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Cannan Taiwanese Christian Church v. All World Mission Ministries

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax-exempt Organizations
In an unlawful detainer action between two non-profit religious organizations, trial court's order compelling defendant's pastor, who was not a party...

Mount Hope Church v. Bash Back!

Attorney's Fees, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Sanctions, Tax-exempt Organizations
In a religious organization's suit against a subdivision of a national anarchist group under the federal Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act and...

Lefemine v. Wideman

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Tax-exempt Organizations
In plaintiffs' section 1983 suit against several police officers alleging that the prohibition of carrying pictures of aborted fetuses during their...

Ruiz-Diaz v. US

Tax-exempt Organizations, Constitutional Law, Immigration Law
In a suit brought by non-citizen religious workers and their employers challenging a Justice Department regulation governing the process by which...

Fortress Bible Church v. Feiner

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax-exempt Organizations
In plaintiffs' suit alleging violations of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (RLUIPA) over a longstanding land-use...

Soc'y of the Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Inc. v. Archibishop Gregory of Denver

Intellectual Property, Copyright, Tax-exempt Organizations
In a dispute between two monasteries for copyright infringement of a religious text, district court's judgment in favor of the plaintiff is affirmed,...

Headley v. Church of Scientology Int'l

Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law, Tax-exempt Organizations
In a suit by two former ministers against the Church of Scientology claiming they were forced to provide labor in violation of the Trafficking Victims...

The Real Truth About Abortion v. Federal Election Commission

Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law, Tax-exempt Organizations
In an action by a Virginia non-profit corporation organized under section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code to provide "accurate and truthful...

Veterans for Common Sense v. Shinseki

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Health Law, Military Law, Tax-exempt Organizations
In a suit brought by two nonprofit veterans organizations against the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Ninth Circuit en banc holds: 1) the district...

Ralphs Grocery Co. v. Missionary Church of the Disciples of Jesus Christ

Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax-exempt Organizations
In a trespass suit brought by a grocery store against a church soliciting donations in front of the store, summary judgment in favor of the store is...