City settles suit alleging harassment, retaliation 
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: January 4, 2011
Tags: abuse, New York, religious discrimination, religious harassment, retaliation
Yorktown, N.Y. enters 2011 having settled a long-running lawsuit alleging anti-Semitic abuse and retaliation against an employee.
Can states be sued for damages under RLUIPA?
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: November 2, 2010
Tags: civil rights, religious discrimination, RLUIPA, sovereign immunity
WASHINGTON – The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court are pondering whether the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act authorizes private suits against states for monetary damages.
Suit alleges religious discrimination by store
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: September 13, 2010
Tags: California, religious discrimination
A federal agency has filed a lawsuit against Abercrombie & Fitch, claiming an 18-year-old woman who applied for a job at a California store was rejected because she wore a Muslim headscarf.
Federal employee can sue for retaliation
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: September 9, 2010
Tags: religious discrimination, retaliation, Title VII
A federal employee wasn’t barred from suing for retaliation by her failure to include in her lawsuit a related religious discrimination claim for which an administrative judge awarded damages, the D.C. Circuit has ruled in reversing a dismissal.
Job applicant with dreadlocks can’t get damages
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: August 30, 2010
Tags: religious discrimination, Title VII
A Rastafarian who claimed he didn’t get a job because of his dreadlocks can’t recover damages for religious discrimination, the 7th Circuit has ruled in affirming judgment.
Humanitarian agency can’t be sued for discrimination
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: August 25, 2010
Tags: religious discrimination, Title VII
Former employees of a faith-based humanitarian organization cannot sue for religious discrimination, the 9th Circuit has ruled in affirming a summary judgment.
Dress policy doesn’t violate Muslim employees’ rights
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: August 3, 2010
Tags: dress code, religious discrimination
An employer didn’t engage in religious discrimination by enforcing a dress policy that prevented female employees from wearing their Muslim head coverings, the 3rd Circuit has ruled in affirming judgment.
Medical center ordered to pay Muslim doctor $3.6M for discrimination
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: May 28, 2010
Tags: hospital, religious discrimination, Texas
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center should pay more than $3.6 million to a doctor who said he experienced discrimination and retaliation after resisting pressure to commit billing fraud, federal jurors in Dallas decided.
Suit alleges religious discrimination because of beard, turban
By:
Justin Rebello
Published: December 14, 2009
Tags: religious discrimination
A follower of the Sikh faith claims that a company at Indianapolis International Airport denied him a job as a shuttle bus driver because his faith dictates he wear a turban and a beard.
Mich. man files lawsuit after Nativity scene nixed
By:
Justin Rebello
Published: October 27, 2009
Tags: Michigan, religious discrimination
The Detroit Free Press reports that a man who for the past 63 years has placed a Nativity scene on a suburban Detroit median has filed a federal lawsuit after Baby Jesus was kicked to the curb.
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