Case Summaries

Originally prepared by Shlomo Katz, Esq.; supplemented by Howard Beigelman; most recent additions courtesy of “The Religion Case Reporter” published by Paradign Publications, Inc., (e-mail: parapub@worldnet.att.net), edited by Martin J. Fisch, Esq.
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SUBJECT
DATE OF FIRST CASE
Autopsy
1962
Beards
1976
Bet Din
1857
Bris Milah
1962
Burial (see also autopsy)
1990
Divorce
1954
Education
1994
Employment
1995
Eruv
1989
Gift
1987
Heter ‘Iskah
—-
Holidays
1974
Housing / Rental
1998
Jury
1994
Kashrut — Commercial
1916
Kashrut — Libel
1940
Kashrut — Prisons
1975
Ketubah
1926
Mechitza
1875
Menorah
1988
Miscellaneous
—-
Prisoners
1987
Rabbis — Employment
1963
Sabbath
1973
Self-Incrimination
1996
Sentencing
1998
Suicide
1992
Synagogues — excluding Mechitza
1893
Tax Issues
1998
Welfare
1973
Witnesses
1972
Yarmulke
1977
Zoning
1998