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RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN FOCUS NEWSLETTERS
These newsletters provide updates about the Civil Rights Division’s work
combating religious discrimination.
Volume 88 (October 2020)
* Vermont’s Barring Parochial Student from College Course Program Violates
Constitution, Department of Justice Argues
* Federal Court Orders District of Columbia to Permit Church’s Outdoor Worship
Service
* San Francisco Changes “One Congregant” Rule for Places of Worship After DOJ
Calls it Unconstitutional
* Department of Justice Marks 20th Anniversary of Religious Land Use and
Institutionalized Persons Act with Comprehensive 20-Year Report
* Justice Department Settles Suit Over Borough’s Denial of Permit to Orthodox
Worship Center
* Justice Department Files Brief in Indiana Supreme Court Supporting Catholic
Archdiocese’s First Amendment Rights in Former High School Teacher’s Lawsuit
* Focus on Religious Hate Crimes
Volume 87 (July 2020)
* Justice Department Continues Efforts to Protect Worship From Unequal
Treatment in COVID-19 Restrictions
* Supreme Court Hands Downs Three Victories for Free Exercise of Religion at
End of Term
* RLUIPA Suit Filed Against Stafford County, Virginia, Over Blocking of Islamic
Cemetery
* Suit by Muslim Prisoners Seeking Religious Accommodation Should Proceed,
Brief Argues
Volume 86 (May 2020)
* Justice Department Sends Letter to California Governor Calling for Equal
Treatment of Religious Gatherings
* Justice Department Files Suit Against Jackson, New Jersey Alleging Zoning
Code Used to Keep Out Orthodox Jewish Schools and Residents
* North Lauderdale, Florida Changes Zoning Code to Equalize Treatment of Places
of Worship
* Missouri Man Indicted for Hate Crime and Arson Charges
* Rastafarian Prisoner Released From Solitary Confinement After Justice
Department Files Brief Supporting Religious Liberty Claim
Volume 85 (March 2020)
* United States Files Brief Supporting Muslim Prisoner’s Religious Liberty
Claim
* Department of Justice Files Statement of Interest Supporting Photographer’s
Free Speech Claim
* United States Suit Alleges Nebraska Village Improperly Blocked Church
* Louisiana Man Pleads Guilty to Burning Three Baptist Churches
* DOJ Closes Investigation After Virginia Retirement Community Permits
Religious Speech in Common Areas
Volume 84 (January 2020)
* United States Urges U.S. Supreme Court to Overturn “Blaine Amendments”
* Department of Education Issues Updated Guidance on Constitutionally Protected
Prayer in the Public Schools
* United States Files Statement of Interest in Georgia Hindu Temple Case
* United States Intervenes in Maryland Church Zoning Dispute to Defend
Constitutionality of RLUIPA
* New York Man Charged With Federal Hate Crimes for Machete Attack at Rabbi’s
Home
* United States Urges Supreme Court to Revisit Standard for Accommodating
Employees’ Religious Practices
Volume 83 (November 2019)
* United States Files Brief Explaining That Maryland Improperly Excluded
Christian School from Scholarship Program
* Colorado Man Charged with Federal Hate Crime for Plotting to Blow Up
Synagogue
* DOJ Closes Investigation After Wisconsin City Equalizes Treatment of Places
of Worship
* United States Files Brief in Buddhist Meditation Center Appeal
* Justice Department Files Brief in Maine School Choice Appeal
* DOJ Reaches Agreement With Virginia Department of Corrections Over Religious
Practice Policies
Volume 82 (September 2019)
* Justice Department Asks Indiana Court to Dismiss Former Teacher’s Suit
Against Archdiocese
* White House Symposium Addresses Security Issues for Places of Worship
* DOJ Files Supreme Court Brief in Montana Scholarship Case
* Justice Department Files Suit Alleging RLUIPA Violation in Denial of Islamic
Center
* Ohio Man Sentenced to 30 Months in Anti-Jewish Assault
Volume 81 (June 2019)
* Louisiana Man Charged with Federal Hate Crimes for Setting Fire to Three
Churches
* Place to Worship Initiative Looks Back at First Year
* Department of Justice Files Statement of Interest in Maine School Choice Case
* Chelan County, Washington Amends Zoning Code to Treat Places of Worship and
Secular Assemblies Equally
* Oregon Man Sentenced to 15 Months in Federal Prison for Threats to Eugene
Church
