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U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear lawsuit against UC-Hastings
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on December 7, 2009 to decide whether a public university can refuse to recognize a religious student group because the group requires its leaders to share its religious beliefs. On May 5, 2009, the CLS chapter at UC Hastings filed a petition for writ of certiorari in the Supreme Court, appealing the Ninth Circuit's ruling against CLS. The CLS chapter at UC Hastings challenges the law school's application of its nondiscrimination rules to forbid the group from limiting its officers and voting members to persons who agreed with CLS requirements of belief and conduct.
Suit brought funding, choice of leadership to Boise State student groups
Because of a lawsuit filed by attorneys with Christian Legal Society’s Center for Law & Religious Freedom and the Alliance Defense Fund,
Victory for California Lutheran high school
On January 26, 2009, the California Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court’s ruling that California Lutheran High School is a private religious school, therefore, California Lutheran is not a business establishment and not subject to regulation under the Unruh Act. Plaintiffs sued California Lutheran for violating state nondiscrimination law because it expelled students who engaged in same-sex sexual conduct.
Center and ADF move to intervene on behalf of medical associations in challenge of conscience rule
The Christian Legal Society’s Center for Law & Religious Freedom and the Alliance Defense Fund swiftly moved to intervene on January 22, 2009 to defend a federal regulation protecting the healthcare conscience rights of doctors from a lawsuit brought by several states, Planned Parenthood, and the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association (NFPRHA). The Center and ADF represent a group of professional medical associations including the Catholic Medical Association, the Christian Medical Association, and the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians & Gynecologists.