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ESPINOZA V. MONTANA DOR

The Montana Supreme Court struck down a popular scholarship tax credit program for violating its state constitution’s prohibition on providing any public funds, directly or indirectly, to religious institutions (private schools in this case). We filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case and rule that such “Blaine Amendments” in state constitutions are unconstitutional because they discrimination against religion.

SCHOOL CHOICE WISCONSIN V. CAROLYN STANFORD TAYLOR

Case Name: School Choice Wisconsin v. Carolyn Stanford Taylor Type of Case: Good Government; School Choice Court: Jefferson County Circuit Court Case ...

HERITAGE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS V. DPI

WILL sued the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) on behalf of a West Allis family, Heritage Christian Schools, and School Choice Wisconsin Action (SCWA), after the department adopted an illegal policy to block a family from enrolling in the Wisconsin Parental Choice Program (WPCP) – the statewide voucher program.

MICHIGAN V. DEVOS; WASHINGTON V. DEVOS; NAACP V. DEVOS

Case Names: Michigan v. DeVos, Washington v. DeVos, NAACP v. DeVos Type of Case: CARES Act relief for private schools Court: Federal court Case ...

MATTOON V. ANTIGO SCHOOL DISTRICT

Case Name: Village of Mattoon v. Antigo School District Type of Case: Education Court: Shawano County Circuit Court Case Number: 2019-CV-10 Filed ...

WCRIS V. HEINRICH

WILL filed an original action to the Wisconsin Supreme Court asking for a review of the Dane County health department’s order closing all schools, public and private, for grades 3-12.

SCWA V. BOWERSOX

WILL filed an original action petition to the Wisconsin Supreme Court urging the Court to accept a legal challenge to the City of Racine’s school closure order.

LABORERS LOCAL 236 V. WALKER

Unions brought this suit in federal court seeking to overturn Act 10, arguing that it violated public employees’ First Amendment rights. WILL filed amicus briefs countering those arguments. The 7th Circuit concluded the law was constitutional.