* Court Allows Church’s RLUIPA Equal Terms Case To Move Forward
Volume 80 (May 2019)
* California Man Charged With Federal Hate Crimes for Poway Synagogue Shooting,
Mosque Arson
* Vermont Improperly Barred Parochial Students From College Course Program,
United States Brief Argues
* Pryor Creek, Oklahoma Amends Zoning Code to Equalize Treatment of Places of
Worship
* Office of Personnel Management Finalizes Religious Comp Time Rule
* Settlement Reached in Islamic Cemetery Dispute
Volume 79 (April 2019)
* Court Orders Village to Allow Church to Meet in Commercial District
* Justice Department Files Statement of Interest Supporting Native American
Land Use Case
* Justice Department Files Statement of Interest in Michigan Church Zoning Case
* Court Dismisses Claim After Town Civic Center Guarantees Churches Equal
Access
* Wisconsin Man Sentenced for Threatening Jewish Community Center
Volume 78 (February 2019)
* Federal Court Agrees That University’s De-registering of Christian Student
Group Violated the First Amendment
* Court of Appeals Rules That Baltimore Church’s RLUIPA Claim May Proceed
* Long Beach Changes Zoning Code to Equalize Treatment of Places of Worship
* Update on Religious Hate Crimes
* Court Agrees With United States that Mosque’s RLUIPA Claim Should Proceed
Volume 77 (December 2018)
* Florida City Amends Zoning Code to Treat Places of Worship Equally With
Nonreligious Assemblies
* DOJ Files Brief Supporting Church’s Right to Rent Space at Community Center
* Focus on Religious Hate Crimes
* 25th Anniversary of RFRA Commemorated
* Department Closes Investigation After New Jersey Township Approves Church
Expansion
* DOJ Closes RLUIPA Investigation After Chicago Reaches Parking Agreement With
Church
* Department Provides Technical Assistance on Religious Accommodation at County
Detention Facility, Concludes Investigation
Volume 76 (September 2018)
* Federal Court Adopts DOJ’s Analysis, Allows Church’s RLUIPA Claim to Proceed
to Trial
* Attorney General Announces Creation of Religious Liberty Task Force at DOJ
Summit
* Department Closes Investigation in Response to Florida City Equalizing
Treatment of Religious and Nonreligious Land Uses
* DOJ Files Statement of Interest Supporting Hindu Association’s RLUIPA Suit
* Town Allows Land Sale to Church, Amends Ordinance, After DOJ Investigation
* Update on Religious Hate Crimes
Volume 75 (June 2018)
* Department of Justice Announces Place to Worship Initiative
* Department Files Suit Over Zoning Denial of New Jersey Synagogue Construction
* Supreme Court Rules that Colorado Civil Rights Commission Violated Free
Exercise Rights of Christian Baker Who Refused to Bake Cake for Same-Sex
Wedding
* Department Files Brief Supporting Church’s Expansion Efforts
* Three Men Convicted for Plotting to Bomb Somali Muslim Apartment and Mosque
in Kansas
* RLUIPA Investigation Closed after Corrections Department Modifies Policy
Regarding Native American Religious Ceremonies
Volume 74 (March 2018)
* Acting Assistant Attorney General John Gore Addresses Hate Crimes at Capitol
Hill Event
* Requiring Clergy Letter for Religious Accommodation Violated Title VII, Suit
Alleges
* Indictment in Jewish Community Center Threats
* Tampa, Florida Man Pleads Guilty to Threatening to Burn Down Home Being
Purchased by Muslim Family
* Justice Department Releases Religious Liberty Section For U.S. Attorneys’
Manual
Volume 73 (January 2018)
* President, Attorney General, Recognize Religious Freedom Day
* Department of Justice Files Amicus Brief in Montana School Choice Case
* Florida Man Sentenced in Islamic Center Threat Case
* Justice Department Defends Archdiocese of Washington’s Religious Liberty
Volume 72 (October 2017)
* City Amends Code to Treat Houses of Worship Equally With Other Places of
Assembly
* Florida Man Pleads Guilty to Obstructing Free Exercise of Religion
* Attorney General Issues Guidance On Federal Law Protections for Religious
Liberty
* Department of Justice Files Brief in Defense of Campus Free Speech
* Tennessee Men Charged in Mosque Vandalism
Volume 71 (September 2017)
* Acting Assistant Attorney General Highlights Prosecution of Hate Crimes in
Address at Virginia Mosque
* Civil Rights Division Marks 60th Anniversary
* Department of Justice Tells Supreme Court that First Amendment Forbids
Compelling Baker to Violate Conscience
