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In the Matter of Brooklyn Assembly Halls of Jehovah's Witnesses, Inc. v. Dep't of Envtl. Prot. of the City of New York

Administrative Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Public Utilities, Tax-exempt Organizations, Water Law
In a petition seeking to force city water agencies to provide a statutorily-authorized exemption allowing petitioner-church free use of city water,...

Harkless v. Brunner

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Elections, Government Law, Tax-exempt Organizations
In an action brought by the voter-registration organization ACORN and two Ohio citizens alleging defendants-Ohio's Secretary of State and agency...

New v. Kroeger

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Tax-exempt Organizations
In an action arising out of a dispute concerning the governance of a member-church of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States (the...

Hughes v. Region VII Area Agency on Aging

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Tax-exempt Organizations
In an action claiming that defendants violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and retaliated against plaintiff's exercise of First Amendment...

Villegas v Gilroy Garlic Festival

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Tax-exempt Organizations
In a civil rights action against the City of Gilroy and the Gilroy Garlic Festival Association, alleging First Amendment violations involving the...

Montes v. Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law, Tax-exempt Organizations
In race-and national-origin-based employment discrimination claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, grant of summary judgment in favor...

American National Theatre & Academy v. American National Theatre Inc.

Entertainment Law, Tax-exempt Organizations
Denial of plaintiff-non-profit organization's motion to enjoin defendant organization from using a similar name is affirmed where 36 U.S.C. Section...

Golden Rain Foundation v. Franz

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Evidence, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax-exempt Organizations
Judgment finding plaintiff was an "association" subject to the Davis-Stirling Common Interest Development Act is affirmed where: 1) substantial...

BB&T Corp. v. U.S.

Tax Law, Tax-exempt Organizations
In a suit against the government for a tax refund originating from a "lease-in/lease-out" (LILO) transaction, summary judgment for the government is...

Platt Elec. Supply, Inc. v. EOFF Elec., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability, Tax-exempt Organizations
In an action alleging defendant, a non-profit consumer safety group, negligently misrepresented and fraudulently concealed that defective in-wall...