W.D. Pa.: “Fired Pastor’s Contract Suit Dismissed Under Ministerial Exception and Excessive Entanglement Doctrines”

August 23, 2017by Josh S. Tatum in contracts, employment, Establishment Clause, Free Exercise Clause, Ministerial Exception, Pennsylvania

W.D. Pa.: “Fired Pastor’s Contract Suit Dismissed Under Ministerial Exception and Excessive Entanglement Doctrines” Religion Clause reports on Lee v. Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church of Pittsburg, (WD PA, Aug. 22, 2017), here.

10th Cir.: No interlocutory appeal on ministerial exception

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10th Cir.: No interlocutory appeal on ministerial exception. The 2–1…

Wis. Ct. App.: Church Daycare Cook Cannot Sue Based on Prohibition against Cohabitation

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W. Dist. N.C.: Religious Pro-Life Demonstrators may proceed in challenge to COVID Order on religious, not free-speech grounds

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FREE WEBINAR: “The Promise and Perils of Religious Arbitration”

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N.D. Ga.: Ecclesiastical Abstention Doctrine bars court from deciding “representative status” in Bishop’s suit seeking indemnification of legal fees

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N.D. Ga.: Ecclesiastical Abstention Doctrine bars court from deciding “representative…