The conflict arose in 2007 when Susan Galloway (pictured right), a Jewish resident of the town, and Linda Stephens (pictured left), an atheist, objected to the prayers and, with the town board refusing to budge, sued.
Baylor responded by refusing to waive its right to sue A&M until it could assess its potential damages, effectively forcing A&M to stay in the conference for now.
Feminist writer, scholar, and activist Jane Doe, was raped in Toronto by a serial rapist, caught her own rapist by issuing warnings the police refused to issue, and then sued the police for negligence.
If I insisted, he said, he was authorized to sue me for refusing to relinquish his client's property.
"You could get sued for refusing to provide service on that basis," Tom Spiggle, owner of an employment law firm that sometimes represents workers suing under the city's law.
On the contrary, she said, doctors have been sued for refusing to stop unwanted treatment.
He said he would probably be sued for refusing to pay the state's obligations on time.
Some groups had feared they could be sued for refusing to allow same-sex weddings on their property.
"Well, that's just a bookend for me," said Tom Slade, a former chairman of the Florida Republican Party, whom Mr. Martin sued for refusing to support him.
He added that a doctor could not be successfully sued for refusing to administer CPR if the procedure would have violated good medical practice.
