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Former CVS MinuteClinic Nurse Practitioner Reaches Settlement in Religious Discrimination Lawsuit

March 21, 2025 • Press Releases

 News Release For Immediate Release: 3.19.25 Contact: Peyton Drew, media@firstliberty.org Direct: 972-941-4453 Former CVS MinuteClinic Nurse Practitioner Reaches Settlement in Religious Discrimination Lawsuit Agreement ends federal lawsuit alleging religious discrimination for firing Gudrun Kristofersdottir after she asked for accommodation West Palm Beach, FL—First Liberty Institute and Boyden Gray PLLC today announced they reached a settlement […]

Texas Senate Passes Bill Requiring Classrooms to Display the Ten Commandments

March 20, 2025 • Press Releases

 News Release  For Immediate Release: 3.20.25 Contact: John Manning, media@firstliberty.org Direct: 972-941-4453 Texas Senate Passes Bill Requiring Classrooms to Display the Ten Commandments The bill is similar to those passed in other states that require privately funded, passive displays of the Ten Commandments in schools. Austin, TX—Last night, the Texas […]

Connecticut Teacher Ordered to Remove Crucifix from Workspace Files Title VII Complaint and Asks for Injunction to Prevent Further Retaliation

March 17, 2025 • Press Releases

First Liberty Institute and the law firm WilmerHale filed a motion for a preliminary injunction in federal court and a Title VII complaint with the EEOC against officials at the Consolidated School District of New Britain in Connecticut on behalf of 30-year veteran teacher Marisol Arroyo-Castro.

Mississippi Man Blocked from Suing City Over Civil Rights Violation Appeals to U.S. Supreme Court

March 14, 2025 • Press Releases

First Liberty Institute and attorneys with the law firm Gibson Dunn filed a petition at the Supreme Court of the United States today asking the Justices to reverse a lower court decision that bars Gabriel Olivier from challenging a Brandon, MS ordinance that prohibits religious speech on a public sidewalk near the city’s amphitheater.

Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters, Represented by First Liberty Institute, Filed Friend-of-the-court Brief at the Supreme Court Fighting Discrimination Against a Faith-based Charter School

March 12, 2025 • Press Releases

Washington, DC—Today, First Liberty Institute and the law firms Gibson Dunn and Spencer Fane filed a friend-of-the-court brief at the U.S. Supreme Court with Gibson Dunn representing First Liberty and First Liberty representing Ryan Walters, the Oklahoma Department of Education, and the Oklahoma Board of Education. The brief challenges the exclusion of religious schools from the state’s charter school program, thus violating the Free Exercise Clause.

U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Hear City of Stockton Fire Chief Ron Hittle’s Wrongful Termination Case

March 10, 2025 • Press Releases

News Release For Immediate Release: 3.10.25 Contact: John Manning, media@firstliberty.org Direct: 972-941-4453 U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Hear City of Stockton Fire Chief Ron Hittle’s Wrongful Termination Case Justices Thomas and Gorsuch dissented, arguing the Court should have taken case. Washington, D.C.—Today, the Supreme Court of the United States declined […]

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