1+ week, 1+ day ago   (187+ words) Last month, the parent body of the United Methodist church in Texas filed suit in a Texas state trial court against a Dallas Methodist congregation alleging that the congregation improperly amended its governing documents to eliminate its affiliation with the…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (341+ words) Several orders of Catholic sisters as well as Chicago Archbishop Cupich filed suit yesterday in an Illinois federal district court challenging the constitutionality of requiring them to comply with Illinois End-of-Life Options for Terminally Ill Patients Act. The 93-page complaint…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (191+ words) In Bickford v. Bradeen, (ME Sup. Ct., Sept. 1, 2026), the Maine Supreme Court upheld a trial court's decision to modify an order originally issued in 2013 that gave the separated parents of an infant daughter shared parental rights on all matters. In modifying…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (173+ words) In Wilkins-Bailey v. Essity Professional Hygiene North America, LLC, (4th Cir., Sept. 1, 2026), the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 decision, held that a North Carolina federal district court wrongly granted summary judgment to an employer charged with religious and racial discrimination under…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (181+ words) In two lengthy opinions issued last month, a Michigan federal district court granted summary judgment to the state, dismissing pre-enforcement civil rights actions, one brought by a Catholic parish-run school and school parents, and the second brought by a Christian…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (174+ words) In Hadez v. City of Springfield, Illinois, (CD IL, Aug. 28, 2026), a state trial court had ordered plaintiff to cease residing in structures on his property that inspectors found to be unsafe and in violation of the city's Building Code. The structures…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (328+ words) In In re: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Tithing Litigation, (10th Cir., Aug. 31, 2026), the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals held that a class action lawsuit claiming misrepresentations regarding the use of funds donated to the LDS Church was filed…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (235+ words) In John v. Aviles-Ramos, (ED NY, Aug. 27, 2026), a New York federal district court rejected claims by a former special education teacher that his former colleagues and supervisors discriminated against him because he was a Jehovah's Witness and placed a substantial burden…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (186+ words) In Gordon v. City of Hamtramck, (6th Cir., Aug. 21, 2026), the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Free Speech, Establishment Clause and Equal Protection challenges to a city Ordinance that changed the rules on what flags could be flown from a group of 18 city-owned…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (157+ words) In In re Gateway Church, (TX App., Aug. 19, 2026), a Texas state appellate court held that a state trial court should have dismissed on ecclesiastical abstention grounds. a defamation suit that was brought against a church and church leadership. At issue…...