June 07, 2024
A Ninth Circuit panel breathed new life Friday into a private Christian university's lawsuit accusing Washington state's attorney general of improperly investigating its anti-LGBTQ+ hiring practices, finding the possibility of potential future enforcement gives the school standing to sue.
November 16, 2023
Two Ninth Circuit judges on Thursday questioned whether a lower court should have engaged in some factual analysis before tossing a religious university's lawsuit accusing Washington state's attorney general of improperly investigating its anti-LGBTQ hiring practices.
April 04, 2023
Seattle Pacific University urged the Ninth Circuit to reinstate its lawsuit alleging the First Amendment barred the Washington attorney general from investigating whether the school engaged in anti-LGBTQ hiring practices, arguing it faces a "credible threat" to its religious freedom.