- The U.S. Supreme Court today denied review in two Title VII religious discrimination cases in which petitioners sought to overturn the court’s decision in Trans World Airlines v. Hardison which allows an employer to refuse to accommodate an employee’s religious requirements if doing so would impose anything more than a de minimis cost.
- The U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a Seventh Day Adventist’s claim that Walmart wrongfully refused to accommodate his inability to work on Saturdays.
- Suit was filed in a New York federal district court by a couple who claim that the city’s public housing rules, which effectively limit the size of families that are eligible for apartments through the affordable housing lottery, operate to discriminate against Orthodox Jewish families.
- Suit was filed in a New York federal district court challenging the application of New York’s public accommodation law to a Christian wedding photographer on First Amendment grounds.
- A Michigan federal district court held that Wayne State University violated the free exercise, free speech, association and assembly rights of a Christian student organization (InterVarsity Christian Fellowship) when the University suspended the group’s status as a Recognized Student Organization because the group mandated that its leaders agree with InterVarsity’s “Doctrine and Purpose Statements,” “exemplify Christ-like character, conduct and leadership,” and describe their Christian beliefs.
- A British trial court held that the Equality Act 2010 and the European Convention on Human Rights were violated when banner ads for the Lancaster Festival of Hope were removed from public buses.
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