LitigationThe Becket Fund litigates to protect the free expression of all religious traditions, both in the United States and abroad.
In our first ten years, we have represented people of faith literally from A to Z -- Anglicans, Zoroastrians, and virtually everyone in between -- as both primary counsel and amicus curiae, in federal and state trial and appellate courts, throughout the United States.
We have developed expertise in all areas of religious freedom law, but especially under the Free Speech, Free Exercise, and Establishment Clauses of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
More recently, we have brought legal actions before international tribunals under international religious freedom laws, such as Article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).
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The Becket Fund has been involved in the following cases. Clicking on the case name will take you to a detailed case description page. Litigation- ACLU v. Schundler
- ACLU-NJ v. Township of Wall, N.J.
- Agostini v. Felton
- American Atheists v. Duncan
- American Jewish Congress v. Corporation for National and Community Service
- Americans United for Separation of Church and State v. Prison Fellowship Ministries and InnerChange Freedom Initiative
- Australia -- Criminalizing Religious Speech -- Pastors Scot and Nalliah
- Azerbaijan -- Seizing Religious Property -- Juma Mosque
- Barnes-Wallace v. Boy Scouts of America
- Bauchman v. West High School
- Bear Lodge Multiple Use Association v. Babbitt and Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
- Benning v. Amideo
- C.L.U.B. v. City of Chicago
- Calvary Chapel O'Hare v. Village of Franklin Park, Illinois
- Castle Hills First Baptist Church v. The City of Castle Hills
- Catholic Charities, et al. v. Serio
- Church of Christ in Hollywood v. Lady Cage-Barile
- City of Boerne v. Flores
- Commonwealth v. Miller
- Congregation Kol Ami v. Abington Township
- Congregation Kol Shofar
- Corporation of the Presiding Bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints v. City of West Linn
- Cotton v. Florida Dept. of Corrections
- Cottonwood Christian Center v. City of Cypress
- Council for Secular Humanism v. McNeil
- Creatore v. Town of Trumbull
- Cutter v. Wilkinson
- Darling v. Bakersfield School District
- DiLoreto v. Sussman
- Elsinore Christian Center v. City of Lake Elsinore
- Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church v. City of New York
- Fisher v. South Bend School Board
- Flatirons Community Church
- Forced Secularism in French Schools
- France -- Banning Religious Attire -- United Sikhs
- Fraternal Order of Police v. City of Newark
- Freedom Baptist Church v. Township of Middletown
- Gallart v. City of Frederick
- Ganulin v. United States
- Garden City Teachers Association
- Gatton v. Goff
- Goodman v. Snyder, et al.
- Grace United Methodist Church v. City of Cheyenne
- Great Lakes Society v. Georgetown Charter Township
- Greater Bible Way Temple of Jackson v. City of Jackson et al.
- Greenwood Community Church v. City of Greenwood Village
- Grumet v. Pataki
- Guru Nanak Sikh Society of Yuba City v. County of Sutter
- Hack v. Yale
- Hale O Kaula v. Maui Planning Commission
- Hallandale Beach, Florida
- Haven Shores Community Church v. City of Grand Haven, Michigan
- Hindu Temple Society of North America v. New York Supreme Court
- Hood v. Medford Township Board of Education
- Humphrey v. Lane
- In re Marriage Cases
- Iran -- Criminalizing Religious Conversion -- Saeed Salman
- Jersey City Public School Students
- Johnson v. Martin
- Konikov v. Orange County
- Legion of Christ v. Town of Mount Pleasant
- Lighthouse Institute for Evangelism v. City of Long Branch
- Living Faith Ministries v. Camden County Improvement Authority
- Living Waters Bible Church v. Town of Enfield
- Locke v. Davey
- Madison v. Riter
- Malaysia - State Imposed Religious Designations - Lina Joy
- Maryland Commission on Human Relations v. Norwin Corp. t/a Hagerstown Suns Baseball Club
- McCreary County v. ACLU
- Merced v. City of Euless
- Michele Curay-Cramer v. Ursuline Academy, et al.
- Midrash Sephardi v. Town of Surfside
- Missionaries of Charity, Brothers v. City of Los Angeles
- Mitchell v. Helms
- Molalla Christian Church
- Moussazadeh v. Texas Department of Criminal Justice
- Murphy v. Zoning Commission of the Town of New Milford
- NAACP v. Ben Gilman Medical and Dental Clinic
- New Life Christian Fellowship
- Newdow v. Carey
- Okemos Christian Center v. Meridian Charter Township
- Pine Hill Zendo Inc. v. Town of Bedford Zoning Board of Appeals
- Primera Iglesia Bautista Hispana v. Broward County
- Pucket v. Rounds
- Rabinovicz v. Monsey Trails
- Redwood Christian Schools v. County of Alameda
- Refuge Temple Ministries of Atlanta v. City of Forest Park
- Renzi v. Connelly School of the Holy Child
- Richard Ziegler
- Rigdon v. Perry
- Robert and Mildred Tong v. Chicago Park District, et al.
- Ryan Berry v. U.S. Air Force
- San Jose Christian College v. City of Morgan Hill
- Sri Lanka -- Criminalizing Religious Conversion
- St. John's United Church of Christ v. City of Chicago
- Stark v. Independent School District #640
- Sweden -- Criminalizing Religious Speech -- Ake Green
- Tagore v. United States
- Tayr Kilaab al Ghashiyah v. Wisconsin Dept. of Corrections
- Temple B'nai Sholom v. City of Huntsville
- Tenafly Eruv Association, Inc. v. The Borough of Tenafly
- Third Church of Christ, Scientist v. District of Columbia Historic Preservation Review Board
- Town of Foxfield, Colorado v. The Archdiocese of Denver
- Tri-City Union Gospel Mission
- Turkmenistan
- Unitarian Universalist Church of Akron v. City of Fairlawn
- United States of America v. Newdow
- Vacaville Seventh Day Adventist Church and Maranatha Broadcasting v. Solano County
- Walz v. Egg Harbor Township Board of Education
- Warren v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
- Westchester Day School v. Village of Mamaroneck
- Williams v. Bitner
- Wirzburger v. Galvin
- Wyoming Sawmills Inc. v. U.S. Forest Service, et al.
- Yoder v. Morristown
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