* United States Resolves Suit Against Pennsylvania Township Over Denial of
Approval for Mosque
* Sewage Regulation is Land Use Regulation Under RLUIPA
* Florida Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Hate Crime and WMD Charge for Attempted
Attack on Synagogue
Volume 70 (May 2017)
* Arson Awareness Week Focuses on House of Worship Arson
* Senate Judiciary Committee Holds Hearing on Religious Hate Crimes
* Man Charged for Threatening Jewish Community Centers
* RLUIPA Applies to Sewage Permit Denial that Prevented Use of Property
as House of Worship
Volume 69 (March 2017)
* Justice Department and City Resolve RLUIPA Suit Over Mosque Denial
* Justice Department Closes Investigation After Zoning Change Allows Church to
Move Into New Facility
* Indictment in Catholic Church Arson
* Focus on Anti-Muslim Hate Crimes
Volume 68 (December 2016)
* DOJ Sends Letter to U.S. Mayors Highlighting RLUIPA
* Focus on Religion-Based Violence and Attacks on Places of Worship
* Consent Order Resolves Suit Over New York Church’s Efforts to Locate in
Commercial District
* Department of Justice Files Three RLUIPA Land-Use Cases Involving Mosques
* Consent Order Resolves Michigan Religious School Lawsuit
Volume 67 (August 2016)
* Justice Department Issues Report on Religion Roundtable Series
* Justice Department Issues Report on RLUIPA
* Justice Department Files RLUIPA Suit Against Pennsylvania Township that
Denied Zoning Approval for Mosque
* Appeals Court Rules Florida Prisons Must Provide Kosher Meals
* Florida Man Charged with Civil Rights Violations for Synagogue Bombing
Attempt
Volume 66 (May 2016)
* Jury Finds Twin Towns on Arizona Utah Border Discriminated Based on Religion
in Housing and Policing Practices
* Man Pleads Guilty to Forcibly Removing Muslim Woman’s Headscarf on Plane
* Guilty Plea in Case Related to Mother Emanuel AME Church shooting
* Trial Court Properly Required Prison to Accommodate Religious Beard and
Prayer Cap, Appeals Court Rules
* Kosher Meal Should be Available to Muslim Inmate, United States Argues
* U.S. Attorneys Hold Events Around Country on Countering Backlash Against
Muslim, Arab, Sikh, and South Asian Communities
Volume 65 (February 2016)
* Florida Man Pleads Guilty to Threat to Firebomb Mosques
* Civil Rights Division Closes Investigation After City Allows Churches in
Commercial Zones
* Florida City Removes Special Development Standards for Places of Worship;
Department of Justice Closes Investigation
* Department of Justice to Sponsor Roundtables on Religious Discrimination and
Religious Hate Crimes
* Civil Rights Division Participates in Workshop in Spain on Religious
Discrimination
Volume 64 (October 2015)
* Justice Department Files Suit Over Mosque Denial
* Department of Justice Closes Investigation After Village Zoning Change
Permits Church
* City of Norwalk Equalizes Treatment of Places of Worship in Response to DOJ
Investigation
* Civil Rights Division Participates in Webinar on Church Security in Wake of
Charleston Shootings
Volume 63 (June 2015)
* United States' Suit Alleging Systematic Religious Discrimination by Twin
Cities on Utah/Arizona Border May Proceed to Trial, Court Rules
* DOJ Closes Investigation of Virginia County After Rezoning Allows Church
Construction
* Supreme Court Clarifies Religious Accommodation Standard Under Title VII
* Georgia City Changes Zoning Ordinance to Treat Religious and Non-Religious
Assemblies Equally
* Florida Must Provide Kosher Meals for Prisoners, Court Rules
Volume 62 (January/February 2015)
* Inmate has Right to Wear Beard for Religious Purposes, Supreme Court Rules
* Consent Order Resolves Minnesota Prayer-Center Lawsuit
* Georgia School District Agrees to Settlement to Address Harassment Based on
Religion and National Origin
* RFRA Does Not Shield City Officials From Answering Questions About Religious
Discrimination, Court Rules
Volume 61 (October 2014)
* Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Prisoner RLUIPA Case
* Synagogue RLUIPA Suit Should Proceed, Appeals Court Rules
* Township Amends Zoning Code in Response to Investigation
* U.S. Settles Religious Accommodation Suit Against School District of
Philadelphia
* Convictions Reversed in Case of Attack on Amish Men and Women
* United States Files Suit Over Zoning Denial of Prayer Hall
