December 22, 2025
A Seattle federal judge has disposed of a private Christian university's lawsuit claiming a Washington anti-discrimination law interferes with its First Amendment rights to only hire job candidates who share similar religious views, ruling the university hasn't provided evidence it faces realistic danger of injury from the statute.
October 02, 2025
A private Christian university has urged a Seattle federal judge to find that a Washington antidiscrimination law infringes on its First Amendment rights to only hire job candidates who share its religious views, pursuing a pretrial win in its case against the state attorney general's office.
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.
October 27, 2022
A Washington federal judge tossed a Christian university's suit alleging the state's attorney general couldn't investigate whether it engaged in anti-LGBTQ hiring practices because it was protected by the First Amendment.
October 12, 2022
A Seattle Christian university says a state investigation into whether its hiring practices discriminate against people in same-sex relationships is an unconstitutional fishing expedition brought by the Washington Attorney General's Office, arguing that the First Amendment protects its employment decisions.
September 19, 2022
A Christian university in Seattle can't claim its anti-LGBTQ hiring practices are protected by a ministerial exception if employees and job candidates who are not ministers fall under the policy, Washington's attorney general said in a federal court filing.