. City of Fredericksburg, Virginia Virginia 2021-08-04 Denied Amici (6)Relisted (10) church-autonomy church-state-separation civil-authority civil-rights establishment-clause first-amendment free-speech ministerial-exception ministerial-exemption property-tax religious-doctrine religious-freedom Virginia law provides an exemption from property taxes for "[r]eal property and personal property owned by churches * * * and exclusively occupied or …
20-1770 Xiu Jian Sun v. Northwell Health, et al. New York 2021-06-21 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights divine-intervention due-process free-speech judicial-relief legal-procedure mandamus-petition religious-doctrine religious-freedom separation-of-church-and-state standing The complaint of the plaintiff, -god's servant, Xiu Jian Sun, the spiritual Adam respectfully shows and alleges as follows 1. The angel of the Lord A…
20-655 Xiu Jian Sun v. R. Craig Lawrence, Assistant United States Attorney, et al. District of Columbia 2020-11-12 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions divine-intervention due-process free-speech judicial-process legal-standing religious-doctrine religious-freedom standing statutory-interpretation The complaint of the plaintiff, -god's servant, Xiu Jian Sun, the spiritual Adam respectfully shows and alleges as follows 1. The Lord god of hosts J…
19-947 Xiu Jian Sun v. Robert N. Chatigny Second Circuit 2020-01-29 Denied civil-rights divine-intervention due-process first-amendment free-speech legal-complaint parable-interpretation religious-doctrine religious-freedom spiritual-adam standing unjust-judge The complaint of the plaintiff, -god's servant, Xiu Jian Sun, the spiritual Adam respectfully shows and alleges as follows 1, Jehovah, -the Lord God …
19-218 Xiu Jian Sun v. Wu Hua Jing, et al. New York 2019-08-20 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights divine-messenger due-process governor judicial-intervention jurisdictional-claim legal-petition mandamus mandarin-chinese registered-mail religious-doctrine religious-freedom standing statutory-interpretation 1. messenger sent by Jehovah,- the Lord of host, said through the angel: 'Bring it over to face the judge.' Said it on October, 2012, Wu Hua Jing M.D.…
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 This case presents two important questions concerning the First Amendment's protection of churches against the power of the state. A disaffected facti…
19-40 Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc. v. J. W., a Minor California 2019-07-05 Denied church-governance civil-liability clergy-privilege first-amendment fourteenth-amendment intra-faith-communications religious-doctrine religious-freedom religious-practice For decades this Court has safeguarded the First Amendment rights of freedom of religion, speech, and press from state infringement. Jehovah's Witness…
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 Question not identified.
18-1441 Presbyterian Church U.S.A. v. Brian Edwards, Judge, Jefferson Circuit Court, et al. Kentucky 2019-05-17 Denied Relisted (2) church-autonomy church-constitution civil-rights defamation ecclesiastical-abstention first-amendment free-speech ministerial-role religious-doctrine supremacy-clause Whether, under the Supremacy Clause, the First Amendment requires state courts, despite their own procedures, to dismiss suits immediately upon a show…
18-1231 Xiu Jain Sun v. Philip O. Ohene, et al. New York 2019-03-21 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights divine-intervention due-process free-speech judicial-interpretation judicial-remedy jurisdictional-challenge legal-authority legal-confrontation mandamus mandamus-request mandarin-chinese-interpreter religious-doctrine religious-freedom separation-of-powers spiritual-petition standing statutory-interpretation Lord god of host sent the messenger through angel said to spiritual Adam: "take him (her) to the law to confront it." (fE ftl?. (fli) ! Attorney for …
18-262 Xiu Jian Sun v. Stephen Mullkoff Second Circuit 2018-08-30 Denied civil-complaint civil-procedure civil-rights divine-directive divine-intervention doctrine-and-covenants due-process first-amendment free-speech judicial-interpretation legal-action legal-standing religious-doctrine religious-freedom spiritual-claim spiritual-messenger standing widow-parable The complaint of the plaintiff, -god's servant, Xiu Jian Sun, the spiritual Adam respectfully shows and alleges as follows Lord god of host Jehovah s…