* United States Dismisses Murfreesboro Mosque Case After Supreme Court Denies
Review
* Update: Utah Man Sentenced to 60 Months in Attack on Synagogue and Gun
Charges
Volume 60 (May 2014)
* Three Anti-Jewish Hate Crimes Prosecuted in April in Texas, Utah and New
Mexico
* Appeals Court Affirms Native American Religious Practice Under RLUIPA
* Georgia City Changes Zoning Ordinance to Treat Churches Equally With
Non-Religious Assemblies
* Justice Department Files Suit Against School District Over Failure to
Accommodate Muslim School Police Officer
* Georgetown Professor and DOJ Lawyer Engage Malaysians on Religious Freedom
Issues
Volume 59 (February 2014)
* Court Requires Kosher Meals for Florida Prisoners
* Court Approves Settlement in Sabbath Accommodation Suit
* Court Dismisses RLUIPA Appeal After Settlement
* RLUIPA Highlighted on Religious Freedom Day
* Civil Rights Division Participates in Workshop in Greece on Religious Liberty
Volume 58 (November 2013)
* Utah Man Charged with Firing Gun at Synagogue
* DOJ Settles Sabbath Accommodation Suit Against Birmingham Police Department
* Civil Rights Division Participates in Religious Liberty Conference in
Indonesia
* Indictment in Threat Against Synagogue
Volume 57 (July 2013)
* Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against Puerto Rico Police Department
* Guilty Plea in Attack on Sikh Taxi Driver
* Prison Officials Impermissibly Took Sides on Religious Doctrine Dispute,
Brief Contends
* DOJ Asks Court to Order Kosher Meals for Florida Prisoners
* Department of Justice Reaches Settlement With Georgia School District Over
Harassment of Sikh Student
* Virginia Teen, Charged as Adult, Sentenced in Church Arson
* Civil Rights Division Presents Workshop in Bosnia on Religious Liberty
Volume 56 (April 2013)
* Brewer, Maine Amends Zoning Code in Response to RLUIPA Investigation
* Update: Twenty-Year Sentence in Mosque Arson Case
* Washington Man Indicted on Federal Hate Crime Charge for Attack on Sikh Man
* Appeals Court Upholds Prisoner's Right to Wear Quarter-Inch Beard
* Agreement Reached to Resolve Mosque Construction Dispute in Lomita,
California
* United States Closes Investigation Over Access to Religious Literature After
County Jail Implements Changes
* Update: Sentencings in Attack on Amish Men and Women in Ohio
* Maryland Church's RLUIPA Rights May Have Been Violated, Appeals Court Rules
Volume 55 (January 2013)
* Assistant Attorney General Describes American Experience with Freedom of
Religion and Expression in Malaysia
* Guilty Plea in Toledo Mosque Arson
* Church Land Use Case Requires Totality of the Circumstances Approach, United
States Argues
* United States' Suit Alleging Religious Discrimination in Policing and Housing
Can Move Forward, Court Rules
* County Agrees to Let Church Building Project Move Forward, Resolving RLUIPA
Claims
Volume 54 (November 2012)
* Town Hall Meeting of Religious Organizations at Department of Justice
Addresses Religion-Based Hate Crimes
* Indiana Man Charged in Arson of Toledo-Area Mosque
* Church Harmed By Restrictive Zoning Law, Fifth Circuit Concludes
* Jury Convicts 16 for Attacks on Amish in Ohio
* Court Upholds South Dakota Native American Prisoners' Rights under RLUIPA
* Suit Alleging that City and Town Engaged in Systematic Religious
Discrimination Should Move Forward, United States Argues
Volume 53 (August 2012)
* Special Note: Responding to the Oak Creek Tragedy
* DOJ Files Suit Seeking Kosher Meals for Florida Prisoners
* Church Harmed By Restrictive Zoning Laws, United States Argues
* DOJ Wins Temporary Restraining Order in RLUIPA Suit, Allows Tennessee Mosque
to Open
Volume 52 (June 2012)
* City and Town Engaged in Systematic Religious Discrimination, Suit Alleges
* Texas Man Indicted for Bomb Threat to Tennessee Mosque
* Mosque's RLUIPA Suit Should Be Allowed to Go to Trial, United States' Brief
Argues
* Settlement Reached in Longstanding Religious Discrimination Suit Against New
York City Transit Authority
* Church's RLUIPA Lawsuit Should Move Forward, Brief Argues
Volume 51 (April 2012)
* Trial Court Erred in Ruling Against Church in RLUIPA Case, Appeals Brief
Argues
* Neighbor Veto for Churches Violates RLUIPA, Brief Argues
* Brief Filed in Prisoner RLUIPA Case
* Update: Four More Indicted in Attack on Amish in Ohio
Volume 50 (January 2012)
