Cases by Topic Group : Religious Liberty Archive : Rothgerber Johnson & Lyons LLP, Colorado Springs, CO

Cases by Topic Group
Federal Jurisdiction and Abstention, Sorted by Year, Click here to sort by Case Name.

Case Name	Year	Decision of the Court	Topic Group(s)
Ohio Civil Rights Comm'n v. Dayton Christian Schs., 477 U.S. 619	1986	Federal courts should abstain from adjudicating issues also pending in state proceedings as long as plaintiff has opportunity to litigate his constitutional claim in state proceedings.	Federal Jurisdiction and Abstention
Hibbs v. Winn, 542 U.S. 88	2004	Tax Injunction Act does not bar federal jurisdiction over Establishment Clause challenge to state tax credit for contributions to nonprofit organizations supporting nonpublic schools because the remedy sought would actually increase tax revenues.	Federal Jurisdiction and Abstention Religious Schools and Colleges Tax Deductions/Credits Tax-Others

Except for those entries preceded by an asterisk, Professor Carl H. Esbeck, Isabelle Wade and Paul C. Lyda Professor of Law, University of Missouri-Columbia prepared and copyrighted the text under the column entitled "Decision of the Court." L. Martin Nussbaum, co-chair of the Rothgerber Johnson & Lyons Religious Institutions Group prepared the text under the column entitled "Decision of the Court" which is preceded by an asterisk. The Rothgerber Johnson & Lyons LLP Religious Institutions Group gratefully acknowledges Professor Esbeck's permission to reprint the text which he prepared.

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