Overlawyered » religious discrimination http://overlawyered.com Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:22:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 “No Muslim student at Catholic University has registered a complaint…” http://overlawyered.com/2011/11/no-muslim-student-at-catholic-university-has-registered-a-complaint/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/11/no-muslim-student-at-catholic-university-has-registered-a-complaint/#comments Mon, 07 Nov 2011 12:14:19 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=25524 While a publicity-seeking lawprof has been stirring the pot, it’s by no means clear that any actual Catholic U. students consider it intolerably irksome to pray in a room with a cross. [PJ Media "Tatler", earlier]

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2011/11/no-muslim-student-at-catholic-university-has-registered-a-complaint/feed/ 1 “Nobody held a gun to their head and made them enroll at a school called CATHOLIC University” http://overlawyered.com/2011/10/nobody-held-a-gun-to-their-head-and-made-them-enroll-at-a-school-called-catholic-university/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/10/nobody-held-a-gun-to-their-head-and-made-them-enroll-at-a-school-called-catholic-university/#comments Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:25:09 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=25315 Welcome Prof. Bainbridge readers: The Washington, D.C. Office of Human Rights is investigating Catholic U. for, among other alleged offenses, “not providing [some Muslim students] rooms without Christian symbols for their daily prayers.” Like a legal complaint against the same institution for reinstating single-sex dormitories, this one has been advanced by inveterate publicity hound and George Washington U. lawprof John Banzhaf, whose antics we have discussed often in the past (though not much recently, since he actually seems to like the attention); a few highlights here, here, and here.

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2011/10/nobody-held-a-gun-to-their-head-and-made-them-enroll-at-a-school-called-catholic-university/feed/ 14 October 28 roundup http://overlawyered.com/2011/10/october-28-roundup-2/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/10/october-28-roundup-2/#comments Fri, 28 Oct 2011 05:32:57 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=24992
  • Self-parody watch: Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Ct.) wants federal program to dispense free diapers [Fox News]
  • Trial-lawyer-friendly Florida Supreme Court could strike down state’s 2003 malpractice limits [Orlando Business Journal]
  • Don’t forget to thank Wal-Mart lobbyists for that debit fee charge [Mark Perry]
  • “Should insurers [be compelled by law to] pay for eating disorders?” [NYT "Room for Debate"]
  • Texas man drops suit against former fiancee [Above the Law]
  • “$75,000 Settlement for Muslim Teacher Denied 19 Days’ Unpaid Leave for Hajj (Pilgrimage to Mecca)” [Volokh]
  • Epidemiology for hire: “The Texas Sharpshooter Goes Free Range” [David Oliver]
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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/10/october-28-roundup-2/feed/ 3     Long hair as religious accommodation http://overlawyered.com/2011/08/long-hair-as-religious-accommodation/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/08/long-hair-as-religious-accommodation/#comments Fri, 05 Aug 2011 05:16:13 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=24157 Taco Bell finds itself at odds with the EEOC. [Jon Hyman]

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/08/long-hair-as-religious-accommodation/feed/ 14     “Bus driver who refused to take women to Planned Parenthood gets $21K in settlement” http://overlawyered.com/2011/05/bus-driver-who-refused-to-take-women-to-planned-parenthood-gets-21k-in-settlement/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/05/bus-driver-who-refused-to-take-women-to-planned-parenthood-gets-21k-in-settlement/#comments Mon, 02 May 2011 13:53:13 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=22820 When an employee decides he doesn’t feel like fulfilling his job requirements, you might need to accommodate him, or be prepared to pay. [Steven Kreytak, Austin American-Statesman]

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/05/bus-driver-who-refused-to-take-women-to-planned-parenthood-gets-21k-in-settlement/feed/ 16     Great moments in school-speech litigation http://overlawyered.com/2011/04/great-moments-in-school-speech-litigation/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/04/great-moments-in-school-speech-litigation/#comments Thu, 14 Apr 2011 12:24:11 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=22521 Ohio: “A family with an extensive history of legal action against a number of school districts and municipalities has filed a $1 million civil lawsuit against Middletown City Schools. Orlando Bethel — who refers to himself as a fire and brimstone preacher in court documents, and his wife, Glynis — filed the action Friday in Cincinnati federal court after one of their three children, Zoe, wore a T-shirt at the high school proclaiming ‘god hates (expletive)’ and ‘repent or burn in hell.’” [Dayton Daily News]