* Prisoners Gain Access to Religious Materials, Resolving DOJ Lawsuit
* Brief Filed Supporting Lower Court in Prison RLUIPA Case
* Twelve Indicted in Attacks on Amish
* Update: Third Main Sentenced in Massachusetts Church Arson
Volume 49 (October 2011)
* RLUIPA Investigation Closed After Town Allows Church to Meet and Amends
Zoning Code
* Consent Decree Requires Religious Accommodation for Teacher
* Religious Exemption Applies to Faith-Based Programs, Appeals Court Rules
* Consent Decree Reached in Virginia Mosque Dispute
Volume 48 (August 2011)
* Oregon Man Indicted for Mosque Arson
* Former TSA Employee Pleads Guilty to Assault on Elderly Somali Muslim Man
* DOJ Reaches Settlement in Georgia Mosque Dispute
* Court Order Resolves DOJ Suit Over Buddhist Worship Center
* Department of Justice Files Briefs Defending the Constitutionality of RLUIPA
Volume 47 (July 2011)
* City Improperly Excluded Church From Downtown District, Appeals Court Rules
* Jewish Congregation Wins Right to Locate in Los Angeles Neighborhood
* Constitutionality of RLUIPA Upheld in Connecticut Synagogue Case
* Guilty Plea in Attack on Sikh Man in Odessa, Texas
* Tennessee Court Dismisses Suit Against County That Allowed Mosque Project
Volume 46 (May 2011)
* Conviction in Massachusetts Church Burning
* Civil Rights Division Closes Investigation of Unequal Treatment of Florida
Church in Response to Zoning Change
* Civil Rights Division Closes Frederick, Maryland, RLUIPA Investigation After
Zoning Law Amended to Treat Religious Assemblies Equally
* Consent Decree Entered in Jewish Boarding School Case
* United States Files Brief Supporting Los Angeles Synagogue in Long-Running
RLUIPA Dispute
* Fair Housing Act Covers Homeless Shelters, but Religious Exemption Applies to
Faith Based Program, United States Argues
* Justice Department Files Suit to Protect Prisoners' Access to Religious Texts
* Brief Filed in Kosher Meal Case
* Civil Rights Division Files RLUIPA Brief Supporting Native American Prisoners
in Alabama
Volume 45 (March 2011)
* DOJ Files RLUIPA Suit on Behalf of Sikh Inmate
* Court Holding Facility is Covered by RLUIPA, En Banc Court Rules
* Sentencing in Ohio Church Arson
* Texas Man Pleads Guilty in Arson of Mosque Playground
* Guilty Pleas in California Synagogue and Church Vandalism Case
* Sentencing in Alabama Synagogue Desecration Case
* Exhaustion of Remedies not Required Under RLUIPA, Court Holds in Buddhist
Worship Center Case
* Los Angeles Zoning Decision Against Jewish Congregation May be Reviewed in
RLUIPA Suit, Federal Court Holds
Volume 44 (December 2010)
* United States Sues School Over Refusal to Accommodate Teacher's Pilgrimage
* Court Rejects Neighbors’ Challenge that Mosque is not a Place of Worship
* United States Files Brief in Long-Running RLUIPA Case in Los Angeles
* United States Settles Discrimination Suit Involving Religious Headscarf
* Massachusetts Man Sentenced for Church Arson
Volume 43 (September 2010)
* Indictment in Ohio Church Arson
* Justice Department Files RLUIPA Discrimination Lawsuit Against California
City
* Consent Decree Reached in Religious Discrimination Suit Against Restaurant
* Justice Department Marks Tenth Anniversary of RLUIPA, Issues Policy Statement
Volume 42 (June 2010)
* Consent Decree Allows Jewish Shabbos House to Remain in Village
* Guilty Pleas In Massachusetts Church Arson Case
* DOJ Investigation Closed After Oregon Repeals Religious Clothing Ban
* Last Two Defendants Sentenced in Tennessee Mosque Arson
* Guilty Plea in Alabama Synagogue Desecration; Sentencing Set
Volume 41 (March 2010)
* Federal Court Permits Religious Headscarf Accommodation Suit to Proceed
* Investigation of Zoning Denial of Buddhist Temple Closed After Settlement
* Update on Sentencings in Tennessee Mosque Arson
Volume 40 (Fall 2009)
* Third Guilty Plea In Tennessee Mosque Arson
* DOJ Closes Inquiry After Georgia Courts Change Religious Headcoverings Policy
* City’s Old Town District Cannot Exclude Religious Organizations, U.S. Appeals
Brief Argues
* United States Settles Homeowners’ Insurance Discrimination Case
Volume 39 (June - July 2009)
* Suit Filed Against County that Barred Corrections Worker from Wearing
Headscarf
* “Shabbos House” Suit May Proceed, Court Rules
* Catholic Prisoner Had Right to Vegetarian Diet, Appeals Court Rules
