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Now that sex abuse victim claims have all been filed (see prior posting) in the bankruptcy proceedings of the the Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee, the Archdiocese reports that in bankruptcy court proceedings on Feb. 9: The judge ruled that the claimants could no longer bring a negligence claim against the archdiocese.  It also found that the [...]

In Pakistan, the Lahore High Court is hearing a lawsuit seeking a permanent ban in the country on access to the social netwrking site Facebook because it has hosted a page titled “2nd Annual Draw Muhammad Day-May 20, 2011.” According to Pakistan Today, yesterday, the court issued a temporary order while the case is pending, [...]

Yesterday’s Wisconsin State Journal reports that the Freedom from Religion Foundation has filed suit in a Wisconsin federal district court to challenge the constitutionality of Sec. 107 of the Internal Revenue Code which allows clergy to exempt their cost of housing from income for federal tax purposes. (Background.)  It claims that the exemption violates the [...]

Liberty Counsel announced today that it has filed a lawsuit in New York asking a state court to declare the state’s Marriage Equality Act void and to declare void any same-sex marriages that have taken place under the Act. (See prior posting.) The complaint (full text) in New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms v. New York [...]

The New York Times reports that a state trial court on Friday dismissed a lawsuit by a former fire fighter who is attempting to prevent the construction of an Islamic community center in lower Manhattan near “Ground Zero”. (See prior posting.) Plaintiff Timothy Brown was attempting to overturn a decision by the New York City [...]

In Kubala v. Hartford Roman Catholic Diocesan, 2011 Conn. Super. LEXIS 1260 (CT Super. Ct., May 20, 2011), a Connecticut state trial court dismissed a lawsuit brought against a Catholic priest, his church and the Hartford Diocese seeking damages for injuries plaintiff received when, during a Catholic Charismatic Renewal healing service, she was physically injured. [...]

The Austin Statesman reported yesterday that the Austin (TX) Capital Area Rural Transportation System has settled a lawsuit against it by a bus driver who was fired after he refused to transport two women to a Planned Parenthood clinic because he thought he might be taking them to have an abortion. The bus system provides [...]

A lawsuit was filed in federal district court in Los Angeles last week on behalf of a 5th-grade student challenging Superior Street Elementary School’s school’s policy of barring acts with religious messages from the school’s annual talent show sponsored by the PTA. The complaint (full text) in B.H. v. Garcia, (CD CA, filed 1/28/2011), alleges that [...]

Today’s Mount Vernon (OH) News reports that on Thursday, Ohio middle school science teacher John Freshwater and his wife filed a stipulation along with the Mount Vernon (OH) school board asking an Ohio federal court to dismiss Freshwater’s religious discrimination and other claims. Freshwater was fired for posting copies of the Ten Commandments in his [...]

The Canwest suit lists a print shop and Mordecai as named defendants, and then pads the list out with six unnamed defendants: John Doe #1, John Doe #2, John Doe #3, and Jane Doe #1, Jane Doe #2, Jane Doe #3. While ostensibly centering on a commercial violation of trade mark, the charges read like [...]