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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
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
Hobby Lobby v. Sebelius

5:12-cv-01000 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma

Filed Date: Sept. 12, 2012

Closed Date: Sept. 4, 2014

This case was about whether private companies were entitled to a religious exception to covering emergency contraception under the Affordable Care Act. Please note that this case was previously titled Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores. Sylvia Burwell was automatically substituted as petitioner when she was approved by the U.S. Senate as the Secretary of Health and Human Services after being nominated by President Barack Obama to replace Kathleen Sebelius following Sebelius' resignation on Apr. 10,…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Welch v. Brown

2:12-cv-02484 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: Oct. 1, 2012

Closed Date: Jan. 31, 2017

This case challenged a California law (SB 1772) that prohibited mental health providers from engaging in “sexual orientation change efforts” with patients under 18 years of age. SB 1172 defined “sexual orientation change efforts” to include any practices that sought to change not only sexual orientation, but also behavior and gender expression. It also provided that mental health providers who violated the prohibition would be subject to discipline.  The plaintiffs are a group of mental health …

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

Affirmed

SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Darren Patterson Christian Academy v. Roy

1:23-cv-01557 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: June 20, 2023

On June 21, 2023, Darren Pattern Christian Academy (Plaintiff), a private Christian school, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado against the Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Early Childhood and the Director of Colorado’s Universal Preschool Program (defendants) in their official capacities. The plaintiff challenged the nondiscrimination rules of the Colorado Department of Early Childhood’s Universal Preschool Program (UPK). The plaintiff cla…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Christian Healthcare Centers, Inc. v. Nessel

1:22-cv-00787 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan

Filed Date: Aug. 29, 2022

This is a case about religious freedom and anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ+ people under Michigan state law. On August 29, 2022, Christian Healthcare Center (a faith-based, non-profit Christian healthcare provider) filed suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Michigan Attorney General and several other state officials in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan. The case was assigned to Judge Jane M. Beckering.  The plaintiff, represented by the Alliance Defending…

Case Is Ongoing

SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Freedom From Religion Foundation v. Concord Community Schools

3:15-cv-00463 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana

Filed Date: Oct. 7, 2015

Closed Date: March 6, 2017

This case challenged a public high school’s annual Christmas show, which featured a nativity scene, on First Amendment grounds.  On October 7, 2015, the Freedom From Religion Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to the separation of church and state, and several of its members (Plaintiffs) filed this lawsuit against Concord Community Schools (Defendant), a public school corporation that operated several schools in Indiana, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of India…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

Affirmed

SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Persico v. Sebelius

1:13-cv-00303 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Oct. 8, 2013

Closed Date: Oct. 20, 2017

On October 8, 2013, three Catholic non-profit 501(c)(3)s and a trustee for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Erie, Pennsylvania filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. The plaintiffs sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Labor, Department of Treasury, and their respective Secretaries in their official capacities. Plaintiffs sued under the Administrative Procedure Act, the Declaratory Judgment Act, and Religious Freedom R…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

Reversed

SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Zubik v. Burwell [II]

2:13-cv-01459 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Oct. 9, 2013

Closed Date: Oct. 20, 2017

This case is one of the many filed in federal district courts across the country by non-profit Catholic organizations challenging the ACA's system for ensuring that employee health insurance covers birth control. Specifically, the plaintiffs objected to notifying the government or their health insurer that they were claiming a religious exemption from the ACA regulation's mandatory insurance coverage for contraception. The current regulatory accommodation allows religious organizations who obje…
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Freedom From Religion Foundation v. Richardson

1:05-cv-01168 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

Filed Date: Nov. 7, 2005

Closed Date: July 6, 2007

This case challenged a correctional facility's religious programming as a violation of the Establishment Clause of the U.S. Constitution. On November 7, 2005, the Freedom from Religion Foundation, Inc., along with several individual members of the organization who were New Mexico taxpayers, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico against the New Mexico Corrections Department and the Correction Corporation of America (CCA), a private contractor paid to run the N…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)