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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
Christian Employers Alliance v. United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

1:25-cv-00007 | U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota

Filed Date: Jan. 15, 2025

This case is about two actions by the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) regarding gender identity and accommodations for abortion in the workplace. First, the EEOC published requirements and guidance on gender identity discrimination in the workplace. Specifically, the EEOC stated that discrimination based on gender identity constituted sex discrimination in violation of Title VII, and indicated that actions by an employer like misgendering, deadnaming, and unequal ba…

Case Is Ongoing

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
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
United States v. City of Troy, Idaho

3:25-cv-00262 | U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

Filed Date: May 20, 2025

[This summary is temporary while we research the case]. On May 20, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice sued the City of Troy, Idaho, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho, for religious discrimination.  The complaint alleged violations of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (“RLUIPA”), 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000cc–2000cc5, when the city enforced zoning rules to deny Christ Church a conditional use permit allowing it to operate a religious assembly in a Troy b…

Case Is Ongoing

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
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
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
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