...d announced that some members would perform animal sacrifices as part of private worship. Two weeks later, City adopted an ordinance prohibiting the "unnecessary killing of animals in a ritual or ceremony." The ordinance...
Citations: U.S. Const. amend. I, Employment Division v. Smith, Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. v. City of Hialeah
...twice a day; and to prepare students for a religious rite at the end of the school year. The school handbook described teachers as "partners in transmitting the faith." After a dispute with the principal, Faith Academy...
Citations: U.S. Const. amend. I, Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church & School v. EEOC, Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru
City bars all leafleting within 10 feet of the only narrow entrance to a crowded public park amphitheater during events, regardless of message. Speakers may leaflet elsewhere in the park and on surrounding sidewalks. Whi...
Citations: U.S. Const. amend. I, Ward v. Rock Against Racism
...ational courthouse technology program. The Attorney General used part of the appropriation to buy courtroom software from Vendor. Taxpayer sued in federal court, alleging that the appropriation was wasteful and exceeded...
Citations: Frothingham v. Mellon, Flast v. Cohen, Hein v. Freedom From Religion Foundation, Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife
A public elementary school denies all religious opt-outs from a set of storybook lessons that some parents say conflict with their religious obligations about childrearing. The same school allows opt-outs from comparable...
Citations: U.S. Const. amend. I, Wisconsin v. Yoder, Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, Mahmoud v. Taylor
...ls and prays by himself for less than a minute after games, after his official duties are over and without asking students to join. The district disciplines him solely because spectators can see that he is praying. Which...
Citations: U.S. Const. amend. I, Kennedy v. Bremerton School District
A religious school teacher has no ordination and teaches math most of the day, but she also leads daily prayer, teaches religion class, and prepares students for a religious ceremony. She sues after the school declines t...
Citations: U.S. Const. amend. I, Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church & School v. EEOC, Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru
City created a historic-preservation grant program for nonprofit owners of buildings more than 75 years old. Grants were awarded by objective criteria: structural need, public visibility, and matching funds. Recipients i...
Citations: U.S. Const. amend. I, Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Inc. v. Comer, Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue, Carson v. Makin
School District adopted a set of elementary-school storybooks addressing family life, identity, and inclusion. Several Muslim, Jewish, and Christian parents told District that certain books contradicted their religious o...
Citations: U.S. Const. amend. I, Wisconsin v. Yoder, Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, Mahmoud v. Taylor
...n to church-controlled charities only if they primarily serve members of their own faith or seek converts. A church-controlled homeless-services ministry serves all eligible persons without religious conditions because i...
Citations: U.S. Const. amend. I, Larson v. Valente, Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc. v. Wisconsin Labor & Industry Review Commission
State law exempts from an unemployment-tax program nonprofit organizations that are controlled by a church and operated primarily for religious purposes. Mercy Services is separately incorporated but controlled by a dioc...
Citations: U.S. Const. amend. I, Larson v. Valente, Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc. v. Wisconsin Labor & Industry Review Commission
A software company sued a former employee in Delaware Superior Court for breach of contract, trade secret misappropriation, and fraud. The court granted the employee's Rule 12(b)(6) motion on the contract claim without l...
Citations: Del. Supr. Ct. R. 6, Del. Supr. Ct. R. 42
...vices on equal terms. A related regulation provides that any business offering custom expressive products to the public may not refuse a requested design because it disagrees with the message. Mural Studio sells blank ar...
Citations: U.S. Const. amend. I, West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette, Hurley v. Irish-American Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Group of Boston, 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis
...tests Lukumi-style religious targeting. U.S. Const. amend. I, Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. v. City of Hialeah
Citations: U.S. Const. amend. I, Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. v. City of Hialeah
...under the Free Exercise Clause. U.S. Const. amend. I, Fulton v. City of Philadelphia
Citations: U.S. Const. amend. I, Fulton v. City of Philadelphia
...for religious schools. U.S. Const. amend. I, Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Inc. v. Comer, Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue, Carson v. Makin
Citations: U.S. Const. amend. I, Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Inc. v. Comer, Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue, Carson v. Makin
...workplace rule. The agency argues that the employee's interpretation of her faith is not shared by most members of the same religion and asks the court to decide whether her belief is doctrinally correct. Which statemen...
Citations: U.S. Const. amend. I, United States v. Ballard, Thomas v. Review Board
A public high school directs the senior class president to deliver an invocation written by the principal at graduation. The principal tells the student to keep it "broad and nonsectarian." Students may skip graduatio...
Citations: U.S. Const. amend. I, Lee v. Weisman, Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe
...rship services. A church challenges the rule because candles are part of its indoor services. Which statement is most accurate under the Free Exercise Clause? This question tests the Smith neutral-and-generally-applicabl...
Citations: U.S. Const. amend. I, Employment Division v. Smith
...eneralized grievances. Frothingham v. Mellon, Flast v. Cohen, Hein v. Freedom From Religion Foundation
Citations: Frothingham v. Mellon, Flast v. Cohen, Hein v. Freedom From Religion Foundation
...ause apartments border the area. The ordinance sets a base permit fee of $100. It also authorizes the police chief to add "security costs that the chief considers necessary based on expected public reaction." A controver...
Citations: U.S. Const. amend. I, Ward v. Rock Against Racism, Forsyth County v. Nationalist Movement
...unit, training on barcode scanning, and the hospital's investigation of the patient's incident. The notice also requested the policies and investigation file identified in the topics. The hospital produced a nurse manag...
Citations: Fed. R. Civ. P. 30(b)(6), 30(c), 34, 37, Del. Super. Ct. Civ. R. 30(b)(6), 34, 37
...juror is excused for hardship, and the prosecution presents two days of testimony. On the third day, a sitting juror is hospitalized after an accident. The trial judge obtains medical information, asks counsel about a c...
Citations: Arizona v. Washington, United States v. Perez, Oregon v. Kennedy, People v. Batts, Penal Code Section 1023
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