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SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Kloosterman v. Metropolitan Hospital

1:22-cv-00944 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan

Filed Date: Oct. 11, 2022

Closed Date: April 5, 2024

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] On October 11, 2022, Plaintiff, a physician's assistant previously employed by Metropolitan Hospital for seventeen years, filed suit against her former employer in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan. Plaintiff claimed that she requested a religious accommodation to the Hospital's attempt to compel her to pledge, against her sincerely held religious convictions and her medical conscience, that she would speak biology-o…

Judgment for Defendant

Reversed

SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Jones v. Mahaniah

1:25-cv-12449 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Sept. 3, 2025

Closed Date: Sept. 4, 2025

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] On September 3, 2025, Plaintiffs, through the Alliance Defending Freedom, sued individuals involved with the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families's (“DCF”) decision to revoke the licenses of Christian foster parents based on their religious beliefs. 

Case Is Ongoing

SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Camp Id-Ra-Ha-Je Association v. Roy

1:25-cv-01484 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: May 12, 2025

Closed Date: June 24, 2025

(This summary is temporary while we research the case further). On May 12, 2025, Camp Id-Ra-Ha-Je Association, a Christian summer camp, filed suit against Colorado in the District of Colorado. The Camp challenged that the Colorado Department of Early Childhood policy requiring that campers be able to use facilities that matched their gender identity. A month later, the parties reached a settlement agreement and the Camp voluntarily dismissed the lawsuit. The case is now closed.
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Etienne v. Ferguson

3:25-cv-05461 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: May 29, 2025

This case challenged a Washington state law, SB 5375, which required priests to report any suspected child abuse or neglect disclosed by penitents in confession. Confession is one of the seven sacraments of the Catholic Church and has been an integral part of its theology for two millennia. "Eternal damnation" and automatic excommunication from the Catholic Church await any priest who breaks the confidentiality of confession. Washington's three Catholic dioceses already mandated reporting for s…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights v. Department of State

1:25-cv-01774 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: June 5, 2025

This case challenged the series of agreements between the Department of State and El Salvador by which El Salvador agreed to accept individuals from the United States and to hold them in detention facilities. The agreement between the United States and El Salvador was made on February 3, 2025. Secretary of State Rubio explained that President Bukele of El Salvador “has agreed to accept for deportation any illegal alien in the United States who is a criminal from any nationality, be they MS-13 o…

Case Is Ongoing

EDUCATION
Oklahoma v. Cardona

5:24-cv-00461 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma

Filed Date: May 6, 2024

This case is a challenge to the Biden administration's interpretation of Title IX. On April 19, 2024, the Department of Education announced an interpretation of Title IX ("the Final Rule"), to go into effect on August 1, 2024, that gave LGBTQ+ students and others explicit protection from sex discrimination “based on sex stereotypes, sex characteristics, pregnancy or related conditions, sexual orientation, and gender identity.” The Final Rule also broadened the definition of prohibited harassmen…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Skyline Wesleyan Church v. California Department of Managed Health Care

3:16-cv-00501 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 26, 2016

Closed Date: May 11, 2023

This is a case about insurance coverage for abortion. Skyline Wesleyan Church, represented by the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), brought this lawsuit against the California Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) in the San Diego County Superior Court on February 4, 2016, challenging a California mandate that group health insurance plans provide coverage for all legal abortions. Plaintiff, a non-profit Christian church offering health insurance to employees, objected on religious grounds to…

Settled: Case Closed

SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Mirabelli v. Olson

3:23-cv-00768 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: April 27, 2023

This is a case about parental notification rules related to transgender and gender non-conforming students in schools. On April 27, 2023, two middle school teachers sued the Escondido Union School District (EUSD), the California State Board of Education, and various associated officials in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California before Judge Roger T. Benitez, challenging the school district policy AR 5145.3. The challenged policy requires teachers and staff to r…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Hudgins v. The David Lynch Foundation

1:23-cv-00218 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Jan. 13, 2023

Closed Date: May 1, 2025

(This summary is temporary while we research the case further). In 2023, a Muslim student at a Chicago Public School filed a class action lawsuit against the The Chicago Board of Education and the David Lynch Foundation. At her school, the plaintiff alleged she had been required to participate in a transcendental meditation program or observe a half hour of silence, in violation of the establishment clause. In May 2025, the judge approved a $2.6 million settlement. 
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Catholic Charities v. Michigan Department of Health and Human Services

2:19-cv-11661 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: June 5, 2019

Closed Date: March 21, 2022

This case is about a new policy implemented in 2019 by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) to exclude Catholic charities from serving in the foster system unless they affirmatively recommend same-sex couples as foster and adoptive parents. In January 2017, two same sex couples had filed lawsuits against DHHS and CSA to prohibit agencies from contracting with faith-based providers who don’t recommend or license same-sex couples as foster and adoptive parents. See Dumont …

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)