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/04/great-moments-in-school-speech-litigation/feed/ 6     March 24 roundup http://overlawyered.com/2011/03/march-24-roundup-3/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/03/march-24-roundup-3/#comments Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:53:43 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=22219
  • “Woman suing Carnival: Ship sailed too fast, made me sick” [Gene Sloan, USA Today "Cruise Log"]
  • U.S. Department of Justice sues Illinois school district for denying Muslim teacher’s request for three-week Mecca-trip leave [WaPo]
  • “California Assembly Says Complying with Government Standards Not Enough to Avoid Punitive Damages” [Cal Civil Justice]
  • “Four Loko Suit Is an Example of Bogus Economic Loss Classes” [Russell Jackson]
  • New Benjamin Barton book on lawyer-judge bias reviewed by Larry Ribstein [TotM, earlier]
  • “Prolific Colorado Consumer Attorney Filed 2/3rds of State’s FDCPA Cases Since 2007″ [ABA Journal]
  • Different kind of false marking case? Judge says company knowingly claimed inapplicable patent [WSJ Law Blog]
  • “Extra-special education at public expense” [five years ago on Overlawyered]
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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/03/march-24-roundup-3/feed/ 4     Update: Teacher who allegedly branded cross onto student’s arm drops suit http://overlawyered.com/2010/11/update-teacher-who-allegedly-branded-cross-onto-student%e2%80%99s-arm-drops-suit/ http://overlawyered.com/2010/11/update-teacher-who-allegedly-branded-cross-onto-student%e2%80%99s-arm-drops-suit/#comments Thu, 11 Nov 2010 12:36:08 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=20090 “An Ohio public school teacher accused of burning the mark of a cross on students’ arms said Friday he dropped a lawsuit over his firing because it would have interfered with a public airing of his complaint in a different venue.” [AP via Ed Brayton, earlier]

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2010/11/update-teacher-who-allegedly-branded-cross-onto-student%e2%80%99s-arm-drops-suit/feed/ 0     Trucker demands religious accommodation for refusal to haul alcohol, tobacco http://overlawyered.com/2010/10/trucker-demands-religious-accommodation-for-refusal-to-haul-alcohol-tobacco/ http://overlawyered.com/2010/10/trucker-demands-religious-accommodation-for-refusal-to-haul-alcohol-tobacco/#comments Wed, 27 Oct 2010 14:18:55 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=19867 Age of accommodation, cont’d: “in Reedy v. Schneider National, Inc. (E.D. Pa. filed Oct. 15, 2010). Vasant Reddy says that he has ‘a sincerely held religious belief that he cannot consume, possess, or transport alcohol or tobacco,’ and that he informed Schneider National of this. …Nonetheless, he says, he was ordered to transport a load with alcohol, and was fired because he refused to transport it.” [Eugene Volokh] (cross-posted at Secular Right).

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2010/10/trucker-demands-religious-accommodation-for-refusal-to-haul-alcohol-tobacco/feed/ 17     Denounced anonymously for “seeking Christian roommate” request http://overlawyered.com/2010/10/denounced-anonymously-for-seeking-christian-roommate-request/ http://overlawyered.com/2010/10/denounced-anonymously-for-seeking-christian-roommate-request/#comments Sat, 23 Oct 2010 05:03:20 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=19811 A woman “posted an advertisement for a Christian roommate on her local church’s bulletin board.” Someone who saw it denounced her anonymously to the Fair Housing Center of West Michigan which proceeded to file a civil rights complaint against her to the Michigan Department of Civil Rights. Nancy Haynes, executive director of the housing center, calls the woman’s notice “a clear violation on its face;” while the Fair Housing Act does not subject actual choice of roommates to penalties, it forbids advertisements expressing a preference.

    The Fair Housing Center of West Michigan might ask for an initial reimbursement of $300 for time spent on the issue and training for the woman, in addition to pulling down the ad, Haynes said.

    “Our interest really lies in her getting some training so that this doesn’t happen again,” she said.

    [WOOD via Amy Alkon]

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