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Court Refuses To Reonsider Opinion In UW Catholic Foundation Case

By Howard M. Friedman

In emRoman Catholic Foundation, UW Madison, Inc. v. Regents of the University of Wisconsin System,/em a href="http://www.lexis.com/xlink?showcidslinks=onamp;ORIGINATION_CODE=00142amp;searchtype=getamp;search=2008%20U.S.%20Dist.%20LEXIS%20101390%20%20"2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 101390 /a(WD WI, Dec. 16, 2008), a Wisconsin federal district court denied plaintiffs' motion for reconsideration in a case plaintiffs had largely won challenging the constitutionality of the University's refusal to fund certain or its activities out of student fees. (See a href="http://religionclause.blogspot.com/2008/09/court-defines-funding-criteria-for.html"prior posting/a.) The Roman Catholic Foundation unsuccessfully attempted to convince the court to reverse its holdings that defendants have qualified immunity, that plaintiffs were not entitled to monetary relief, that the University's discrimination was content-based (not viewpoint based), and that plaintiffs are entitled to declaratory relief but not an injunction.

Full post as published by Religion Clause on December 18, 2008 (boomark / email).