Court cases Archives

South Carolina Supreme Court justices discuss private school funding lawsuit

Sep 19, 2020

Meeting in person for oral arguments for the first time since the start of the coronavirus outbreak, the South Carolina Supreme Court heard arguments Friday over whether Gov. Henry McMaster has the power to direct $32 million in federal pandemic relief funds to private schools.

By Michelle Liu

Judges block Trump’s order to exclude some from census count

Sep 12, 2020

A panel of federal judges said President Donald Trump acted unlawfully with his order this summer to exclude immigrants without legal documentation from being counted in the 2020 census for the redrawing of congressional districts.

By Carol Zimmermann

Judge refuses to free ex-Green Beret accused of espionage, including spying on nuns

Aug 28, 2020

A federal magistrate judge in Virginia refused Thursday to free a former Army Green Beret who was arrested last week on a charge that he divulged U.S. military secrets to Russian intelligence agents.

By Associated Press

Court sides with Pfizer over religious discrimination suit

Aug 19, 2020

A former Pfizer employee who said she was fired for refusing a vaccine on religious grounds can’t proceed with a discrimination lawsuit because she waived that right, New Jersey’s Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in a decision two justices called potentially troubling for employee rights.

By David Porter

Satanists appeal ruling against right to give invocation

Mar 1, 2020

The Satanic Temple has appealed a judge’s decision ruling the city of Scottsdale did not discriminate against the temple when city officials blocked the group from giving an invocation before a council meeting in 2016.

By Associated Press

Federal appeals court now says Florida Latin cross can stay

Feb 21, 2020

Reversing its previous decision, a federal appeals court ruled Feb. 19 that a World War II-era cross can remain standing in a park in Pensacola, Florida, based on the Supreme Court’s decision last year about a similar cross on public property in Maryland.

By Carol Zimmermann

Appeals court says Catholic university not obligated to allow unionizing

Jan 29, 2020

A Jan. 28 decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington reversed a 2017 ruling by the National Labor Relations Board ordering a Pittsburgh Catholic university to bargain with its adjunct faculty group.

By Carol Zimmermann

Monks at Saint Anselm clash with college board over power

Jan 7, 2020

Monks at a Catholic college in New Hampshire faced off in court Monday against the school’s board of trustees in a dispute over an effort to limit the the monks’ power — a move some worry could lead to increased secularization.

By Michael Casey