Volume 38 (March - May 2009)
* Fair Housing Act Covers Allegations in Mezuzah Suit, United States Tells En
Banc Seventh Circuit
* United States’ Religious Discrimination Case on Behalf of New York City
Transit Workers Should Move Forward, Brief Argues
* Justice Department Settles Housing Discrimination Suit Against New Jersey
Apartment Complex
Volume 37 (January/February 2009)
* Civil Rights Division Settles Religious Discrimination Suit Against
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
* DOJ Settles Suit Alleging Zoning Discrimination By Nashville Against
Faith-Based Substance Abuse Program
* Indictments in Massachusetts Election-Night Church Arson
* United States Says Court Erred in Dismissing Mezuzah Fair Housing Suit
Volume 36 (November 2008)
* Guilty Pleas in Tennessee Mosque Arson
* DOJ Suit Alleging Village’s Discrimination Against Jewish Boarding Schools
May Move Forward, Court Rules
* DOJ Files Lawsuit Against the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and
Davidson County for Religious and Disability Discrimination
Volume 35 (September/October 2008)
* Civil Rights Division Files Religious Discrimination Suit Against Washington
Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
* Civil Rights Division Files Brief Supporting Catholic Prisoner’s Right to
Vegetarian Diet
* Guilty Pleas Entered for Interference with Massachusetts Muslim Families’
Housing Rights
* North Carolina Man Pleads Guilty to Sending for Email Threats To Islamic and
Latino Organizations
* Keynote Address Explores Relationship of Religious Liberty and Religious
Diversity in America
Volume 34 (July/August 2008)
* Former State Department Employee Receives Prison Sentence for Threats Against
Arab-American Institute Employees
* State May Not Discriminate Against Religious Universities in Scholarship
Program, Appeals Court Rules
* Revised Decision Issued in San Diego Boy Scout Case; Second Rehearing
Petition Filed
Volume 33 (May/June 2008)
* Guilty Plea in Anti-Christian Arson Case
* Boston Man Indicted for Threat Against Iranian Woman
* DOJ Closes RLUIPA Investigation After City Amends Zoning Code and Allows
Church to Meet in Former Moose Lodge
Volume 32 (March/April 2008)
* Civil Rights Charges Brought in Tennessee Mosque Arson Case
* School Board Unlawfully Discriminated Against Church’s Speech, Brief Argues
* DOJ Closes RLUIPA Investigation After Illinois Village Allows Mosque
Expansion
* Final First Freedom Project Regional Seminar for 2008 Slated for Boston
Volume 31 (January/February 2008)
* Three Men Charged in Tennessee Mosque Burning
* Boston Man Pleads Guilty to Lying to FBI in Jewish Bias Attack Case
* Justice Department Settles Muslim Corrections Officer Religious Liberty Case
* Consent Decree Entered Requiring Equal Treatment of Religious Institutions
* Religious Freedom Seminar to be Held in Atlanta
Volume 30 (December 2007)
* DOJ Closes RLUIPA Investigation After County Allows Church’s Adult Education
Classes to Continue
* West Virginia to Allow Scholarship Deferment for Student Missionary
* Third Circuit Clarifies RLUIPA’s “Equal Terms” Provision
* First Freedom Seminar to be Held in Washington, D.C. on January 30
Volume 29 (November 2007)
* Oregon White Supremacist Sentenced for Rock Attack on Synagogue
* Sentencing in Philadelphia Workplace Threat Case
* Seventh Circuit Rules Church Must Be Permitted to Locate in Commercial Zone
on Same Basis As Secular Assemblies
* New York Village Ban on Shabbos House Violates RLUIPA, DOJ Argues
* Upcoming First Freedom Project Seminars
Volume 28 (October 2007)
* Second Circuit Finds Jewish School’s Rights Were Violated in Zoning Permit
Denial, Upholds Constitutionality of RLUIPA
* Federal Court Rules Taking of Mosque’s Land May Violate RLUIPA
* "Pervasively Sectarian" Scholarship Ban Conflicts with Constitution, Brief
Argues
* Religious Freedom Seminar Slated for Los Angeles
Volume 27 (August/September 2007)
* Consent Decree Entered in Florida Sabbath Accommodation Case
* Mormon Scholarship Recipient Denied Equal Treatment, Brief Argues
* Zoning Authorities Cannot Bar Church From Zone Where Secular Assemblies Are
Permitted, United States Argues to Seventh Circuit
* Registration Still Open for September 19 Religious Freedom Seminar in Chicago
Volume 26 (June/July 2007)
