News Release For Immediate Release: 3.27.26 Contact: John Manning, media@firstliberty.org Direct: 972-941-4453 Appeals Court Agrees: Church Can Challenge Texas Utility District’s Levying Excessive Fees During Construction Project The case returns to trial court to consider claims under the First Amendment and the Texas Religious Freedom Restoration Act. The Woodlands, TX— […]
First Liberty Institute and the law firm Sturgill Turner filed a charge of discrimination with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) against local Louisville coffee shop chain, Heine Brothers, on behalf of former employee and current college student, Paige Rogers.
First Liberty Institute and the law firms Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP and Michael Best & Friedrich LLP submitted a brief on behalf of The Summit Church-Homestead Heights Baptist Church (Chatham, NC) asking the court to uphold the district court’s decision applying the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (“RLUIPA”) to bar a county’s decision to unfairly deny the church’s building plans.
Today, a federal lawsuit was filed against the Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board (“SCSB”) by the National Ben Gamla Jewish Charter School Foundation after the board rejected Ben Gamla’s application for a state charter school.
Representing the Tarrant County Commissioners Court, First Liberty Institute sent a letter to the Freedom from Religion Foundation (“FFRF”) affirming that a permanent monument of the Ten Commandments placed on the grounds of the historic, 1895 Tarrant County Courthouse is constitutional.
Attorneys with First Liberty Institute and Jones Day filed a motion for preliminary injunction on behalf of The Mission Church and The Christian & Jewish Alliance, an interfaith organization in the San Diego area, seeking protection from hostile agitators affiliated with Code Pink who have disrupted several worship services.
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