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Key Cases
In
Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn, N.Y. v. Cuomo,
No. 20A87, 2020 WL 6948354 (U.S. Nov. 25, 2020) (per curiam), the
U.S. Supreme Court enjoined enforcement of the 10- and 25-person
occupancy limits on churches in New York Executive Order 202.68,
pending appeal in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
This was an abrupt shift for the court as compared with two cases
reported on previously:
Calvary Chapel Dayton Valley v.
Sisolak, 140 S.Ct. 203 (2020) (see Holland & Knight s
Religious Institutions Update: October 2020)
and
South Bay Pentecostal Church v. Newsom, 140 S.Ct. 1613
(2020) (see Holland & Knight s Religious Institutions Update: July 2020). The
Key Cases
In
Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn, N.Y. v. Cuomo, No. 20A87, 2020 WL 6948354 (U.S. Nov. 25, 2020) (per curiam), the U.S. Supreme Court enjoined enforcement of the 10- and 25-person occupancy limits on churches in New York Executive Order 202.68, pending appeal in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. This was an abrupt shift for the court as compared with two cases reported on previously:
Calvary Chapel Dayton Valley v. Sisolak, 140 S.Ct. 203 (2020) (see Holland & Knight s Religious Institutions Update: October 2020) and
South Bay Pentecostal Church v. Newsom, 140 S.Ct. 1613 (2020) (see Holland & Knight s Religious Institutions Update: July 2020). The court determined that the order was not neutral or generally applicable and thus was subject to strict scrutiny because it singled out houses of worship for especially harsh treatment. In addition, the court ruled that statements made in connection with the challenged rules could be viewed as targeting t