* Philadelphia Woman Pleads Guilty to Sending Threat to Muslim Supervisor
* Township’s Taking of Mosque’s Property Implicates RLUIPA, United States
Argues
* Second Circuit Sends Bronx Household of Faith Back to Lower Court
* First Freedom Project Seminar to be Held in Chicago
Volume 25 (May 2007)
* Civil Rights Division Settles Muslim Student Prayer Case
* Settlement Reached in Wisconsin Student Fees Case
* Criminal Charges Filed Over Workplace Threat Targeting Muslim-American Woman
* Next First Freedom Project Seminars Announced
Volume 24 (April 2007)
* Oregon White Supremacist Sentenced to 11 Years in Synagogue Attack
* Indianapolis Must Give Equal Treatment to Churches in Commercial District,
Civil Rights Division Argues
* Seventh Circuit Dismisses Challenge to Boy Scout Jamboree at Fort A.P. Hill
* Tampa Seminar Draws Diverse Audience
Volume 23 (March/April 2007)
* DOJ Sues New York Corrections Department Over Refusal to Make Religious
Accommodations
* Assistant Attorney General Kim Argues For Expansive Reading of RLUIPA’s
Anti-Discrimination Protections
* Inaugural First Freedom Project Regional Seminar Held in Kansas City
* DOJ Closes RLUIPA Investigation After Church Obtains Zoning Approval
Volume 22 (January/February 2007)
* Attorney General Announces New DOJ Initiative: The First Freedom Project
* California School District Modifies Policies to Permit Excused Absences for
Religious Holidays
* Ninth Circuit Certifies Boy Scouts Case to California Supreme Court, But
Petition for En Banc Rehearing is Pending
Volume 21 (November/December 2006)
* Censoring Religious Song at School Talent Show Unconstitutional, Federal
Court Rules
* Settlement Reached in Church Eminent Domain Case
* United States Brief Argues That Village Interfered with Orthodox Jews’
Religious Obligation to Visit the Sick
* United States Files Brief to Protect Florida Zoning Discrimination Settlement
Volume 20 (October 2006)
* United States Files Civil Rights Suit Over Village Barring of Orthodox Jewish
Shabbos House
* Michigan Court Finds that School Discriminated Against Student’s Religious
Speech
* Appeals Court Rules that Public Library May Exclude Religious Group Seeking
Equal Access to Community Room
Volume 19 (August/September 2006)
* Guilty Pleas, Sentencing in Synagogue Attack Case
* Ninth Circuit Rules Sikh Congregation’s Rights Violated by Zoning Action;
Upholds Constitutionality of RLUIPA
* Consent Decree Reached in Ohio Religious Accommodation Suit
* DOJ Files RLUIPA Brief in Jewish Day School Case
Volume 18 (June/July 2006)
* Consent Decree Reached in Synagogue Discrimination Case
* DOJ Defends Student’s Right to Sing Religious Song
* DOJ Files Brief Clarifying the Equal Terms Provision of RLUIPA
* DOJ Again Supports Bronx Household of Faith’s Appeal to the Second Circuit
Volume 17 (April/May 2006)
* Appeals Court Reinstates Sabbath Accommodation Suit
* Florida Court Permits Synagogue Discrimination Suit to Go Forward
* Seizing Churches’ Land Through Zoning Plan Can Violate RLUIPA, Brief Argues
* Georgia Church Project Approved; Civil Rights Division Closes Investigation
into 3-Acre Restriction for Churches
* Religious Bias Crime Update
Volume 16 (February/March 2006)
* Civil Rights Division Argues Boy Scouts Can Participate in City Lease
Program; Acknowledgment of God Does Not Make Scouts a Religious Organization
* Guilty Plea, Sentencings in Bias Crime Cases
* City Reverses Course and Allows Church to Build After DOJ Opens Investigation
* Hearing Held in RLUIPA Case Alleging Discrimination Against Hasidic Jews
Volume 15 (December 2005/January 2006)
* Indiana School District Agrees to Give Students Excused Absences for
Religious Holidays
* Guilty Plea in Temple Attack
* Consent Decree Reached in Housing Harassment Case
* Division Supports Equal Access to Library Community Room
* Brief Contends that Higher Education Scholarship Program Unconstitutionally
Discriminates Against Religion
Volume 14 (October/November 2005)
* Salvation Army’s Government Contracts Do Not Waive its Religious Freedom
Protection, Court Rules
* DOJ Obtains Consent Decree in Bus Driver Religious Accommodation Case
* Federal Court Permanently Bars New York City School Board’s Discrimination
Against Religious Speech
* Guilty Pleas in Detroit Mosque Threat Cases
