First Liberty Institute filed a federal lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan on behalf of The Tarrington Church after the Township of Windsor pursued a multi-year campaign to restrict or prevent the Church from engaging in religious activity in a church building where people have been gathering for nearly 60 years.
Twenty-two states, several religious organizations, including the American Hindu Jewish Congress, and victims of religious discrimination are among twelve “friend-of-the-court” briefs urging the Supreme Court of the United States to reverse a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit that upheld the Snohomish Regional Fire and Rescue (“SRFR”) department’s decision to refuse religious accommodation for eight firefighters known as the Snohomish Eight.
First Liberty Institute sent a letter to the City of Irvine, CA urging officials to cease penalizing local rabbi, Rafi Dadon, who hosts religious gatherings in his home to meet the religious needs of his family, neighbors, and friends.
Today, Rockwall County held a dedication ceremony as a permanent monument of the Ten Commandments was placed on the grounds of the historic, 1941 Rockwall County Courthouse.
First Liberty Institute and Jones Day reached a settlement with Loggers’ Run Association, a homeowners’ association, and its management company in Boca Raton, FL in a lawsuit filed against the HOA for its illegal, discriminatory, and antisemitic actions against Rabbi Naftaly Hertzel and his wife Henya.
First Liberty Institute, Troutman Pepper Locke LLP, and the Independence Law Center appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit a decision by Judge Wiegand of the Western District of Pennsylvania that upheld Collier Township’s refusal to grant permits for Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church’s expansion plans to construct a new shrine.
