Combating Religious Discrimination And Protecting Religious Freedom

Cases and Briefs

Equal Access to Educational Opportunities

Hearn v. Muskogee, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, C.A. No. CIV 03 598-S (pending)

• Motion of the United States to Intervene as Plaintiff-Intervenor (pdf) (March 30, 2004)
• Press Release
• Complaint of the United States (pdf)
• United States' Memorandum of Law in Support of Summary Judgment (pdf version) (May 6, 2004)
• Consent Order (pdf)

Locke v. Davey, U.S. Supreme Court, No. 02-1315 (argued December 4, 2003)

• Brief for the United States as Amicus Curiae Supporting Respondent (pdf version)
• Decision of the Court, February 25, 2004 (pdf)

Westfield High School L.I.F.E. Club v. Westfield Public Schools, U.S. District Court, Massachusetts (Preliminary Injunction Granted, March 17, 2003)

• United States' Memorandum as Amicus Curiae in Support of Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction (pdf version)
• District Court Opinion and Order (pdf)

Donovan v. Punxsutawney Area School District, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, decided July 14, 2003

• Brief for the United States as Amicus Curiae in Support of Appellant (pdf version)
• Court of Appeals decision (pdf)

Equal Access to Government Controlled Property

Child Evangelism Fellowship of Southern California - Pomona Valley Chapter v. Lenz

• Brief for the United States as Amicus Curiae (pdf)

Barnes-Wallace v. Boy Scouts of America, U.S. District Court, Southern District of California

• Brief for the United States as Amicus Curiae (pdf)
• Press Release
  

Child Evangelism Fellowship of New Jersey v. Stafford Township School District, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, No. 03-1101 (argued September 11, 2003)

• Brief for the United States as Amicus Curiae (pdf)

Child Evangelism Fellowship of Maryland v. Montgomery County Public Schools , U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, No. 03-1534 (argued September 24, 2003)

• Brief for the United States as Amicus Curiae (pdf)

Bronx Household of Faith v. Board of Education of the City of New York, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, decided June 6, 2003

• Brief for the United States as Amicus Curiae in Support of Appellant (pdf version)
• Court of Appeals decision (pdf), reported at 331 F.3d 342

Campbell v. St. Tammany Parish School Board, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, decided July 30, 2003

• Brief of the United States as Amicus Curiae in Support of the Plaintiffs' Motion for Summary Judgment on Remand (pdf)

Religious Land Use Issues

United States v. Maui Planning Committee, No. CV:03-00362, complaint filed July 10, 2003

• Complaint of the United States
• Press Release

Midrash Sephardi v. Village of Surfside, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

• Brief for the United States as Amicus Curiae Supporting Appellant
• Court of Appeals Decision (pdf) (April 21, 2004)

Religious Rights of Institutionalized Persons

Oakley and Columbia Training Schools in Raymond and Columbia, Mississippi

• Findings Letter

Alexander Youth Services Center, Alexander, Arkansas

• Findings Letter