* United States Argues that Boy Scout Jamboree at Fort A.P. Hill Does Not
Violate Constitution
* United States Urges Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to Uphold
Constitutionality of RLUIPA
Volume 13 (August/September 2005)
* Suit Alleges Religious Discrimination in Ohio Union Fee Rules
* Division Defends Student’s Right to Observe Religious Holidays
* Guilty Plea in Washington Cross Burning
Volume 12 (June/July 2005)
* Supreme Court Upholds Constitutionality of RLUIPA
* Sentencing in Firebomb Attack on Mosque
* DOJ Suit Alleges Township Discriminated Against Jewish School
* Town Changes Ordinance that Discriminated Against Churches in Response to DOJ
Investigation
* Brief Filed in Sabbath Accommodation Case
* New Religious Freedom Publications Available from the Department of Justice
Volume 11 (April/May 2005)
* DOJ Asks Court to Permanently Bar New York Public Schools From Religious
Discrimination
* Sentencing in Cemetery Desecration Case
* Civil Rights Division Suit Claims Florida City Discriminated Against
Synagogue
Volume 10 (March 2005)
* Community College Reverses Ban on The Passion of the Christ After DOJ
Intervention
* Civil Rights Division Settles Muslim Student Harassment Case
* Civil Rights Division Defends Michigan Student’s Religious Expression in
“Candy-Cane” Case
* Maui to Permit Church Construction; Suit Dismissed at U.S. Request
Volume 9 (January/February 2005)
* Civil Rights Division Supports Boy Scouts' Right to Use Parkland
* Seventh Circuit RLUIPA Victory
* Brief Filed in Florida School Choice Case
* Civil Rights Division Closes Investigation After City Grants Synagogue Permit
* Religious Bias Crimes Update
Volume 8 (November/December 2004)
* Texas City Agrees to Equal Access for Religious Groups
* California Court Holds Religious-Speech Fee Unconstitutional
* Morton Grove, IL, Grants Special Use Permit for School After DOJ Mediation
* Supplemental Brief Filed In Salvation Army Case
* Focus on Religious Bias Crimes
Volume 7 (October 2004)
* Federal Appeals Court Upholds Equal Access for New Jersey Good News Club
* Civil Rights Division Defends California Good News Club's Right to Equal
Access
* Civil Rights Division Files Religious Discrimination Suit Against New York
MTA
* Follow-Up: Guilty Plea in Mosque E-mail Threat Case
Volume 6 (August/September 2004)
* Civil Rights Division Defends Constitutionality of Salvation Army Programs
* Texas City Council Changes Course and Permits Church Construction After DOJ
Investigation
* Civil Rights Division Files Brief in RLUIPA Appeal
* Civil Rights Division Files Title VII Suit Against Los Angeles Transportation
Authority for Failure to Accommodate Sabbath
Volume 5 (June/July 2004)
* Court Upholds Right of Good News Clubs to Distribute Flyers and Permission
Slips
* Guilty Pleas in Church Desecration Case
* Supreme Court Reverses Lower Court Invalidation of Pledge, Sidesteps
Constitutionality Question
* Brief Filed in Support of Congregation in Land-Use Dispute
* Morton Grove, IL, Settles Lawsuit with School After DOJ Mediation
Volume 4 (May 2004)
* Court Enters Consent Decree Guaranteeing Muslim Girl's Right to Wear
Headscarf to School
* Appeals Court Rules Florida City Discriminated Against Orthodox Jewish
Congregations
* USA PATRIOT Act Leads to Arrest in Bias Crime Against El Paso Mosque
* Conviction of Tallahassee Mosque Attacker Upheld
Volume 3 (April 2004)
* Civil Rights Division Intervenes in Suit to Protect Muslim Student's Right to
Wear Headscarf to Public School
* Constitutionality of Church-Arson Prevention Act Upheld
* Civil Rights Division Anticipates Decisions in Two Good News Club Cases
Volume 2 (March 2004)
* Civil Rights Division Submits Brief Defending the Boy Scouts' Right to Use
City Land in San Diego; Court Refuses to Accept it
* Civil Rights Division Brief Defends Constitutionality of Title VII
* Civil Rights Division Closes Pennsylvania Religious Zoning Discrimination
Investigation
* Church Arson Act's Constitutionality Defended
* Supreme Court Reverses Ninth Circuit in Locke v. Davey
Volume 1 (February 2004)
* Title VII's Religious Accommodation Provisions Vindicated
* Seniors May Pray Again at Texas Senior Center
* Division Argues that Town Violated Rights of Orthodox Jewish Congregations
* Focus on RLUIPA
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