Tag: Free Exercise Clause

April 21, 2026, opinions

April 22, 2026

Designated for publication Duncan, J. (joined by Elrod, Jones, Smith, Willett, Ho, Engelhardt, Oldham, Wilson; except Willett, Ho, Oldham do not join as to standing/justiciability); Ho, J., concurring; Oldham, J., concurring (joined by Willett); Ramirez, J., dissenting (joined by Stewart, Richman, Haynes, Graves, Higginson, Douglas); Southwick, J., dissenting (joined by Richman, Graves, Higginson, Douglas, Ramirez); … More April 21, 2026, opinions

February 24, 2026, opinions

February 25, 2026

Designated for publication per curiam (Smith, Richman, Graves) (oral argument), free exercise, mootness On receiving an answer of “no” from the Texas Supreme Court on the certified question of whether Texas’s Code of Judicial Conduct prohibited judges from publicly refusing to perform same-sex weddings while continuing to perform opposite-sex weddings, holding that the suit was … More February 24, 2026, opinions

February 20, 2026, opinions

February 21, 2026

Designated for publication per curiam (en banc; Elrod, Stewart, Southwick, Haynes, Graves, Higginson, Willett, Douglas, Ramirez, voting against en banc rehearing; Jones, Smith, Richman, Ho, Duncan, Engelhardt, Oldham, Wilson, voting for en banc rehearing) (oral argument at panel stage), Ho, J., dissenting from denial of en banc rehearing (joined by Jones, Smith); en banc, qualified … More February 20, 2026, opinions

October 28, 2025, opinions

October 29, 2025

Designated for publication en banc, First Amendment, Establishment Clause, Free Exercise Clause, ripeness, standing, sovereign immunity, en banc Ordering initial hearing en banc, with the en banc rehearing argument of Roake v. Brumley. Stewart, J. (Jones, Stewart, Ramirez) (oral argument), criminal, sufficiency of evidence Affirming conviction of coercing and enticing a minor to engage in … More October 28, 2025, opinions

October 6, 2025, opinions

October 7, 2025

Designated for publication per curiam (en banc); en banc, First Amendment, Establishment Clause, Free Exercise Clause, ripeness, standing, sovereign immunity Granting en banc rehearing of June 20, 2025, panel opinion (Dennis, Haynes, Ramirez; Dennis, J., concurring) affirming district court judgment of facial unconstitutionality and preliminary injunction of state law requiring display of Ten Commandments in … More October 6, 2025, opinions

June 20-21, 2025, opinions

June 22, 2025

Designated for publication Ramirez, J. (Dennis, Haynes, Ramirez), Dennis, J., concurring; First Amendment, Establishment Clause, Free Exercise Clause, ripeness, standing, sovereign immunity Affirming district court judgment of facial unconstitutionality and preliminary injunction of state law requiring display of Ten Commandments in all public school classrooms. In June 2024, Louisiana enacted H.B. 71, mandating the display … More June 20-21, 2025, opinions

August 28, 2024, opinions

August 29, 2024

Designated for publication Elrod, J. (Elrod, Willett, Duncan), habeas corpus Affirming denial of § 2254 petition for habeas relief from state conviction and sentence on basis that state court impermissibly used a non-final conviction to enhance his sentence, holding that any error by the state court was harmless. Accordingly, the Court did not base its … More August 28, 2024, opinions

April 11, 2024, opinions

April 12, 2024

Designated for publication per curiam (Clement, Haynes, Oldham), Equal Protection Clause Affirming summary judgment dismissal of plaintiff’s Equal Protection Clause claims arising from being struck during jury voir dire. Based on the summary judgment evidence, the Court held that the plaintiffs “cannot show the Caddo Parish prosecutors dismissed them solely by reason of their race.” … More April 11, 2024, opinions