Press Releases

PJI’s Amicus brief urges justices to allow parents to challenge Washington laws affecting parental notification and minor children WASHINGTON — Pacific Justice Institute (PJI) has joined a friend-of-the-court brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to recognize the ability of parents … Read More

Former Pennsylvania public high school students have filed a friend-of-the-court brief supporting Olympus Spa as Pacific Justice Institute (PJI) and Alliance Defending Freedom ask the U.S. Supreme Court to hear Olympus Spa v. Armstrong, a case involving the right of … Read More

Court rejects college district’s attempt to reconsider ruling over employee’s COVID-19 vaccine accommodation RIVERSIDE, Calif. — A federal court has rejected Chaffey Community College District’s effort to reconsider a ruling allowing a Pacific Justice Institute (PJI) client’s religious accommodation claims … Read More

Federal appeals court affirms jury verdict for six employees denied religious accommodations to COVID-19 vaccine mandate SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has upheld Pacific Justice Institute’s (PJI) $7.8 million jury verdict against the … Read More

Friend-of-the-court brief urges Ninth Circuit to protect parental rights and teachers who refuse to keep a child’s gender transition secret Update: Pacific Justice Institute files Amicus Brief Mirabelli v. Bonta case. Read the brief here! SAN FRANCISCO — Pacific Justice … Read More

Christian couple asserts state officials violated First and Fourteenth Amendment rights after refusing to affirm teenage daughter’s transgender identity EUGENE, Ore. — Pacific Justice Institute (PJI) is representing Nicole and David Calaway in a federal civil rights lawsuit against Oregon … Read More

Legal warning urges city officials to revise proposed ordinance that could subject private religious expression to special-event regulations  DALLAS — Pacific Justice Institute (PJI) has formally urged the Dallas City Council to reject or substantially revise a proposed amendment to … Read More

Petition challenges Ninth Circuit ruling permitting courts to determine whether an employee’s stated religious conviction is “truly religious” and protected under federal law WASHINGTON — Pacific Justice Institute (PJI) has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court for review in Sherry Detwiler … Read More

PJI and Alliance Defending Freedom ask nation’s highest court to protect Christian Korean spa from Washington’s transgender access mandate WASHINGTON — Pacific Justice Institute (PJI) and Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) asked the U.S. Supreme Court Monday to hear Olympus Spa … Read More

PJI files amicus brief asking Supreme Court to hear case involving compelled speech and religious liberty in public schools SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Pacific Justice Institute (PJI) has filed an amicus curiae brief urging the Supreme Court of the United States … Read More