Tag: Roman Catholic

7th Cir: Notre Dame must submit form to avoid paying for contraceptives

The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the denial of Notre Dame’s request for court-ordered exception to the contraception mandate under the Affordable Care Act. The case had returned from the Supreme Court after the high court decided Hobby Lobby v. Sebelius. Find the decision here.

Judge Richard Posner wrote the forty-page majority opinion, with Judge David Hamilton writing a concurrence. Judge Joel Flaum dissented. Continue reading “7th Cir: Notre Dame must submit form to avoid paying for contraceptives” →

7th Circuit: Milwaukee Archdiocese’s cemetery trust fund not off limits from sex-abuse victims in bankruptcy court

 

In the
latest opinion interpreting the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act
(RFRA), the Seventh Circuit concluded that the 1993 law does not require the
court to exclude a $55 million cemetery trust fund from the Archdiocese of
Milwaukee’s bankruptcy estate. The case, Listecki v. Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors,
involves the question of whether a 2008 transfer of the money from the
archdiocese’s general fund to a newly created trust.

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Seventh Circuit dismisses appeal, allowing Catholic teacher’s in vitro fertilization suit to go forward

This post is being published on both Law Meets Gospel and Indiana Education Law Blog.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Wayne–South Bend’s appeal from an order denying summary judgment in a lawsuit brought by a former teacher suing the diocese for firing her because she became pregnant through in vitro fertilization was dismissed by a decision. In the unanimous decision written by Judge Diane S. Sykes, the Seventh Circuit held that the appeal was filed too early because the summary-judgment order was not final. Continue reading “Seventh Circuit dismisses appeal, allowing Catholic teacher’s in vitro fertilization suit to go forward” →

Teacher Files Suit after Roman Catholic School Fires Her for IVF Treatment

CNN reports that a teacher who was fired after receiving fertility treatments has sued the St. Vincent de Paul and the Diocese of Fort Wayne–South Bend. This could be a test of the United States Supreme Court’s recent decision Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. EEOC, which held that a teacher could not sue after being fired for threatening to bring suit against the school against church teachings because the teacher fell within the definition of minister.

Indianapolis TV station WRTV has coverage here.

The Huffington Post has a very good story here.
The Indiana Law Blog posts the complaint here.