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HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
DeOtte v. Azar

4:18-cv-00825 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: Oct. 6, 2018

Closed Date: Aug. 31, 2022

This case is a challenge to the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) contraceptive mandate under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA). On October 6, 2018, four private plaintiffs and a health and wellness center filed this class action lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. The plaintiffs sued the U.S. Secretaries of Health and Human Services, Treasury, and Labor under the RFRA and the APA (42 USC § 2000bb-1(c) and 5 USC § 70…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Kluge v. Brownsburg Community School Corporation

1:19-cv-02462 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: June 18, 2019

This case is about a public-school corporation’s policy requiring teachers to call transgender students by their preferred name based on an official database. Brownsburg Community School Corporation (BCSC) established a policy allowing students to change their name in the official student database at the request of the student, their parents, and a health care provider. Once entered, teachers would then be required to call the student by their preferred name. The plaintiff, a Christian teacher …

Case Is Ongoing

Appeal Pending

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
Tingley v. Ferguson

3:21-cv-05359 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: May 13, 2021

Closed Date: Dec. 11, 2023

The plaintiff, a licensed marriage and family therapist practicing in Washington, brought this lawsuit against the Attorney General for the State of Washington, the Secretary of Health for the State of Washington, and the Assistant Secretary of the Health Systems Quality Assurance division of the Washington State Department of Health (together, “defendants”), all in their official capacities, on May 13, 2021 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. The plaintiff challe…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

Affirmed

PRISON CONDITIONS
Zielinski v. New York Department Of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS)

9:24-cv-00450 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

Filed Date: March 29, 2024

Closed Date: April 5, 2024

This is a case about the free exercise rights of incarcerated people. A group of individuals incarcerated in New York filed this putative class action lawsuit on March 29, 2024 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York against the New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS), seeking an injunction to be allowed to see the solar eclipse on April 8, 2024. The plaintiffs sued under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act as well as 42…
EDUCATION
State of Arkansas v. United States Department of Education

4:24-cv-00636 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: May 7, 2024

This case challenged the Biden administration’s 2024 Title IX Rule, which broadened the interpretation of “sex discrimination” to include protections for LGBTQ+ students, addressing discrimination based on sex stereotypes, sex characteristics, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity. On May 7, 2024, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and a 15-year-old female resident of Jonesboro, Arkansas, represented by her mother, filed a lawsuit in the United States D…
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
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
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
Summit Life Outreach Center Inc. v. James

1:24-cv-00741 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York

Filed Date: Aug. 7, 2024

In a case that raises significant First and Fourteenth Amendment concerns, citing violations of free speech and due process protections under the U.S. Constitution and brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, two anti-abortion pregnancy help organizations are challenging the New York Attorney General's enforcement of consumer protection statutes, arguing it unlawfully suppresses their speech. Two anti-abortion pregnancy help organizations sued the New York Attorney General for allegedly chilling their f…