religious-institutions

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-1204 Yaakov Markel v. Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, a Corporation, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-05-27 Denied Response Waived contract-breach employment-law first-amendment ministerial-exception overtime-compensation religious-institutions 1. Whether Religious institutions are bound by the contracts they voluntarily enter into, or are entitled, after performance by their minister, to …
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 (1) Whether the First Amendment ministerial exception provides religious organizations with immunity from employment discrimination suits, or merely a…
19-371 Stephen S. Wise Temple v. Julie Su California 2019-09-19 Dismissed Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse Waived employment-discrimination first-amendment first-amendment-free-exercise free-exercise functional-approach hosanna-tabor hosanna-tabor-v-eeoc judicial-interpretation ministerial-exception religious-education religious-institutions transmitting-faith Whether courts should apply a functional approach to the ministerial exception that does not punish religious institutions for employing non-adherents…