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… Won U.S. District Courts Perlot v. Green Details Videos Documents Profiles Summary Three Christian law students are suing University of Idaho officials for violating their First Amendment rights by punishing them … Legal Counsel Mathew Hoffmann serves as legal counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom, where he is a key member of the …

… McCord v. South Madison Community School Corporation Details Videos Documents Profiles Summary The South Madison … a policy that required counselors and other employees to use names and pronouns for students that do not correspond … as senior counsel with the Center for Parental Rights at Alliance Defending Freedom where he safeguards parents’ …

… Active U.S. Courts of Appeals Villarreal v. City of Laredo Details Documents Profiles Summary An independent journalist … Seven months later, police arrested Priscilla Villarreal for violating a Texas statute, justifying the arrest because … counsel and vice president of appellate advocacy with Alliance Defending Freedom. View Profile … An independent …

… Won U.S. Supreme Court Fulton v. City of Philadelphia Details Documents Profiles Summary The City of Philadelphia halted foster-care referrals to Catholic Social Services (CSS) because CSS wanted to … Counsel Chris Schandevel serves as senior counsel on Alliance Defending Freedom’s Appellate Advocacy Team. View …

… Concluded U.S. Supreme Court United States v. Windsor Details Documents Resources Summary Edith Windsor married … Windsor paid taxes on the estate she inherited. She sued to recover the estate taxes she had paid and asked the court … and ordered the federal government not to enforce it. Alliance Defending Freedom filed a friend-of-the-court brief …

… World Outreach Conference Center v. City of Chicago Details Documents Summary The city of Chicago prevented World … a former YMCA building. Though the ministry intended to use the building for similar services as the YMCA, the … a lawsuit aimed at preventing World Outreach from carrying on charitable and religious activities there. Case Documents …

… Won U.S. District Courts Gros v. City of New Orleans Details Documents Summary New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu approved a religious speech ban on Bourbon Street. The law bars anyone from loitering or congregating for the purpose of discussing politics, religion or social …

… St. Faustina Old Catholic Church v. City of Pensacola Details Documents Summary Police in Pensacola, Fla., ordered … of St. Faustina Old Catholic Church, Rev. Nathan Monk, to cease holding picnics at a public park downtown, declaring … park, such as the city's Winterfest event, are permitted on a regular basis. Case Documents Court Title Date Trial …

… Won U.S. Supreme Court Madsen v. Women’s Health Center Details Documents Summary A state court in Florida banned … feet of the facility unless the person indicates a desire to communicate. The protestors, led by Judy Madsen, appealed … upheld the court order, but with the help of funding from Alliance Defending Freedom, Madsen and her fellow protestors …

… Boardley v. United States Department of the Interior Details Documents Summary ADF attorneys filed a lawsuit in federal court on behalf of a Christian man prohibited from sharing his … Michael Boardley and other individuals who attempted to peacefully distributed literature inside the park were …